Our journey through the lesser-known films of the 2000s continues.

This week, it’s 2003… Had11:14been better marketed, we suspect that it would have fared far better with audiences than it did.

Alig was a party promoter in the city, whose life fell apart as he grew addicted to drugs.

And in the movie?

Hes played by Macaulay Culkin.

Culkin would make a better movie later in the decade Saved!

But there are ingredients worth checking the movie out for, if not the coherent whole.

Frustrating, but still with more merit than its reputation suggests.

Not bad work from Culkin, either.

Furthermore, its got switch to make, even if they dont always shine through.

What does shine through though is the two leading performances.

Thirteenwas Hardwickes debut, a semi-autobiographical drama co-written with its young co-star Nikki Reed.

Both Hardwicke and stars would go on to more financially successful projects, butThirteenis still among their best work.

Quite a short movie this, boasting a brilliant, Oscar-nominated turn from Patricia Clarkson.

She plays the mother of a family with no shortage of malfunctions.

The catalyst is Katie Holmes April, who invites her mother over for Thanksgiving.

Theres no sugar coating either, but lends it an authenticity, and enables it to make its switch.

He plays a man by the name of Joe, who works on a river barge.

David MacKenzies movie is a very downbeat one, yet that tonal choice works very much toYoung Adams advantage.

McGregor is strong, leading an excellent cast that also features Peter Mullan, Tilda Swinton and Emily Mortimer.

And the movie itself is a gripping piece of work, that feels uncompromised in its storytelling.

Bleak certainly, but also very, very good.

Yet his luck begins to change throughout the movie, and Wayne Kramers movie explores the ramifications of that.

As such, wed urge you to seek it out if you havent seen it already.

As with many films of this ilk, the less you know going in the better.

Yet we enjoyedConfidencean awful lot.

Even if you do sit there trying to second-guess the thing.

What a lovely, well-made and endearing movieAll The Real Girlsis.

Paul Schneider and Zooey Deschanel star as womaniser and the sister of said womanisers best friend respectively.

They find themselves drawn to each other, but theres inevitably a distrust between them.

Its surprising that Anne Reid in particular didnt get more recognition for this one, and Michell too.

The director would explore themes of old age again, incidentally, in this yearsLe Week-End.

With its pedigree and quality, its still a mystery why this police drama wasnt a hit.

But we suspect were in a very obvious minority.

When Satoshi Kon died in 2010, Japan lost one of its most intelligent animators and filmmakers.

1998sPerfect Bluewas an unforgettable psychological thriller about a singer terrorised by an anonymous fan.

2001sMillennium Actresswas like a trippy anime remake ofSunset Boulevard.

The latter will be completed and released posthumously.

And Costner the director brings these assorted ingredients slowly but surely to the boil.

Theres no fuss to either the story McCarthy is telling nor the manner in which he tells it.

Peppered with humor,The Station Agentis a warm, wonderful piece of movie theater.

At first glance, this is a straight biopic of Pekar, with Giamatti taking on the role.

How many other actors would be willing to do that?

American Splendorreally is something special, that were desperately trying not to spoil by saying too much about it.

Its a bold approach, brilliantly executed.

Its also a fitting testament to Pekar, who passed away in 2010.