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2004 Lists

The Editors' Year / Lists 2004
Ten Things: Comfortably Numb
David's Ten / 10 Tele Things

More lists follow...

Alexander Bisley
Lead Film Critic, The Dominion Post

    21 Grams
    Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
    Capturing the Friedmans
    Collateral
    Control Room
    The Corporation
    Crimson Gold
    Dogville
    Donnie Darko Redux
    Elephant
    Fahrenheit 9/11
    Festival Express
    Goodbye Dragon Inn
    In America
    In My Father's Den
    In the Dark
    In This World
    Last Life in the Universe
    The Last Train
    The Man on the Train
    The Motorcycle Diaries
    Nobody Knows
    Old Boy
    The Return
    Spellbound
    Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring
    Tokyo Godfathers
    The Triplets of Belleville
    Zatoichi
    --
    TURKEY: The Passion of the Christ

Alistair Kwun
    1. 2046
    (Wong Kar-wai, HK/China/France/Germany, 2004)
    www.wkw2046.com

    2. Ethan Mao
    (Quentin Lee, Canada/USA, 2004)
    www.marginfilms.com/ethanbeta

    3. Mysterious Skin
    (Gregg Araki, USA, 2004)
    www.greggaraki.com

    4. Three...Extremes
    (Chan/Miike/Park, HK/Japan/Korea, 2004)
    www.yesasia.com

    5. Head-On
    (Fatih Akin, Germany/Turkey, 2004)
    www.gegendiewand.de

    6. Spider-Man II
    (Sam Raimi, USA, 2004)
    http://spiderman.sonypictures.com

    7. The Return
    (Andrei Zvyagintsev, Russia, 2003)
    www.kino.com/thereturn

    8. Madame Satã
    (Karim Ainouz, Brazil/France, 2002)
    www2.uol.com.br/madamesata

    9. Bad Guy
    (Kim Ki-Duk, Korea, 2001)
    www.yesasia.com

    10. Wild Side
    (Sébastien Lifshitz, France, 2004)


    5 FILMS TO WATCH OUT FOR IN 2005

    1. Café Lumière
    (Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan/Japan, 2003)
    www.coffeejikou.com

    2. Bad Education
    (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, 2004)
    www.lamalaeducacion.com

    3. Saraband
    (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 2004)

    4. Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow
    (Theo Angelopoulos, France/Greece/Italy, 2004)

    5. The Scarlet Letter
    (Daniel H. Byun, Korea, 2004)
    www.a-letter.com


Aaron Yap
Film Critic, Sunday-Star Times
    1. The Return
    2. Old Boy
    3. Hero
    4. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
    5. The Triplets of Belleville
    6. Gozu
    7. Gerry
    8. 9 Souls
    9. Dealer
    10. Primer

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