Lists, 7/2.

Nathaniel R's "Actors of the 'Aughts'" countdown is now complete. He's named his own top 100; now you can vote in the readers' poll as well.

"Soccer works beautifully on film, because it combines one-on-one drama with physical grace, individual quirks with cooperative accomplishment, history with emotion." Bilge Ebiri lists four great examples. Related: Susan Gerhard rounds up more recommendations at SF360 for both online and offline viewing. Meanwhile, France upsets Brazil and, in Cahiers du cinéma, Cyril Neyrat reviews Zidane, a Portrait of the 21st Century.

Patrick Kennelly's "Best Films of 2006 (so far...)."

Variety's Timothy M Gray is already looking ahead to the fall release season, to the Oscar contenders.

Nathan Rabin presents the AV Club's weekly list: "Six Movies That Helped Kill Disco."

Update, 7/3: A good one from That Little Round-Headed Boy: "Lights, camera, songs! The 25 tunes I discovered at the movies."

Posted by dwhudson at July 2, 2006 3:36 PM