June 1.īREAD AND ROSES - From Ken Loach, a sort of Latina ''Norma Rae.'' A young Mexican woman (Pilar Padilla), working as a cleaning woman in Los Angeles, meets a young union organizer (Adrien Brody). THE ANIMAL - From the people who gave us ''Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo.'' A comedy about a lowly file clerk (Rob Schneider) who has a trans-species transplant and becomes a supercop. Armin Mueller-Stahl and Nthati Moshesh star. Now he's a coach with his eye on a talented young runner, so he'll live through her.
THE LONG RUN - He tried and failed to win the Comrades ultramarathon in South Africa. THE ROAD HOME - From Zhang Yimou, who did ''Raise the Red Lantern.'' It's a drama about first love in pre-Cultural Revolution China, staring Zhang Ziyi, the young actress who played the willful governor's daughter Jen Yu in ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.'' This film won prizes at both the Sundance and Berlin film festivals. Written by Randall Wallace (''Braveheart'') and directed by Michael Bay (''Armageddon''). They say the bombing scenes are unforgettable. Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale in a drama about two pilots, a Navy nurse and the effect the Japanese attack on Hawaii on Dec. PEARL HARBOR - The most anticipated film of the season. Cate Blanchett, Christina Ricci, Johnny Depp (playing a Gypsy again) and John Turturro in a romantic drama written and directed by Sally Potter, who did ''Orlando.'' May 25. THE MAN WHO CRIED - Love versus escape in Paris on the eve of World War II. It won two awards at Sundance and glowing reviews at the New Directors/New Films series. A drama from Jim McKay, who did ''Girls Town,'' starring three newcomers - Kerry Washington, Melissa Martinez and Anna Simpson - and the Jackie Robinson Steppers. OUR SONG - Coming of age in Crown Heights. A comic drama directed by Elise McCredie. Mitchell Butel plays her gay best friend. STRANGE FITS OF PASSION - A young Australian woman (Michela Noonan) sets out to lose her virginity.
PETITS FRÈRES - From Jacques Doillon (''Ponette''), what may be France's answer to ''Kids.'' A drama about adolescents from gritty Parisian suburbs, focusing on a runaway girl, her dog and the boys who try to sell it. A musical directed by Baz Luhrmann, who did ''Romeo and Juliet'' set in Florida. Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor star as a singer-courtesan and the writer who wants to save her from decadence. MOULIN ROUGE - Montmartre in 1899 with 20th-century pop music. With Louise Lasser, Anna Thomson, Robert Modica and Jamie Harris (Richard's other son). A coffee shop waitress accepts a blind date, her favorite customer responds to a lonely hearts ad, then random chance steps in.
Friday.įAST FOOD, FAST WOMEN - In New York even romantic comedy is hard. Friday.ĪNGEL EYES - Luis Mandoki directed this drama about a Chicago policewoman (Jennifer Lopez) in love with a lost soul (Jim Caviezel, who played Dennis Quaid's son in ''Frequency''). Rachel Griffiths and Alana De Roma star in a drama about communicating through music. A related article is on page 4.ĪMY - When a rock star dies tragically, his daughter is so traumatized that she stops speaking. With the voices of Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow and Eddie Murphy (as a donkey who won't shut up). Yes, the ridiculous Lord Farquaad's kingdom does look a lot like a certain amusement park in Anaheim. SHREK - DreamWorks's latest animated feature, about an ugly green Scottish ogre sent to fetch a beautiful but geographically undesirable princess. The only thing going in more directions is science fiction, which this season comes in comic, romantic, athletic and Japanese noir varieties, with androids, apes, dinosaurs and computer-generated actors, who don't come from anywhere. Even World War II will be seen from at least four vantage points (Hawaii, Greece, France and Czechoslovakia).
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As the summer movie season gets under way - long before summer itself - expect the usual number of gangsters, heists, talking animals (well, at least three casts full) and adolescents coming of age. LOVE is everywhere, and we mean that geographically: New York, California, Montana, Cape Cod, fin de siècle Paris, début de siècle Appalachia, China, Ireland, Iceland, rural Sweden and, of course, cyberspace.
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