Top Ten of 2006

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I'm not exactly finished with 2006, but I'm in the winding-down process.

****
1. L'Enfant (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
2. Flags Of Our Fathers/Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood)

*** ½
4. The Black Dahlia (Brian De Palma)
5. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (Marc Rothemund)
6. Fateless (Lajos Koltai)
7. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)
8. Miami Vice (Michael Mann)
9. Volver (Pedro Almodovar)
10. Le Petit Lieutenant (Xavier Beauvois)
11. Infamous (Douglas McGrath)
12. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles)
13. A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman)
14. Clean (Olivier Assayas)
15. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
16. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron)

***
17. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
18. The Queen (Stephen Frears)
19. The Lake House (Alejandro Agresta)
20. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
21. Dreamgirls (Bill Condon)
22. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)
23. The History Boys (Nicholas Hytner)
24. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
25. V for Vendetta (John McTiegue)
26. Unknown White Male (Rupert Murray)
27. Tristram Shandy: A C ock and Bull Story (Michael Winterbottom)
28. Running Scared (Wayne Kramer)
29. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro)
30. Inside Man (Spike Lee)
31. When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts (Spike Lee)
32. The Devil Wears Prada (David Frankel)
33. Don't Come Knocking (Wim Wenders)
34. Brothers of the Head (Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe)

** ½
35. Flannel Pajamas (Jeff Lipsky)
36. Come Early Morning (Joey Lauren Adams)
37. A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints (Dito Montiel)
38. Hollywoodland (Allen Coulter)
39. The Good Shepherd (Robert DeNiro)
40. Invincible (Ericson Core)
41. Lady in the Water (M. Night Shyamalan)
42. World Trade Center (Oliver Stone)
43. The Nativity Story (Catherine Hardwicke)
44. Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)
45. The Proposition (John Hillcoat)
46. American Gun (Aric Avelino)
47. 4 (Ilya Khrjanovsky)

**
48. The Last King of Scotland (Kevin MacDonald)
49. Notes On A Scandal (Richard Eyre)
50. The Painted Veil (John Curran)
51. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)
52. Friends With Money (Nicole Holofcener)
53. Little Children (Todd Field)
54. Brick (Rian Johnson)
55. Thank You For Smoking (Jason Reitman)
56. Why We Fight (Eugene Jarecki)
57. Bobby (Emilio Estevez)
58. Babel (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
59. Blood Diamond (Edward Zwick)
60. Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (Chan-Wook Park)
61. Fast Food Nation (Richard Linklater)
62. Shortbus (John Cameron Mitchell)

* ½
63. Tsotsi (Gavin Hood)
64. Poseidon (Wolfgang Petersen)

*

worthless
65. Stranger Than Fiction (Marc Forster)
66. Sorry, Haters (Jeff Stanzler)
67. Death of a President (Gabriel Range)
68. Hard Candy (David Slade)

???
Inland Empire (David Lynch) - I think this will end up somewhere in the *** or **½ range, but I'm still (two-and-a-half months later) so baffled by it all that I'm not sure.
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1. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
2. Volver (Pedro Almodóvar)
3. Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood)
4. Little Children (Todd Field)
5. The Science of Sleep (Michel Gondry)
6. Dreamgirls (Bill Condon)
7. Babel (Alejandro González Iñárritu)
8. The Black Dahlia (Brian De Palma)
9. Infamous (Douglas McGrath)
10. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
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Post by Okri »

I'm nowhere near finished with 2006, but here's what I have so far.

01. Children of Men
02. Old Joy
03. Shortbus
04. Brick
05. The Descent
06. V for Vendetta
07. The History Boys
08. Notes on a Scandal
09. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
10. Half Nelson
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My 100th movie from last year, not including TV movies like the superb Elizabeth I, is Curse of the Golden Flower.

* * * *
Akeelah and the Bee
Children of Men
The Departed
Dreamgirls
The Illusionist
The Last King of Scotland
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Painted Veil
Pan's Labyrinth
The Proposition
The Queen
Stranger Than Fiction
United 93
Volver
World Trade Center


* * * ½
Aurora Borealis
Borat
Brick
Cars
Casino Royale
Flags of Our Fathers
Marie Antoinette
Monster House
Notes on a Scandal
Perfume: The Story of a Muderer
A Prairie Home Companion
The Prestige
12 and Holding


* * *
The Ant Bully
Apocalypto
Babel
Blood Diamond
Candy
Charlotte's Web
Come Early Morning
Curse of the Golden Flower
Deja Vu
The Devil Wears Prada
Factotum
Find Me Guilty
Flushed Away
Half Nelson
Happy Feet
Infamous
Inside Man
Jet Li's Fearless
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
The Lost City
Lucky Number Slevin
Nanny McPhee
The Night Listener
The Pursuit of Happyness
Rocky Balboa
The Sentinel
Sherrybaby
Shortbus
Superman Returns
Venus
When the Levees Broke
X-Men 3: The Last Stand


* * ½
American Dreamz
The Black Dahlia
The Break-Up
Catch a Fire
Eight Below
Everyone's Hero
Firewall
For Your Consideration
Hollywoodland
The Good Shepherd
A Good Year
Guys and Balls
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Innocent
The Lake House
Man of the Year
Miami Vice
Mission: Impossible III
Mozart and the Whale
Night at the Museum
The Omen
Over the Hedge
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Scoop
16 Blocks
Take the Lead
Tristan & Isolde
V for Vendetta


* *
Basic Instinct 2
Click
The Descent
Eragon
Flyboys
The Good German
Idlewild
The Pink Panther
Snakes on a Plane

* ½
Bobby
The DaVinci Code
The Guardian
Lady in the Water
Underworld: Evolution


*
Poseidon
When a Stranger Calls



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01. The Lives of Others (von Donnersmarck) A
02. The Queen (Frears)
03. Pan's Labryinth (del Toro)
04. The Departed (Scorsese) A-
05. Babel (Gonzalez Inarritu)
06. Notes on a Scandal (Eyre)
07. United 93 (Greengrass)
08. Volver (Almodovar)
09. A Lion in the House (Bognar, Reichert)
10. A Prairie Home Companion (Altman)
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My latest update.

1. Borat: Cultural Learning of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles)
2. Little Children (Todd Field)
3. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (Michael Winterbottom)
4. Volver (Pedro Almodovar)
5. The Queen (Stephen Frears)
6. Letters from Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood)
7. Coeurs (Alain Resnais)
8. Container (Lukas Moodysson)
9. The Host (Joon-ho Bong)
10. 9/11 – The Twin Towers (Nick Read)
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...and we're done here, I think. All in all, a very solid year. Last year, there was really only one four star film in my estimation ('The Best of Youth'), but this year there are five flat-out amazing films and two that I just warmed to very much. And with subsequent viewings, I wouldn't be surprised to see 'Volver' rise to these ranks as well. And beyond that, my top ten saw 19 Oscar nominations and 9 wins.


****
1. Children of Men
2. The Departed
3. The Lives of Others
4. Letters from Iwo Jima
5. Pan's Labyrinth
6. Old Joy
7. Brick

***1/2
8. The Proposition
9. Volver
10. Casino Royale
11. L'Enfant
12. Half Nelson
13. The Prestige (upgraded)
14. Slither
15. Neil Young: Heart of Gold
16. Dave Chappelle's Block Party
17. Tideland
18. The Fountain
19. A Prairie Home Companion
20. United 93

***
21. Notes on a Scandal
22. The Queen
23. A Scanner Darkly
24. Mutual Appreciation
25. Inside Man
26. Borat: Cultural Learnings for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
27. Monster House
28. Shortbus
29. Apocalypto
30. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
31. Inland Empire
32. Sherrybaby
33. Stranger than Fiction
34. Little Children
35. Snakes on a Plane
36. Down in the Valley
37. Bubble

**1/2
38. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
39. Superman Returns
40. The Puffy Chair
41. For Your Consideration
42. The Good Sheperd
43. Cars
44. Dreamgirls
45. Flags of Our Fathers
46. The Illusionist
47. Thank You for Smoking
48. Clerks 2
49. Miami Vice
50. An Inconvenient Truth
51. Mission: Impossible -- 3
52. The Devil Wears Prada
53. Little Miss Sunshine
54. Factotum
55. Hollywoodland
56. Babel
57. Marie Antoinette
58. The Science of Sleep (downgraded)

**
59. Blood Diamond
60. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
61. The Last King of Scotland
62. Hard Candy
63. X-Men: The Last Stand
64. Lady in the Water (so brilliantly flawed)
65. 12 and Holding
66. Final Destination 3
67. Scoop
68. Art School Confidential

*1/2
69. The Da Vinci Code

*
70. Bobby

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10 Best
10. Monster House
9. Little Children
8. Babel
7. Little Miss Sunshine
6. The Departed
5. United 93
4. Dreamgirls
3. Children of Men
2. The Queen
1. Pan's Labyrinth

5 worst
5th worst: Lady in the Water
4th: Grandma's Boy
3rd: Marie Antoinette
2nd: Borat
The worst: Nacho Libre--not even Jack Black could save this one
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It wil be a few more weeks until I'm ready to close the book on 2006, but here's how things stand on Oscar weekend. And, damn, what a fine year it was. I don't think I've have this many 4 star films since some years in the 50s. Last year I didn't have a single 4 star movie:

4 Stars:

1. C.R.A.Z.Y. (Jean-Marc Vallée)
2. Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
3. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (Marc Rothemund)
4. Dreamgirls (Bill Condon)
5. Been Rich All My Life (Heather Lyn MacDonald)
6. Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood)
7. The Black Dahlia (Brian De Palma)
8. Shortbus (John Cameron Mitchell)
9. V For Vendetta (James McTiegue)

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

3½ Stars:

10. Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)
11. Clean (Olivier Assayas)
12. Army Of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville)
13. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
14. Whassup Rockers (Larry Clark)
15. A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman)
16. Volver (Pedro Almodovar)
17. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles)

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

3 Stars:

18. Whole New Thing (Amnon Buchbinder)
19. The Painted Veil (John Curran)
20. Scoop (Woody Allen)
21. Water (Deepak Mehta)
22. Infamous (Doug McGrath)
23. The Queen (Stephen Frears)
24. The Notorious Bettie Page (Mary Herron)
25. The Nativity Story (Catherine Hardwicke)
26. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
27. Sherrybaby (Lauri Colyer)
28. The Blossoming Of Maximo Oliveros (Auraeus Solito)
29. Tristram Shanty: A #### And Bull Story (Michael Winterbotom)
30. For Your Consideration (Christopher Guest)
31. Monster House (Goddamn Cartoon)
32. The Devil Wears Prada (David Frankel)
33. A Stadium Story (Jevon Roush and Benjamin Rosen)
34. Stagedoor (Alexandra Shiva)
35. Giuliani Time (Kevin Keating)
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

2 ½ Stars:

36. Children Of Men (Alfonso Cuaron)
37. Flags Of Our Fathers (Clint Eastwood)
38. Notes On A Scandal (Richard Eyre)
38. Sweet Land (Ali Selim)
40. The Good Shepherd (Robert DeNiro)
41. Venus (Roger Michell)
42. Inside Man (Spike Lee)
43. The Lake House (Alejandro Agresti)
44. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

2 Stars:

45. Blood Diamond (Edward Zwick)
46. X-Men: The Last Stand (Brett Ratner)
47. Ask The Dust (Robert Towne)
48. Hollywoodland (Allen Coulter)
49. The Last King Of Scotland (Kevin MacDonald)
50. Grey Souls (Yves Angelo)
51. The Illusionist (Neil Burger)
52. Another Gay Movie (Todd Stephens)
53. An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim)
54. Joyeux Noël (Christian Carion)
55. A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater)
56. Babel (Alejandro González Iñárritu)
57. Little Children (Todd Field)
58. Universal 93 (Peter Greengrass)
59. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris )
60. Running With Scissors (Ryan Murphy)
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01. The Departed (d. Martin Scorsese) ****
02. Children of Men (d. Alfonso Cuaron) ****
03. A Scanner Darkly (d. Richard Linklater) ****
04. United 93 (d. Paul Greengrass) *** 1/2
05. Half Nelson (d. Ryan Fleck) *** 1/2
06. Cars (d. John Lasseter) *** 1/2
07. The Queen (d. Stephen Frears) *** 1/2
08. Casino Royale (d. Martin Campbell) *** 1/2
09. Dreamgirls (d. Bill Condon) *** 1/2
10. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (d. Larry Charles) *** 1/2
11. The King (d. James Marsh) *** 1/2
12. V for Vendetta (d. James McTeigue) ***
13. Thank You For Smoking (d. Jason Reitman) ***
14. Little Miss Sunshine (d. Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris) ***
15. Inside Man (d. Spike Lee) ***
16. The Devil Wears Prada (d. David Frankel) ***
17. Stranger than Fiction (d. Marc Forster) *** [NEW]
18. Superman Returns (d. Bryan Singer) ***
19. The Prestige (d. Christopher Nolan) ***
20. Eight Below (d. Frank Marshall) ***
21. The Illusionist (d. Neil Burger) ** 1/2
22. Monster House (d. Gil Kenan) ** 1/2
23. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (d. Gore Verbinski) ** 1/2
24. Flushed Away (d. David Bowers, Sam Fell) ** 1/2 [NEW]
25. X-Men: The Last Stand (d. Brett Ratner) ** 1/2
26. The OH in Ohio (d. Billy Kent) ** 1/2
27. Brick (d. Rian Johnson) ** 1/2
28. The Black Dahlia (d. Brian de Palma) ** 1/2
29. Eragon (d. Stefan Fangmeier) ** [NEW]
30. Mission: Impossible III (d. J.J. Abrams) **
31. The Da Vinci Code (d. Ron Howard) **
32. Poseidon (d. Wolfgang Petersen) * 1/2
33. Babel (d. Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu) *
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1. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron) - ****
2. The Queen (Stephen Frears) - ****
3. Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood) - ****
4. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro) - ****
5. The Departed (Martin Scorsese) - ***1/2
6. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles) - ***1/2
7. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell) - ***1/2
8. L'Enfant (Jean Pierre/Luc Dardenne) - ***1/2
9. Brick (Rian Johnson) - ***
10. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan) - ***
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Letters from Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood) - ****
Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro) - ****
Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron) - ****
L'Enfant (Jean Pierre Dardenne/Luc Dardenne) - ****
Volver (Pedro Almodovar) - ****
The Departed (Martin Scorsese) - ***½
United 93 (Paul Greengrass) - ***½
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit the Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles) - ***½
Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola) - ***½
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (Aureus Solito) - ***½
Monster House (Gil Kenan)- ***½
Dreamgirls (Bill Condon) - ***½
Casino Royale (Martin Campbell) - ***½
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (Kirby Dick) - ***½
Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck) - ***½
Inside Man (Spike Lee) - ***½
An Incovenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim) - ***
The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky) - ***
The Black Dahlia (Brian DePalma) - ***
Notes on a Scandal (Richard Eyre) - ***
Little Children (Todd Field) - ***
The Devil Wears Prada (David Frankel) - ***
The Last King of Scotland (Kevin MacDonald) - ***
The Prestige (Christopher Nolan) - ***
Cars (John Lasseter) - ***
Superman Returns (Bryan Singer) - ***
The Queen (Stephen Frears) - ***
Curse of the Golden Flower (Zhang Yimou) - ***
Happy Feet (George Miller) - ***
Snakes on a Plane (David R. Ellis) - ***
V for Vendetta (James McTeague) - ***
Manderlay (Lars Von Trier) - ***
Apocalypto (Mel Gibson) - ***
Flags of Our Fathers (Clint Eastwood) - **½
The Banquet (Feng Xiaogang) - **½
Shortbus (John Cameron Mitchell) - **½
Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton/Valerie Faris) - **½
Babel (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu) - **½
Blood Diamond (Edward Zwick) - **½
Mission: Impossible III (J.J. Abrams) - **½
Pirates of the Carribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Gore Verbinski)- **½
Miami Vice (Michael Mann) - **
Lady in the Water (M. Night Shyamalan) - **
X-Men: The Last Stand (Brett Ratner) - **
Poseidon (Wolfgang Petersen) - **
The Da Vinci Code (Ron Howard) - *½
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Still a lot to see. In the end, I love the Top 5, but 6-10 need to be replaced by the long list of films left to see.

1. Marie Antoinette (dir: Sofia Coppola, USA)
2. Pan’s Labyrinth (dir: Guillermo del Toro, Mexico)
3. Children of Men (dir: Alfonso Cuaron, UK/USA)
4. The Departed (dir: Martin Scorsese, USA)
5. A Prairie Home Companion (dir: Robert Altman, USA)
6. Dreamgirls (dir: Bill Condon, USA)
7. Inside Man (dir: Spike Lee, USA)
8. Casino Royale (dir: Martin Campbell, USA)
9. The Good Shepherd (dir: Robert DeNiro, USA)
10. For Your Consideration (dir: Christopher Guest, USA)
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My last one ended up one page two on pretty short order.


****
1. L'Enfant (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
2. Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood)

*** ½
3. The Black Dahlia (Brian De Palma)
4. Flags of Our Fathers (Clint Eastwood)
5. Fateless (Lajos Koltai)
6. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)
7. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (Marc Rothemund)
8. Miami Vice (Michael Mann)
9. Volver (Pedro Almodovar)
10. Infamous (Douglas McGrath)
11. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles)
12. A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman)
13. Clean (Olivier Assayas)
14. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
15. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron)

***
16. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
17. The Queen (Stephen Frears)
18. The Lake House (Alejandro Agresta)
19. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
20. Dreamgirls (Bill Condon)
21. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)
22. The History Boys (Nicholas Hytner)
23. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
24. V for Vendetta (John McTiegue)
25. Unknown White Male (Rupert Murray)
26. Tristram Shandy: A C ock and Bull Story (Michael Winterbottom)
27. Running Scared (Wayne Kramer)
28. Inside Man (Spike Lee)
29. When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts (Spike Lee)
30. The Devil Wears Prada (David Frankel)
31. Don't Come Knocking (Wim Wenders)
32. Brothers of the Head (Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe)

** ½
33. Flannel Pajamas (Jeff Lipsky)
34. Come Early Morning (Joey Lauren Adams)
35. A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints (Dito Montiel)
36. Hollywoodland (Allen Coulter)
37. The Good Shepherd (Robert DeNiro)
38. Invincible (Ericson Core)
39. Lady in the Water (M. Night Shyamalan)
40. World Trade Center (Oliver Stone)
41. The Nativity Story (Catherine Hardwicke)
42. Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)
43. The Proposition (John Hillcoat)
44. American Gun (Aric Avelino)
45. 4 (Ilya Khrjanovsky)

**
46. The Last King of Scotland (Kevin MacDonald)
47. Notes On A Scandal (Richard Eyre)
48. The Painted Veil (John Curran)
49. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)
50. Friends With Money (Nicole Holofcener)
51. Little Children (Todd Field)
52. Brick (Rian Johnson)
53. Thank You For Smoking (Jason Reitman)
54. Why We Fight (Eugene Jarecki)
55. Bobby (Emilio Estevez)
56. Babel (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
57. Blood Diamond (Edward Zwick)
58. Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (Chan-Wook Park)
59. Fast Food Nation (Richard Linklater)
60. Shortbus (John Cameron Mitchell)

* ½
61. Tsotsi (Gavin Hood)
62. Poseidon (Wolfgang Petersen)

*

worthless
63. Stranger Than Fiction (Marc Forster)
64. Sorry, Haters (Jeff Stanzler)
65. Death of a President (Gabriel Range)
66. Hard Candy (David Slade)

????
Inland Empire (David Lynch)
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I suppose it's about the time I should post an updated list.


****

none yet

***½

1. Volver
2. The Queen

***

3. C.R.A.Z.Y.

**½

4. Little Children
5. This Film Is Not Yet Rated
6. The Departed
7. Flags of Our Fathers
8. L’enfant

**

9. Children of Men
10 The Black Dahlia
11. Apocalypto
12. A Scanner Darkly
13. Tsotsi
14. Babel
15. Sophie Scholl: The Last Days
16. V for Vendetta
17. Cars
18. Superman Returns
19. Slither
20. Art School Confidential
21. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story



22. X-Men: The Last Stand
23. Little Miss Sunshine
24. Inside Man
25. World Trade Center
26. Dreamgirls
27. Casino Royale
28. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
29. 9th Company

*

30. Tideland
31. Brick
32. Thank You for Smoking
33. United 93
34. Snakes on a Plane

½

35. The Da Vinci Code
36. The Devil Wears Prada
37. Miami Vice
38. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
39. 16 Blocks
40. Joyeux Noël

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41. Marie Antoinette
42. The Illusionist
43. Glory Road
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