December 12, 2006

Top 10 Films of 2006

1. ''Apocalypto'' (Mel Gibson, USA)

2. ''Children Of Men'' (Alfonso Cuaron, UK)

3. "Letters From Iwo Jima" (Clint Eastwood, USA)

4. "Little Miss Sunshine" (Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, USA)

5. ''Scream Of The Ants'' (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran)

6. ''Chaos'' (Xawery Zulawski, Poland)

7. ''A Scanner Darkly'' (Richard Linklater, USA)

8. ''Manderlay'' (Lars von Trier, Denmark)

9. ''The Lives Of Others'' (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Germany) 

10. ''Babel'' (Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mexico)


Other great films:

48 Shades (Australia)
Armenia (France)
Auftauchen (Germany)
Azur et Asmar (France)
Black Book (Holland)
Los Borgia (Spain)
Carnal Utopia (Brazil)
Cheech (Canada)
No Mercy For The Rude (South Korea)
Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico)
Pleasant Moments (Czech Republic)
Punish Me (Germany)
The Queen (UK)
Rough Winds (Spain)
Snow Cake (Canada)
Storm (Sweden)
Suspect (Belgium)
Ten Canoes (Australia)

Short Top 3:

1. "Big Bad Wolves" (Rajneel Singh, New Zealand)

2. "Où est Maurice?" (Matthew Rankin, Canada)

3. "I Dream Of Driftwood" (Matthew Rankin, Canada)


Other great shorts:

À l'ombre (Canada)
Brassens (Canada)
Plastic (UK)
Poison d'avril (France)

Top 3 Music Videos:

1. "Buttons" (Francis Lawrence, The Pussycat Dolls)

2. "Here It Goes Again" (Trish Sie, OK Go)

3. "SexyBack" (Michael Haussman, Justin Timberlake)


Other great music videos:

Fergalicious

Top Commercial:

"Dare" (Milovan Radovic, Saga Falabella)


TV Top 3:

1. "Dexter: Season 1" (Showtime)

2. "Lost: Season 3" (ABC)

3. "The Wire: Season 4" (HBO)


Other great TV shows:

24: Season 6
Weeds: Season 2

Cartoon Top 3:

1. "The Danish Poet" (Torill Kove, Norway)

2. "Lifted" (Gary Rydstrom, Disney)

3. "No Time For Nuts" (Chris Renaud, Mike Thurmeier, USA)


Other great cartoons:

The Little Matchgirl
Maestro (Hungary)
Un, deux, trois, crépuscule (Canada)

Weak films of 2006:

Bambi II
Borat
Coeurs (France)
Congorama (Canada)
La Vie secrète des gens heureux (Canada)

Weak shorts:

Les Jours (Canada)
Le Rat (Canada)
Vilar Workbook (Canada)

Weak cartoons:

Head (Canada)

Top Musical of 2006

"Dreamgirls" (Bill Condon, Paramount)