Best of 2003

  1. Los Angeles Plays Itself                              Thom Andersen
  2. Old Boy                                                         Park Chan-wook
  3. Dogville                                                         Lars von Trier
  4. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...Spring        Kim Ki-duk
  5. Lost in Translation                                       Sofia Coppola
  6. Bad Santa                                                     Terry Zwigoff
  7. American Splendor                                      Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini
  8. Slings and Arrows       Peter Wellington, Susan Coyne, Bob Martin, Mark McKinney
  9. Elephant                                                        Gus Van Sant 
  10. Decasia                                                          Bill Morrison
      Honorable Mention

      Shattered Glass -- Billy Ray, Mystic River -- Eastwood, 
      The Saddest Music in the World -- Maddin, 
      School of Rock -- Linklater, Big Fish -- Burton,
      Cowards Bend the Knee -- Maddin, Memories of Murder -- Bong
      

     Movies I Enjoyed

     Kill Bill, Volume 1, Master and Commander,
     The Secret Lives of Dentists, Down With Love, 
     The Cooler, Demonlover,
     The Barbarian Invasions, Angels in America, 
     The Return,
     Holes, The Shape of Things,
     Carmen, Intermission, 
     The Human Stain,
     The Italian Job, The Triplets of Bellevue, 
     Something's Gotta Give, Love Actually,
     One Missed Call, Old School, 
     Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., Elf, 
     Buffalo Soldiers, The Company, 
     Freaky Friday, All the Real Girls,
     Monster, 
     Man on the Train, Cold Mountain

      Below the Mendoza Line

      The Dreamers, A Tale of Two Sisters,
     King of the Ants, Grand Theft Parsons,
     The Big Empty, Wonderland,
     Spun, 2 Days,
     Identity, Thirteen,
     Seabiscuit, Tiptoes, 
     The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, The Matrix Reloaded, 
     The Last Samurai, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 
     Bruce Almighty, Hulk, Paycheck,
     Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Bad Boys 2
                                                            

                                   
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