2004 TOP TEN

1. Lenten Light Conversions (Lynn Marie Kirby, U.S.) [v/s]

2. Dogville (Lars von Trier, Denmark / Sweden / U.K. / France / Germany)

3. Los Angeles Plays Itself (Thom Andersen, U.S.) [v]

4. The Two Minutes to Zero Trilogy (Lewis Klahr, U.S.) [m]

5. Star Spangled to Death (Ken Jacobs, U.S.) [v]

6. Crimson Gold (Jafar Panahi, Iran)

7. Tabula Rasa (Vincent Grenier, U.S.) [v/s]

8. Raja (Jacques Doillon, France / Morocco)

9. Our Music (Jean-Luc Godard, France / Switzerland)

10. Skagafjördur (Peter Hutton, U.S.) [m]

A SMALL SELECTION OF RUNNERS-UP:

Anaconda Targets (Dominic Angerame, U.S.) [s]

Doppelganger (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, U.S.)

Hero (Zhang Yimou, China / Hong Kong)

Infernal Affairs (Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, Hong Kong)

L'Intrus (Claire Denis, France)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson, U.S.)

Orchard (Julie Murray, U.S. / Ireland) [s]

Precarious Garden (Ernie Gehr, U.S.) [s]

The Return (Andrei Zvyagintsev, Russia)

The Saddest Music in the World (Guy Maddin, Canada)

Tomorrow We Move (Chantal Akerman, France / Belgium) (my #11, as it were)

Yuva (Mani Ratnam, India)