The Most Underrated Movies of 2002

[oscar jubis]

It's also important that others like you get access to the films you mention and all the spanish language films you'll never hear about. For instance, Trespasser (O invasor) won the Latin Cinema award at the 2002 Sundance and was not picked up for distribution in the US, Japon will open exclusively in NYC next month, and Arturo Ripstein (in collaboration with his screenwriter wife) will continue to release his masterpieces in Mexico and Spain exclusively. So many worthy films don't have the luxury of being considered underrated or overrated simply because they are subtitled.

[Perfume V]

The situation's slightly better in the UK. The Trespasser had a reasonable art-house run late last year, and should be out on video within the next few months. Japon came out on Friday. I still can't help but think there's a lot more out there that I'm missing out on, but it's a start.