FILMS SEEN IN THE YEAR 2002

1.) TALK TO HER 98

Spain Pedro Almodovar

2.) SPIRITED AWAY 97

Japan Hayao Miyazaki

3.) SPRINGTIME IN A SMALL TOWN 96

China Tian Zhuangzhuang

4.) THE TRILOGY 95

France Belgium Lucas Belvaux

5.) PLATFORM 95

China Hong Kong Japan France Jia Zhang-ke

6.) SEVENTEEN TIMES CECILE CASSARD 95

France Christophe Honore

7.) MORVERN CALLAR 95

Great Britain Canada Lynne Ramsay

8.) THE GREY ZONE 95

USA Tim Blake Nelson

9.) THE SLEEPY TIME GAL 95

USA Christopher Munch

10.) BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE 95

USA Michael Moore

11.) CODE UNKNOWN 94

aka: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys

France Germany Romania Michael Haneke

12.) ESTHER KAHN 94

Great Britain France Arnaud Desplechin

13.) TURNING GATE 94

South Korea Hong Sang-soo

14.) GOSFORD PARK 94

USA Robert Altman

15.) LAN YU 94

Hong Kong China Stanley Kwan

16.) HEAVEN 94

Germany Tom Tykwer

17.) BLAME IT ON VOLTAIRE 93

aka: POETIC REFUGEE

France Abdel Kechiche

18.) SEASIDE 93

France Julie Lopes-Curval

19.) ONE FINE SPRING DAY 93

S Korea Hong Kong Japan Hur Jin-Ho

20.) SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR 93

Sweden Roy Andersson

21.) THE PIANO TEACHER 93

Austria France Michael Haneke

22.) DEEP BREATH 93

France Damien Odoul

23.) THE HOURS 93

USA Stephen Daldry

24.) ARARAT 93

Canada Atom Egoyan

25.) LANTANA 93

Australia Germany Ray Lawrence

26.) DIVINE INTERVENTION 93

Palestine France Morocco Germany Elia Suleiman

27.) LES DESTINEES SENTIMENTALES 93

France Olivier Assayas

28.) CATCH ME IF YOU CAN 93

USA Steven Spielberg

29.) MONSTER’S BALL 93

USA Marc Forster

30.) ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS 92

Denmark Lone Scherfig

31.) ABERDEEN 92

Norway Great Britain Hans Petter Moland

32.) MONDAY MORNING 92

France Otar Iosseliani

33.) FEMME FATALE 92

USA Brian De Palma

34.) LATE MARRIAGE 92

Israel Dover Kosashvili

35.) ALL OR NOTHING 92

Great Britain France Mike Leigh

36.) TIME OUT 92

France Laurent Cantet

37.) AN OUTGOING WOMAN 92

aka: A WOMAN OUTSIDE

France Christophe Blanc

38.) THE BELIEVER 92

USA Henry Bean

39.) MINORITY REPORT 92

USA Steven Spielberg

40.) I’M GOING HOME 92

Portugal France Manoel de Oliveira

41.) CHICAGO 92

USA Rob Marshall

42.) FAR FROM HEAVEN 92

USA Todd Haynes

43.) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 91

USA Frederick Wiseman

44.) THE EMBALMER 91

Italy Matteo Garrone

45.) WAR PHOTOGRAPHER - video 91

USA Christian Frei

46.) BEYOND THE OCEAN 91

(1999 released in Chicago in 2002)

USA Russia Austria Tony Pemberton

47.) ATANARJUAT – THE FAST RUNNER 91

Canada Zacharias Kunuk

48.) GREGOIRE MOULIN VERSUS HUMANITY 91

France Artus de Penguern

49.) PLEASANT DAYS 91

Hungary Kornel Mundruczo

50.) COOL AND CRAZY 91

Norway Sweden Knut Erik Jensen

51.) ANTWONE FISHER 91

USA Denzel Washington

52.) SUICIDE CLUB 91

Japan Sono Sion

53.) THE LAND OF THE SINGING DOG 91

France Yann Dedet

54.) RABBIT-PROOF FENCE 90

Australia Philip Noyce

55.) 8 WOMEN 90

France Francois Ozon

56.) UNKNOWN PLEASURES 90

China Japan Jia Zhang-ke

57.) CUBA FELIZ 90

France Karim Dridi

58.) GAZA STRIP - video 90

USA James Longley

59.) WORLD TRAVELER 90

USA Bart Freundlich

60.) MAELSTROM 90

Canada Denis Villenueve

61.) BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS 90

China France Sijie Dai

62.) INVINCIBLE 90

Germany Werner Herzog

63.) ENIGMA 90

Great Britain Michael Apted

64.) IRIS 90

Great Britain Richard Eyre

65.) MERCI POUR LA CHOCOLAT 90

France Claude Chabrol

66.) REVOLUTION #9 90

USA Tim McCann

67.) BLOODY SUNDAY 89

Great Britain Ireland Paul Greengrass

68.) ROGER DODGER 89

USA Dylan Kidd

69.) GANGS OF NEW YORK 89

USA Martin Scorsese

70.) THE FALL OF OTRAR 89

(1991 released in Chicago in 2002)

Kazakhstan Ardak Amirkulov

71.) SIMON, THE MAGICIAN 89

aka: SIMON MAGUS (1999 released in Chicago in 2002)

Hungary France Switzerland Ildiko Enyedi

72.) ivansxtc. 89

(TO LIVE AND DIE IN HOLLYWOOD)

Great Britain Bernard Rose

73.) ANDANGGAMAN 88

France Switzerland Ivory Coast Burkina Faso Roger Gnoan M’bala

74.) THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE 88

Portugal France Manoel de Oliveira

75.) INSOMNIA 88

USA Christopher Nolan

76.) RAIN 87

New Zealand Christine Jeffs

77.) THE BEST OF TIMES 87

Taiwan Chang Tso-chi

78.) BARBERSHOP 87

USA Tim Story

79.) VIRGIL BLISS - video 87

USA Joe Maggio

80.) ROAD TO PERDITION 86

USA Sam Mendes

81.) THE BLESSING BELL 86

Japan Sabu

82.) AUTO FOCUS 86

USA Paul Schrader

83.) FRIDA 86

USA Julie Taymor

84.) KANDAHAR 85

Iran Mohsen Makhmalbaf

85.) BERLIN BABYLON 85

Germany Hubertus Siegert

86.) UNFAITHFUL 85

USA Adrian Lyne

87.) AFGHAN ALPHABET 84

Iran Mohsen Makhmalbaf

88.) SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON 84

USA Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook

89.) A TRIAL IN PRAGUE 84

USA Czech Republic Zuzana Justman

90.) EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER 83

USA Marc Forster

91.) CHEN MO AND MEITING 83

China Liu Hao

92.) ADAPTATION 83

USA Spike Jonze

93.) COOL AND CRAZY ON THE ROAD 83

Norway Knut Erik Jensen

94.) I AM SAM 83

USA Jessie Nelson

95.) FLAT IS BEAUTIFUL – video 82

USA Sadie Benning

96.) KWIK STOP 82

USA Michael Gilio

97.) THE BOURNE IDENTITY 82

USA Doug Liman

98.) THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER 81

Great Britain Alex Gibney and Eugene Jarecki

99.) UNDERGROUND ZERO 81

USA Jay Rosenblatt and Caveh Zahedi

100.) CAT’S MEOW 80

USA Peter Bogdanovich

101.) FREEZE ME 79

Japan Takashi Ishii

102.) CHAOS 79

(1999 film released in 2002)

Japan Hideo Nakata

103.) SEX AND LUCIA 78

Spain Julio Medem

104.) PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE 78

USA Paul Thomas Anderson

105.) THE ENDURANCE: 77

SHACKLETON’S LEGENDARY ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

Great Britain Sweden Germany USA George Butler

106.) PANIC ROOM 77

USA David Fincher

107.) REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES 77

USA Patricia Cardoso

108.) ENLIGHTENMENT GUARANTEED 76

Germany Doris Dorrie

109.) HUKKLE 76

Hungary Gyorgy Palfi

110.) RUSSIAN ARK 75

Russia Germany Alexander Sokurov

111.) IN PRAISE OF LOVE 75

France Jean-Luc Godard

112.) THE WEIGHT OF WATER 74

Canada France Kathryn Bigelow

113.) WINDTALKERS 74

USA John Woo

114.) THE CROSSING 73

France Sebastien Lifshitz

115.) CHAIN CAMERA 73

USA Kirby Dick

116.) CHILDREN OF THE CENTURY 72

France Diane Kurys

117.) WINTER 72

Italy Nina di Majo

118.) ZUBAIDAA: THE STORY OF A PRINCESS 72

India Shyam Benegal

119.) SOBIBOR, October 14, 1943, 4 P.M. 72

France Claude Lanzmann

120.) YUGOSLAVIA, THE AVOIDABLE WAR - video 71

USA George Bogdanich

121.) HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT 71

France Laetitia Colombani

122.) VERY OPPOSITE SEXES 70

France Eric Assous

123.) WENDIGO 69

USA Larry Fessenden

124.) IGBY GOES DOWN 68

USA Burr Steers

125.) ABOUT SCHMIDT 65

USA Alexander Payne

126.) MARGARITA HAPPY HOUR 62

USA Ilya Chaiken

127.) CITY OF GOD 61

Brazil Fernando Meirelles

128.) MADE IN JAPAN 61

aka: WE ARE NOT ALONE (1993 released in Chicago in 2002)

Japan Yojiro Takita

129.) AMNESIA 61

Netherlands Martin Koolhoven

130.) SOLARIS (Soderbergh) 59

USA Steven Soderbergh

131.) BLACK HAWK DOWN 50

USA Ridley Scott

132.) GOD IS GREAT, I’M NOT 45

France Pascale Bailly

133.) THE END OF THE ROAD - video 35

USA Brent Meeske

134.) DOG DAYS 25

Austria Ulrich Seidl

BEST ACTRESS BEST ACTOR

Juliette Binoche – Code Unknown Anthony LaPaglia – Lantana

Kerry Armstrong - Lantana Sean Penn – I Am Sam

Radha Mitchell – Everything Put Together *Stellan Skarsgard – Aberdeen

Halle Berry – Monster’s Ball *Billy Bob Thornton – Monster’s Ball

*Summer Phoenix – Esther Kahn + The Believer Jim Broadbent - Iris

Lena Headey – Aberdeen Peter Andorai – Simon, the Magician

Judy Dench – Iris Benoit Magimel – The Piano Teacher

Tatyana Kamina – Beyond the Ocean Billy Crudup – World Traveler

Dasha Volga – Beyond the Ocean Dougray Scott - Enigma

Helene Fillieres – Seaside Al Pacino - Insomnia

Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki – Rain *Ryan Gosling – The Believer

Diane Lane – Unfaithful Danny Huston – ivansxtc.

Ronit Elkabetz – Late Marriage Charles Berling – Les Destinees

Franka Potente – The Bourne Identity Liu Ye – Lan Yu

Emmanuelle Beart – Les Destinees Jun Hu – Lan Yu

Marie-Josee Croze – Maelstrom Jean-Nicolas Verreault – Maelstrom

*Isabelle Huppert – The Piano Teacher + Merci Pour la Chocolat + 8 Women

Lupe Ontiveros – Real Women Have Curves Michel Piccoli – I’m Going Home

Orsolya Toth – Pleasant Days Clint Jordan – Virgil Bliss

*Wu Jan – Springtime in a Small Town *Lucas Belvaux – Pt I Trilogy On the Run

Ornella Muti – Pt II Trilogy An Amazing Couple Francois Morel Pt II Trilogy

Chu Sang-mi – Turning Gate Kim Sang-kyung – Turning Gate

*Samantha Morton – Morvern Callar Ernesto Mahieux – The Embalmer

Anna Gourari – Invincible *Tim Roth – Invincible

Cate Blanchett – Heaven David Arquette – The Grey Zone

Lara Phillips – Kwik Stop James Nesbitt – Bloody Sunday

Julianne Moore – Far from Heaven Alfred Molina - Frida

*Jacqueline Bisset – Sleepy Time Gal Serge Riaboukine – An Outgoing Woman

Salma Hayek – Frida Pierre-Louis Bonnetblanc – Deep Breath

Agnes Jaoui – An Outgoing Woman *Sami Bouajila – Blame It On Voltaire

Elodie Bouchez – Blame It On Voltaire *Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York

Aure Atika – Blame It On Voltaire Leonardo DiCaprio – Gangs of New York

*Beatrice Dalle – 17 Times Cecile Cassard + Catch Me If You Can

*Meryl Streep – The Hours Campbell Scott – Roger Dodger

Nicole Kidman – The Hours Javier Camaro – Talk To Her

Everlyn Sampi – Rabbit-Proof Fence Dario Grandinetti – Talk To Her

Renee Zellweger – Chicago Derek Luke – Antwone Fisher

BEST SUPP ACTRESS BEST SUPP ACTOR

Helen Mirren – Gosford Park *Ian Holm – Esther Kahn

Maggie Smith – Gosford Park Hugh Bonneville - Iris

Dianne Wiest – I Am Sam Lars Kaalund – Italian for Beginners

Frances Barber – Esther Kahn David Keith – World Traveler

Berna Raif – Esther Kahn Jeremy Northam - Enigma

Ann Eleonora Jorgensen – Italian for Beginners Eddie Izzard – Cat’s Meow

Julianne Moore – World Traveler Robin Williams - Insomnia

Annie Girardot – The Piano Teacher Glenn Fitzgerald – The Believer

Lili Kosashvili – Late Marriage Peter Weir – ivansxtc.

*Samantha Morton – Minority Report Marc Gelinas - Maelstrom

Isabelle Huppert – Les Destinees Cedric the Entertainer - Barbershop

Dominique Reymoud – Les Destinees Anthony Gorman – Virgil Bliss

Ruth Sheen – All or Nothing Philip Seymour Hoffman – Punch-Drunk Love

Kathryn Hunter – All or Nothing Dennis Haysbert – Far from Heaven

Catherine Frot – The Trilogy Nick Stahl – Sleepy Time Gal

Martha Plimpton – Sleepy Time Gal Frankie Faison – Sleepy Time Gal

Novella Nelson – Antwone Fisher *Elias Koteas – Ararat

Kathy Bates – About Schmidt Charles Aznavour – Ararat

*Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago Bruno Lochet – Blame It On Voltaire

Olivier Loustau – Blame It On Voltaire

*Brendan Gleeson – Gangs of New York

*Chris Cooper – Adaptation

Christopher Walken – Catch Me If You Can

Ed Harris – The Hours

Jeff Daniels – The Hours

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING BEST ART DIRECTION

Monster’s Ball *Esther Kahn

*Esther Kahn Beyond the Ocean

Italian for Beginners Frida

*Code Unknown *Minority Report

The Sleepy Time Gal Les Destinees Sentimentales

Deep Breath *Spirited Away

*Blame It On Voltaire Chicago

*Songs from the 2^nd Floor *Talk To Her

BEST DIRECTOR

*Michael Haneke Austria France “Code Unknown” + “The Piano Teacher”

Arnaud Desplechin Great Britain France “Esther Kahn”

Olivier Assayas France “Les Destinees Sentimentales”

Christophe Honore France “Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard”

*Lucas Belvaux France Belgium “The Trilogy”

Tony Pemberton USA “Beyond the Ocean”

Stephen Spielberg USA “Minority Report”

Christopher Munch USA “The Sleepy Time Gal”

Jia Zhang-ke China “Platform”

*Tian Zhuangzhuang China “Springtime in a Small Town”

Stanley Kwan Hong Kong China “Lan Yu”

*Hayao Miyazaki Japan “Spirited Away”

*Pedro Almodovar Spain “Talk To Her”

BEST SCREENPLAY

Andrew Bovell – Lantana

*Michael Haneke – Code Unknown

Laurent Cantet and Robin Campillo – Time Out

Michael Haneke – The Piano Teacher

Tom Stoppard – Enigma

Arnaud Desplechin, Emmanuel Bourdieu, and Arthur Symons – Esther Kahn

Jimmy Ngai – Lan Yu

*Denis Villenueve – Maelstrom

*Lucas Belvaux – The Trilogy

Tim Blake Nelson, Miklos Nyiszli – The Grey Zone

Christopher Munch, Alice Elliot Dark – The Sleepy Time Gal

Christophe Honore – Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard

Antwone Fisher – Antwone Fisher

Jeff Nathanson – Catch Me If You Can

*Pedro Almodovar – Talk To Her

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Andrew Dunn – Gosford Park

*Eric Gautier – Esther Kahn + Les Destinees Sentimentales

Jurgen Jurges – Code Unknown

Phil Robertson (Russia) and Ted Sappington (USA) – Beyond the Ocean

John Toon – Rain

Nelson Yu Lik-wai – Platform

Norman Cohn – Atanarjuat

Tao Yang – Lan Yu

Andre Turpin – Maelstrom

Jean Marie Dreujou – Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Stephan Massis – Seaside

*Mark Li Ping-bing – Springtime in a Small Town

Marco Onorato – The Embalmer

*Alwin Kuchler – Morvern Callar

Frank Griebe – Heaven

Adrian Biddle – The Weight of Water

Edward Lachmann – Far from Heaven

Rob Sweeney – The Sleepy Time Gal

Nathalie Durand – The Land of the Singing Dog

*Pascale Granel – Deep Breath

*Dominique Brenguier and Marie-Emmanuelle Spencer – Blame It On Voltaire

*Remy Chevrin – Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard

Michael Ballhaus – Gangs of New York

Christopher Doyle – Rabbit-Proof Fence

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC

Christian Fennesz – Beyond the Ocean

Howard Shore – Esther Kahn

Neil Finn and Edmund McWilliams – Rain

Joel Diamond – The Believer

Chris Crilly – Atanarjuat

Nicolas Bomsel – Les Destinees Sentimentales

Pierre Desrochers – Maelstrom

*Greta Gaines, Clint Jordan, and Anthony Gorman – Virgil Bliss

Naked – Seaside

*Riccardo Del Fra – The Trilogy

Alex Beaupain – Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard

John Williams – Catch Me If You Can

Peter Gabriel – Rabbit-Proof Fence

*Phillip Glass – The Hours

Alberto Iglesias – Talk To Her