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Monday, January 14, 2013

BEST MOVIES & TV: 2012


The Great, The Good, and The Interesting!

P R O M E T H E U S




Shortcut links:
BEST MOVIES: 2012
BEST DOCUMENTARIES: 2012
BEST TV: 2012


Note: This will often spotlight directors for special merit.
But Auteur Theory is a shoebox; films are a collaborative effort with everyone involved.





"And... Action!"



B E S T
M O V I E S :
2 0 1 2







E R O S




✭✭✭✭✭
PARIAH
One of the best movies of the year.
Rings true and deep in every moment.

HYSTERIA
The origin of the Vibrator: a love story.
Spread the good vibes!

SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED
A special gem.

Q (a.k.a., 'Desire'; France)
Lust is all you knead.

CLOUD ATLAS
Love is all you need.





T H I N K




✭✭✭✭✭
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
One of the best movies of the year.
A surreal allegory of poor survival in the Louisiana swamps, with a touch of magic realism. Startling, fearless, intimate, epic.


WAR WITCH (Canada)
One of the best movies of the year.
An African girl who was forced into being a child soldier struggles to be free. Viscerally intense both visually and emotionally.

RED TAILS
Good, with some clumsy moments but many more great ones.
There can never be enough movies about the Tuskegee Airmen.

THE KID WITH A BIKE (Belgium)
A quiet mystery that takes hold of your heart.

ON THE ROAD
Pretty darn good translation of the book.
A bop prosody for film.


ARGO
A true C.I.A. rescue mission using a fake Sci-Fi movie storyboarded by Jack Kirby.
Well, what are you waiting for?

ARBITRAGE
Do The Rich always get away with murder?

LINCOLN
A fine companion to A Color Purple and Amistad.
Now if only someone would make "Douglass" and "Tubman".

ZERO DARK THIRTY
Mixed feelings, honestly, but the climax is undeniably riveting.
The true star is Kathryn Bigelow's direction.


WHERE DO WE GO NOW?
The women in a Lebanese village use every scheme to stop the dumb-ass men from killing each other over religion.
A bittersweet parable from writer/director/star Nadine Labaki.



The Dark Side of Genius, Dept.
Alfred Hitchcock

(l) Anthony Hopkins; (r) Toby Jones and friend.


See Hitchcock and The Girl, in that order, for a letter-perfect double feature.


HITCHCOCK
First see this deviously wry take on the making of Psycho (1960) and its trying toll on Hitch's wife, Alma (Helen Mirren)...

THE GIRL
...and then this more tensely dark take on the making of The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1965), and Hitch's unfair toll on Tippi Hedren (Sienna Miller).





S M I L E




SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED
Low-key greatness for the ages.
Sharp, tender, tricky.

✭✭✭✭✭
INTOUCHABLES (France)
Excellent, cocky, touching.
I laughed more at this film than most of the comedies below combined.

EXTRATERRESTRIAL (a.k.a., 'Extraterrestre'; Spain)
Maybe aliens have invaded, but there's always time for an affair.

TO ROME WITH LOVE
A good cast, but Woody steals the screen every time.


2 DAYS IN NEW YORK
A fine sequel to the great 2 DAYS IN PARIS (2007): hilarious!
Julie Delpy writes, directs, stars in, scores for, and edits it all.

YOUR SISTER'S SISTER
That ubiquitous Mark Duplass flails in an unlikely triangle with Emily Blunt and her sister.

THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
Uneven, but fun and charming. Judi Dench.

THE GIANT MECHANICAL MAN
The dialogue's a little flat, but it's generally good.


SEARCHING FOR A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
Low-key, left-field, softly poignant.

ROBOT AND FRANK
A smart and genuine comedy, with Frank Langella's best performance.




D R E A M




SKYFALL>>
The darkest, deepest, and most daring Bond ever.

HAYWIRE
A lo-fi homage to early '70s action films, by Soderbergh.

UPSIDE DOWN
Once past the syrupy narration intro, there's sweet love and eye candy.

JOHN CARTER
Truth: This is a fine homage to the novels that spawned all modern Sci-Fi and superheroes; smart folks like Neal Adams, Walt Simonson, and Howard Chaykin loved it; and it made its money back globally.
False: Any comment from snarks ignorant of the seminal novels which created every modern thing they love.> Go get a tardy pass, kid.


LOOPER
This is a fun B-movie, clever and a little moving.
Reviews trumpeting it over "John Carter" and "Prometheus" are ill-considered.

CLOUD ATLAS
Irregular parts but I enjoy the sum.

LIFE OF PI
What's the narrative of your spirit?

THE HOBBIT: An Unexpected Journey
It's all there and done lovingly fine.




N I G H T M A R E





✭✭✭✭✭
PROMETHEUS
There have been enough remakes of Alien.
Instead, Ridley Scott bravely gave us something more visionary with a new direction.


CABIN IN THE WOODS
A metatext, not just on horror movies,
but -more deeply- audiences.

THE WOMAN IN THE FIFTH (French/Polish)
Understated, deft, mysterious. Between Hitchcock and Roeg.

THE POSSESSION
Nothing will ever approach The Exorcist.
But this is pretty solid, with a good cast and a fresh Hebraic angle.

SOUND OF MY VOICE
Co-writer/producer/star Brit Marling (Another Earth) wins again.



THE COMEBACK KID?, Dept:
Jennifer Lynch


In the early '90s, David Lynch was riding high on the initial success of TWIN PEAKS, while his daughter Jennifer also wrote the excellent tie-in bestseller, "The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer".

When PEAKS was cancelled, David was unofficially blackballed for these last two decades. This kneejerk backlash also derailed Jennifer after her directorial debut, BOXING HELENA (1993).



Jennifer finally came back via Canada with SURVEILLANCE (2008), an intense and underrated thriller with Julia Ormond and Bill Pullman that no one saw.

With no support, she was finally forced to make an exploitation horror film in Bollywood. It was a nightmare that may ultimately turn out for the best.


HISSS (a.k.a., Nagin The Snake Woman, 2010)
The final edit was taken from her.> (Even the name says 'His'.) And yet it's still pretty good.
A goddess star, inspired eroticism, elegant cinematography, and a sense of humor shine through. Herrrs, baby.


Jennifer then returned to Canada to make a low-key thriller.

CHAINED (2012)
Dark, claustrophobic, anguished.
As good or better than any other thriller director out there not being routinely blacklisted.


But now a beam may have come through the clouds...

DESPITE THE GODS (2012)
A documentary about Lynch's horrible trials trying to make "Hisss" in India.
Critically lauded, the film earned uniform sympathy for Lynch and her travails.
> despitethegods.com


Jennifer has a new thriller film with Tim Roth called "A Fall From Grace" in development.

In the meantime, her universally-loved "The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer" has returned to print in a new edition, with intros by PEAKS creators Mark Frost and David Lynch.


".elyts ni kcab emoc ot gniog si
ekil uoy mug tahT"




G R A P H I C
I M A G E S




THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
> Four Color Films review
The Harvard of hero films, the highest standard, comes to a majestic close.


THE AVENGERS
> Four Color Films review
Writer/director Joss Whedon perfectly balances about 74 hot potatoes in this film without breaking a sweat. Miraculous.

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
> Four Color Films review
The reboot we all dreaded came out great.
Think of it as the 'Ultimate Spider-Man' equivalent for films.

CHRONICLE
From smarts and pure verve, this stunning indie gets everything right.

ALTER EGOS
No-budget indie comedy with some savvy moves.




A R T F L I X




BRAVE
This should have been a great film about a warrior princess' journey.
It's still a pretty good one about family.

THE LORAX
Some inspired invention, a crucial moral.
Strongest when satire, softest when saccharine.

WRECK-IT RALPH
I like that it made all video games into a mythos, and turned them inside out with respect.
Sarah Silverman, Jane Lynch.

PARANORMAN
Irreverent, edgier, adolescent. Not perfect, but different.


HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA
Pinballs between Pixar inspiration and Dreamworks clatter, but still worth the ride.
By Genddy Tartakovsky ("Samurai Jack").

ZARAFA (France)
A hand-animated film where an African boy travels far in his promise to protect a baby giraffe.
Progressive, satiric, heartfelt, a slyly transgressive marvel.

A LETTER TO MOMO (Japan)
This hand-animated wonder, about a young girl overcoming loss with the help of mythic goblins, is as hilarious as it is frequently moving. A fine film in every way.






B E S T
D O C U M E N T A R I E S :
2 0 1 2




WE ARE LEGION
The rise of Anonymous and hacker activism.
"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."

THIS IS NOT A FILM
A Iranian man in a room with a camera, incarnating the entire war of the creative soul versus the tyrannic state.
This is for real.

5 BROKEN CAMERAS
Every time a Palestinian farmer films the abuses against his people by Israeli forces, he is assualted and his cameras destroyed.

PAYBACK
Does the concept of debt and payback really work toward justice around the world?, asks author Margaret Atwood.

THE INVISIBLE WAR
The ongoing cover-up of rape in the U.S. military.

A LIAR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
The life of Graham. Chapman, that is, from 'Monty Python's Flying Circus'!


THE DUST BOWL
Ken Burns' 4-episode overview of the '30s Depression natural disaster.

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN
Sometimes quality finally gets its due.

A BAND CALLED DEATH
Death invented AfroPunk in the mid-'70s, and no one knew it. Now they return.

COMIC-CON Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
"Turn and face the strange." A doc on the Mothership of genre conventions, by Morgan Spurlock ("Supersize Me").
Creatives are the real culture rebels.
How STAR WARS Is Changing Everything!






B E S T
T V :
2 0 1 2




(The season number follows each title.)



D R A M A





GAME OF THRONES 2 ⇧
✭✭✭✭✭
The finest, deepest drama on television.

THE KILLING 2
a) The original Danish first season was 20 episodes, a bit wobbly toward the end before a grand save.
b) The American version wisely split the story across two seasons,
expanded the character depth, ironed out the wobble, and closed with a different fine ending.

MAD MEN 5
Jessica Paré and 1967 refreshed it.




W O N D E R




FRINGE 5 ⇧
The show that fought the good fight bows out.

AWAKE 1
Gone too soon, but good while it lasted.




U K




✭✭✭✭✭
SHERLOCK 2 ⇧
The best got better.
The opener, "A Scandal in Belgravia", is greatness that increases with each viewing.


THE BLETCHLEY CIRCLE 1
A quartet of female WWII codebreakers reunites to stop a serial killer. Excellent!

DOCTOR WHO 7
More focused, less frantic than 6. And a promising new Companion.

MISFITS 4
There's a new cast. Can it stay fresh and go forward?
I'm feeling Yes and No the whole way.

THE HOUR 2


COPPER 1

RIPPER STREET 1
COPPER is always good, RIPPER is always great.




C O M E D Y




ELEMENTARY
I was the loudest grouch about 'America ripping off SHERLOCK'.
And it turned out just fine on its own merits.




© Tym Stevens



See also:


BEST MOVIES + TV: 2025
BEST MUSIC: 2025
BEST COMICS: 2025

BEST MOVIES + TV: 2024
BEST MUSIC: 2024
BEST COMICS: 2024

BEST MOVIES + TV: 2023
BEST MUSIC: 2023
BEST COMICS: 2023

BEST MOVIES + TV: 2022
BEST MUSIC: 2022
BEST COMICS: 2022

BEST MOVIES + TV: 2021
BEST MUSIC: 2021
BEST COMICS: 2021

BEST MOVIES + TV: 2020
BEST MUSIC: 2020
BEST COMICS: 2020

BEST MOVIES + TV: 2019
BEST MUSIC: 2019
BEST COMICS: 2019

BEST MOVIES + TV: 2018
BEST MUSIC: 2018
BEST COMICS: 2018

BEST MOVIES + TV: 2017
BEST MUSIC: 2017
BEST COMICS: 2017

BEST MOVIES + TV: 2016
BEST MUSIC: 2016
BEST COMICS: 2016

BEST MOVIES + TV: 2015
BEST MUSIC: 2015
BEST COMICS: 2015

BEST MOVIES + TV: 2014
BEST MUSIC: 2014
BEST COMICS: 2014

BEST MOVIES + TV: 2013
BEST MUSIC: 2013
BEST COMICS: 2013

BEST MUSIC: 2012
BEST COMICS: 2012

BEST MOVIES + TV: 2011
BEST MUSIC: 2011
BEST COMICS: 2011

BEST MOVIES + TV: 2000-2010
BEST MUSIC: 2000-2010
BEST COMICS: 2000-2010


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How STAR WARS Is Changing Everything!

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY - Its Transcendent Influence on all Pop Culture, with Music Player!

How SPAGHETTI WESTERNS Revolutionized Rock Music!, with 3 Music Players!

TWIN PEAKS: Its Influence on 30 Years of Film, TV, and Music!, with 5 Music Players!


The Real History of ROCK AND SOUL!: The Music Player Checklist


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THE CANON 1: 50 Books That Created Modern Culture, with Music Player

THE CANON 2: 50 More Books That Created Modern Pop Culture, with Music Player

THE CANON 3: 50 Recent Books That Created Modern Culture, with Music Player


"Cut!



Saturday, January 1, 2011

BEST MOVIES AND TV: 2000-2010!


The Great, The Good, and The Interesting!




Shortcut links:
BEST MOVIES: 2000-2010
BEST DOCUMENTARIES: 2000-2010
BEST TV: 2000-2010




"And...Action!"


B E S T
M O V I E S :
2 0 0 0 - 2 0 1 0



E R O S


Amelie; Sex And Lucia; Eternal Sunshine;
Wall-E

2 0 0 0

CHOCOLAT

2 0 0 1

AMELIE
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Hong Kong)

2 0 0 2

SEX AND LUCIA
PUNCH DRUNK LOVE

2 0 0 4

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
GARDEN STATE
BEFORE SUNSET

2 0 0 5

LIE WITH ME
THE WAYWARD CLOUD (Taiwan)

2 0 0 6

SHORTBUS

2 0 0 7

LUST, CAUTION (Hong Kong)

2 0 0 8

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
WALL-E

2 0 1 0

NEVER LET ME GO




T H I N K


Infernal Affairs; Precious; Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

2 0 0 0

REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
THIRTEEN DAYS
CHOPPER
TRAFFIC

2 0 0 1

APOCALYPSE NOW Redux (1979/2001)
ALI
MEMENTO
A BEAUTIFUL MIND
A HUEY P. NEWTON STORY

2 0 0 2

I AM SAM
Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN (Mexico)
FRIDA
INSOMNIA

2 0 0 3

INFERNAL AFFAIRS I, II, III (Hong Kong, 2002, 2003) ⇧
(Hong Kong trilogy that 'The Departed' was based on)
21 GRAMS
CITY OF GOD (Brazil)
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS
11:14

2 0 0 4

HOTEL RWANDA
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
KINSEY
MARIA FULL OF GRACE (Columbia)

2 0 0 5

THE CONSTANT GARDENER
MUNICH
NORTH COUNTRY
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

2 0 0 6

THE DEPARTED
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
BLOOD DIAMOND
BABEL
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS

2 0 0 7

ZODIAC
MICHAEL CLAYTON

2 0 0 8

MILK
DOUBT
THE WRESTLER
CHANGELING
FROST/NIXON
AMERICAN VIOLET
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

2 0 0 9

PRECIOUS
BROKEN EMBRACES (Spain)
MOTHER (S. Korea)
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (Sweden) ⇧
THE HURT LOCKER
INVICTUS
ABOUT ELLY (Iran)

2 0 1 0

THE GHOST WRITER
THE KING'S SPEECH
HOWL
THE TOWN
BLUE VALENTINE
FOR COLORED GIRLS
FAIR GAME





S M I L E

O Brother; Kung Fu Hustle; Good Dick

2 0 0 0

O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?
HIGH FIDELITY

2 0 0 1

SHAOLIN SOCCER (Hong Kong/China)
CQ
Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN (Mexico)

2 0 0 2

SECRETARY
GOSFORD PARK

2 0 0 3

LOST IN TRANSLATION
BIG FISH

2 0 0 4

KUNG FU HUSTLE (Hong Kong/China) ⇧
SIDEWAYS

2 0 0 5

MARGARET CHO: Assassin
KISS KISS BANG BANG

2 0 0 6

STRANGER THAN FICTION
BORAT
THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP
IDIOCRACY
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
VOLVER (Spain)

2 0 0 7

JUNO

2 0 0 8

SUNSHINE CLEANING
GOOD DICK

2 0 0 9

AWAY WE GO
UP IN THE AIR
IN THE LOOP
WOMEN IN TROUBLE
A WOMAN, A GUN, AND A NOODLE SHOP (China)
LA NANA (The Maid) (Chile)
THE HEDGEHOG (France)

2 0 1 0

MICMACS (France)
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
ELEKTRA LUXX





D R E A M

Return Of The King; Serenity; Children Of Men; District 9


2 0 0 1

LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT
A.I.

2 0 0 2

LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
SOLARIS
MINORITY REPORT
STAR TREK: NEMESIS
STAR WARS II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES

2 0 0 3

LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING
THE MATRIX RELOADED
THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS
CODE 46
NATURAL CITY (S. Korea)

2 0 0 4

PRIMER
HARRY POTTER And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
2046 (Hong Kong)

2 0 0 5

STAR WARS III: REVENGE OF THE SITH
SERENITY
THE GIRL FROM MONDAY
KING KONG

2 0 0 6

CHILDREN OF MEN
THE FOUNTAIN

2 0 0 7

SUNSHINE
BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA

2 0 0 9

STAR TREK
DISTRICT 9 (S. Africa) ⇧
MOON
AVATAR
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
METROPIA
HARRY POTTER And The Half-Blood Prince
MR. NOBODY

2 0 1 0

HARRY POTTER and the Deathly Hallows. Pt.1
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
INCEPTION





N I G H T M A R E

Mulholland Drive; The Ring; Ink; Spider Forest


2 0 0 1

MULHOLLAND DRIVE
VANILLA SKY
THE OTHERS
DONNIE DARKO

2 0 0 2

THE RING
28 DAYS LATER
BUBBA HO-TEP

2 0 0 4

THE MACHINIST
SPIDER FOREST (S. Korea) ⇧

2 0 0 5

MIRRORMASK

2 0 0 6

THE PRESTIGE
THE ILLUSIONIST
PAN'S LABYRINTH
INLAND EMPIRE

2 0 0 8

CLOVERFIELD
SURVEILLANCE
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (Sweden)

2 0 0 9

INK

2 0 1 0

LET ME IN
ENTER THE VOID
BLACK SWAN





G R A P H I C
I M A G E S

American Splendor; V For Vendetta;
The Dark Knight; Hancock

2 0 0 0

UNBREAKABLE
X-MEN
> Four Color Films review

2 0 0 1

GHOST WORLD
> Four Color Films review
FROM HELL
> Four Color Films review

2 0 0 2

SPIDER-MAN
> Four Color Films review
ROAD TO PERDITION
> Four Color Films review

2 0 0 3

AMERICAN SPLENDOR
> Four Color Films review
X2: X-Men United
> Four Color Films review

2 0 0 4

SPIDER-MAN 2
> Four Color Films review
SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW
HELLBOY
> Four Color Films review

2 0 0 5

BATMAN BEGINS
> Four Color Films review
CONTANTINE
> Four Color Films review
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
> Four Color Films review

2 0 0 6

V FOR VENDETTA
> Four Color Films review
CASINO ROYALE
SUPERMAN RETURNS
> Four Color Films review
HOLLYWOODLAND
ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
> Four Color Films review

2 0 0 8

THE DARK KNIGHT
> Four Color Films review
HELLBOY II
> Four Color Films review
DR. HORRIBLE'S SINGALONG BLOG
HANCOCK

2 0 0 9

WATCHMEN
> Four Color Films review
PUSH
YATTERMAN (Japan)

2 0 1 0

SCOTT PILGRIM vs. THE WORLD
> Four Color Films review
TAMARA DREWE
> Four Color Films review
The Extraordinary Adventures Of ADELE BLANC-SEC (France)
> Four Color Films review

See also:
BEST COMICS: 2000-2010





P O E T I C
J U S T I C E

Hero; House Of Flying Daggers; Kill Bill

2 0 0 0

CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON

2 0 0 2

HERO

2 0 0 3

KILL BILL, Vol. 1

2 0 0 4

KILL BILL, Vol. 2
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS

2 0 0 6

CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER

2 0 0 8

SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO
THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD


See Also:
> How SPAGHETTI WESTERNS Revolutionized Rock Music!, with 3 Music Players





R O C K I N '

Hedwig; Ray; The Runaways; Nowhere Boy

2 0 0 0

ALMOST FAMOUS

2 0 0 1

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE

2 0 0 4

RAY

2 0 0 5

WALK THE LINE

2 0 0 7

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
I'M NOT THERE

2 0 1 0

THE RUNAWAYS
NOWHERE BOY





A R T I S A N S :
Pixar

Monsters Inc.; The Incredibles; Up

2 0 0 1

MONSTERS, INC.

2 0 0 3

FINDING NEMO

2 0 0 4

THE INCREDIBLES

2 0 0 6

• only the parts of CARS with Paul Newman

2 0 0 7

RATATOUILLE

2 0 0 8

WALL-E

2 0 0 9

UP

2 0 1 0

TOY STORY 3





A R T F L I X

Persepolis; A Scanner Darkly; Renaissance; Coraline

2 0 0 0

CHICKEN RUN
TITAN A.E.

2 0 0 1

SPIRITED AWAY (Japan)
WAKING LIFE

2 0 0 3

ANIMATRIX
TOKYO GODFATHERS (Japan)
THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE (France)

2 0 0 4

GHOST IN THE SHELL II: INNOCENCE (Japan)
HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE (Japan)
STEAMBOY (Japan)

2 0 0 6

RENAISSANCE (France) ⇧
A SCANNER DARKLY
PAPRIKA (Japan)

2 0 0 7

PERSEPOLIS (France) ⇧
DOCTOR STRANGE

2 0 0 8

JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NEW FRONTIER
BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHT
SITA SINGS THE BLUES

2 0 0 9

CORALINE
PONYO (Japan)
METROPIA
WONDER WOMAN

2 0 1 0

THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (Japan)
TOY STORY 3





B E S T
D O C U M E N T A R I E S :
2 0 0 0 - 2 0 1 0

Capitalism; Pornography; Alan Moore;
The Filth And The Fury


T H I N K

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH (2006)
WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? (2006)
SICKO (2007)
WHICH WAY HOME? (2009)
WAITING FOR SUPERMAN (2010)

THE FOG OF WAR (2003)
NO END IN SIGHT (2007)

BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE (2002)
FAHRENHEIT 911 (2004)
OUTFOXED: Murdoch's War On Journalism (2004)
THE CORPORATION (2004)
ENRON: The Smartest Guys In The Room (2005)
CAPITALISM: A Love Story (2009) ⇧
INSIDE JOB (2010)


M A K E

LOST IN LA MANCHA (2002)
A DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE (2003)
THE MINDSCAPE OF ALAN MOORE (2003) ⇧
PORNOGRAPHY: The Secret History Of Civilization (2005) ⇧
IN THE REALM OF THE UNREAL (2005)
THIS FILM HAS NOT BEEN RATED (2006)
EL SISTEMA (2008)



R O C K

JOHN & YOKO'S YEAR OF PEACE (2000)
THE FILTH AND THE FURY: A Sex Pistols Film (2000) ⇧
AFRO-PUNK (2003)
BETTY BLOWTORCH (2003)
EDGEPLAY: A Film About The Runaways (2004)
DIG! (2004)
THE GITS (2005)
NO DIRECTION HOME (2005)
PUNK: ATTITUDE (2005)
THE STAX RECORDS STORY (2007)
JOE STRUMMER: The Future Is Unwritten (2007)
GIRLS ROCK! (2008)
LENNON NYC (2010)
THUNDER SOUL (2010)






B E S T
T V :
2 0 0 0 - 2 0 1 0


D R A M A


THE WIRE (2002-2008)
THE SHIELD (2002-2008)
ReGENESIS (2004-2008)
RED RIDING trilogy (2009)
DEADWOOD (2004-2006)
MAD MEN (2007-2015)
BOARDWALK EMPIRE (2010-2014)
TREME (2010-2013)



W O N D E R


ALIAS (2001-2006)
FIREFLY (2002)
Star Trek: ENTERPRISE (2001-2005)
LOST (2004-2010)
FRINGE (2008-2013)
DOLLHOUSE (2009-2010)
VIRTUALITY (2009 pilot)

THE POWERPUFF GIRLS (1998-2005)
SAMURAI JACK (2001-2004, 2017)
AVATAR: The Last Airbender (2005-2008)
FUTURAMA (1999-2003; 2008-2013)


U K


DOCTOR WHO revival (2005-)
TORCHWOOD (2006-2011)
LIFE ON MARS (2006-2007)
ASHES TO ASHES (2008-2010)
JECKYLL (2007)
MISFITS (2009-2013)
STATE OF PLAY mini-series (2003)
RED RIDING Trilogy (2009)
SHERLOCK (2010-)



C O M E D Y


ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (2003-2006; 2013)
SPACED (1999-2001)
GILMORE GIRLS (2000-2007)
MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE (2000-2006)
ANDY RICHTER CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE (2002-2003)
WONDERFALLS (2004)
PUSHING DAISIES (2007-2009)
BETTER OFF TED (2009-2010)
30 ROCK (2006-2013)
PARKS AND RECREATION (2009-2015)
HUNG (2009-2011)
THE DAILY SHOW With Jon Stewart (1999-2015)
THE COLBERT REPORT (2005-2014)




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EYES ON THE PRIZE: America's Civil rights Years
THE PRISONER, Blu-Ray remaster of the series
The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus
STAR WARS: The Original Trilogy
TWIN PEAKS- The Definitive Gold Box Edition (The Complete Series)


VARIOUS ARTISTS:

JAZZ ICONS, concert DVDs of different artists
BRITISH INVASION dvd Box Set: Dusty Springfield, The Small Faces, Gerry And The Pacemakers, Herman's Hermits



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