Lists, 12/4.

"I'll spend much of this week responding to IT's request for lists, which has unsurprisingly elicited a veritable deluge of listmaking with neither rhyme, reason nor pretty pictures," Owen Hatherley. "So for the next four days I shall list in order, with pictures and vague explanations, the films which any self-respecting philosophy lecturer, Laibach aficionado and soi-disant Communist should acquaint themselves with." Starting with five "essential silents."

Best film of the year? Richard Gibson is conducting his own independent poll of the film blogging community.

Marcy Dermansky picks the "Top 5 Most Talented Newcomers in Film 2006."

At the main site, Erin Donovan lists the "Top 9 Viral Marketing Stories" of the year.

jeff v has a list: "Culled from rental queues, retrospectives and rare DVD sites, the best films of the year for me were largely not found among the new releases."

Then there are Cheryl Eddy's "five Xmas-related horrors to watch out for, one way or the other" at SF 360.

Posted by dwhudson at December 4, 2006 11:50 AM