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Special ho-ho-ho-infused, not-quite-gift-guide edition: MST3K, Wenders, film noir, wine snobs and more
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Men of a Certain Age
The meek shall inherit your TV
Lovable losers make a prime-time comeback, thanks to Ray Romano and some community college misfits
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No. 7: Steven Soderbergh: The one-man band
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Rivette's "Story of Marie and Julien"
Irrational, gorgeous and possibly supernatural, this confirmed its director as an unclassifiable master
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Friday, Dec 18, 2009 12:43 EST
Films of the decade: "Jackass: The Movie"
It's smart, stupid, funny, dangerous and gross -- what more do you want from an American movie?
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Friday, Dec 18, 2009 10:04 EST
Films of the decade: "Gosford Park"
Robert Altman's aristocratic murder mystery became an unlikely triumph of the ensemble-movie master's late career
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Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 20:30 EST
Directors of the decade: No. 8: Robert Zemeckis and Wes Anderson
Robert Zemeckis and Wes Anderson are boys playing with their train sets -- and facing the limits of control
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Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 20:20 EST
"Nine": Not quite a 10
A voluptuous Fergie and a suave Daniel Day-Lewis give Rob Marshall's uneven, Fellini-esque musical some class
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Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 15:25 EST
Films of the decade: "Punch-Drunk Love"
Adam Sandler, color-field painting and $3,000 worth of pudding: An utterly anomalous work of art
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Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 12:46 EST
Films of the decade: "Late Marriage"
Raw and honest, with the realest sex scene in movie history, this little-seen comedy offers rare delights
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Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 10:02 EST
Films of the decade: "Children of Men"
With this gorgeous, riveting apocalyptic thriller, Alfonso Cuarón completed his amazing 2000s trifecta
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Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 20:17 EST
Directors of the Decade No. 9: The sensualists
What do Lynch, Malick, Mann, Wong and Hou have in common?
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Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 15:25 EST
Films of the decade: "Saraband"
For his final, stunning cinematic confessional, the great Swede returned to familiar actors and themes -- in DV!
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Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 12:46 EST
Films of the decade: "Yi Yi"
Taiwanese director Edward Yang's final film isn't just the greatest of the '00s -- it might be the greatest ever
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Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 10:01 EST
Films of the decade: "Adaptation"
Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze changed how I write -- and reminded me why I wanted to in the first place
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Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 03:01 EST
"You lie!" -- and other quotes of the year
The lines that had impact in 2009
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Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 20:40 EST
Directors of the decade: No. 10 Michael Bay
You can love or hate the dumb, loud power of the man who typifies 21st-century Hollywood. But you can't escape it
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Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 20:15 EST
"Crazy Heart": Truck-stop romeo stripped down
Jeff Bridges gives the finest performance of the year in this modest but glowing country-music drama
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Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 15:15 EST
Films of the decade: "Synecdoche, New York"
Charlie Kaufman's directing debut mixes devastating psychodrama and 21st-century social portraiture
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Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 12:30 EST
Films of the decade: "Platform"
Jia Zhangke made his reputation with this joyful, crushing account of China in the '80s, lived at street level
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Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 09:45 EST
Films of the decade: "Inland Empire"
David Lynch's blend of beauty, dread and sinister jokes -- and Laura Dern's unjustly ignored performance
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Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 07:01 EST
Films of the decade: "The Real Cancun"
No, I'm not kidding: The "reality film" shot while the U.S. bombed Baghdad is disturbing, relevant history
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Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 03:01 EST
"Up in the Air" leads Globes nods
"Nine," "Avatar," Clooney, Streep among nominated
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Monday, Dec 14, 2009 15:15 EST
"Dexter" finally goes too far
How does a serial killer drama cross the line? With gallons of fake blood and one heartless, season-ending twist
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Monday, Dec 14, 2009 03:01 EST
NY critics: 'The Hurt Locker' best film
Director Bigelow also honored
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Sunday, Dec 13, 2009 22:21 EST
Films of the decade: "Almost Famous"
Cameron Crowe made a movie about his unlikely nonfiction story -- and mine
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Sunday, Dec 13, 2009 22:18 EST
Films of the decade: "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
The devastating Michel Gondry-Charlie Kaufman "comedy" that captured the tragic beauty of relationships
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