Top Ten Movies of 2005

01. The New World
02. The Squid and the Whale
03. A History of Violence
04. Brokeback Mountain
05. Good Night, and Good Luck.
06. Junebug
07. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
08. Capote
09. Broken Flowers
10. Serenity

(all dates by IMDB)

Top Ten Directors of 2007

01. P.T. Anderson - There Will Be Blood
02. The Coen Bros. - No Country for Old Men
03. Brad Bird - Ratatouille
04. Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi - Persepolis
05. Joe Wright - Atonement
06. Todd Haynes - I'm Not There
07. Richard Kelly - Southland Tales
08. Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
09. Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
10. Robert Rodriguez - "Planet Terror"/Grindhouse

(all dates by IMDB)

Top Ten Biopics of the 00s

01. Ali (Michael Mann, 2001)
02. Before Night Falls (Julian Schnabel, 2000)
03. 24 Hour Party People (Michael Winterbottom, 2002)
04. Marie-Antoinette (Sofia Coppolla, 2006)
05. Capote (Bennett Miller, 2005)
06. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 2007)
07. American Splendor (Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini, 2003)
08. Chopper (Andrew Dominik, 2000)
09. Kinsey (Bill Condon, 2004)
10. Iris (Richard Eyre, 2001)

(all dates & info by IMDB)

My Top Ten Favorite Plays of All Time

01. Angels in America: Millenium Approches & Perestroika - Tony Kushner
02. Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett
03. Doubt - John Patrick Shanley
04. A Delicate Balance - Edward Albee
05. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - Tom Stoppard
06. A Long Day's Journey into Night - Eugene O'Neil
07. Hamlet/Macbeth - William Shakespeare
08. Moon for the Misbegotten - Eugene O'Neil
09. A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams
10. Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller

Top Ten Original Screenplays of 2004

01. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
02. Primer
03. The Incredibles
04. Before Sunset
05. Shaun of the Dead
06. Maria Full of Grace
07. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
08. 2046
09. Birth
10. I [heart] Huckabees

(all dates by IMDB)

Top Ten Adapted Screenplays of 2003

01. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
02. Shattered Glass
03. Peter Pan
04. American Splendor
05. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
06. The Secret Lives of Dentists
07. Seabiscuit
08. Mystic River
09. X2: X-Men United
10. Cold Mountain

(all dates by IMDB)

Top Ten Female Lead Performances of 2002

01. Julianne Moore - Far from Heaven
02. Diane Lane - Unfaithful
03. Lesley Manville - All or Nothing
04. Frances McDormand - Laurel Canyon
05. Maggie Gyllenhaal - Secretary
06. Nicole Kidman - The Hours
07. Hope Davis - Secret Lives of Dentists
08. Meryl Streep - The Hours
09. Patricia Arquette - Human Nature
10. Jennifer Aniston - The Good Girl

(all dates by IMDB)

Top Ten Male Supporting Performances of 2000

01. Steve Buscemi - Ghost World
02. Ben Kinglsey - Sexy Beast
03. Willem Dafoe - Shadow of the Vampire
04. Morgan Freeman - Nurse Betty
05. Benicio Del Toro - Traffic
06. Bill Murray - Hamlet
07. Jaroslev Dusek - Divided We Fall
08. Fred Willard - Best in Show
09. Gael Garcis Bernal - Amores Perros
10. Dan Aykroyd - The House of Mirth

(all dates by IMDB)

Top Ten Female Supporting Performances of 2001

01. Helen Mirren - Gosford Park
02. Frances McDormand - The Man Who Wasn't There
03. Helena Bonham Carter - Planet of the Apes
04. Laura Elena Harring - Mulholland Drive
05. Maggie Smith - Gosford Park
06. Shefali Shetty - Monsoon Wedding
07. Kate Winslet - Iris
08. Marisa Tomei - In the Bedroom
09. Alakina Mann - The Others
10. Emily Mortimer - Lovely & Amazing

(all dates by IMDB)

Top Ten Male Lead Performances of 2006

01. Ryan Gosling - Half-Nelson
02. Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
03. Hugh Jackman - The Fountain
04. Edward Norton - The Painted Veil
05. Leonard DiCaprio - The Departed
06. Johnny Knoxville - Jackass Two
07. Greg Kinnear - Little Miss Sunshine
08. Gordon Pinsent - Away from Her
09. Hugh Jackman - The Prestige
10. Gael Garcia Bernal - The Science of Sleep

(all dates by IMDB)

Top Ten Spring Songs
(off the top of my head)

01. Len - "Steal My Sunshine"
02. Islands - "Jogging Gorgeous Summer"/Unicorns – “I Was Born (A Unicorn)”
03. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - "Me and Mia"
04. Belle & Sebastion – “Seeing Other People”
05. The Mountain Goats – “The Young Thousands”
06. The Talking Heads – “What a Day That Was”
07. Blondie – “Sunday Girl (French Version)”
08. ABBA – “Momma Mia”
09. The Futureheads – “Hounds of Love”
10. The Outfield - "(I Don't Want to) Lose Your Love"