Fantasy still can’t get no respect
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Films of the Decade
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“Lord of the Rings”: WTF happened?
Peter Jackson's trilogy was embraced by critics and made a kazillion bucks. So where's the decade-end love?
Tuesday, Jan 5, 2010 8:06 PM UTC 225Entertainment The Lord of the Rings
Films of the decade: “In the Mood for Love”
Wong Kar-wai's masterpiece broke our hearts -- and exemplified the intoxicating potential of movies
Thursday, Dec 31, 2009 8:31 PM UTC 12Entertainment Films of the Decade, Film Salon
Films of the decade: “Rejected”
Don Hertzfeldt's 2000 short never played the multiplex, but its blend of madness and simplicity is near perfect
Thursday, Dec 31, 2009 5:55 PM UTCEntertainment Films of the Decade, Film Salon
Films of the decade: “Casino Royale”
Unlikely as it seems, the Daniel Craig Bond reboot breathed new life into action cinema
Thursday, Dec 31, 2009 2:43 PM UTCEntertainment Films of the Decade, Film Salon
Films of the decade: “The Ballad of Jack and Rose”
Rebecca Miller's edgy, underappreciated father-daughter comedy resonates with the rhythms of real life
Wednesday, Dec 30, 2009 6:45 PM UTCEntertainment Films of the Decade, Film Salon
Films of the decade: “The Five Obstructions”
The Danish bad boy's bizarre challenge produces the most distinctive nonfiction film of the '00s
Wednesday, Dec 30, 2009 2:30 PM UTCEntertainment Films of the Decade, Film Salon
Films of the decade: “Gladiator”
With grandiose CGI sets and glorious acting, Ridley Scott's epic reawakened the sword-and-sandal genre
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 6:40 PM UTC 19Entertainment Films of the Decade, Film Salon
Films of the decade: “Chop Shop”
Ramin Bahrani's acutely observed film about two kids living rough in Queens defines the late '00s in America
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 2:30 PM UTCEntertainment Films of the Decade, Film Salon
Films of the decade: “Spirited Away”
Miyazaki's fable of a girl trapped in the spirit world is full of visual delights -- and painful insights
Monday, Dec 28, 2009 6:09 PM UTCEntertainment Films of the Decade, Film Salon
Films of the decade: “Up the Yangtze”
The director of "Food, Inc." on Yung Chang's lovely doc about the transformation of China's legendary river
Monday, Dec 28, 2009 12:28 PM UTCEntertainment Films of the Decade, Film Salon
Films of the decade: “Elf”
There may be better movies -- but this is the one you'll watch with your kids, one Christmas after another
Thursday, Dec 24, 2009 8:28 PM UTC 18Entertainment Films of the Decade, Film Salon
Films of the decade: “The Weather Underground”
This amazing doc about the radical terrorist group reminds us how fragile American society really is
Thursday, Dec 24, 2009 5:45 PM UTC 15Entertainment Films of the Decade, Film Salon
Films of the decade: “The Wrestler”
Mickey Rourke's battered visage -- and amazing performance -- bring back my own less-than-golden wrestlin' career
Thursday, Dec 24, 2009 2:30 PM UTCEntertainment Films of the Decade, Film Salon
Films of the decade: “Me and You and Everyone We Know”
A debut feature from a little-known conceptual artist became one of the decade's Amerindie surprises
Wednesday, Dec 23, 2009 8:28 PM UTCEntertainment Films of the Decade
Films of the decade: “Idiocracy”
Let's be clear: Mike Judge's movie isn't that good. But its hilarious indictment is all too accurate
Wednesday, Dec 23, 2009 5:42 PM UTC 21Entertainment Films of the Decade, Film Salon
Films of the decade: “Still Life”
Amid the spectacular wreckage caused by China's Three Gorges Dam, Jia Zhangke finds a human scale
Wednesday, Dec 23, 2009 3:01 PM UTCEntertainment Films of the Decade, Film Salon
Films of the decade: “Star Spangled to Death”
This daring experimental film depicts a sold-out and stolen country. Oh yeah -- my dad made it
Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 8:12 PM UTC 10Entertainment Films of the Decade, Film Salon
Films of the decade: “Southland Tales”
Richard Kelly's much-maligned second feature reminds me of the dirty, daring, imperfect country that birthed it
Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 4:22 PM UTC 12Entertainment Films of the Decade, Film Salon
Films of the decade: “Memento”
Christopher Nolan's second feature scrambled my brain and expounded a bleak philosophy. But I forget what
Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 12:30 PM UTCEntertainment Films of the Decade, Film Salon
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