December 2009
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decade in film: 2007
Looks like my # of viewings per year slumped for ‘07. I think this is the first year where some ***½ films slipped into the top 20 (the bottom 3 of this list). It’s not that it was a poor year for film - just that I need more time to catch up on some likely greatness. Also, how predictable are my top 3? Oh well.
My Top 20 of 2007
01 There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson) 02 ...
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decade in film: 2006
My Top 20 of 2006
01. The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky) 02. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón) 03. The Child [L’enfant] (Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne) 04. Bubble (Steve Soderbergh) 05. United 93 (Paul Greengrass) 06. The Departed (Martin Scorsese) 07. Brick (Rian Johnson) 08. Miami Vice (Michael Mann) 09. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck) 10. Inland Empire (David Lynch) 11....
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decade in film: 2005
My Top 20 of 2005
01 Hidden [Caché] (Michael Haneke) 02 High Tension [Haute Tension] (Alexandre Aja) 03 Oldboy [Oldeuboi] (Chan-wook Park) 04 Keane (Lodge Kerrigan) 05 Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki) 06 A History of Violence (David Cronenberg) 07 Broken Flowers (Jim Jarmusch) 08 Down to the Bone (Debra Granik) 09 Hustle & Flow (Craig Brewer) 10 The Squid and the...
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“Look, we put a label on every bag that says, “Kid! Be careful - broken...”
– Irwin Mainway (Dan Aykroyd), on the benefits of the greatest toy for any Christmas season, Bag O’ Glass. A shame that a non-Hulu video of this classic SNL sketch is nowhere to be found.
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decade in film: 2004
My Top 20 of 2004
01 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry) 02 Before Sunset (Richard Linklater) 03 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino) 04 Birth (Jonathan Glazer) 05 Primer (Shane Carruth) 06 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson) 07 Man on Fire (Tony Scott) 08 The Brown Bunny (Vincent Gallo) 09 Code 46 (Michael Winterbottom) 10 P.S....
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decade in film : 2003
My Top 20 of 2003
01 Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola) 02 Irréversible (Gaspar Noé) 03 To Be and To Have [Être et avoir] (Nicolas Philibert) 04 Lilja 4-ever (Lukas Moodysson) 05 Gerry (Gus Van Sant) 06 Capturing the Friedmans (Andrew Jarecki) 07 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino) 08 Elephant (Gus Van Sant) 09 Swimming Pool (François Ozon) 10 All the Real Girls...
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Burial - Ghost Hardware)
[Untrue : 2007)
Burial...
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decade in film : 2002
An outstanding year in film. The top 12 are all 5-star films for me. And yet this is also a year where I feel there are an inordinate amount of desired films I haven’t yet seen.
My Top 20 of 2002
01 Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson) 02 Adaptation. (Spike Jonze) 03 Solaris (Steven Soderbergh) 04 25th Hour (Spike Lee) 05 Spider (David Cronenberg) 06 Morvern Callar...
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decade in film : 2001
My Top 20 of 2001
01 Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch) 02 Wet Hot American Summer (David Wain) 03 In the Mood for Love [Fa yeung nin wa] (Wong Kar-wai) 04 Memento (Christopher Nolan) 05 Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff) 06 A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg) 07 Freddy Got Fingered (Tom Green) 08 The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson) 09 Audition [Ōdishon] (Takashi Miike)...
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decade in film : 2000
And thus begins my lists. Every year will likely follow the same format. I go by North American release date (rather than festival date) to determine the exact year of a film. Enjoy!
My Top 20 of 2000
01 Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky)
02 Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay)
03 American Psycho (Mary Harron)
04 Dancer In the Dark (Lars von Trier)
05 George Washington (David Gordon...
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PRELUDE
It’s the most wonderful time of the year.
And decade.
While now may be the moment to lament the passing of time and my growing old, at least I get to bathe in a sea of lists while doing it! Like any other year, every man, woman and hyena with a website is publishing their year-end lists ‘o favourites/bests (films, albums, athletes, tv shows, haircuts, whatnots), only super-sizing things...
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