2001 Film List

Jason Whyte · 02-03-2001, 01:16 PM

The following thread is a diary for noting all eligible films released in 2001. Please edit accordingly and note latest revision at the top of the thread.

Questions? Feel free to drop me an email. Have fun!

Jason

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Jason Whyte · 02-03-2001, 01:20 PM

2001 Film List
Last Updated: March 2nd, 2002

Eligible To Date Count: 188
Ineligible To Date Count: 14
Awareness-Only To Date Count: 9
Total To Date Seen: 209

Blue color indicates film is one of the best films of 2001
Red color indicates a strong recommendation
Green color indicates a positive recommendation

Title/Rating (out of ****/theatrical aspect ratio/length/director)

Venues:
(A) - Avalon Cinemas, Nanaimo BC
(C) - Capitol 6, Victoria BC
(CV) - Capitol 6, Vancouver BC
(G) - Granville 7, Vancouver BC
(CT) - Cinemark Tinseltown, Vancouver BC
(F) - Fifth Avenue Cinemas, Vancouver BC
(O) - Odeon Cinemas, Victoria BC
(P) - Park Theater, Vancouver BC
(SIL) - Silvercity Tillicum, Victoria BC
(S) - Star Cinema, Sidney BC
(V) - Varsity Theater, Vancouver BC
(VIC) - Vic Theater, Victoria BC
(UVIC) - UVIC Cinecenta, Victoria BC
(U4) - University Cinemas 4, Victoria BC

ABCD **1/2 1.85:1 100 min. Krutin Patel (CT)
Ali **1/2 2.40:1 156 min. Michael Mann (A)
All Over The Guy **1/2 1.85:1 95 min. Julie Davis (CT)
Along Came A Spider ** 2.40:1 104 min. Lee Tamahori (SIL)
Ambush *** 2.40:1 8 min. John Frankenheimer Short Subject
Amelie ***1/2 2.40:1 123 min. Jean-Pierre Jeunet (O)
American Outlaws * 1.85:1 94 min. Les Mayfield (SIL)
American Pie 2 *1/2 104 min. James B. Rogers (O)
America's Sweethearts *** 2.40:1 104 min. Joe Roth (O)
Animal, The ** 1.85:1 82 min. Luke Greenfield (SIL)
Angel Eyes *1/2 1.85:1 103 min. Luis Mandoki (C)
Anniversary Party, The ***1/2 1.85:1 115 min. Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh (U4)
Antitrust *1/2 2.40:1 102 min. Peter Howitt (SIL)
Artifical Intelligence: A.I. ***1/2 1.85:1 145 min. Steven Spielberg (SIL, C)
Art of Woo, The * 1.85:1 95 min. Helen Lee (G)
Asoka *** 2.40:1 176 min. Santosh Sivan(G)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire ***1/2 2.40:1 95 min. Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise (SIL)
Audition (Odishon) *** 1.85:1 115 min. Taashi Miike

Baby Boy ***1/2 1.85:1 132 min. John Singelton (O)
Bandits ** 2.40:1 123 min. Barry Levinson (C)
Battle Royale **** 1.85:1 114 min. Kinji Fukasaku (Ineligible)
Beautiful Mind, A *** 1.85:1 135 min. Ron Howard (O)
Behind Enemy Lines *** 2.40:1 105 min. John Moore (O)
Black Hawk Down **** 2.40:1 144 min. Ridley Scott (CT)
Black Knight * 2.40:1 97 min. Gil Junger (O)
Blow **1/2 2.40:1 124 min. Ted Demme (O)
Bride Of The Wind * 1.85:1 98 min. Bruce Beresford (S)
Bridget Jones's Diary ***1/2 2.40:1 98 min. Sharon Maguire (U4, S)
Brothers, The **1/2 1.85:1 103 min. Gary Hardwick (O)
Bubble Boy * 1.85:1 83 min. Blair Hayes (CT)
Bully ***1/2 1.85:1 114 min. Larry Clark
Business of Strangers, The *** 1.85:1 84 min. Patrick Stettner (CT)

Captain Corelli's Mandolin **1/2 2.40:1 129 min. John Madden (O)
Cats and Dogs *** 1.85:1 88 min. Lawrence Guterman (C)
Center Of The World, The *** 1.85:1 88 min. Wayne Wang (UVIC)
Century Hotel *** 1.85:1 98 min. David Weaver (C)
Charlotte Gray ** 1.85:1 122 min. Gillian Armstrong (CT)
Chosen *** 2.40:1 10 min. Ang Lee Short Subject
Closet, The *1/2 2.40:1 85 min. Francis Veber (U4)
Corky Romano ZERO 1.85:1 85 min. Rob Pritts (C)
Crazy/Beautiful *** 1.85:1 98 min. John Stockwell (C)
Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles *1/2 1.85:1 95 min. Simon Wincer (SIL)
Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The *** 1.85:1 102 min. Woody Allen (O)

Deep End, The ***1/2 2.40:1 102 min. Scott McGehee and David Siegel (CT, O, O)
Deeply *1/2 1.85:1 102 min. Sheri Elwood (UVIC)
Divided We Fall ***1/2 1.85:1 122 min. Jan Hrebejk (F)
Donnie Darko **** 2.40:1 114 min. Richard Kelly
Double Take * 2.40:1 88 min. George Gallo (SIL)
Doctor Dolittle 2 **1/2 2.40:1 84 min. Steve Carr (S)
Domestic Disturbance *1/2 2.40:1 88 min. Harold Becker (C)
Don't Say A Word *1/2 2.40:1 112 min. Gary Fleder (O)
Down To Earth * 1.85:1 86 min. Chris and Paul Weitz (C)
Driven *1/2 2.40:1 117 min. Renny Harlin (C)
Druids ZERO 2.40:1 124 min. Jacques Dorfmann (CT)

Enemy At The Gates **1/2 2.40:1 131 min. Jean Jaques-Annaud (SIL)
Evolution ** 1.85:1 102 min. Ivan Reitman (SIL)
Exit Wounds ** 2.40:1 101 min. Andrej Bartkowiak (SIL)

Fast And The Furious, The *** 2.40:1 106 min. Rob Cohen (SIL)
Fat Girl * 1.85:1 87 min. Catherine Breillat (G)
15 Minutes *1/2 2.40:1 121 min. John Herzfeld (C)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within *** 1.85:1 106 min. Hironobu Sakaguchi (O)
Focus *** 1.85:1 107 min. Neal Slavin (G)
Follow, The ***1/2 2.40:1 12 min. Short Subject
Forsaken, The ** 1.85:1 91 min. J.S. Cardone (C)
Freddy Got Fingered ZERO 1.85:1 86 min. Tom Green (O)
From Hell ** 2.40:1 122 min. Albert and Allen Hughes (O)

Get Over It * 2.40:1 85 min. Tommy O'Haver (SIL)
Ghost World ***1/2 1.85:1 108 min. Terry Zwigoff (F, VIC)
Ginger Snaps **1/2 1.85:1 109 min. John Fawcett (O)
Glass House, The * 2.40:1 106 min. Daniel Sackheim (C)
Gosford Park *** 2.40:1 137 min. Robert Altman (O)
Greenfingers **1/2 1.85:1 92 min. Joel Hershman (VIC)

Hannibal ** 1.85:1 132 min. Ridley Scott (C)
Hardball **1/2 1.85:1 106 min. Brian Robbins (C)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ***1/2 2.40:1 149 min. Chris Columbus (S, C)
Head Over Heels * 2.40:1 87 min. Mark S. Waters (O)
Heartbreakers **1/2 2.40:1 124 min. David Mirkin (SIL)
Hearts In Atlantis ** 2.40:1 101 min. Scott Hicks (U4)
Hedwig And The Angry Inch ***1/2 1.85:1 92 min. John Cameron Mitchell (U4)
Here's To Life! *** 1.85:1 95 min. Arne Olsen (CT)
Heist *** 1.85:1 109 min. David Mamet (C)
Hole, The *** 2.40:1 102 min. Nick Hamm (G)
How High ZERO 1.85:1 94 min. Jesse Dylan (O)

I Am Sam * 1.85:1 132 min. Jessie Nelson (O)
In The Bedroom **** 2.40:1 132 min. Todd Field (CT)
Invisible Circus, The *** 1.85:1 93 min. Adam Brooks (UVIC)
Iris **1/2 1.85:1 92 min. Richard Eyre (VIC)

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back ***1/2 2.40:1 104 min. Kevin Smith (C)
Jeepers Creepers ** 1.85:1 87 min. Victor Salva (C)
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius *** 1.85:1 82 min. John A. Davis (SIL)
Joe Dirt * 1.85:1 91 min. Dennie Gordon (O)
Joe Somebody *** 1.85:1 98 min. John Pasquin
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars ** 2.40:1 98 min. John Carpenter (O)
Josie And The Pussycats *** 1.85:1 97 min. Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont (O)
Joy Ride *** 2.40:1 97 min. John Dahl (O)
Jurassic Park III ** 1.85:1 92 min. Joe Johnston (O)
Just Visiting **1/2 2.40:1 88 min. Jean-Marie Poiré (C)

Kandahar **1/2 1.85:1 84 min. Mohsen Makhmalbaf (P)
Kate and Leopold *** 1.85:1 123 min. James Mangold
Kiss of the Dragon *** 2.40:1 98 min. Chris Nahon
Knight's Tale, A * 2.40:1 132 min. Brian Helgeland
K-Pax **1/2 2.40:1 121 min. Iain Softley

Last Castle, The **1/2 2.40:1 131 min. Rod Lurie
Last Wedding *** 1.85:1 101 min. Bruce Sweeney
Legally Blonde *** 2.40:1 95 min. Robert Luketic
Life as a House ** 2.40:1 125 min. Irwin Winkler
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ***1/2 2.40:1 178 min. Peter Jackson
Lost and Delirious ***1/2 1.85:1 103 min. Lea' Pool

Made *** 1.85:1 95 min. Jon Favreau
Majestic, The *** 1.85:1 153 min. Frank Darabont
Man Who Wasn't There, The *** 1.85:1 116 min. Joel Coen
Max Keeble's Big Move ** 1.85:1 85 min. Tim Hill
Maybe Baby ** 1.85:1 95 min. Ben Elton
Mexican, The **1/2 2.40:1 124 min. Gore Verbinski
Mile Zero *1/2 1.85:1 93 min. Andrew Currie
Monkey Bone *1/2 1.85:1 93 min. Henry Selick
Monster's Ball **** 2.40:1 113 min. Marc Forster
Monsters Inc. *** 1.85:1 92 min. Pete Docter
Moulin Rouge ***1/2 2.40:1 128 min. Baz Luhrmann
Mulholland Drive **** 1.85:1 145 min. David Lynch
Mummy Returns, The ** 2.40:1 129 min. Stephen Sommers
Musketeer, The *1/2 2.40:1 104 min. Peter Hyams
My First Mister *** 2.40:1 109 min. Christine Lahti

No Man's Land ***1/2 2.40:1 98 min. Danis Tanovic
Not Another Teen Movie **1/2 1.85:1 87 min. Joel Gallin
Novocaine **1/2 1.85:1 95 min. David Atkins

O ***1/2 1.85:1 95 min. Tim Blake Nelson
Ocean's 11 *** 2.40:1 114 min. Steven Soderbergh
One, The * 2.40:1 85 min. James Wong
One Night At McCool's **1/2 1.85:1 94 min. Harold Zwart
On The Line *1/2 1.85:1 85 min. Eric Bross
Original Sin ** 2.40:1 116 min. Michael Cristofer
Osmosis Jones ** 2.40:1 95 min. Peter Farelly, Bob Farelly, Piet Kroon and Tom Sito
Others, The *** 1.85:1 106 min. Alejandro Amenabar
Our Lady Of The Assassins **1/2 1.85:1 102 min. Barbet Schroeder
Out Cold * 1.85:1 90 min. The Malloys

Pearl Harbor * 2.40:1 182 min. Michael Bay
Planet Of The Apes ** 2.40:1 120 min. Tim Burton
Pledge, The ***1/2 2.40:1 124 min. Sean Penn
Powder Keg ***1/2 1.85:1 14 min. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Short Subject
Princess and the Warrior, The **** 2.40:1 133 min. Tom Tykwer
Princess Diaries, The ** 1.85:1 115 min. Garry Marshall

Rat Race **1/2 2.40:1 112 min. Jerry Zucker
Recess: School's Out **1/2 1.85:1 83 min. Chuck Sheetz
Riding In Cars With Boys * 1.85:1 128 min. Penny Marshall
Rock Star **1/2 2.40:1 106 min. Stephen Herek
Royal Tenenbaums, The **** 2.40:1 108 min. Wes Anderson
Rush Hour 2 *** 2.40:1 90 min. Brett Ratner

Save The Last Dance **1/2 1.85:1 112 min. Thomas Carter[/color]
Saving Silverman ** 1.85:1 92 min. Dennis Dugan
Scary Movie 2 * 1.85:1 82 min. Keenan Ivory Wayans
Score, The *** 2.40:1 124 min. Frank Oz
See Spot Run * 1.85:1 98 min. John Whitesell
Serendipity ** 1.85:1 91 min. Peter Chelsom
Series 7: The Contenders *** 1.85:1 87 min Daniel Minahan
Session 9 *** 2.40:1 100 min. Brad Anderson
Shipping News, The ** 2.40:1 118 min. Lasse Hallstrom
Shrek ***1/2 1.85:1 90 min. Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson
Sexy Beast *** 2.40:1 88 min. Jonathan Glazer
Shallow Hal *** 1.85:1 114 min. Peter Farelly, Bobby Farelly
Sidewalks of New York ***1/2 1.85:1 109 min. Edward Burns
Someone Like You *1/2 1.85:1 96 min. Tony Goldwyn
Songcatcher ** 1.85:1 107 min. Maggie Greenwald
Spike and Mike's 2001 Festival Of Animation ***1/2 1.33:1 95 min + intermission. Various Directors
Spike and Mike's 2001 Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation (Vol. 2) *1/2 1.33:1 75 min + intermission. Various Directors
Spy Game ** 2.40:1 125 min. Tony Scott
Spy Kids *** 1.85:1 88 min. Robert Rodrieguz
Spy Kids: Special Edition *** 1.85:1 91 min. Robert Rodrieguz
Star *** 2.40:1 Guy Ritchie Short Subject
Startup.com ***1/2 1.85:1 108 min. Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim
Sugar and Spice **1/2 2.40:1 81 min. Francine McDougall
Summer Catch ZERO 1.85:1 100 min. Mike Tollin
Sweet November *1/2 1.85:1 119 min. Patrick O'Connor
Swordfish *** 2.40:1 100 min. Dominic Sena

Tailor of Panama, The *** 2.40:1 109 min. John Boorman
Taste of Others, The ***1/2 2.40:1 114 min. Agnès Jaoui
3000 Miles To Graceland ZERO 2.40:1 127 min. Demian Lichtenstein
Thirteen Ghosts * 1.85:1 90 min. Steve Beck
Tomb Raider *1/2 2.40:1 100 min. Simon West
Town and Country*1/2 1.85:1 106 min. Peter Chelsom
Training Day *** 2.40:1 122 min. Antone Fuqua
Treed Murray *** 1.85:1 90 min. William Phillips
Two Can Play That Game ** 1.85:1 92 min. Mark Brown

Valentine * 2.40:1 96 min. Jamie Blanks
Vanilla Sky ***1/2 1.85:1 136 min. Cameron Crowe

Waking Life ***1/2 1.85:1 98 min. Richard Linklater
Wash, The * 1.85:1 95 min. D.J. Pooh
Wedding Planner, The * 2.40:1 103 min. Adam Shenkman
What's The Worst That Could Happen? ** 1.85:1 95 min. Sam Weisman

Zoolander *** 2.40:1 89 min. Ben Stiller

*USA/Canada Films ineligible for 2001 List
(Most of these films have had releases previous to this year)

Amores Perros (Love's A Bitch) **** 1.85:1 154 min. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
US/Canada release of a film release in Mexico in 2000
Calle 54 ***1/2 1.85:1 106 min. Fernando Trueba
Summer 2001 Miramax/Alliance release of a film originally released in Spain in late 2000
Crimson Rivers, The **1/2 2.40:1 106 min. Mathieu Kassovitz
Blackwatch/Alliance issue of a French film released September, 2000. Released in BC on March 23rd, 2001
Dish, The *** 1.85:1 103 min. Rob Sitch
North American release of an Australian film originally released in late 2000
Golden Bowl, The **1/2 2.40:1 130 min. James Ivory
Released overseas in European countries in fall, 2000. Released by Lions Gate in Canada in May, 2001
Innocence ***1/2 1.85:1 96 min. Paul Cox
Released overseas in Australia and New Zealand in December, 2000. Released stateside by Odeon/Fireworks in August, 2001
In The Mood For Love **** 1.85:1 98 min. Wong Kar-Wai
Released overseas in Autumn 2000 with a North American release in March, 2001.
Iron Monkey *** 1.85:1 87 min. Yuen Woo-Ping
North American release of the 1993 Hong Kong Film
Memento **** 2.40:1 114 min. Christopher Nolan
Released in foriegn countries (UK, France) in 2000. Released to North American cinemas in March, 2001
Snatch **1/2 1.85:1 103 min. Guy Ritchie
Released in the U.K. in 2000. North American release on January 19th, 2001
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble **1/2 1.85:1 106 min. John Hay
Release in the U.K. in 2000. Distributed by Seville Entertainment and released in BC on March 16th, 2001.
Widow of Saint Pierre, The ***1/2 2.40:1 112 min. Patrice Leconte
Released in France and UK in 2000. Alliance Vivafilm release in Canada in Spring 2001
With A Friend Like Harry ***1/2 2.40:1 117 min. Dominick Moll
US/Canada release of a film originally released in France and other countries late 2000

For Awareness Purposes Only
A section devoted to Victoria premieres, theatrical re-releases and Canadian films getting a 2001 US distribution:

Apocalypse Now Redux **** 2.40:1 200 min. Francis Ford Coppola
Reissue of the 1979 film, the greatest ever made, featuring new footage.
Claim, The *** 2.40:1 121 min. Michael Winterbottom
Victoria premiere of a NY/LA release in late December, 2000
Hard Day's Night, A **** 1.85:1 87 min. Richard Lester
Victoria premiere of the restored Beatles classic.
Himalaya **1/2 2.40:1 107 min. Eric Valli
Released for Oscar Consideration in December 2000. Released in Vancouver August, 2001
Maelstrom **** 87 min. Denis Villenvenue
Victoria Premiere in May, noted for awareness purposes. Marie-Josee' Croze is an amazing actress.
Possible Worlds ** 1.85:1 92 min. Robert LePage
A tricky one -- released in Toronto in fall, 2000, and to Vancouver in 2001. (Thanks to Bill McA for the heads up)
Stardom *** 1.85:1 103 min. Denys Arcand
Victoria premiere in April '01, released in NY/LA/Toronto in October 2000
waydowntown *** 1.85:1 83 min. Gary Burns
Released in Canada late 2000, for awareness purposes of a limited US engagement from Lot 47 Films in September, 2001
Went To Coney Island On A Mission From God...Be Back By Five ** 1.85:1 95 min. Richard Shenkman
Released to festivals and minor public screenings in 2000. Filmed in 1998.
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By Rating:

****

Amelie
Black Hawk Down
Donnie Darko
In The Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Mulholland Drive
The Princess And The Warrior (Der krieger und die Kaiserin)
The Royal Tenenbaums

***1/2

Anniversary Party, The
A.I.: Artifical Intelligence
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Audition (Odishon)
Bridget Jones' Diary
Bully
Divided We Fall
The Follow (Short)
Ghost World
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Lost and Delirious (10)
Monster's Ball
Moulin Rouge
No Man's Land
O
Powder Keg (Short)
Shallow Hal
Shrek
Sidewalks of New York
Spike and Mike's 2001 Festival of Animation
The Taste of Others
Vanilla Sky
Waking Life

***

Ambush (Short)
Baby Boy
Beautiful Mind, A
Business of Strangers, The
Cats and Dogs
Center Of The World, The
Chosen (Short)
Crazy/Beautiful
Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The
The Deep End
Fast and the Furious, The
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Focus
Gosford Park
Heist
Here's To Life!
Hole, The
Invisible Circus, The
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Josie and the Pussycats
Joy Ride
Kate and Leopold
Kiss of the Dragon
Last Wedding
Legally Blonde
Made
Majestic, The
Man Who Wasn't There, The
Monsters Inc.
My First Mister
Ocean's 11
Others, The
The Pledge
Score, The
Series 7: The Contenders
Session 9
Sexy Beast
Spy Kids
Spy Kids: Special Edition
Star (Short)
Startup.com
Swordfish
Training Day
Treed Murray
Zoolander

**1/2

ABCD
Ali
All Over The Guy
America's Sweethearts
Asoka
Behind Enemy Lines
Blow
Brothers, The
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Doctor Dolittle 2
Enemy At The Gates
Ginger Snaps
Greenfingers
Hardball
Heartbreakers
Iris
Joe Somebody
Just Visiting
Kandahar
K-Pax
Last Castle, The
Mexican, The
Not Another Teen Movie
Novocaine
One Night At McCool's
Our Lady Of The Assassins
Rat Race
Recess: School's Out
Rock Star
Save The Last Dance
Sugar and Spice
The Tailor of Panama

**

Along Came A Spider
Angel Eyes
Animal, The
Bandits
Century Hotel
Charlotte Gray
Evolution
Exit Wounds
Forsaken, The
From Hell
Hannibal
Hearts In Atlantis
Jeepers Creepers
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
Jurassic Park III
Life As A House
Max Keeble's Big Move
Maybe Baby
Mummy Returns, The
Original Sin
Osmosis Jones
Planet Of The Apes
Princess Diaries, The
Rush Hour 2
Saving Silverman
Serendipity
Shipping News, The
Songcatcher
Spy Game
Two Can Play That Game
What's The Worst That Could Happen?

*1/2

American Pie 2
Angel Eyes
Antitrust
Closet, The
Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles
Deeply
Domestic Disturbance
Don't Say A Word
Driven
15 Minutes
Mile Zero
Monkey Bone
Musketeer, The
On The Line
Someone Like You
Spike and Mike's 2001 Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation (Vol.2)
Sweet November
Tomb Raider
Town and Country

*

American Outlaws
Art of Woo, The
Black Knight
Bride Of The Wind
Bubble Boy
Double Take
Down To Earth
Fat Girl
Get Over It
Glass House, The
Head Over Heels
I Am Sam
Joe Dirt
Knight's Tale, A
One, The
Out Cold
Pearl Harbor
Riding In Cars With Boys
Scary Movie 2
See Spot Run
Thirteen Ghosts
Valentine
Wash, The
Wedding Planner, The

1/2

How High
Summer Catch
3000 Miles To Graceland

ZERO

Corky Romano
Druids
Freddy Got Fingered

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Past Quotes:

"Clown college? You can't eat that!" Homer Simpson, The Simpsons
"Are we gonna let the elevator bring us down?
Oh no! Let's go...let's go crazy!" Prince, Purple Rain
"After about five minutes of this movie, you're going to wish you had ten beers" Ghost World
"Look, I'm Mrs. Hitler!" Rat Race
"Enjoy the Ozzy and keep your mouth shut!" -- George Plimpton
"Back Off, I'm beautiful." -- Ray Winstone, Sexy Beast
"We're not after your money, all we want is some food!" -- Trailer Park Boys (On Showcase)
"I always wanted to open a door and seeing people trained like in a James Bond movie" -- Wayne's World

Other movies seen for the first time in 2001 (as of November 25th, 2001; full list will start on 2002 list)

Airplane II: The Sequel **1/2 1.85:1 85 min. Ken Finkelman
Another Woman **** 1.85:1 80 min. Woody Allen
Blood Simple **** 1.85:1 94 min. Joel Coen
Branded to Kill ***1/2 2.35:1 97 min. Seijun Suzuki
Citizen Kane **** 1.33:1 119 min. Orson Welles
Conversation, The **** 1.85:1 114 min. Francis Ford Coppola
Decalogue Part I **** 1.33:1 52 min. Krystof Kielowski
8 1/2 **** 1.85:1 138 min. Federico Fellini
Gimme Shelter **** 1.33:1 91 min. David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charoltte Zerwin
Grand Illusion **** 1.33:1 112 min. Jean Renoir
Happiness **** 1.85:1 140 min. Todd Solondz
Heathers *** 1.85:1 102 min. Michael Lehmann
Insomnia ***1/2 1.85:1 97 min. Erik Skjoldbjærg
Kentucky Fried Movie *** 1.85:1 85 min. John Landis
Pet Semetary ***1/2 1.85:1 109 min. Mary Lambert
Rear Window **** 1.85:1 114 min. Alfred Hitchcock
Riffifi **** 1.33:1 115 min. Jules Dassin
September ***1/2 1.85:1 81 min. Woody Allen
Seventh Seal, The **** 1.33:1 98 min. Ingmar Bergman
Shadows and Fog **1/2 1.85:1 85 min. Woody Allen
Tora! Tora! Tora! *** 2.35:1 117 min. Richard Fleisher, Richard Fleischer,Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda
Untitled **** 1.85:1 162 min. Cameron Crowe
Waiting for Guffman **** 1.85:1 84 min. Christopher Guest
Winter Sleepers *** 2.40:1 122 min. Tom Tykwer
Zelig *** 1.85:1 79 min. Woody Allen

Stephen R · 02-06-2001, 09:28 PM

Continually Updated 2001 Film List
Current Number of Films Seen Total: 146
Current Number of Eligible (First NY/LA Release) Films: 136
Last Updated: March 7th

Added Ali, Va savoir, No Man's Land.

Coming Next:

Alphabetical Listing - All ratings out of ****

Aberdeen - ***1/2 - Norway - Dir. Hans Peter Moland
About Adam - *** - Ireland - Dir. Gerard Stembridge
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - ***1/2 - USA - Dir. Steven Spielberg
Ali - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Michael Mann
Along Came a Spider - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Lee Tamahori
Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) - ***1/2 - France - Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
American Pie 2 - **1/2 - USA - Dir. J.B. Rogers
American Rhapsody, An - *** - USA / Hungary - Dir. Éva Gárdos
Amores Perros - *** - Mexico - Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu
Angels of the Universe (Englar alheimsins) - ***1/2 - Iceland - Dir. Friðrik Þór Friðriksson [Ineligible - Never released in USA]
Animal, The - ** - USA - Dir. Luke Greenfield
AntiTrust - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Peter Howitt
Atlantis: The Lost Empire - ***1/2 - USA - Dir. Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
Audition (Odishon) - **** - Japan - Dir. Takashi Miike

Baise-moi - ** - France - Dir. Virginia Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi
Battle Royale - ***1/2 - Japan - Dir. Kinji Fukasaku [Ineligible - Never released in USA]
Behind Enemy Lines - ** - USA - Dir. John Moore
Beautiful Mind, A - *** - USA - Dir. Ron Howard
Black Hawk Down - *** - USA - Dir. Ridley Scott
Blood: The Last Vampire - **1/2 - Japan - Dir. Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Blow - *** - USA - Dir. Ted Demme
Bread and Roses - ** - United Kingdom - Dir. Ken Loach
Bridget Jones's Diary - **1/2 - United Kingdom - Dir. Sharon Maguire
Bully - ***1/2 - USA - Dir. Larry Clark
Business of Strangers, The - *** - USA - Dir. Patrick Stettner

Center of the World, The - ** - USA - Dir. Wayne Wang
Charlotte Gray - ** - USA - Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Chopper - *** - Australia - Dir. Andrew Dominik
Circle, The (Dayereh) - *** - Iran - Dir. Jafar Panahi
Curse of the Jade Scorpion - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Woody Allen

Day I Became a Woman, The (Roozi khe zan shodam) - ***1/2 - Iran - Dir. Marzieh Meshkini
Deep End, The - ** - USA - Dir. Scott McGehee and David Siegel
Devil's Backbone, The (El espinazo del Diablo) - ***1/2 - Mexico - Dir. Guillermo del Toro
Dish, The - **1/2 - Australia - Dir. Rob Sitch
Divided We Fall (Musíme si pomáhat) - *** - Czech Republic - Dir. Jan Hrebejk
Donnie Darko - **** - USA - Dir. Richard Kelly
Double Take - * - USA - Dir. George Gallo
Driven - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Renny Harlin

Endurance, The: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition - *** - USA, Germany - Dir. George Butler
Enemy at the Gates - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Evolution - ** - USA - Dir. Ivan Reitman

Faithless (Trolösa) - ***1/2 - Sweden - Dir. Liv Ullmann
Fast and the Furious, The - ** - USA - Dir. Rob Cohen
Fat Girl (À ma soeur!) - *** - France - Dir. Catherine Breillat
Fifteen Minutes - **1/2 - USA - Dir. John Herzfeld
Final Fantasy - **1/2 - USA/Japan - Dir. Hironobu Sakaguchi
Focus - ** - USA - Dir. Roger Roth [Ineligible - Never released in USA]
Forsaken, The - * - USA - Dir. J.S. Cardone
Freddy Got Fingered - 1/2 - USA - Dir. Tom Green
From Hell - **1/2 - USA - Dir. The Hughes Brothers

Ghosts of Mars - * - USA - Dir. John Carpenter
Ghost World - ***1/2 - USA - Dir. Terry Zwigoff
Ginger Snaps - *** - Canada - Dir. John Fawcett
Glass House - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Daniel Sackheim
Gleaners and I, The (Glaneurs et la glaneuse, Les) - *** - France - Dir. Agnes Varda
Gosford Park - *** - USA - Dir. Robert Altman

Hannibal - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Ridley Scott
Happy Accidents - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Brad Anderson
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - *** - USA - Dir. Chris Columbus
Head Over Heels - ** - USA - Dir. Mark S. Waters
Hearts in Atlantis - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Scott Hicks
Hedwig and the Angry Inch - *** - USA - Dir. John Cameron Mitchell
Heist - *** - USA - Dir. David Mamet

In the Bedroom - *** - USA - Dir. Todd Field
In the Mood For Love (Hua yang nian hua) - **** - Hong Kong - Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
Innocence - ***1/2 - Australia - Dir. Paul Cox
Iris - **1/2 - Italy - Aurelio Grimaldi [Ineligible - Never released in USA]
Iron Monkey - ***1/2 - Hong Kong - Dir. Woo-ping Yuen [Ineligible]
Ivansxtc - *** - USA - Dir. Bernard Rose [Ineligible - Never released in USA]

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Kevin Smith
Jeepers Creepers - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Victor Salva
Joe Dirt - ** - USA - Dir. Dennie Gordon
Joy Ride - *** - USA - Dir. John Dahl
Jump Tomorrow - *** - USA - Dir. Joel Hopkins
Jurassic Park 3 - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Joe Johnston

Kandahar (Safar e Ghandehar) - ***1/2 - Iran - Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Keep the River on Your Right - **1/2 - USA - Dir. David and Laurie Shapiro
King is Alive, The - **1/2 - Denmark - Dir. Kristian Levring
Kiss of the Dragon - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Chris Nahon
K-PAX - ** - USA - Dir. Iain Softley

Lantana - *1/2 - Australia - Dir. Ray Lawrence
Last Castle, The - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Rob Lurie
Life Without Death - ** - Canada - Dir. Frank Cole [Ineligible - Never released in USA]
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - **** - USA - Dir. Peter Jackson
Lost and Delirious - *** - Canada - Dir. Lea Pool
Luzhin Defence, The - **1/2 - United Kingdom - Dir. Marleen Gorris

Magic and Rose - *1/2 - New Zealand - Dir. Vanessa Alexander [Ineligible - Never released in USA]
Majestic, The - ** - USA - Dir. Frank Darabont
Man Who Wasn't There, The - ***1/2 - USA - Dir. Joel Coen
Maze - *** - USA - Dir. Rob Morrow
Me, You, Them (Eu, Tu, Eles) - **1/2 - Brazil - Dir. Andrucha Waddington
Memento - **** - USA - Dir. Christopher Nolan
Monkey Bone - ** - USA - Dir. Henry Selick
Monster's Ball - ***1/2 - USA - Dir. Marc Forster
Monsters, Inc. - ***1/2 - USA - Dir. Peter Doctor, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich
Moulin Rouge - *** - USA - Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Mozart in Turkey - **1/2 - United Kingdom - Dir. Mick Csaky
Mulholland Drive - **** - USA - Dir. David Lynch
Mummy Returns, The - ** - USA - Dir. Stephen Sommers
Musketeer, The - ** - USA - Dir. Peter Hyams

No Man's Land - **1/2 - Bosnia-Herzegovina - Dir. Danis Tanovic
Novocaine - *** - USA - Dir. David Atkins

Ocean's 11 - *** - USA - Dir. Steven Soderbergh
One, The - * - USA - Dir. James Wong
One Night at McCool's - *1/2 - USA - Dir. Harald Zwart
Others, The - ***1/2 - Spain / USA - Dir. Alejandro Amenábar
Our Song - *** - USA - Dir. Jim McKay

Pearl Harbor - ** - USA - Dir. Michael Bay
Planet of the Apes - ** - USA - Dir. Tim Burton
Pledge, The - *** - USA - Dir. Sean Penn
Princess and the Warrior, The (Der krieger und die Kaiserin) - **** - Germany - Dir. Tom Tykwer

Road Home, The - *** - China - Dir. Zhang Yimou
Royal Tenenbaums, The - **** - USA - Dir. Wes Anderson
Rush Hour 2 - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Brett Ratner

Saving Silverman - ** - USA - Dir. Dennis Dugan
Say It Isn't So! - * - USA - Dir. James B. Rogers
Scary Movie 2 - ** - USA - Dir. Keenen Ivory Wayans
Score, The - *** - USA - Dir. Frank Oz
See Spot Run - ** - USA - Dir. John Whitesell
Series 7: The Contenders - ** - USA - Dir. Daniel Minahan
75 Degrees in July - ** - USA - Dir. Hyatt Bass [Ineligible - Never released in USA]
Sexy Beast - *** - United Kingdom - Dir. Jonathan Glazer
Shallow Hal - *** - USA - Dir. Peter and Bobby Farrelly
Shrek - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson
Sidewalks of New York - *** - USA - Dir. Edward Burns
Songs From the Second Floor (Sånger från andra våningen) - **** - Sweden - Dir. Roy Andersson
Speakers of the Truth (Diseurs de vérité, Les) - ***1/2 - Netherlands - Dir. Karim Traidia [Ineligible - Never released in USA]
Spy Game - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Tony Scott
Spy Kids - *** - USA - Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Swordfish - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Dominic Sena

Tailor of Panama, The - *** - USA - Dir. John Boorman
Taste of Others, The (Goût des autres, Le) - *** - France - Dir. Agnes Jaoui
3000 Miles To Graceland - *1/2 - USA - Dir. Demian Lichtenstein
Thirteen Ghosts - ** - USA - Dir. Steve Beck
Thomas in Love (Thomas est amoureux) - ***1/2 - France - Dir. Pierre-Paul Renders
Time and Tide - ** - Hong Kong - Dir. Tsui Hark
Tomb Raider - * - USA - Dir. Simon West
Tomcats - * - USA - Dir. Gregory Poirier
Training Day - *** - USA - Dir. Antoine Fuqua

Under the Sand - ***1/2 - France - Dir. François Ozon

Va savoir (Who Knows?) - **** - France - Dir. Jacques Rivette
Valentine - 1/2 - USA - Dir. Jamie Blanks
Vanilla Sky - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Cameron Crowe

Waking Life - ***1/2 - USA - Dir. Richard Linklater
Widow of Saint-Pierre, The (Veuve de Saint-Pierre, La) - *** - France - Dir. Patrice Laconte
With a Friend Like Harry... (Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien) - *** - France - Dir. Dominik Moll

Zoolander - *** - USA - Dir. Ben Stiller

By Star Rating

****
Audition (Odishon)
Donnie Darko
In The Mood For Love
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Memento
Mulholland Drive
The Princess and the Warrior
The Royal Tenenbaums
Songs From the Second Floor (Sånger från andra våningen)
Va savoir (Who Knows?)

***1/2
Aberdeen
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
Angels of the Universe (Englar alheimsins)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Battle Royale
Bully
The Day I Became a Woman
The Devil's Backbone
Faithless (Trolösa)
Ghost World
Innocence
Iron Monkey
The Man Who Wasn't There
Monster's Ball
Monsters, Inc.
The Others
Speakers of the Truth (Les diseurs de vérité)
Thomas in Love (Thomas est amoureux)
Under the Sand
Waking Life

***
About Adam
An American Rhapsody
Amores Perros
A Beautiful Mind
Black Hawk Down
Blow
The Business of Strangers
Chopper
The Circle
Divided We Fall (Musíme si pomáhat)
Endurance, The
Fat Girl
Ginger Snaps
The Gleaners and I (Les glaneurs et la glaneuse)
Gosford Park
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Heist
In the Bedroom
Ivansxtc
Joy Ride
Jump Tomorrow
Lost and Delirious
Maze
Moulin Rogue
Novocaine
Ocean's 11
Our Song
The Pledge
The Road Home
The Score
Sexy Beast
Shallow Hal
Sidewalks of New York
Spy Kids
The Tailor of Panama
Taste of Others, The (Goût des autres, Le)
Training Day
With a Friend Like Harry... (Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien)
Widow of Saint-Pierre, The (Veuve de Saint-Pierre, La)
Zoolander

**1/2
Ali
Along Came a Spider
American Pie 2
AntiTrust
Blood: The Last Vampire
Bridget Jones's Diary
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
The Dish
Driven
Enemy at the Gates
Fifteen Minutes
Final Fantasy
From Hell
The Glass House
Hannibal
Happy Accidents
Hearts in Atlantis
Iris
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jeepers Creepers
Jurassic Park 3
Keep the River on Your Right
The King is Alive
Kiss of the Dragon
The Last Castle
The Luzhin Defence
Me, You, Them (Eu, Tu, Eles)
Mozart in Turkey
No Man's Land
Rush Hour 2
Shrek
Spy Game
Swordfish
Vanilla Sky

**
The Animal
Baise-moi
Behind Enemy Lines
Bread and Roses
The Center of the World
Charlotte Gray
The Deep End
Evolution
The Fast and the Furious
Focus
Head Over Heels
Joe Dirt
K-PAX
Life Without Death
The Majestic
Monkey Bone
The Mummy Returns
The Musketeer
Pearl Harbor
Planet of the Apes
Saving Silverman
Scary Movie 2
See Spot Run
Series 7: The Contenders
75 Degrees in July
Time and Tide
Thirteen Ghosts

*1/2
Lantana
Magic and Rose
One Night at McCool's
3000 Miles to Graceland
Tomcats
Tomb Raider

*
Double Take
The Forsaken
Ghosts of Mars
The One
Say It Isn't So!
Tomb Raider
Tomcats

1/2
Freddy Got Fingered
Valentine

ZERO
[None Yet - And hopefully there won't be any]

[Top Ten Lists and Awards List have been omitted until a seperate thread is started for end-of-the-year lists.]

Brook K · 02-06-2001, 09:35 PM

8/1/02 - Added Waking Life, Tape, Storytelling, Bully,