Jun 3, 2002 By any standard, The Horse’s Mouth shines as an outstandingly personal work from a decade that often seems the most arid in British cinema. Amid tepid comedies and timid thrillers, it sparkles with conviction and eccentricity—at least that’s how it...

Jan 21, 2002 A fresco conceived on a majestic scale, Marcel Carné’s masterpiece sweeps its audience back to the 1820s, painting the detail of a world obsessed with both theater and crime.

The Last Wave

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Nov 26, 2001 Peter Weir’s first film to be released in America insists on the tangible power of spiritual life.

Oct 29, 2001 Peter Medak’s stinging satire is unashamedly theatrical, emerging from a fascinating period in English culture when theatre and cinema together were mining a rich vein of flamboyant self-analysis.

Sep 17, 2001 Jirí Menzel’s war comedy is an absurdist symphony of self-absorption and impotence.

Aug 20, 2001 Preston Sturges’s generous-hearted satire achieves a synthesis that is both terribly funny and deeply moving.

Gertrud

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Aug 20, 2001 Carl Dreyer’s modern tragedy eschews melodrama, striking a balance between suffering and triviality.

Jun 4, 2001 Mario Monicelli’s caper comedy is that genuine rarity in popular culture: a satire that not only helped kill off one movie genre, but started a whole new subgenre in the process.

May 21, 2001 Akira Kurosawa’s period film not only commemorated historical Japanese myths with new, vivid feeling but also created the source for many of the enduring entertainment tropes in world cinema today.

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