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