December 12, 2009

Top 10 Films of 2009

1. "The Hurt Locker" (Kathryn Bigelow, USA)

2. "Inglourious Basterds" (Quentin Tarantino, USA)

3. "About Elly" (Asghar Farhadi, Iran)

4. "An Education" (Lone Scherfig, UK)

5. "Los Canallas" (Ana Cristina Franco, Ecuador)

6. "Antichrist" (Lars von Trier, Denmark)

7. "Broken Embraces" (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)

8. "Mikres eleftheries" (Costas Zapas, Greece)

9. "Avatar" (James Cameron, USA)

10. "3 Idiots" (Rajkumar Hirani, India)


Other great films:

1981 (Canada)
2012
Cadavres (Canada)
Crepuscule (Holland)
Demain (Canada)
Derrière-moi (Canada)
Devil's Town (Serbia)
Dirty Diaries (Sweden)
Face (Taiwan)
The Fish Child (Argentina)
Galerianki (Poland)
Hadewijch (France)
Kinatay (Philippines)
Lebanon (Israel)
Lost Song (Canada)
Martyrs (France)
Mary And Max (Australia)
Mein (Germany)
Morphia (Russia)
La Nana (Chile)
Polytechnique (Canada)
Ponyo (Japan)
Un Prophète (France)
Rapt (France)
Rewers (Poland)
Slovenka (Slovenia)
Thirst (South Korea)
The Timekeeper (Canada)
El Traspatio (Mexico)

Short Top 3:

1. "La Fonte des neiges" (Jean-Julien Chervier, France)

2. "The New Tenants" (Joachim Back, USA)

3. "Danse macabre" (Pedro Pires, Canada)


Other great shorts:

The Cat In The Pan (Canada)
Ça va mine de rien (Canada)
Nue (France)
Le Technicien (Canada)

Top 3 Music Videos:

1. "Bad Romance" (Francis Lawrence, Lady Gaga)

2. "Wrong" (Patrick Daughters, Depeche Mode)

3. "Paparazzi" (Jonas Akerlund, Lady Gaga)


Other great music videos:

LoveGame
Pussy
We Made You

Top Commercial:

"Walk In Fridge" (Bart Timmer, Heineken)


TV Top 3:

1. "Mad Men: Season 3" (AMC)

2. "Breaking Bad: Season 2" (AMC)

3. "Californication: Season 3" (Showtime)


Other great TV shows:

Dexter: Season 4
Lost: Season 5
Weeds: Season 5

Cartoon Top 3:

1. "Never Drive A Car When You're Dead" (Gregor Dashuber, Germany)

2. "Logorama" (François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain, France)

3. "Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty" (Nicky Phelan, Ireland)


Other great cartoons:

Attached To You (Sweden)
La Dama y la muerte (Spain)
French Roast (France)
Passages (Canada)
Le Tiroir et le corbeau (Canada)
Vive la rose (Canada)

Weak films of 2009:

3 saisons (Canada)
(500) Days of Summer
5150 rue des Ormes (Canada)
9
Adoration (Canada)
Ajami (Israel)
Detour (Canada)
Distanz (Germany)
District 9
Les Doigts croches (Canada)
La Donation (Canada)
Drag Me to Hell
Drzazgi (Poland)
Dukot (Philippines)
Duplicity
Enen (Poland)
The Faceless Dead (Japan)
Je l'aimais (France)
Je me souviens (Canada)
Serveuses demandées (Canada)
The Seventh Circle (Hungary)
Sherlock Holmes
Sicak (Turkey)
Silence on vaccine
Suzie (Canada)
Taken
Une Tente sur Mars (Canada)
La Teta asustada (Peru)
Three Houses (Georgia)
Transit (Canada)
Tricheuse (France)
Ulzhan (Kazakhstan)
Under the Sea 3D
Villa Amalia (France)
Welcome (France)
Well Done Abba (India)
Where The Wild Things Are
Winter Silence (Holland)

Weak shorts:

À mon frère (France)
Un Après-midi au parc (Canada)
As Maltratadas (Portugal)
La Belle au verre de lait (Canada)
Chambre d'à côté (Canada)
La Chute (Canada)
The Delian Mode (Canada)
Emma Fire (Canada)
First Frost (Germany)
Gilles (Canada)
L'Homme et la bête (Canada)
Hove
In Cold Love (Canada)
Jardin Dead End (Canada)
Jour sans joie (Canada)
Un Juego absurdo (Argentina)
King Chicken (Canada)
Le Lit près de la fênetre (France)
Mon cher Robert (Canada)
Les Mots (Canada)
M'ouvrir (Canada)
Naissances (Canada)
La Neige cache l'ombre des figuiers (Canada)
La Nuit finira (Canada)
One Last Dance (Canada)
Parking Space (Canada)
Le Revenant (Canada)
Surmenage (Canada)
Tête blanche (Canada)
Toute la vie (Canada)
La Vie commence (Canada)
You Belong With Me

Weak cartoons:

Épinette noire (Canada)
M (Canada)
A Matter Of Loaf and Death (UK)
Patience Of The Memory (Germany)