Top Ten Lists
Donna Bowman
- The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
- The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky)
- L'Enfant (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
- Duck Season (Fernando Eimbcke)
- A Prairie Home Companiion (Robert Altman)
- Children of Men (Alphonso Cuaron)
- Inside Man (Spike Lee)
- Little Children (Todd Fields)
Matthew Butcher
- The Host (Bong Joon-ho)
- The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
- The Good German (Steven Soderbergh)
- Woman on the Beach (Hong Sang-soo)
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- Curse of the Golden Flower (Zhang Yimou)
- Who's Camus Anyway? (Mitsuo Yanagimachi)
- Inside Man (Spike Lee)
- Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro)
- An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim)
Keith Collins
- Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
- Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
- A Face in the Crowd (1957, Elia Kazan)
- Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)
- Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
- The Loved One (1964, Tony Richardson)
- Petulia (1968, Richard Lester)
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
- The Queen (Stephen Frears)
- Idiocracy (Mike Judge)
Dave Cowen
- Wonder Showzen, Episode "Cooperation"
- Veronica Mars, Season 2 Finale (Eps 21, 22)
- Underground (1995, Emir Kusturica)
- Monster House [3-D version] (Gil Kenan)
- Robot Monster [3-D version] (1953, Phil Tucker)
- Brick (Rian Johnson)
- Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (Park Chan-wook)
- Operetta Tanuki Goten (Seijun Suzuki)
- A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater)
- Fandango Promotional Trailer "Bollywood Bags"
Mike D'Angelo
- The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
- Time (Kim Ki-duk)
- Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- The Host (Bong Joon-ho)
- Volver (Pedro Almodóvar)
- Offside (Jafar Panahi)
- Falling (Barbara Albert)
- Sleeping Dogs Lie (Bobcat Goldthwait)
- Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
Bilge Ebiri
- Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Michel Gondry)
- Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
- Climates (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- Inside Man (Spike Lee)
- The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
- Iraq in Fragments (James Longley)
- Miami Vice (Michael Mann)
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tom Tykwer)
- The Descent (Neil Marshall)
Steve Erickson
- A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater)
- The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)
- Two Drifters (Joao Pedro Rodrigues)
- Election (Johnnie To)
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
- Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron)
- Gabrielle (Patrice Chéreau)
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- Le petit lieutenant (Xavier Beauvois)
- The Forsaken Land (Vimukthi Jayasundara)
Bryant Frazer
- The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)
- The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- Miami Vice (Michael Mann)
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
- Inside Man (Spike Lee)
- A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater)
- Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)
- Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Michel Gondry)
- The Descent (Neil Marshall)
Alex Fung
- L'Enfant (The Child) (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
- Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
- Shortbus (John Cameron Mitchell)
- Manderlay (Lars von Trier)
- Volver (Pedro Almodóvar)
- Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (Park Chan-wook)
- Le Pont des Arts (Eugène Green)
- Why We Fight (Eugene Jarecki)
- Little Children (Todd Field)
Erik Gregersen
- The New World (Terrence Malick)
- My Dad is 100 Years Old (Guy Maddin and Isabella Rossellini)
- The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
- Deja Vu (Tony Scott)
- A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater)
- The Protector (Prachya Pinkaew)
- Curse of the Golden Flower (Zhang Yimou)
- Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (Michael Winterbottom)
- Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)
- Apocalypto (Mel Gibson)
Skander Halim
- Finland Empire (David Lynch)
- The Departure (Martin Scorsese)
- Mandalay (Lars von Trier)
- The Miami Vice (Michael Mann)
- Deja View (Tony Scott)
- Royal Casino (Martin Campbell)
- The Good Kraut (Steven Soderbergh)
- Battling in Heaven (Carlos Reygadas)
- The Bubble (Steven Soderbergh)
- Ned Flanders (Bruno Dumont)
Sky Hirschkron
- Mutual Appreciation (Andrew Bujalski)
- Woman on the Beach (Hong Sang-soo)
- The Free Will (Matthias Glasner)
- Bubble (Steven Soderbergh)
- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (Dito Montiel)
- Brick (Rian Johnson)
- The Child (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
- Flanders (Bruno Dumont)
- The Forsaken Land (Vimukthi Jayasundara)
- Three Times (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
Rachel Jacobson
- Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
- Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro)
- Volver (Pedro Almodóvar)
- Little Children (Todd Field)
- Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
- Clean (Olivier Assayas)
- The Science of Sleep (Michel Gondry)
- Manderlay (Lars von Trier)
Andrew Johnston
- Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
- Charlotte's Web (Gary Winick)
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
- Inside Man (Spike Lee)
- Idiocracy (Mike Judge)
- A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater)
- Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)
- Infamous (Douglas McGrath)
- Down in the Valley (David Jacobson)
Joshua Kreitzer
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
- Thank You for Smoking (Jason Reitman)
- Dreamgirls (Bill Condon)
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)
- The Child (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
- World Trade Center (Oliver Stone)
- The Notorious Bettie Page (Mary Harron)
- Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
- Art School Confidential (Terry Zwigoff)
Don Marks
- Three Times (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
- Taxidermia (György Pálfi)
- Shortbus (John Cameron Mitchell)
- The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
- Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)
- Children Of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
- Exiled (Johnny To)
- A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman)
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
- Little Children (Todd Field)
Jeff McCloud
- Out One (1971, Jacques Rivette)
- Inland Empire (David Lynch)
- I Am a Sex Addict (Caveh Zahedi)
- Jackass: Number Two (Jeff Tremaine)
- The Science of Sleep (Michel Gondry)
- Battle in Heaven (Carlos Reygadas)
- Gabrielle (Patrice Chéreau)
- Miami Vice (Michael Mann)
- Three Times (Hou Hsaio-hsien)
- The Proposition (John Hillcoat)
Victor Morton
- The Child (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
- The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
- Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)
- Thank You For Smoking (Jason Reitman)
- Cars (John Lasseter)
- Manderlay (Lars Von Trier)
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
- Apocalypto (Mel Gibson)
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tom Tykwer)
- Climates (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
Greg Murphy
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
- Mutual Appreciation (Andrew Bujalski)
- A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman)
- Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
- Miami Vice (Michael Mann)
- Down in the Valley (David Jacobson)
- Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
- Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles)
Noel Murray
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
- The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
- A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman)
- Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
- The Death Of Mr Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)
- Children Of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- Inside Man (Spike Lee)
- Mutual Appreciation (Andrew Bujalski)
- The Devil And Daniel Johnston (Jeff Feuerzeig)
Charles Odell
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tom Tykwer)
- The Painted Veil (John Curran)
- Manderlay (Lars von Trier)
- Wah-Wah (Richard E Grant)
- The Queen (Stephen Frears)
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
- Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
- A Cock and Bull Story (Michael Winterbottom)
- The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Cristi Piui)
- The Fall (Tarsem)
Mark Pittillo
- Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)
- Brick (Rian Johnson)
- The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
- Inland Empire (David Lynch)
- Mutual Appreciation (Andrew Bujalski)
- Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
- The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)
- Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- L'Enfant (The Child) (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
Matt Prigge
- The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
- Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
- Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
- Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Michel Gondry)
- Gabrielle (Patrice Chéreau)
- Jackass Number Two (Jeff Tremaine)
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
- The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)
- Inside Man (Spike Lee)
- Inland Empire (David Lynch)
Peter Reiher
- The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
- Vitus (Fredi M Murer)
- Bab'Aziz (Nacer Khemir)
- The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky)
- An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim)
- Little Children (Todd Field)
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)
- Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro)
- The Queen (Stephen Frears)
Scott Renshaw
- Brick (Rian Johnson)
- Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles)
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- L'Enfant (The Child) (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
- Breaking and Entering (Anthony Minghella)
- Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
- The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)
- The Puffy Chair (Jay Duplass)
- Volver (Pedro Almodóvar
Jim Ridley
- Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
- The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
- Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- Mutual Appreciation (Andrew Bujalski)
- Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
- Gabrielle (Patrice Chéreau)
- Neil Young: Heart of Gold (Jonathan Demme)
- I Am a Sex Addict (Caveh Zahedi)
Josh Rothkopf
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
- Gabrielle (Patrice Chéreau)
- A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater)
- Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)
- Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (Michael Winterbottom)
- 4 (Ilya Khrjanovsky)
- The Descent (Neil Marshall)
- Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
- The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Jeff Feuerzeig)
Dan Sallitt
- Rain Dogs (Ho Yuhang)
- Woman on the Beach (Hong Sang-Soo)
- Vanaja (Rajnesh Domalpalli)
- Slumming (Michael Glawogger)
- Flandres (Bruno Dumont)
- Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron)
- Family Ties (Kim Tae-Yong)
- Stephanie Daley (Hilary Brougher)
- You Called Me (Sky Hirschkron)
- As the Shadow (Marina Spada)
Missy Schwartz
- Gabrielle (Patrice Chéreau)
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
- Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
- Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Michel Gondry)
- Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (Michael Winterbottom)
- Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
- The Devil & Daniel Johnston (Jeff Feuerzeig)
- L'Enfant (The Child) (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
- The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)
Michael Sicinski
- Song and Solitude (Nathaniel Dorsky)
- Colossal Youth (Pedro Costa)
- A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater)
- Still Life (Jia Zhang-ke)
- The Case of the Grinning Cat (Chris Marker)
- Climates (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
- Inside Man (Spike Lee)
- The Proposition (John Hillcoat)
- I Am A Sex Addict (Caveh Zahedi)
- [blank spot in observance of the fact that, like many others, I have still not seen Inland Empire]
Chris Stults
- Song and Solitude (Nathaniel Dorsky)
- Gabrielle (Patrice Chereau)
- Still Life (Jia Zhang-ke)
- The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)
- Interkosmos (Jim Finn)
- More Than Meets the Eye: Remaking Jane Fonda (Scott Stark)
- The Garden of Earthly Delights (Lech Majewski)
- Summer Palace (Lou Ye)
- Deja Vu (Tony Scott)
- The Proposition (John Hillcoat)
Kathleen Tax
- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (Dito Montiel)
- Brick (Rian Johnson)
- Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
- The Free Will (Matthias Glasner)
- Shut Up & Sing (Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck)
- Bubble (Steven Soderbergh)
- The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles)
- Down in the Valley (David Jacobson)
Scott Tobias
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- Children of Men (Alfonso Cuáron)
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
- Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
- Brick (Rian Johnson)
- Volver (Pedro Almodóvar)
- L'Enfant (The Child) (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
- The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Jeff Feuerzeig)
- Neil Young: Heart of Gold (Jonathan Demme)
- Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
Froilan Vispo
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles)
- Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)
- Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- L'Enfant (The Child) (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
- Offside (Jafar Panahi)
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tom Tykwer)
- The Queen (Stephen Frears)
- Time to Leave (François Ozon)
- Volver (Pedro Almodóvar)
Andrew Wright
- Brick (Rian Johnson)
- Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tom Tykwer)
- The Descent (Neil Marshall)
- 13 Tzameti (Géla Babluani)
- Edmond (Stuart Gordon)
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
- Deliver us from Evil (Amy Berg)
- Apocalypto (Mel Gibson)
- Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)
Ryan Wu
- Gabrielle (Patrice Chéreau)
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
- The Sun (Alexander Sokurov)
- Climates (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
- Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
- L'Enfant (The Child) (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
- Time (Kim Ki-duk)
- The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
- Flags of Our Fathers (Clint Eastwood)