TIFF Cinematique's Top 30 films of the last decade...

No love for The Devil in Miss Jones?

 

The last two gay cowboy movies I saw:

 

I know it was made for TV, but no love for Junction Boys either? Come. On.

 

Yes, because to them all films made in the U.S. are "foreign" films.

 

Not a vintage year, by any means. My favorite best-picture nom of that year was Good Night, And Good Luck, with full knowledge it didn't have snowball's chance in hell of winning . . . and neither did Capote, which I preferred over the others.

 

Not when lots of them are actually "made" in Canada with Canadian crews.

They don't call us "Hollywood North" for nothin'

Nice tax breaks and depending on the exchange rate, a lot of bank for the production buck.

 

Contrarian view here. On DirecTV in the last few years, I've seen:

In the Mood for Love
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Russian Ark
The New World
Le fils
Cache'
A History of Violence
Mulholland Drive
Three Times
Rois et reine
Elephant
Talk to Her
Pan's Labyrinth
L'Enfant
My Winnipeg
Saraband
Spirited Away
I'm Not There
Gerry
Dogville
The Royal Tenenbaums

By my count, that's 22 films where the physical effort expended was pouring a glass of wine and sitting down on my couch. This is not difficult, folks.

 

Spirited Away is probably my favorite film of the decade. Love love love it. [Heart] Miyazaki.

 

Well of course, because the Pretentious Douchebags Who Smoke Cigarettes Ironically that chose this list also drink wine while watching these movies.

 

It wasn't a comment about the quality (though, yeah, I liked enough of them). Multiple posters had complained, "How could I possibly be expected to have seen these films?" My answer was, "Umm, turn on your TV?"

 

I know. Just joshing you about the wine.

 

The wine is essential. After a couple of glasses, I can believe I don't need the subtitles anymore.