December 12, 2007

Top 10 Films of 2007

1. "Eastern Promises" (David Cronenberg, UK)

2. "Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame" (Hana Makhmalbaf, Iran)

3. "Charlie Wilson's War" (Mike Nichols, USA)

4. "I Served The King Of England" (Jiri Menzel, Czech Republic)

5. "4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days" (Cristian Mungiu, Romania)

6. "Ratatouille" (Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, USA)

7. "No Country For Old Men" (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, UK)

8. "Le Scaphandre et le papillon" (Julian Schnabel, France)

9. "Grindhouse" (Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, USA)

10. "Into The Wild" (Sean Penn, USA)


Other great films:

12 (Russia)
A l'interieur (France)
Away From Her (Canada)
Bakushi (Japan)
Ben X (Belgium)
Il Caimano (Italy)
Caotica Ana (Spain)
Daisy Diamond (Denmark)
Du levande (Sweden)
Ex Drummer (Belgium)
Fados (Portugal)
Gruz 200 (Russia)
Lust, Caution (Taiwan)
Mad Detective (Hong Kong)
Meet The Robinsons
Mongol (Kazachstan)
Nitro (Canada)
Odette Toulemonde (Belgium)
Once (Ireland)
Opium (Hungary)
The Orphanage (Spain)
Persepolis (France)
Pusinky (Czech Republic)
Sans titre (France)
Un Secret (France)
Stellet Licht (Mexico)
Szklane usta (Poland)
Les Témoins (France)
Toi (Canada)
XXY (Argentina)
Zodiac
La Zona (Mexico)

Short Top 3:

1. "Le Mozart des Pickpockets" (Philippe Pollet-Villard, France)

2. "Barber Gull Rub" (Matthew Rankin, Canada)

3. "Dust Bowl Ha! Ha!" (Sebastien Pilote, Canada)


Other great shorts:

The Colony (Canada)
Cosette (Australia)
Le Gout du temps (Canada)
Les Grands (Canada)
Moi (Canada)
Perle (Canada)
The Same House (Canada)
The Tonto Woman

Top 3 Music Videos:

1. "Paper Planes" (Bernard Gourley, M.I.A.)

2. "1234" (Patrick Daughters, Feist)

3. "Upgrade U" (Melina Matsoukas, Beyonce)



Other great music videos:

DANCE
Irreplaceable
White Robe (Russia)

Top Commercial:

"Beauty Is Nothing Without Brains" (Harold Zwardt, Mercedes)


Other great commercials:


TV Top 3:

1. "Mad Men: Season 1" (AMC)

2. "Dexter: Season 2" (Showtime)

3. "Californication: Season 1" (Showtime)


Other great TV shows:


Cartoon Top 3:

1. "My Love" (Alexandr Petrov, Russia)

2. "Meme les pigeons vont au paradis" (Samuel Tourneux, France)

3. "Madame Tutli-Putli" (Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski, NFB, Canada)


Other great cartoons:

How To Hook Up Your Home Theatre
I Met The Walrus (Canada)
Peter And The Wolf (UK)

Weak films of 2007:

20,13 (Portugal)
La Brunante (Canada)
La Capture (Canada)