December 12, 2002

Top 10 Films of 2002

1. "Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers" (Peter Jackson, New Zealand)

2. ''Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind'' (George Clooney, USA)

3. ''Adaptation'' (Spike Jonze, USA)

4. ''Frida'' (Julie Taymor, USA)

5. ''Varuh Meje'' (Maja Weiss, Slovenia)

6. ''Irréversible'' (Gaspar Noé, France)

7. "Kuutamolla" (Aku Louhimies, Finland)

8. "Chicago" (Rob Marshall, USA)

9. "Catch Me If You Can" (Steven Spielberg, USA)

10. "Bloody Sunday" (Paul Greengrass, UK)


Other great films:
Cama de Gato (Brazil)
The Cat Came Back (Japan)
The Coast Guard (South Korea)
Les Dangereux (Canada)
Morvern Callar (UK)
Le Nèg' (Canada)
Summer (Canada)
Sweet Sixteen (UK)
The Tracker (Australia)
Turning Paige (Canada)
Voina (Russia)
Yellowknife (Canada)

Short Top 3:

1. "Liberté et patrie" (Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland)

2. "Von der Hingabe" (Maike Hohne, Germany)

3. "Fait d'hiver" (Dirk Belien, Belgium)


Other great shorts:

Déformation personnelle (Canada)
J'attendrais le suivant (France)
Roxanna

Top 3 Music Videos:

1. "Without Me" (Joseph Kahn, Eminem)

2. "Come Into My World" (Michel Gondry, Kylie Minogue)

3. "Star Guitar" (Michel Gondry, The Chemical Brothers)


Other great music videos:

Do You Realize

Top Commercial:

"The Sculptor" (Giovanni Porro, Peugeot)


TV Top 3:

1. "The Wire: Season 1" (HBO)


3. "24: Season 2" (Fox)


Other great TV shows:

Un gars une fille: La Mort de la belle-mère (Canada)

Cartoon Top 3:

1. "Katedra" (Tomasz Baginski, Poland)

2. "The ChubbChubbs" (Eric Armstrong, USA)

3. "Mike's New Car" (Pete Docter, Roger Gould, Pixar)


Weak films of 2002:

25th Hour
Acosada en Lunes de Carnaval (Venezuela)
Aime ton pere (France)
Amen
Astérix et Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre (France)
L'Auberge espagnole (Canada)
Austin Powers In Goldmember
Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise (France)
The Banger Sisters
The Baroness And The Pig (Canada)
Bollywood/Hollywood (Canada)
Les Boys III (Canada)
Britney, Baby, One More Time
Choses secretes (France)
Le Collectionneur (Canada)
Décalage horaire
Die Another Day
Dzien swira (Poland)
Une Employée modèle (France)
Femme fatale
Fubar (Canada)
Histoire de Pen (Canada)
Le Marais (Canada)
Marie-Jo et ses deux amours (France)
Men in Black II
Men With Brooms (Canada)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
La Mysterieuse Mademoiselle C. (Canada)
L'Odyssée d'Alice Tremblay (Canada)
Punch-Drunk Love
The Quiet American
Rabbit-Proof Fence (Australia)
Return To Never Land
Le Ring intérieur (Canada)
Séraphin (Canada)
Se souvenir des belles choses (France)
Spider-Man
Station Nord (Canada)
Tam i z powrotem (Poland)

Weak shorts:

An Erotic Tale (Germany)
Hit And Run (Canada)
Reptil (France)
Undercover (France)

Weak cartoons:

Atama-yama (Japan)
Elbow Room: Distances (Canada)
Das Rad (Germany)