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Jail Breakers
South Korea, 2002 (119 min.)

Dir. Kim Sang-jim

Two bungling bad guys break out of jail, only to discover they were about to be released! Now they've got to break back in before anyone realizes they've escaped--if they get caught escaping then that's still illegal and they'll get charged with that new crime and they won't be released like they're supposed to.
Pacific Place Mon June 2 9:30 pm

Cinerama Sat June 14 1:45 pm

* Jealousy Is My Middle Name
South Korea, 2002 (123 min.)

Dir. Park Chan-Ok

A graduate student loses his girlfriend to a magazine editor, so he gets a job as the editor's apprentice in order to plot his revenge. Then he loses his new girlfriend to him, too! The moral: Don't play with fire, it's hot!
Harvard Exit Mon May 26 4:00 pm

Harvard Exit Wed May 28 4:45 pm

* Jet Lag *
France, 2002 (91 min.)

Dir. Daniele Thompson
Cast Juliette Binoche, Jean Reno, Sergi Lopez

Reno's a frozen-food magnate. Binoche is a shellacked beautician. The two meet cute at the airport during a transportation strike, share a hotel room, and maybe, just maybe, fall in love. This romantic comedy isn't overly lovey-dovey, which makes its thinness a bit easier to chew.

(Shannon Gee)
Cinerama Sun June 15 6:30 pm

Jonny Vang
Norway, 2002 (140 min.)

Dir. Jens Lien

Jonny, the hipper-than-shit title hero, tries to make an emotional three-way work with his married friends Tuva and Magnus, although unexplained catastrophes keep getting in the way--so does the mariachi soundtrack.
Egyptian Wed June 11 9:30 pm

Cinerama Sat June 14 11:30 am

Julie Walking Home
Canada/Germany/Poland, 2001 (118min.)

Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Cast Mirando Otto, Lothaire Bluteau

The hits just keep on coming for Julie: After uncovering her husband's infidelities, she finds out her son is fatally ill and not long for the world. In search of a miracle cure, she meets a mysterious healer, who just might teach her how to trust, and love, again.
Pacific Place Sun June 1 9:30 pm

Harvard Exit Wed June 4 4:45 pm


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* King Of The Ants *
USA, 2002 (101 min.)

Dir. Stuart Gordon
Cast Kari Wuhrer, Daniel Baldwin, George Wendt

A housepainter/drifter just might have stumbled upon the financial opportunity of a lifetime. All he has to do is... get rid of a DEAD BODY!
Egyptian Fri June 13 9:30 pm

Cinerama Sun June 15 11:30 am

* Kopps *
Sweden, 2002 (90 min.)

Dir. Josef Fares

A hilarious, if eventually cloying, comedy about small-town cops who devise a crime wave to keep from being downsized. It almost succeeds at keeping up the delirious pace set in the first half hour, but a little sagging can be forgiven in a movie this flat-out enjoyable. (Adam Hart)
Harvard Exit Fri June 13 6:30 pm

Harvard Exit Sun June 15 11:30 am


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* L'Auberge Espagnole *
France/Spain, 2002 (115 min.)

Dir. Cedric Klapisch
Cast Romain Duris, Judith Godreche, Audrey Tatou

The New Europe assembles in a shared Barcelona apartment, where the residents can hardly escape embodying their national stereotypes. The sitcommish but frequently charming result deftly raises asks questions of identity and youth--how hard do you hold on to either one?--and proves that a sweet movie can also have little pockets of depth. (EMILY HALL)
Pacific Place Fri May 23 6:30 pm

Pacific Place Sun May 25 1:45 pm

The Last Great Wilderness
UK, 2002 (90 min.)

Dir. David Mackenzie

An off-beat road movie that operates on the principle that nothing's funnier, or scarier, than Scottish people--especially on a dark and stormy night in the Highlands.
Egyptian Tues June 3 9:30 pm

Brdwy Perf Hall Sat June 7 1:45 pm

* Last Scene *
Japan/South Korea, 2002 (98 min.)

Dir. Hideo Nakata

Quite a detour from Nakata's other work (the excellent, original The Ring and Dark Water); this is a well-intentioned, achingly slow tribute to the crafts of acting and filmmaking. Elderly actor Mihara returns for one last job on a ridiculous medical movie of the week, where a grouchy props master is about to hang up her fanny pack after working with a dingbat director, popped out actors, and a married script supervisor who keeps stringing her along. (SHANNON GEE)
Harvard Exit Thurs June 5 7:00 pm

Egyptian Tues June 10 4:45 pm

The Last Train
Uruguay/Argentina/Spain, 2002 (90 min.)

Dir. Diego Arsuaga

Looking to protect their national heritage, cute old men and an even cuter little boy hijack Uruguay's one remaining steam engine. I'm sure they mean well, but I'm too afraid of bag checks, metal detectors, and shoe searches on public transportation to recommend this film. (ADAM HART)
Harvard Exit Thurs June 5 9:30 pm

Harvard Exit Sun June 8 2:00 pm

* Le Cercle Rouge *
France, 1970 (140 min.)

Dir. Jean-Paul Melville
Cast Alain Delon, Gian Maria Volonte, Yves Montand

Splendidly restored, this exercise in cinematic ultracool by the director of Bob le Flambeur and Le Samouraï might just be best of fest. A deftly choreographed heist classic, Rouge features doomed cops and robbers sporting beautiful mugs of skull-deep tristesse. Melville's stylized dance of trench-coated tough guys schooled John Woo, Quentin Tarantino, Jim Jarmusch, and Neil Jordan in the ways men of honor move in closed circles of death and betrayal. (KATHLEEN MURPHY)
Harvard Exit Sun June 8 4:00 pm

The Legend of Suriyothai
Thailand, 2002 (160 min.)

Dir. Chatrichalerm Yukoi

Written and directed by one of Thailand's royal princes, the story is set in the 16th century, when Thailand was first unifying. Threats include an invading Burmese army to the north and corruption within the royal family. Quite popular in its native country, it is reminiscent of those expensive made-for-TV movies from a few years ago where spectacle often overwhelms the characters and you're better off knowing the story beforehand. (Andy Spletzer)
Cinerama Mon June 9 6:30 pm

Cinerama Sun June 15 9:30 pm

Life After War
USA, 2003 (80 min.)

Dir. Brian Knappenberger

If you want a movie made about you, all you have to do is quit your job and spearhead humanitarian efforts in wartorn Kandahar. Conscience-soothing gratitude would almost make up for the horrors you'd witness firsthand.
Brdwy Perf Hall Thurs June 5 7:00 pm

Brdwy Perf Hall Sat June 7 11:30 am

Limelight
USA, 2002 (90 min.)

Dir. Terry Lukemire

Yet another low-budget mockumentary about a loveable bunch of misfits. This time, they sing karaoke. You've been warned.
Brdwy Perf Hall Wed June 11 7:00 pm

Brdwy Perf Hall Fri June 13 4:00 pm

A Little Monk
South Korea, 2002 (102min.)

Dir. Ju Kyung-joongTreacle alert! Treacle alert! Slow, prettily photographed, cutesy-poo stuff about an adorable (naturally) little boy who wants his mother, a horny adolescent who wants to get laid, and the Buddhist monk who keeps swatting his sinful charges with a nasty little switch. Worse yet, he bores them with Zen parables of such cryptic idiocy they finally pack up and leave. Which is what any self-respecting audience should do. (KATHLEEN MURPHY)

Egyptian Sat May 31 1:45 pm

Brdwy Perf Hall Tues June 3 9:30 pm

Los ZaFIros/The Sapphires: Music From the Edge of Time
Cuba, 2002 (86 min.)

Dir Lorenzo di Stefano

The rise and fall of Los Zafiros can serve as a cautionary tale to all those Cuban jazz/American doo-wop fusion bands with dreams of hitting the big time.

Brdwy Perf Hall Fri May 23 4:00 pm
Brdwy Perf Hall Sun May 25 9:30 pm

* Love and Diane *
USA, 2002 (153 min.) US Premiere

Dir. Jennifer Dworkin

The epic simplicity of this documentary about a New York City family constantly on the verge of losing everything is, yes, powerful, affecting, and complex. Diane struggles to reconcile with her children after losing them during her crack addiction, while troubled daughter Love fears she is repeating her mother's mistakes when her infant son is placed in foster care. Dworkin followed the family for five years to capture the unfolding drama that is as gripping as any fiction. (Shannon Gee)
Brdwy Perf Hall Fri May 23 6:30 pm

Love At 7-11
Taiwan, 2002 (97 min.)

Dir. Teng Yung-shing
Cast Huang Pin-yuan, Ko Huan-jo

Seriously, is there anything even remotely sexy about convenience stores? It must be true love, then, when a pained and passive oh-so-modern romance between a documentary filmmaker and a 7-11 clerk blossoms.
Pacific Place Thurs June 12 1:00 pm

Pacific Place Sat June 14 6:30 pm

Love Forbidden
France, 2002 (96 min.)

Dir. Rodolphe Marconi

What better way to grieve the death of your brother than to move to the Villa Medici and discover Rome's seductive underbelly. And speaking of seductive underbellies, check out that tour guide, Matteo!
Harvard Exit Mon June 2 9:30 pm

Harvard Exit Tues June 3 4:45 pm

The Lover
Russia, 2002 (100 min.)

Dir. Valery Todorovsky

Tragedy begets tragedy as a woman's sudden death sends her husband into a downward spiral of cuckolded jealousy, hastened by the appearance of a lurking outsider with equal reason to grieve. Visually stunning and darkly funny, with a resolution that's perhaps a little too Russian for its own good. (Andrew Wright)
Egyptian Mon May 26 9:30 pm

Egyptian Wed May 28 4:45 pm


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* Madame Sata *
Brazil/France, 2002 (105 min.)
Dir. Karim Ainouz

Joao Francisco dos Santos, AKA "Madame Sata" was a legendary street-fighter/drag queen in 1930s Brazil. All I want to know is why it took so long for someone to make a movie about him.
Harvard Exit Tues May 27 9:30 pm

The Magdalene Sisters
Ireland, 2002 (119 min.)

Dir. Peter Mullan

Four girls, after committing "sinful transgressions" that bring shame to their families, end up in a prison-like convent run by the Irish Catholic Church. Many abuses later, the audience ends up feeling as beat up as the girls, but in a way that verifies a well-made film about injustice rather than choices of a sadistic director. (Shannon Gee)
Pacific Place Sat May 24 6:30 pm

Pacific Place Sun May 25 4:00 pm

Mama Benz and the Taste of Money
Netherlands, 2001 (78 min.)

Dir. Karin JungerThis charming documentary looks at the full body of a very attractive young African woman. It does nothing else beside that. The young woman, who is from Burkina Faso and trying to make it the in ruthless and still deeply colonial business of African fabrics, is, as the expression goes, something else. She looks great while on her scooter heading to work, or at home saying a praying after dinner, or drinking orange Fanta during a business meeting, or selling cloth at the crowded market. Damn. (CHARLES MUDEDE)

Brdwy Perf Hall Thurs June 5 4:45 pm

Brdwy Perf Hall Mon June 9 9:30 pm

Marion Bridge
Canada, 2002 (90 min.)

Dir. Wiebke Von Carolsfeld
Cast Molly Parker, Rebecca Jenkins

Few joys in life can match those inspired by a talk-filled movie set in a desolate New England coastal town, in which characters reveal painful family secrets and come to terms with their pasts. Did I mention the elderly mother on her deathbed?
Harvard Exit Sat May 31 9:30 pm

Pacific Place Mon June 2 4:45 pm

Marooned In Iraq
Iran, 2002 (97 min.)

Dir. Bahman Ghobadi

Motorcycles, leather jackets, and rebel attitudes pave the way for the most exuberant movie a Kurd could have made about his people in the aftermath of the first Gulf War. Despite a lot of singing and dancing, the films of Ghobadi are heartbreaking almost by necessity, and this one is no exception. (ADAM HART)
Pacific Place Tues May 27 7:00 pm

Meisje (94 min.)
Belgium/Netherlands/France, 2002

Dir. Dorothée Van Der Berghe

A semiautobiographical piece in three parts depicting women at crucial moments in their lives. Since one of the episodes is set in an Amsterdam hippie commune, you'd better hope that sex and nudity at least make an appearance to spice this one up.
Pacific Place Wed June 11 9:30 pm

Pacific Place Thurs June 12 4:45 pm

Mekhong Full-Moon Party
Thailand, 2002 (119 min.)

Dir. Jira Maligool

Full-moon parties are Thailand's raves; for major tourist bait, add mysterious fireballs rising from the Mekong River at the end of Buddhist Lent--proof to the local rubes that Naga (fabulous supernatural watersnakes) still deliver. An hour into this endless, episodic mess you don't give a damn where those pesky fireballs come from--nature, man, or divine serpent! Sophomoric yuk-it-up comedy inspired by silly scientists, madcap monks, village drunks, and dog (and cat) shit. (Kathleen Murphy)
Pacific Place Fri May 23 4:00 pm

Pacific Place Mon May 26 9:30 pm

MilwauKEE, Minnesota
USA, 2002 (95 min.)

Dir. Allan Mindel
Cast Troy Garity, Randy Quaid, Josh Brolin

It's an American tradition that the mentally challenged should be innocent and superior to their amoral and intellectual counterparts. This time, the Lenny character is Milwaukee's #1 fisherman, and a couple of rival con men uncover his secret (disturbing? painful?) history en route to a swindle.
Pacific Place Sat June 14 9:30 pm

Pacific Place Sun June 15 1:45 pm

Mine Alone
Spain, 2002 (100 min.)

Dir. Javier Balaguer
Cast Sergi Lopes, Paz Vega

Why are movie husbands such assholes? I'm sure they exist in real life, but maybe if movies presented a reality in which all families were happy and domestic violence didn't exist, the problems would just go away on their own.
Egyptian Sat June 14 9:30 pm

Egyptian Sun June 15 1:45 pm

Minimal Stories
Argentina, 2002 (93 min.)

Dir. Carlos Sorin

On windswept plains awash in super-saturated light, three pilgrims cross paths as they head for the same town: an old man searching for a dog he done wrong, a traveling salesman trying to deliver the perfect birthday cake, a young mother who's won the chance to appear on a tacky TV game show. Ironists and misanthropes pass by; these unpretentious, feel-good stories cherish the "minimal" dreams of ordinary folk while celebrating genuine human kindness. (KATHLEEN MURPHY)
Pacific Place Thurs May 29 9:30 pm

Pacific Place Sun June 1 4:00 pm

Miranda
UK, 2002 (90 min.)

Dir. Mark Munden
Cast Christina Ricci, John Simm, Kyle MacLachlan

Does there exist any film with Ricci that's not in some way about sex? In this mystery intrigue she's seducing a quiet bookseller who finds himself at the center of a plot rife with such clichés as money, power, and a web of lies. Good money says the dude gets found face down in a gutter.
Harvard Exit Thurs May 29 9:30 pm

Egyptian Sun June 1 11:30 am

Miss Entebbe
Israel, 2002 (75 min.)

Dir. Omri Levy

When an Israeli girl discovers that a plane hijacked by Palestinian commandoes is the same flight as her neighbor's, she goes out on a vengeance quest. With the help of her impressionable peers, she holds a young Palestinian boy hostage, until the plan goes all to hell.
Harvard Exit Wed June 11 9:30 pm

Harvard Exit Sat June 14 1:45 pm

The Missing Gun
China, 2002 (90 min.)

Dir. Lu Chuan

What starts out as Kurosawa's Stray Dog set in China turns into a decent flick all its own. After getting plowed at a wedding reception, a small-town flatfoot wakes up to find his gun missing. The resulting unraveling of the cop's life, makes for a fairly tense experience. Though not directed by the best of hands, it's still worth a look. (BRADLEY STEINBACHER)
Pacific Place Tues June 3 7:00 pm

Egyptian Mon June 9 4:45 pm

Mondays in the Sun
Spain/France/Italy, 2002 (113 min.)

Dir. Fernando Leon de Aranoa
Cast Javier Bardem

The title is a great description of unemployment, and it turns out to be the best part of the movie. A Spanish shipyard has shut down. The economy is depressed. Four men represent four different takes on how unemployment has affected the citizens. Despite some solid performances and plenty of good intentions, this is the kind of movie that would have worked better as a play. (Andy Spletzer)
Cinerama Wed June 11 9:30 pm

Egyptian Sun June 15 11:30 am

* Morning Sun *
USA, 2002 (117 min.)

Dir. Carma Hinton, Geremie R. Barme, Richard Gordon

Rarely seen archival footage and snippets from China's Communist propaganda films constitute the bulk of this historical take on the country's revolutionary times. In a condensed view spanning three decades, the audience can marvel how leaders incarcerated millions and threw culture into a blender.
Brdwy Perf. Hall Wed June 4 7:00 pm

Brdwy Perf Hall Fri June 6 4:00 pm

Moving Alan
USA, 2002 (84 min.)

Dir. Chris Shelton
Cast Marley Shelton, Mark Pellegrino

Two sisters. One dead husband. Math is hard.
Brdwy Perf Hall Thurs May 29 7:00 pm

Brdwy Perf Hall Sat May 31 11:30 am

The Mudge Boy
USA, 2002 (94 min.)

Dir. Michael Burke
Cast Emile Hirsch, Richard Jenkins, Thomas Guiry

This painful coming-of-age story divided audiences at Sundance, but the message is clear: Life is tough when your life isn't the norm. Shy Duncan and swaggery Perry embark on an uneasy relationship that becomes a tragic discovery of self-survival that could possibly be read as a strengthening rite of passage--if the journey weren't so cruel. (Shannon Gee)
Harvard Exit Sat June 7 6:30 pm

Harvard Exit Mon June 9 4:45 pm

* Musa the Warrior *
South Korea, 2001 (157 min.)

Dir. Kim Sung-su

A Kurosawa-style epic about some Korean diplomats and warriors paying a visit to the Ming government in 1375 China. Not only are the foreigners refused passage, they are banished into the desert. To make matters worse, some pursuing, bloodthirsty Mongols are eager for a good ol' fashioned massacre.
Egyptian Sat May 24 6:30 pm

Harvard Exit Sun May 25 9:30 pm

* My Architect *
USA, 2002 (116 min.)

Dir. Nathaniel Kahn

What seems to be the depiction of a simple, brilliant architect becomes more, so much more, in this revealing biopic on the famous Louis Kahn. Son Nathaniel delves into his father's past, where he pursued different identities and an eccentric lifestyle, right up until his mysterious death at Penn Station. (SEAN REID)
Harvard Exit Sat May 24 6:30 pm

Pacific Place Mon May 26 4:00 pm

My Dinner With Jimi
USA, 2002 (90 min.)

Dir. Bill Fishman
Cast Justin Henry, George Wendt, John Corbett

This memoir film reenacts a wild night in swinging '60s London as told by the lead singer of the Turtles, Howard Kaylan. The pop vocalist recounts how he helped out Jimi Hendrix, with special guest appearances from the Beatles, Brian Jones, Donovan, and Graham Nash.
Brdwy Perf Hall Wed May 28 7:00 pm

Brdwy Perf Hall Mon June 2 4:45 pm

My Russia
Austria, 2002 (91 min.)

Dir. Barbara Gräftner

Yuks abound as bank officer Margit prepares for the arrival of her son's new in-laws from the Ukraine. As she works feverishly to cook up a memorable meal, stereotypes of a snowy, wolf-laden Russia dominate her mind, leading to (can you guess?) hilarious results come dinnertime. Through it all, family love prevails.
Pacific Place Thurs June 12 9:30 pm

Pacific Place Sun June 15 4:00 pm

Mystics
Ireland, 2003 (90 min.)

Dir. David Blair
Cast David Kelly, Milo O'Shea

A pair of con artists retire to a quiet Irish town and set up a fake séance shop to milk the wallets of death-stricken families. Unfortunately, the boys hit a snag when the Irish mob comes calling to plan an elaborate heist with their newly deceased boss, "Big Mac."
Brdwy Perf Hall Tues June 3 4:45 pm

Harvard Exit Sat June 7 9:30 pm