Syriana
- awesomely convoluted film that lays bare america's messed-up relationship with the middle east and exists in a hazy realm of moral greys and blacks.
Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
- brilliantly british, brilliantly funny, never a misstep. can it get better than wallace and gromit?
Munich
- extremely moving and tense film about an event of modern horror greater than anything a filmmaker could conjure up. spielberg strikes just the right tone in this masterpiece.
Grizzly Man
- werner herzog has done it again--an incredibly perceptive look at the human condition and its relation to bestiality, as well as its need to dominate and, ultimately, its failure to be aware of its own self. chilling.
The Squid and the Whale
- depressing in a Dancer in the Dark kind of way; that is, fantastically so. emotional without being sentimental, and leaves you sickened. masterful.
A History of Violence
- viggo mortensen brings the gravitas of aragorn to a new rule that's as disturbing as aragorn was inspiring. cronenberg brings his unique vision to show his audience exactly how violent the human soul remains.
Brokeback Mountain
- political and unique, yet its essence is that of a timeless and meta-sexual love story; warmer than any other love film that has been released in years. ang lee's visual filmmaking abilities are a stunning paean to the beauty of the american west.
Broken Flowers
- jim jarmusch's sad and lonely filmmaking has made for some brilliant meditations on the human condition, and broken flowers may be his finest film. the desire for connexion that marks bill murray's protagonist is something we all recognize, but never so well as when jarmusch leads us into it.
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
- hilarious, bawdy, filthy, juvenile--yet also sharply sophisticated at times, and even powerfully sweet. carrell gets it just right.
Everything Is Illuminated
- ignored by many critics, this movie nevertheless showed liev schreiber's directorial prowess and satisfactorily translated the funny and touching tale of jonathan safran foer's loved, then hated-by-hipsters, and now possibly loved-again novel of holocaust history and self-searching.
- awesomely convoluted film that lays bare america's messed-up relationship with the middle east and exists in a hazy realm of moral greys and blacks.
Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
- brilliantly british, brilliantly funny, never a misstep. can it get better than wallace and gromit?
Munich
- extremely moving and tense film about an event of modern horror greater than anything a filmmaker could conjure up. spielberg strikes just the right tone in this masterpiece.
Grizzly Man
- werner herzog has done it again--an incredibly perceptive look at the human condition and its relation to bestiality, as well as its need to dominate and, ultimately, its failure to be aware of its own self. chilling.
The Squid and the Whale
- depressing in a Dancer in the Dark kind of way; that is, fantastically so. emotional without being sentimental, and leaves you sickened. masterful.
A History of Violence
- viggo mortensen brings the gravitas of aragorn to a new rule that's as disturbing as aragorn was inspiring. cronenberg brings his unique vision to show his audience exactly how violent the human soul remains.
Brokeback Mountain
- political and unique, yet its essence is that of a timeless and meta-sexual love story; warmer than any other love film that has been released in years. ang lee's visual filmmaking abilities are a stunning paean to the beauty of the american west.
Broken Flowers
- jim jarmusch's sad and lonely filmmaking has made for some brilliant meditations on the human condition, and broken flowers may be his finest film. the desire for connexion that marks bill murray's protagonist is something we all recognize, but never so well as when jarmusch leads us into it.
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
- hilarious, bawdy, filthy, juvenile--yet also sharply sophisticated at times, and even powerfully sweet. carrell gets it just right.
Everything Is Illuminated
- ignored by many critics, this movie nevertheless showed liev schreiber's directorial prowess and satisfactorily translated the funny and touching tale of jonathan safran foer's loved, then hated-by-hipsters, and now possibly loved-again novel of holocaust history and self-searching.
