December 20, 2009

Behold Roger Ebert's List(s) of the best of 2009!

Yes, there's two:

The Top 10 Mainstream Films

  • Bad Lieutenant
  • Crazy Heart
  • An Education
  • The Hurt Locker
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Knowing
  • Precious
  • A Serious Man
  • Up in the Air
  • The White Ribbon

The Top Ten Independent Films

  • Departures
  • Disgrace
  • Everlasting Moments
  • Goodbye Solo
  • Julia
  • Silent Light
  • Sin Nombre
  • Skin
  • Trucker
  • You, the Living
-Thoughts on what Mr. Ebert had on his list?

4 comments:

  1. He gave a special citation to Avatar, hence it's omission from the list...

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  2. Two Nicolas Cage movies? Shame, shame, shame.

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  3. Ironically, I preferred Knowing, but that's like picking your favorite type of needle to be injected with...

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  4. Should I see knowing? I actually liked Bad Lieutenant a lot and Adaptation is my all time favorite... not that I'm a Cage fan, he can really deliver some poor stuff. Hm?

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