This may be the personally oddest and most eclectic “Best Of” list I’ve ever compiled. Half is strongly art-house and indie minded, while the other half is not simply mainstream, it is firmly entrenched in solid blockbuster territory. How to explain it? Simple. These were my favorite films of the year. These were the ones [...]

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Early in James Cameron’s new film Avatar (his first since 1997’s Titanic), a character utters the line, “You should see your faces!” as her aircraft navigates a vista of astonishing splendor. Without a doubt, Cameron was thinking of more than just the occupants of the on-screen transport when he wrote that line. He was speaking [...]

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