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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (#1)
“I cannot believe my #1 of the year is a Jim Carrey film. Even more shocking, my #1 of 2003 was a Bill Murray film, and in 2002 it was Adam Sandler.…
The Departed (#1)
“Scorsese’s first great film since Goodfellas. This relatively rare plot-driven endeavor preserves flashes of vintage Marty and makes for the most entertaining film of the year. His use of Irish-themed…
No Country for Old Men (#1)
It isn’t that easy to pick a “best” since it was a good year for movies, but this one was amazing. Making a watchable film from a McCarthy book isn’t easy. The stories…
Rules of the Game (or how we came up with this list):
Criteria for eligibility were as follows: only directors not previously well established as actors would be eligible, so out went Welles, Cassavetes, and Sjöström. Cameo and walk-on appearances…
1. The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night, 1964
2. Fred Dalton Thompson Marie, 1985
3. Edward McDonald Goodfellas, 1990
4.…
Votes cast by Melissa Anderson, Geoff Andrew, Richard Brody, Michael Chaiken, Chris Chang, Chris Darke, Scott Foundas, J. Hoberman, Alexander Horwath, Kent Jones, Laura Kern, Nathan Lee, Elisabeth Lequeret, Adrian Martin, Olaf Möller, James Quandt, Jonathan Romney, Gavin Smith, Chuck…
