Ciné nostalgie: these 10 films that have a quarter of a century this year

What do Russell Crowe, Christopher Nolan, Quebecer Denis Villeneuve, Julia Roberts as well as the X-Men?

The change of century (and millennium) begins under the best auspices. The famous bug of the year 2000 did not take place, the end of the world either, and the cinema industry has a year after the release of At the matrixcompete in ingenuity to offer moviegoers new stories and breathtaking special effects.

Gladiator

No, it’s no coincidence that Ridley Scott split a Gladiator II Last year, the fighting in the arena having attracted 25 years ago. Because the misadventures of Maximus (Russell Crowe, recipient of the Oscar for best actor for his performance), victorious general sold in slavery, brought in $ 465.5 million in the dark rooms of the planet and made the neo actor -zélandais a star.
Broadcast on Appletv, Netflix and Prime Video

Back to Brooklyn

Second feature film by Darren Aronofsky, Back to Brooklyn is the adaptation of the eponymous novel by Hubert Selby Jr. in which we follow the decline of four protagonists (Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly, Jared Leto and Marlon Wayans), all addicts. Presented out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival, the feature was a nomination to the Oscars and Golden Globes in Ellen Burstyn and cemented the career of Aronofsky.
Broadcast on Tubi

X-Men-The film

25 years ago, Marvel’s cinematographic ambitions did not exist – at least not in their current form. When they tumble in the dining room, X-Menthese mutants who lend allegiance either to Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) or in Magneto (Ian McKellen), hit the bull’s eye and give birth to a franchise that continues today, the Wolverine of Hugh Jackman, seen last year in Deadpool et Wolverinebeing from.
Broadcast on Appletv and D

Tiger and Dragon

When Tiger and Dragon takes up the poster, Ang Lee is not yet the director of Souvenirs de Brokeback Mountain Since the film will not be released until 2005. The general public discovers, dumbfounded, the beauty of martial arts fights and the poetry of Wuxia stories which take place in ancient China. Chow Yun-Fat (that the Americans discovered a few months ago in Anna and the king With Jodie Foster), Michelle Yeoh, who has since become an actress respected in the United States, and Zhang Ziyi have shared the show of this epic named 10 times the Oscars.
Broadcast on Appletv, Crave and Prime Video

Maelstrom

That year, a very young director of the name of Denis Villeneuve released his first fictional feature film. Featuring an almost unknown Marie-Josée Croze, the film puts the filmmaker on the front of the stage. Because Maelstrom Standed to the Berlin Festival, where he won the Fipresci Prize for the International Press, Tiff in Toronto, where he is chosen as the best Canadian film in addition to receiving the special jury prize. With us, Maelstrom Seduces the moviegoers and the voters of the Jutra since it leaves with no less than nine statuettes.
Broadcast on Appletv, elephant, memory of Quebec cinema and video premium

In the Mood for Love

The year 2000 is a splendor year for the recognition of Asian cinema. Because the Hong Kong Wong Kar-Wai delivers his overwhelming In the Mood for Lovein competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Shunned by the Academy of Oscars which does not even give him an appointment, the feature film featuring in particular Maggie Cheung follows two people whose spouses have a connection and who develop feelings for each other.
Broadcast on Apple TVA, Crave and Illico TV

Memento

Second feature by a Briton still unknown by the name of Christopher Nolan, Memento is the adaptation of a new written by his brother, Jonathan, and in which a man (Guy Pearce) suffers from amnesia and tries to unmask the murderer of his wife (Carrie-Anne Moss). The success of esteem is immediate, the film is presented in Deauville, Sundance and Venice, but the studios are cautious. Steven Soderbergh gets involved and campaigns to find a distributor. It is ultimately a small independent company, Newmarket Films, which takes the risk: well will take it since it will distribute Donnie Darko A few months later.
Broadcast on Appletv, Kanopy and Video Prime

American Psycho

The adaptation of the novel by Bret Easton Ellis by the Coscenarist Guinevere Turner and the filmmaker Mary Harron Dagoiffe, to say the least. Christian Bale (not yet become the Batman of Christopher Nolan) is transformed into a psychopath Yuppie of Wall Street. The feature film, shot in seven weeks in the big apple and Toronto, also includes Jared Leto performances, Chloë Sevigny, Justin Theroux, Reese Witherspoon and, of course, Willem Dafoe.
Broadcast on Appletva, Crave, Netflix and Prime Video

Traffic

The film directed by Steven Soderberg According to a scenario by Stephen Gaghan, is the adaptation of a British series entitled Traffic And will then be available in American series. Recipient of four Oscars, the feature follows the branches of drug trafficking from different angles, Michael Douglas embodying a conservative judge whose daughter (Erika Christensen) becomes addicted under the influence of her boyfriend (Topher Grace). Benicio Del Toro plays the role of a Mexican policeman, while Catherine Zeta-Jones is the wife of a drug baron.
Broadcast on Appletv, Crave and Prime Video

Erin Brockovich

Also signed Steven Soderberg, this inspiring drama, drawn from a true story, focuses on a single -parent mother (Julia Roberts), assistant to a lawyer (Albert Finney) who will discover that a company knowingly pollutes the water of a Small town in the United States. This dramatic first role devotes Julia Roberts as a serious actress since she wins the Oscar, the Golden Globe, the Bafta, the Critics’ Choice, the Sag Prix and the National Board of Review Award, thus becoming the first actress to achieve it .