Basal Banar (2002)

Basal Banar (Auraeus Solito, 2002) English Title: Sacred Ritual of Truth The most unique of sunsets opens Auraeus Solito’s Basal Banar ( Sa...

Hesus Rebolusyonaryo (2002)

Hesus Rebolusyonaryo (Lav Diaz, 2002) English Title: Hesus the Revolutionary Lav Diaz's vision of our nation's near-future is not ve...

On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate (2002)

On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate (Hong Sang-soo, 2002) Korean Title: Saenghwalui balgyeon The titles of Hong Sang-soo films a...

Decasia (2002)

Decasia (Bill Morrison, 2002) Decay, in its most technical sense, connotes deterioration. It is a chemical process that transforms a substan...

The Man Without a Past (2002)

The Man Without a Past (Aki Kaurismaki, 2002) Finnish Title: Mies vailla menneisyyttä Aki Kaurismaki's The Man Without a Past is so dis...

Gerry (2002)

Gerry (Gus Van Sant, 2002) Right after three commercially viable and successful films, one of which earned him an Oscar nomination ( Good Wi...

Irreversible (2002)

Irreversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002) Gaspar Noé, ever the provocateur, starts his film in what he thinks is witty and creative, but what I think ...

Springtime in a Small Town (2002)

Springtime in a Small Town (Tian Zhuangzhuang, 2002) Mandarin Title: Xiao cheng zhi chun Mu Fei's Spring in a Small Town (1948) has the...