December 12, 2004

Top 10 Films of 2004

1. "Collateral" (Michael Mann, USA)

2. "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" (Alfonso Cuaron, USA)

3. ''Sideways'' (Alexander Payne, USA)

4. ''Downfall'' (Oliver Hirschbiegel, Germany)

5. ''Antares'' (Gotz Spielmann, Austria)

6. ''Samaritan Girl'' (Kim Ki-Duk, South Korea)


8. "House Of The Flying Daggers" (Zhang Yimou, China)

9. ''Innocence" (Lucile Hadzihalilovic, France)

10. "Turtles Can Fly" (Bahman Ghobadi, Iran)


Other great films:

20:30:40 (Taiwan)
2046 (Hong Kong)
3-Iron (South Korea)
4 (Russia)
9 Songs (UK)
Blood (Canada)
Contra todos (Brazil)
L'Esquive (France)
Head On (Germany)
Immortel (France)
Ma mere (France)
Notre musique (Switzerland)
Only Human (Spain)
Pregi (Poland)
Rois et reine (France)
Sex Is Comedy (France)
Somersault (Australia)
Triple agent (France)
Tropical Malady (Thailand)
Tsumugi (Japan)

Short Top 3:

1. "Wasp" (Andrea Arnold, UK)

2. "Little Terrorist" (Ashvin Kumar, India)

3. "Everything In This Country Must" (Gary McKendry, UK)


Other great shorts:

Fajnie ze jestes (Poland)
Self-Contained

Top 3 Music Videos:

1. "Toxic" (Joseph Kahn, Britney Spears)

2. "Take Me Out" (Jonas Odell, Franz Ferdinand)

3. "Drop It Like It's Hot" (Paul Hunter, Snoop Doggy Dog)


Other great music videos:

Protege-moi (France)

Top Commercial:

"Geico Lawyer" (Geico)


Other great commercials:

Karate Explosion

TV Top 3:

1. "Lost: Season 1" (ABC)

2. "Wonderfalls" (Fox)

3. "The Wire: Season 3" (HBO)


Other great TV shows:

24: Season 4
Six Feet Under: Season 4

Cartoon Top 3:

1. "Lorenzo" (Mike Gabriel, Disney)

2. "Ryan" (Chris Landreth, NFB)

3. "Gopher Broke" (Jeff Fowler, USA)


Other great cartoons:

Birthday Boy (South Korea)

Weak films of 2004:

36 quai des Orfèvres (France)
Les Aimants (Canada)
Birth
The Blue Butterfly (Canada)
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason (UK)
Camping sauvage (Canada)
Childstar (Canada)
Les Choristes (France)
The Terminal
Troy
Twist (Canada)
Vera Drake (UK)

Weak shorts:

Priere pour refusniks (France)
Si cinq rois valaient cette dame (France)
Two Cars One Night (New Zealand)

Weak cartoons:

The Guard Dog

Top Musical of 2004

"De-Lovely" (Irwin Winkler, MGM)


November 11, 2004

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004) *****

By far the best Harry Potter movie ever made, and a genuine masterpiece of the fantasy genre. It's much darker than other installements, with truly amazing cinematography, but what really sets it apart from the others is the incredibly story - as flawless (and daring) an example of bold narrative deconstruction as has ever been attempted in a mainstream Hollywood movie. Superbly directed by Alphonso Cuaron, it's a cinematic and dramatic triumph in every respect.

Collateral (2004) *****

Michael Mann's masterpiece.

Sideways (2004) *****

Downfall (2004) *****

October 10, 2004

Tropical Malady (2004) ****

Turtles Can Fly (2004) ****


Powerful Iranian film about Kurdish refugees.

Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) ****

House Of The Flying Daggers (2004) ****



The Aviator (2004) ****

'Innocence (2004) ****

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004) ****

Samaritan Girl (2004) ****

Antares (2003) ****

September 9, 2004

The Dreamers (2004) ***

The Company (2004) ***

Hotel Rwanda (2004) ***

Garden State (2004) ***

Team America: World Police (2004) ***

Before Sunset (2004) ***

A sequel to "Before Sunrise" (1995). Better than the first film.

La Vie est un miracle (2004) ***

Shrek 2 (2004) ***

The Polar Express (2004) ***

Million Dollar Baby (2004) ***

Melinda And Melinda (2004) ***

Mémoires affectives (2004) ***

The Ladykillers (2004) ***

The Incredibles (2004) ***

Home On The Range (2004) ***

L'Esquive (2004) ***

De-Lovely (2004) ***


Comme une image (2004) ***

Comment devenir un trou de cul et enfin plaire aux femmes (2004) ***

Wimbledon (2004) ***

2046 (2004) ***


Wilby Wonderful (2004) ***


The Village (2004) ***

The Passion Of The Christ (2004) ***

Howl's Moving Castle (2004) ***


Coffee And Cigarettes (2004) ***

3-Iron (2004) ***

Comment conquérir l'Amérique en une nuit (2004) ***

Refreshingly candid comedy about two Haitians in Montreal.

The Woodsman (2004) ***

Triple agent (2004) ***

The kidnapping of a White Russian general by the Bolsheviks in 1937. Based on a true story.

Kinsey (2004) ***

September 8, 2004

Murder Set Pieces (2004) ***

August 8, 2004

Anatomie de l'enfer (2004) ***


A tout de suite (2004) ***

Ma mere (2004) ***

With Emma de Caunes.

Un Long dimanche de fiançailles (2004) ***

Immortel (2004) ***

Sex Is Comedy (2004) ***