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Eternal Sunshine Brightens a Dark Year for Moviesnew
Nine of Michael Atkinson's Top 10 hobbled at the box office in a year he calls the worst for movies since 1981.
The Village Voice |
Michael Atkinson |
12-29-2004 |
Reviews
Huckabees Is Film Critic's Top Choicenew
I (Heart) Huckabees, David O. Russell's blithely profound mishmash of screwball Sartre and zany Zen, tops Dennis Lim's list. He calls it "a furiously depressed howl of liberal-left impotence that somehow lands on a grace note of provisional optimism."
The Village Voice |
Dennis Lim |
12-29-2004 |
Reviews
Underground Movie Is No. 1 on Critic's Top 10 Listnew
Ken Jacobs' Star Spangled to Death, a vast, ironic pageant of 20th-century American history, is the ultimate underground movie, says J. Hoberman, who chooses it as the best film of 2004.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
12-29-2004 |
Reviews
New American Romanticism Wins Hearts of Alt Criticsnew
Before Sunset, directed by Richard Linklater, was the decisive winner of the 2004 poll of alternative press film critics, as the new American romanticism bucked electoral disaster.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Best Performers Named in 6th Annual Film Critics' Pollnew
Imelda Staunton was ranked the best performer in Village Voice's film critics' poll. She starred in the film Vera Drake. Critics ranked film performers from 1 to 93.
The Village Voice |
Staff Writers |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Critics' Poll of Best Films of 2004new
Before Sunset was ranked the top film of 2004 in Village Voice's film critics' poll. It was mentioned by 49 judges. Films are ranked from 1 to 139.
The Village Voice |
Staff Writers |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Simple Pleasuresnew
The year's best CDs demonstrated craft and brains, whether it's the immaculate, melodic pop of Ron Sexsmith's Revolver or Van Hunt's nuanced take on love and lust. With the war and election as a cultural backdrop, warmth and intelligence were far more personally useful than jagged, new wave by Franz Ferdinand and the like.
Two Top-10 Lists of Picture Perfect Filmsnew
Two L.A. Alternative Press critics agree that The Aviator, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Vera Drake are among the year's best films.
L.A. Alternative |
Jay Antani and Luisa F. Ribeiro |
12-28-2004 |
Reviews
The Best 10 Movies of 2004new
2004 was not an especially great year for movies, but here are 10 that stand out above the rest.
Jackson Free Press |
Paul Dearing |
12-23-2004 |
Reviews
Christmas of the Pod Peoplenew
The "record player" is now the size of an Altoids box, and what that means is that come Saturday, four million free spirits who very likely don't own a turntable will ignore the puritans who would dismiss the iPod as trendy or tinny.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jim Walsh |
12-23-2004 |
Science
Christmas Play About the Apocalypse Inspires Conversionnew
The Sheffield Family Life Center’s annual pageant is a heartwarming little tale starring machine guns and the Antichrist.
Former Fixturenew
Up-and-coming country crooner Troy Olsen gets in the holiday spirit.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
12-16-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Haiku News: Year in Review
Each year, NUVO Managing Editor Jim Poyser culls through the hundreds of published news haiku to select the 50 best haiku that sum up the year.
NUVO |
Jim Poyser |
12-14-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: 2004, yearinreview
Boxing the Rocknew
A music reviewer names six of the year’s best multi-disc sets, and one of the worst.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
11-30-2004 |
Reviews
The Horror of Four More Yearsnew
George W. Bush assumes the mantle of leadership in his own right with the nation divided as it hasn't been since the Civil War.
Boston Phoenix |
The Editors |
11-05-2004 |
Commentary
