February 2, 2005
Darwin's Nightmare (2005) **
Depressing documentary about an invasive fish species in Lake Victoria and other problems in Africa.
Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room (2005) **
Informative, but conventional documentary about corruption and regulation.
January 1, 2005
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)
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)
Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 2004:
2. "The Dreamers" (Bernardo Bertolucci, Searchlight)
4. "Sex Is Comedy" (Catherine Breillat, France)
6. "Anatomie de l'enfer" (Catherine Breillat, France)
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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)
Top Commercial:
"Geico Lawyer" (Geico)
Other great commercials:
Karate Explosion
TV Top 5:
1. "Lost: Season 1" (ABC)
2. "Wonderfalls" (Fox)
3. "The Wire: Season 3" (HBO)
4. "The Sopranos: Season 5" (HBO)
5. "Six Feet Under: Season 4" (HBO)
24: 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)
3. ''Sideways'' (Alexander Payne, USA)
5. ''Antares'' (Gotz Spielmann, Austria)
6. ''Samaritan Girl'' (Kim Ki-Duk, South Korea)
7. ''Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind'' (Michel Gondry, USA)
8. "House Of The Flying Daggers" (Zhang Yimou, China)
Other great films:
20:30:40 (Taiwan)
2046 (Hong Kong)
3-Iron (South Korea)
4 (Russia)
A tout de suite (France)
As It Is In Heaven (Sweden)
Blood (Canada)
Coffee And Cigarettes
Comment conquérir l'Amérique en une nuit (Canada)
Comment devenir un trou de cul et enfin plaire aux femmes (Canada)
Comme une image (France)
Comment conquérir l'Amérique en une nuit (Canada)
Comment devenir un trou de cul et enfin plaire aux femmes (Canada)
Comme une image (France)
L'Esquive (France)
Head On (Germany)
Howl's Moving Castle (Japan)
Immortel (France)
Un Long dimanche de fiançailles (France)
La Mala Educacion (Spain)
Ma mere (France)
Ma vie en cinémascope (Canada)
Notre musique (Switzerland)
Only Human (Spain)
La Peau blanche (Canada)
Pregi (Poland)
Quiet As A Mouse (Germany)
Somersault (Australia)
Sotto falso nome (Italy)
Triple agent (France)
Tropical Malady (Thailand)
Tsumugi (Japan)
1. "My Summer Of Love" (Pawel Pawlikowski, UK)
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Short Top 3:
1. "Wasp" (Andrea Arnold, UK)
Other great shorts:
Fajnie ze jestes (Poland)
Para vestir santos (Mexico)
Self-Contained
Top 3 Music Videos:
1. "Toxic" (Joseph Kahn, Britney Spears)
3. "Drop It Like It's Hot" (Paul Hunter, Snoop Doggy Dog)
Other great music videos:
Top 3 Music Videos:
1. "Toxic" (Joseph Kahn, Britney Spears)
2. "Take Me Out" (Jonas Odell, Franz Ferdinand)
Protege-moi (France)
Top Commercial:
"Geico Lawyer" (Geico)
Other great commercials:
Karate Explosion
TV Top 5:
1. "Lost: Season 1" (ABC)
Other great TV shows:
24: Season 4
Cartoon Top 3:
1. "Lorenzo" (Mike Gabriel, Disney)
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)
Closer
Como fazer un film de amor (Brazil)
Dans une galaxie près de chez vous - le film (Canada)
Le Dernier tunnel (Canada)
Elles étaient cinq (Canada)
Fahrenheit 9/11
Hellboy
Jack Paradise (Canada)
The Life Aquatic
Maria Full Of Grace (Columbia)
Monica la mitraille (Canada)
The Motocycle Diaries
Mothers And Daughters
Nouvelle-France (Canada)
Ray
The Sea Inside (Spain)
Shark Tale
A Silent Love (Canada)
Spanglish
Spider-Man 2
Como fazer un film de amor (Brazil)
Dans une galaxie près de chez vous - le film (Canada)
Le Dernier tunnel (Canada)
Elles étaient cinq (Canada)
Fahrenheit 9/11
Hellboy
Jack Paradise (Canada)
The Life Aquatic
Maria Full Of Grace (Columbia)
Monica la mitraille (Canada)
The Motocycle Diaries
Mothers And Daughters
Nouvelle-France (Canada)
Ray
The Sea Inside (Spain)
Shark Tale
A Silent Love (Canada)
Spanglish
Spider-Man 2
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
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
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.
Sideways (2004) *****
Alexander Payne's masterpiece and one of the best films about wine. There is a great article in Slate, written 22 years after the film's release, that explains the film's enormous influence on the wine culture in America.
October 10, 2004
September 9, 2004
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