December 19, 2006

Lists, 12/19.

Lunacy "It was a year that saw plenty of good films and, inevitably, some of the worst moments every committed to celluloid or tape," writes Jonathan Marlow, introducing his top ten at the main site. "I am delighted to note that several of these films have already appeared on 'worst of the year' lists. It only confirms that this exercise is dominated by personal taste."

Critics awards are breaking out all over, and there's only one way to get a handle on all these damn lists and hold onto it throughout the season: Movie City News. Casual list flaneurs and number-crunching obsessives alike can wander in via the most recently announced individual lists - the Black Reel Awards, awards from circles in the Southeast, Las Vegas, San Diego, DFW, Phoenix or Chicago - or head straight for the charts, where MCN's already done the math for you: the Awards Scoreboard and the Top Tens.

His comments illustrated by a catty animated GIF (that's "catty" in the very best sense, of course), Nathaniel R assesses the tally so far.

Vitor Pinto at Cineuropa: "Fifteen nominations for Alatriste and fourteen for Volver (see focus): the most successful local productions of the year in terms of box office are also the favourites for the Spanish film awards, the Goyas, which will be presented in Madrid in January." The full list of nominations follows.

Jeffrey M Anderson lists his ten best at Cinematical. Also: James Rocchi's got seven "Great Movie Moments of 2006."

Marcy Dermansky and J�rgen Fauth not only have top tens, they've got lists of the top docs, a bottom ten and one of the most talented newcomers.

Teorema Girish presents an annotated list of "Ten Favorite Older Films... Seen for the first time this year." And again, he's got a discussion going.

"5 for the Day: Countering Christmas Cheer" from Odienator at the House Next Door.

Penguins. Ed Caesar's got a list in the Independent.

Online scrolling tip. The Book Design Review's favorite covers. Via Jason Kottke.

Online listening tip. David Edelstein presents an audio version of his list on NPR.

Online viewing tips. Steve Bryant presents a "Top Ten List of Top Ten Lists of Top Ten Online Videos."



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Posted by dwhudson at December 19, 2006 2:42 PM

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I should also note (from the other side of the planet) that, in my haste of departure, I failed to mention one other element in creating the year-end list -- not only did the films require a 2006 theatrical release, I had to be see them for the first time during the past twelve months. This unfortunately ruled out a few exceptional films (such as L'Enfant and I Am a Sex Addict).

Posted by: Jonathan Marlow at December 21, 2006 6:22 AM