Bilge Ebiri

New York Magazine

Best of the Decade Critics Survey 2000s »

Best of the Decade »

1) 25th Hour

2) The New World

3) Distant

4) Kill Bill, Vol. 1

5) Irreversible

6) In the Mood for Love

7) Donnie Darko

8) The Consequences of Love

9) Red Lights

10) Paranoid Park

Comment

Hey, remember when cinema was beautiful? That was awesome.

Annual Critics Survey 2009 »

Best Film »

1) Il Divo

2) Public Enemies

3) Three Monkeys

4) 12

5) Inglourious Basterds

6) The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

7) Avatar

8) The Road

9) Bronson

10) Afterschool

Best Lead Performance »

1) Toni Servillo, Il Divo

2) Tom Hardy, Bronson

3) Tilda Swinton, Julia

4) Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds

5) Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man

Best Supporting Performance »

1) Sergei Garmash, 12

2) Hatice Aslan, Three Monkeys

3) Andrew Garfield, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

4) Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

5) Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

Best Director »

1) Paolo Sorrentino, Il Divo

Best Documentary »

1) The Cove

Best Screenplay »

1) Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Best First Feature »

1) Antonio Campos, Afterschool

Best Undistributed Film »

1) Don't Let Me Drown

2) London River

3) Vegas: Based on a True Story

4) The Time That Remains

5) Entre Nos

6) Pomegranates and Myrrh

7) Men on the Bridge

8) Racing Dreams

9) Trash Humpers

Comment

I guess the party line is that this was a poor year for cinema, and I think I agree. But what to make then of the fact that this year's Sundance Film Festival had one of its strongest lineups in years, and the fact that all those initially-allegedly-disappointing Cannes titles (Inglourious Basterds, Wild Grass, Doctor Parnassus) actually turned out to be quite great? Really, is it the movies that suck, or is it we who have completely lost our ability to wonder and imagine and embrace? Perhaps Avatar's greatest achievement has been to bring back showmanship and genuine awe to mainstream cinema. Let's see if someone can do the same for independent and foreign cinema.

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