Best of 2006


  1. Black Book                                                                     Paul Verhoeven
  2. The Departed                                                                  Martin Scorsese
  3. A Prairie Home Companion                                          Robert Altman
  4. A Scanner Darkly                                                           Richard Linklater
  5. Pan's Labyrinth                                                              Guillermo del Toro
  6. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days                                      Marc Rothemund
  7. Colossal Youth                                                               Pedro Costa
  8. Blood Tea and Red String                                             Christiane Cegavske
  9. Volver                                                                              Pedro Almodovar
  10. Letters from Iwo Jima                                                   Clint Eastwood
       Honorable Mention

       Blood Diamond -- Zwick, Children of Men -- Cuaron,
       Tristram Shandy... -- Winterbottom, Golden Door -- Crialese,
       Still Life -- Zhangke, Casino Royale -- Campbell

       Movies I Enjoyed

       The Promise, Come Early Morning,
       Little Miss Sunshine, The Lives of Others,
       Art School Confidential, Fay Grim,
       Find Me Guilty, Old Joy,
       The Magic Flute, Miami Vice, 
       Rescue Dawn, Southland Tales, 
       Neil Young: Heart of Gold, Diggers
       Apocalypto, Slither,
       Perfume, The Curse of the Golden Flower,
       L'Enfant, Edmond, Time,
       Flags of Our Fathers, Bug, 
       Fast Food Nation, Ask the Dust,
       Luxury Car, Marie Antoinette,
       Idiocracy, High School Musical.
       Ne le dis a personne (Tell No One)

       Below the Mendoza Line

       The Hills Have Eyes, Idlewild,
       Poultrygeist, Pittsburgh, 
       Them, Crank, 
       Klimt, Day Watch, 
       The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Little Children, 
       The Illusionist, Inside Man, 
       Snakes on a Plane, The Devil Wears Prada, 
       The Prestige, Borat, 
       Scoop, Running Scared,
       Flyboys,
       Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny, Let's Go to Prison,
       Severance, Relative Strangers, 
       Bandidas, Click, 
       Hollywoodland, Factory Girl,
       Cars, The Fountain, 
       The Da Vinci Code
                                             

       



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