FILMS SEEN IN THE YEAR 2003

 

 

 

1.)  25th HOUR                                                                      97                                  

USA                                                                            Spike Lee

                       

2.)  ALL THE REAL GIRLS                                               96

USA                                                                            David Gordon Green

 

3.)  IRREVERSIBLE                                                           96

France                                                                       Gaspar Noé

 

4.)  LILYA 4-EVER                                                               96

Sweden                                                                     Lukas Moodysson

 

5.)  DEMONLOVER                                                             95

France                                                                       Olivier Assayas

 

6.)  COLD MOUNTAIN                                                        95

USA                                                                            Anthony Minghella

 

7.)  CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS                               95

USA                                                                            Andrew Jarecki

 

8.)  DRACULA:  PAGES FROM A VIRGIN’S DIARY    95

Canada  France                                                      Guy Maddin

 

9.)  ALEXANDRA’S PROJECT                                        95

Australia                                                                   Rolf de Heer

 

10.)  21 GRAMS                                                                   95                               

USA                                                                            Alejandro González Iñárritu

 

11.)  DAUGHTER FROM DANANG                                 95

USA                                                                            Gail Golgin and Vicente Franco

 

12.)  IN THE CUT                                                                 95

USA  Australia                                                         Jane Campion

 

13.)  THE SLAUGHTER RULE                                         94                                                                                           

USA                                                                            Alex and Andrew Smith

 

14.)  LOST IN TRANSLATION                                          94

USA                                                                            Sofia Coppola

 

15.)  WAITING FOR HAPPINESS                                    94

France  Mauritania                                                 Abderrahane Sissako

 

16.)  IN AMERICA                                                                94

Ireland  Great Britain                                             Jim Sheridan

 

17.)  THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS                               94

Canada  France                                                      Denys Arcand

 

18.)  JAPÓN                                                                          94                               

Mexico                                                                       Carlos Reygadas

 

19.)  BUS 174                                                                       94

Brazil                                                                         José Padilha

 

20.)  STEVIE                                                                         94                               

USA                                                                            Steve James

 

21.)  THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI                                       93

Japan                                                                        Yoji Yamada

 

22.)  THE TRACKER                                                          93

Australia                                                                   Rolf de Heer

 

23.)  THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST                                  93

Finland                                                                      Aki Kaurismäki

 

24.)  GOODBYE, DRAGON INN                                       93

Taiwan                                                                      Tsai Ming-liang

 

25.)  FROM THE OTHER SIDE - video                           93                               

Belgium  France  Australia  Finland                  Chantal Akerman

 

26.)  RAISING VICTOR VARGAS                                     93

USA                                                                            Peter Sollet

 

27.)  FRIDAY NIGHT  (VENREDI SOIR)                          93                               

France                                                                       Claire Denis

 

28.)  THE SON                                                                     93

France  Belgium                                                     Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne

 

29.)  DISTANT                                                                      92                   

Turkey                                                                       Nuri Bilge Ceylon

 

30.)  SPARE PARTS                                                           92

Slovenia                                                                    Damjan Kozole

 

31.)  AMERICAN SPLENDOR                                          92

USA                                                                            Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini

 

32.)  LAWLESS HEART                                                     92

Great Britian  France                                             Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger

 

33.)  STRAYED                                                                    92

France  Great Britain                                             André Téchiné

                                                                       

34.)  THE NEW COUNTRY                                                92                               

Sweden                                                                     Geir Hansteen Jorgensen

 

35.)  MY LIFE WITHOUT ME                                             92

Spain  Canada                                                        Isabel Coixet

 

36.)  CET AMOUR-LÀ                                                         92

France                                                                       Josée Dayan

 

37.)  BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES                                          92       

France                                                                       Zabou Breitman

 

38.)  SWEET SIXTEEN                                                      92                               

Great Britain Germany Spain                              Ken Loach

 

39.)  LOVE AND DIANE                                                     92

USA                                                                            Jennifer Dworkin

 

40.)  GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING                             92

Great Britain  Luxembourg                                  Peter Webber

 

41.)  TILL HUMAN VOICES WAKE US                           92                               

Australia  USA                                                         Michael Petroni

 

42.)  THE PIANIST                                                              92                                                       

Poland France Germany Netherlands Great Britain      Roman Polanski

 

43.)  CRIMSON GOLD                                                        91

Iran                                                                             Jafar Panahi

 

44.)  TOSCA                                                                         91

(2001 released in Chicago in 2003)

Great Britain France Germany Italy                   Benoît Jacquot

 

45.)  THE REUNION                                                           91

Sweden                                                                     Mans Herngren and Hannes Holm

 

46.)  SWIMMING POOL                                                      91

France                                                                       François Ozon

 

47.)  THREE                                                                         91

South Korea Thailand Hong Kong    Kim Jee-Woon   Nonzee Nimibutr   Peter Ho-Sun Chan 

 

48.)  IN MY SKIN                                                                  91

France                                                                       Marina de Van

 

49.)  DIRTY PRETTY THINGS                                          91

Great Britain                                                            Stephen Frears

 

50.)  A PIECE OF SKY                                                        91

France Belgium Luxembourg                             Bénédicte Liénard

 

51.)  CHIHWASEON (PAINTED FIRE)                            91

South Korea                                                            Im Kwon-taek

 

52.)  GERRY                                                                         91                               

USA                                                                            Gus Van Sant

 

53.)  FEATHERS IN MY HEAD                                         91

Belgium                                                                    Thomas de Their

 

54.)  SHATTERED GLASS                                                91

USA                                                                            Billy Ray

 

55.)  THE COMPANY                                                          91

USA                                                                            Robert Altman

 

56.)  THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE                          91

France  Belgium  Canada            Great Britian           Sylvain Chomet

 

57.)  THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED             90

USA Ireland Netherlands Germany Finland         Kim Bartley and Donnacha O’Briain

 

58.)  THE LAST JUST MAN - video                                90

Canada                                                                     Steven Silver

 

59.)  STONE READER                                                       90

USA                                                                            Mark Moskowitz

 

60.)  MASSOUD, THE AFGHAN                                       90

(1998 released in Chicago 2003)

France                                                                       Christophe de Ponfilly

 

61.)  BOLIVIA                                                                       90

Argentina                                                                  Adrian Caetano

 

62.)  SPELLBOUND                                                           90

USA                                                                            Jeff Blitz

 

63.)  THE QUIET AMERICAN                                           90

USA Germany Australia                                        Philip Noyce

 

64.)  ME AND MORRISON                                                 90

Finland                                                                      Lenka Hellstedt

 

65.)  TOGETHER                                                                 90

China                                                                         Chen Kaige

 

66.)  FINDING NEMO                                                          90

USA                                                                            Andrew Stanton

 

67.)  BIG FISH                                                                      90

USA                                                                            Tim Burton

 

68.)  HUSH! – video                                                            90

Russia                                                                       Victor Kossakovsky

 

69.)  AMANDLA! A REVOLUTION IN FOUR-PART HARMONY        90

South Africa  USA                                                  Lee Hirsch

 

70.)  SPIDER                                                                        90

Canada  Great Britain                                            David Cronenberg

 

71.)  TEN                                                                               90

Iran                                                                             Abbas Kiarostami

 

72.)  SEPTEMBER 11 -  11’ 9” 01                                    90

France  Great Britain  Bosnia-Herzegovina  Egypt  Mexico  Israel  USA  Japan                     

Samira Makhmalbaf (Iran), Claude LeLouch (France), Youssef Chahine (Egypt), Danis Tanovic (Bosnia), Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso), Ken Loach (Great Britain), Alejandro González Iñárritu (Mexico), Amos Gitai (Israel), Mira Nair (India), Sean Penn (USA), Shohei Imamura (Japan)

 

73.)  CINEMANIA - video                                                   90

USA  Germany                                                        Angela Christlieb and Stephen Kijak

 

74.)  IN THIS WORLD                                                         90

Great Britain                                                            Michael Winterbottom

 

75.)  THIRTEEN                                                                   89                               

USA                                                                            Catherine Hardwicke

 

76.)  DOWN WITH LOVE                                                   89

USA                                                                            Peyton Reed

 

77.)  A THOUSAND MONTHS                                          89

Morocco France Belgium                                    Faouzi Bensaidi

 

78.)  ANYTHING ELSE                                                       89

USA                                                                            Woody Allen

 

79.)  HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG                                   89

USA                                                                            Vadim Perelman

 

80.)  KEDMA                                                                         89                   

Israel  France  Italy                                                 Amos Gitai

 

81.)  RESPIRO                                                                     88

Italy  France                                                             Emanuele Crialese

 

82.)  JEALOUSY IS MY MIDDLE NAME                         88

South Korea                                                            Park Chan-ok

 

83.)  BLIND SPOT:  HITLER’S SECRETARY               88

Germany                                                                   Andre Heller and Othmar Schmiderer

 

84.)  RIVERS AND TIDES: ANDY GOLDSWORTHY WORKING WITH TIME     88

Germany                                                                   Thomas Riedelsheimer

 

85.)  LOST IN LA MANCHA                                               88                               

USA  Great Britain                                                  Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe

 

86.)  DISTANT LIGHTS                                                      87

Germany                                                                   Hans-Christian Schmid

 

87.)  THE GIRL FROM PARIS                                           87

France                                                                       Christian Carion

 

88.)  MADAME SATà                                                         87

Brazil France                                                           Karim Aïnouz

 

89.)  JAPANESE STORY                                                   87

Australia                                                                   Sue Brooks

 

90.)  SCHOOL OF ROCK                                                   87

USA                                                                            Richard Linklater

 

91.)  ACTS OF WORSHIP                                                  87

USA                                                                            Rosemary Rodriguez

 

92.)  THE ISLE                                                                     86       

South Korea                                                            Kim Ki-Duk

 

93.)  BALSEROS                                                                 86

aka:  CUBAN RAFTERS

Spain                                                             Carles Bosch and José Maria Doménech

 

94.)  TAKING SIDES                                                           86

Great Britain Austria Germany France             István Szabó

 

95.)  VERA                                                                            86

Mexico  France  Germany  USA                          Francisco Athié

 

96.)  INTOLERABLE CRUELTY                                      86

USA                                                                            Joel Coen

 

97.)  KILL BILL, Vol. 1                                                        86

USA                                                                            Quentin Tarantino

 

98.)  BLACKBOARDS                                                        86

Iran  Italy  Japan                                                     Samira Makhmalbaf

 

99.)  28 DAYS LATER                                                        86

Great Britain Netherlands USA                           Danny Boyle

 

100.)  WHAT JACKIE KNEW                                            85

France                                                                       Patrick Jeudy

 

101.)  THE SHAPE OF THINGS                                       85

USA                                                                            Neil LaBute

 

102.)  WINGED MIGRATION                                             85

France Italy Germany Spain Switzerland        Jacques Perrin

 

103.)  AMEN                                                                         85                               

France Germany Romania USA                         Costa-Gavras

 

104.)  MUHAMMAD ALI, THE GREATEST                    85                               

France                                                                       William Klein

 

105.)  WHALE RIDER                                                         85                               

New Zealand  Germany                                        Niki Caro

 

106.)  GRIMM                                                                        85                               

Netherlands                                                             Alex van Warmerdam

 

107.)  HOLES                                                                       85                               

USA                                                                            Andrew Davis

 

108.)  ELEPHANT                                                               84

USA                                                                            Gus Van Sant

 

109.)  DOWN AND OUT WITH THE DOLLS                  84                               

USA                                                                            Kurt Voss

 

110.)  COWARDS BEND THE KNEE - video                84

Canada                                                                     Guy Maddin

 

111.)  LOUDER THAN BOMBS - video                          84                               

Poland                                                                       Przemyslaw Wojcieszek

 

112.)  RUNAWAY JURY                                                     84

USA                                                                            Gary Fleder

 

113.)  MATCHSTICK MEN                                                84

USA                                                                            Ridley Scott

 

114.)  SYLVIA                                                                       83

Great Britain                                                            Christine Jeffs

 

115.)  MYSTIC RIVER                                                         83

USA                                                                            Clint Eastwood

 

116.)  BAD SANTA                                                              83

USA                                                                            Terry Zwigoff

 

117.)  BETTER LUCK TOMORROW                               83

USA                                                                            Justin Lin

 

118.)  TYCOON:  A NEW RUSSIAN                                83

Russia                                                                       Pavel Pounguine

 

119.)  NORTHFORK                                                           83

USA                                                                            Michael Polish

 

120.)  HUSH!                                                                        83

Japan                                                                        Ryosuke Hashiguchi

 

121.)  THE HUMAN STAIN                                                83

USA Germany France                                           Robert Benton

 

122.)  THE FLOWER OF EVIL                                          82                   

France                                                                       Claude Chabrol

 

123.)  THE STATION AGENT                                           82                               

USA                                                                            Tom McCarthy

 

124.)  PIECES OF APRIL                                                   82

USA                                                                            Peter Hedges

 

125.)  TEKNOLUST                                                            82                               

USA                                                                            Lynn Hershman Leeson

 

126.)  PORN THEATER                                                     82

France                                                                       Jacques Nolot

 

127.)  TULSE LUPER SUITCASES, PART 1, THE MOAB STORY  82

Great Britain  Netherlands                                   Peter Greenway

 

128.)  THE FILM OF HER – short                                    82

USA                                                                            Bill Morrison

 

129.)  THE RECRUIT                                                          81

USA                                                                            Roger Donaldson

 

130.)  THE GOOD THIEF                                                   81

USA                                                                            Neil Jordan

 

131.)  THE SINGING DETECTIVE                                   81

USA                                                                            Keith Gordon

 

132.)  MASTER AND COMMANDER:  THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD        81

USA                                                                            Peter Weir

 

133.)  LA PETITE LILI                                                         81

France                                                                       Claude Miller

 

134.)  DEAD OR ALIVE:  FINAL                                       81

Japan                                                                        Takashi Miike

 

135.)  PIGLET’S BIG MOVIE                                             81

USA                                                                            Francis Glebas

 

136.)  THE SEVENTH SUN OF LOVE                            80

Greece Bulgaria Turkey                                       Vangelis Serdaris

 

137.)  LAUREL CANYON                                                  80

USA                                                                            Lisa Cholodenko

 

138.)  OPORTO OF MY CHILDHOOD                             80

Portugal                                                                    Manoel de Oliveira

 

139.)  SANSA                                                                       80

France  Spain                                                          Siegfried

 

140.)  A TASTE FOR MURDER                                        79

France                                                                       Raul Ruiz

 

141.)  SECRET TAPES OF SECURITY POLICE – short        79                   

Poland                                                                       Piotr Morawski

 

142.)  LOVE LIZA                                                                 78                               

USA                                                                            Todd Louiso

 

143.)  MOONLIGHT                                                             78

Netherlands G Britain Luxembourg Germany            Paula van der Oest

 

144.)  IDENTITY                                                                   78

USA                                                                            James Mangold

 

145.)  THE HOUSEKEEPER                                            78

France                                                                       Claude Berri

 

146.)  THE MISSING                                                           77

USA                                                                            Ron Howard

 

147.)  DANCE CHALLENGE                                            77       

France                                                                       Bianca Li

 

148.)  THE COOLER                                                           77

USA                                                                            Wayne Kramer

 

149.)  JET LAG                                                                    77                               

France                                                                       Danièle Thompson

 

150.)  SAFE CONDUCT                                                     77

France                                                                       Bertrand Tavernier

 

151.)  CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND       77                               

USA                                                                            George Clooney

 

152.)  XX/XY                                                                         76                                                                   

USA                                                                            Austin Chick

 

153.)  PHONE BOOTH                                                       75

USA                                                                            Joel Schumacher

 

154.)  KIRA’S REASON:  A LOVE STORY                    75                               

Denmark                                                                   Ole Christian Madsen

 

155.)  THE SEA                                                                    74

Iceland                                                                      Baltasar Kormakur

 

156.)  SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE                                74

USA                                                                            Nancy Meyers

 

157.)  THE ITALIAN JOB                                                   74

USA                                                                            F Gary Gray

 

158.)  THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND                      74

USA                                                                            Sam Green and Bill Siegel

 

159.)  OUR PRECIOUS CHILDREN                                73

France                                                                       Benoît Cohen 

 

160.)  MANIC                                                                        73

USA                                                                            Jordan Melamed

 

161.)  LOONEY TUNES:  BACK IN ACTION                 73

USA                                                                            Joe Dante

 

162.)  A BIG GIRL LIKE YOU                                            72

France                                                                       Christophe Blanc

 

163.)  PAYCHECK                                                              72

USA                                                                            John Woo

 

164.)  THE LEGEND OF SURIYOTHAI                           72                               

Thailand USA                                                          Chatri Chalerm

 

165.)  MC5 * A TRUE TESTIMONIAL - video                72                                           

USA                                                                            David C Thomas

 

166.)  LAST SUPPER                                                         72

Iran                                                                             Ferevdoun Jevrani

 

167.)  THE JUNGLE BOOK 2                                           71

USA                                                                            Steve Trenbirth

 

168.)  MONA LISA SMILE                                                  71

USA                                                                           Mike Newell

 

169.) HELL’S HIGHWAY:  THE TRUE STORY OF HIGHWAY SAFETY FILMS     70                     

USA                                                                            Bret Wood

 

170.)  ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES                              69

China                                                                         Yu Lik Wai

 

171.)  BEYOND BORDERS                                              69

USA                                                                            Martin Campbell

 

172.)  THE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS                   68                                       

USA                                                                            Alan Rudolph

 

173.)  AFGHAN STORIES - video                                    67                   

USA                                                                            Taran Davies

 

174.)  SALT                                                                           66

Iceland  USA                                                            Bradley Rust Gray

 

175.)  TATTOO BAR                                                           66                               

(2000 released in Chicago 2003)

Spain                                                                         Jo Sol

 

176.)  SOCIOLOGY AS A MARTIAL ART – video        65                                                       

France                                                                       Pierre Carles

 

177.)  THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE                                   64                               

USA                                                                            Alan Parker

 

178.)  CONFIDENCE                                                          63

USA                                                                            James Foley

 

179.)  SEXUAL DEPENDENCY                                       59                               

Bolivia  USA                                                             Rodrigo Bellott

 

180.)  SIA, THE DREAM OF THE PYTHON                   58                               

Burkina Faso  France                                           Dani Kouyate

 

181.)  THE HOURS OF THE DAY                                    57

Spain                                                                         Jaime Rosales

 

182.)  FUNNY HA HA - video                                            56

USA                                                                            Andrew Bujalski

 

183.)  ANONYMOUSLY YOURS                                       55

Mynamar  Thailand  USA                                      Gayle Ferraro

 

184.)  JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE – video                       54                                                       

USA                                                                Jon Osman and Jonathan Stack

 

185.)  FALLEN ANGELS PARADISE                              53

Egypt                                                                         Oussama Fawzi

 

186.)  DECASIA                                                                   45

USA                                                                            Bill Morrison

 

187.)  EYE SPY – short                                                      45                               

Peru                                                                           Sonia Goldenberg

 

 

 

BEST ACTOR

*David Morse – The Slaughter Rule

David Gulpilil – The Tracker

Chiwetel Ejiofor – Dirty Pretty Things

Bill Murray – Lost in Translation

Hiroyuki Sanada – The Twilight Samurai

Jude Law – Cold Mountain

 

BEST ACTRESS

*Zooey Deschanel – All the Real Girls

Irina Bjorklund – Me and Morrison

Miranda Richardson – Spider

Frances McDormandLaurel Canyon

Oksana AkinshinaLilya 4-Ever

Scarlett Johansson – Girl with a Pearl Earring (1) Lost in Translation (2)

Helen Buday – Alexander’s Project

Gwyneth Paltrow – Sylvia

Jeanne Moreau – Cet Amour-

Naomi Watts – 21 Grams

Isabelle Carré – Beautiful Memories

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Brian Cox – 25th Hour

*Barry Pepper – 25th Hour

Wang Zhiwen – Together

Djimon Hounsou – In America

Kevin Bacon – Mystic River

Peter Sarsgaard – Shattered Glass

Ed Harris – The Human Stain

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Anna Paquin – 25th Hour 

Altagracia Guzman – Raising Victor Vargas

*Ludivine Sagnier – Swimming Pool

Holly Hunter – Thirteen

Chen Hong – Together

Sarah and Emma Bolger – In America

Renée ZellwegerCold Mountain

 

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING

The Slaughter Rule

All the Real Girls    

*In America

My Life Without Me

21 Grams

 

BEST ART DIRECTION

Irreversible

Tosca

*Dracula:  Pages from a Virgin’s Diary

Demonlover

Girl with a Pearl Earring

 

BEST DIRECTOR

Spike Lee - USA - 25th Hour

Gaspar Noé - France - Irreversible

Aki Kaurismäki - Finland - The Man Without a Past

Guy Maddin - Canada - Dracula:  Pages from a Virgin’s Diary

*Rolf de Heer - Australia - The Tracker + Alexander’s Project

Tsai Ming-liang - Taiwan - Goodbye, Dragon Inn

 

BEST SCREENPLAY

David Benioff – 25th Hour

Aki Kaurismäki – The Man Without a Past

Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini – American Splendor

*Rolf de Heer – Alexander’s Project

Denys Arcand – The Barbarian Invasions

Jim, Naomi, and Kirsten Sheridan – In America

Guillermo Arriaga – 21 Grams

Zabou and Jean-Claude Deret – Beautiful Memories

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Rodrigo Prieto – 25th Hour + 21 Grams

Tim Orr – All the Real Girls + Raising Victor Vargas

Gaspar Noé and Benoît Debie – Irreversible

Harris Savides – Gerry

Agnes Godard – Friday Night (Vendredi Soir)

Denis LenoisDemonlover

Virginie Saint-Martin – Feathers in My Head

*Eduardo Serra – Girl with a Pearl Earring

 

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC

*Jay Farrar – The Slaughter Rule

Thomas Bangalter – Irreversible

Los KjarkasBolivia

Dickon Henchliffe – Friday Night (Vendredi Soir)

Sonic Youth – Demonlover

Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and Laurie Parker – In the Cut

Jim Coleman – Acts of Worship

T-Bone Burnett, Jack White, Gabriel YaredCold Mountain