Lists, 1/10.

"How we hated them. So much that we can't stop talking about them." The Reverse Shot team presents its "11 Annoyances of 2005" at indieWIRE. Feathers will be ruffled.

The Cinemarati countdown watch starts with the list of the ten best documentaries and then picks up again at #9: The New World (Ed Gonzalez explains; Gabriel Shanks dissents); #8: The Squid and the Whale (Filmbrain explains); and #7: Grizzly Man (Nick Davis explains).

Movie City News rounds up more awards: Broadcast Film Critics, Chicago and St Louis Gateway critics.

The Reeler schmoozes in that winning way of his at the New York Film Critics Circle awards dinner. Best chat's with Christopher Doyle.

Ben at The Whine-Colored Sea: "I'm mixing things up and rather than doing a top ten with commentary, I'm presenting some of my favorite movie moments from 2005."

Michael Leary's top ten, via Jeffrey Overstreet.

More fine lists via Girish: Joshua Gibson at Fagistan and Tim at Obsolete Vernacular.

In the Los Angeles Times, Patrick Goldstein presents his "2005 Studio Report Card, which offers three grades: first for box-office performance, second for film quality, third for overall."

The nominees for the Internet Movie Poster Awards are up. Via Coudal Partners.

MTV's Kurt Loder likes that Crash. Via the IFC Blog.

Guy Flatley looks ahead to the remakes of 2006.

Boing Boing: "DRM keeps Spielberg's Munich out of award-voters' hands." The awards in question here are the BAFTAs.

Posted by dwhudson at January 10, 2006 8:52 AM