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Donna Bowman

  1. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
  2. The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky)
  3. L'Enfant (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
  4. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  5. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
  6. Duck Season (Fernando Eimbcke)
  7. A Prairie Home Companiion (Robert Altman)
  8. Children of Men (Alphonso Cuaron)
  9. Inside Man (Spike Lee)
  10. Little Children (Todd Fields)

Matthew Butcher

  1. The Host (Bong Joon-ho)
  2. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
  3. The Good German (Steven Soderbergh)
  4. Woman on the Beach (Hong Sang-soo)
  5. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  6. Curse of the Golden Flower (Zhang Yimou)
  7. Who's Camus Anyway? (Mitsuo Yanagimachi)
  8. Inside Man (Spike Lee)
  9. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro)
  10. An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim)

Keith Collins

  1. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
  2. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
  3. A Face in the Crowd (1957, Elia Kazan)
  4. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)
  5. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
  6. The Loved One (1964, Tony Richardson)
  7. Petulia (1968, Richard Lester)
  8. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
  9. The Queen (Stephen Frears)
  10. Idiocracy (Mike Judge)

Dave Cowen

  1. Wonder Showzen, Episode "Cooperation"
  2. Veronica Mars, Season 2 Finale (Eps 21, 22)
  3. Underground (1995, Emir Kusturica)
  4. Monster House [3-D version] (Gil Kenan)
  5. Robot Monster [3-D version] (1953, Phil Tucker)
  6. Brick (Rian Johnson)
  7. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (Park Chan-wook)
  8. Operetta Tanuki Goten (Seijun Suzuki)
  9. A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater)
  10. Fandango Promotional Trailer "Bollywood Bags"

Mike D'Angelo

  1. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
  2. Time (Kim Ki-duk)
  3. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
  4. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  5. The Host (Bong Joon-ho)
  6. Volver (Pedro Almodóvar)
  7. Offside (Jafar Panahi)
  8. Falling (Barbara Albert)
  9. Sleeping Dogs Lie (Bobcat Goldthwait)
  10. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)

Bilge Ebiri

  1. Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Michel Gondry)
  2. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
  3. Climates (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
  4. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  5. Inside Man (Spike Lee)
  6. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
  7. Iraq in Fragments (James Longley)
  8. Miami Vice (Michael Mann)
  9. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tom Tykwer)
  10. The Descent (Neil Marshall)

Steve Erickson

  1. A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater)
  2. The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)
  3. Two Drifters (Joao Pedro Rodrigues)
  4. Election (Johnnie To)
  5. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
  6. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron)
  7. Gabrielle (Patrice Chéreau)
  8. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  9. Le petit lieutenant (Xavier Beauvois)
  10. The Forsaken Land (Vimukthi Jayasundara)

Bryant Frazer

  1. The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)
  2. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
  3. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  4. Miami Vice (Michael Mann)
  5. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
  6. Inside Man (Spike Lee)
  7. A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater)
  8. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)
  9. Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Michel Gondry)
  10. The Descent (Neil Marshall)

Alex Fung

  1. L'Enfant (The Child) (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
  2. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
  3. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
  4. Shortbus (John Cameron Mitchell)
  5. Manderlay (Lars von Trier)
  6. Volver (Pedro Almodóvar)
  7. Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (Park Chan-wook)
  8. Le Pont des Arts (Eugène Green)
  9. Why We Fight (Eugene Jarecki)
  10. Little Children (Todd Field)

Erik Gregersen

  1. The New World (Terrence Malick)
  2. My Dad is 100 Years Old (Guy Maddin and Isabella Rossellini)
  3. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
  4. Deja Vu (Tony Scott)
  5. A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater)
  6. The Protector (Prachya Pinkaew)
  7. Curse of the Golden Flower (Zhang Yimou)
  8. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (Michael Winterbottom)
  9. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)
  10. Apocalypto (Mel Gibson)

Skander Halim

  1. Finland Empire (David Lynch)
  2. The Departure (Martin Scorsese)
  3. Mandalay (Lars von Trier)
  4. The Miami Vice (Michael Mann)
  5. Deja View (Tony Scott)
  6. Royal Casino (Martin Campbell)
  7. The Good Kraut (Steven Soderbergh)
  8. Battling in Heaven (Carlos Reygadas)
  9. The Bubble (Steven Soderbergh)
  10. Ned Flanders (Bruno Dumont)

Sky Hirschkron

  1. Mutual Appreciation (Andrew Bujalski)
  2. Woman on the Beach (Hong Sang-soo)
  3. The Free Will (Matthias Glasner)
  4. Bubble (Steven Soderbergh)
  5. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (Dito Montiel)
  6. Brick (Rian Johnson)
  7. The Child (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
  8. Flanders (Bruno Dumont)
  9. The Forsaken Land (Vimukthi Jayasundara)
  10. Three Times (Hou Hsiao-hsien)

Rachel Jacobson

  1. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
  2. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro)
  3. Volver (Pedro Almodóvar)
  4. Little Children (Todd Field)
  5. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
  6. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  7. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
  8. Clean (Olivier Assayas)
  9. The Science of Sleep (Michel Gondry)
  10. Manderlay (Lars von Trier)

Andrew Johnston

  1. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
  2. Charlotte's Web (Gary Winick)
  3. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  4. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
  5. Inside Man (Spike Lee)
  6. Idiocracy (Mike Judge)
  7. A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater)
  8. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)
  9. Infamous (Douglas McGrath)
  10. Down in the Valley (David Jacobson)

Joshua Kreitzer

  1. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
  2. Thank You for Smoking (Jason Reitman)
  3. Dreamgirls (Bill Condon)
  4. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  5. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)
  6. The Child (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
  7. World Trade Center (Oliver Stone)
  8. The Notorious Bettie Page (Mary Harron)
  9. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
  10. Art School Confidential (Terry Zwigoff)

Don Marks

  1. Three Times (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
  2. Taxidermia (György Pálfi)
  3. Shortbus (John Cameron Mitchell)
  4. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
  5. Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)
  6. Children Of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
  7. Exiled (Johnny To)
  8. A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman)
  9. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
  10. Little Children (Todd Field)

Jeff McCloud

  1. Out One (1971, Jacques Rivette)
  2. Inland Empire (David Lynch)
  3. I Am a Sex Addict (Caveh Zahedi)
  4. Jackass: Number Two (Jeff Tremaine)
  5. The Science of Sleep (Michel Gondry)
  6. Battle in Heaven (Carlos Reygadas)
  7. Gabrielle (Patrice Chéreau)
  8. Miami Vice (Michael Mann)
  9. Three Times (Hou Hsaio-hsien)
  10. The Proposition (John Hillcoat)

Victor Morton

  1. The Child (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
  2. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
  3. Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)
  4. Thank You For Smoking (Jason Reitman)
  5. Cars (John Lasseter)
  6. Manderlay (Lars Von Trier)
  7. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
  8. Apocalypto (Mel Gibson)
  9. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tom Tykwer)
  10. Climates (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)

Greg Murphy

  1. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  2. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
  3. Mutual Appreciation (Andrew Bujalski)
  4. A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman)
  5. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
  6. Miami Vice (Michael Mann)
  7. Down in the Valley (David Jacobson)
  8. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
  9. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
  10. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles)

Noel Murray

  1. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
  2. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
  3. A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman)
  4. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
  5. The Death Of Mr Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)
  6. Children Of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
  7. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  8. Inside Man (Spike Lee)
  9. Mutual Appreciation (Andrew Bujalski)
  10. The Devil And Daniel Johnston (Jeff Feuerzeig)

Charles Odell

  1. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tom Tykwer)
  2. The Painted Veil (John Curran)
  3. Manderlay (Lars von Trier)
  4. Wah-Wah (Richard E Grant)
  5. The Queen (Stephen Frears)
  6. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
  7. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
  8. A Cock and Bull Story (Michael Winterbottom)
  9. The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Cristi Piui)
  10. The Fall (Tarsem)

Mark Pittillo

  1. Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)
  2. Brick (Rian Johnson)
  3. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
  4. Inland Empire (David Lynch)
  5. Mutual Appreciation (Andrew Bujalski)
  6. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
  7. The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)
  8. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
  9. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  10. L'Enfant (The Child) (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)

Matt Prigge

  1. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
  2. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
  3. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
  4. Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Michel Gondry)
  5. Gabrielle (Patrice Chéreau)
  6. Jackass Number Two (Jeff Tremaine)
  7. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
  8. The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)
  9. Inside Man (Spike Lee)
  10. Inland Empire (David Lynch)

Peter Reiher

  1. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
  2. Vitus (Fredi M Murer)
  3. Bab'Aziz (Nacer Khemir)
  4. The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky)
  5. An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim)
  6. Little Children (Todd Field)
  7. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  8. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)
  9. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro)
  10. The Queen (Stephen Frears)

Scott Renshaw

  1. Brick (Rian Johnson)
  2. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
  3. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles)
  4. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  5. L'Enfant (The Child) (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
  6. Breaking and Entering (Anthony Minghella)
  7. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
  8. The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)
  9. The Puffy Chair (Jay Duplass)
  10. Volver (Pedro Almodóvar

Jim Ridley

  1. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
  2. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
  3. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
  4. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)
  5. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  6. Mutual Appreciation (Andrew Bujalski)
  7. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
  8. Gabrielle (Patrice Chéreau)
  9. Neil Young: Heart of Gold (Jonathan Demme)
  10. I Am a Sex Addict (Caveh Zahedi)

Josh Rothkopf

  1. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  2. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
  3. Gabrielle (Patrice Chéreau)
  4. A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater)
  5. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)
  6. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (Michael Winterbottom)
  7. 4 (Ilya Khrjanovsky)
  8. The Descent (Neil Marshall)
  9. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
  10. The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Jeff Feuerzeig)

Dan Sallitt

  1. Rain Dogs (Ho Yuhang)
  2. Woman on the Beach (Hong Sang-Soo)
  3. Vanaja (Rajnesh Domalpalli)
  4. Slumming (Michael Glawogger)
  5. Flandres (Bruno Dumont)
  6. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron)
  7. Family Ties (Kim Tae-Yong)
  8. Stephanie Daley (Hilary Brougher)
  9. You Called Me (Sky Hirschkron)
  10. As the Shadow (Marina Spada)

Missy Schwartz

  1. Gabrielle (Patrice Chéreau)
  2. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  3. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
  4. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
  5. Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Michel Gondry)
  6. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (Michael Winterbottom)
  7. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
  8. The Devil & Daniel Johnston (Jeff Feuerzeig)
  9. L'Enfant (The Child) (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
  10. The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)

Michael Sicinski

  1. Song and Solitude (Nathaniel Dorsky)
  2. Colossal Youth (Pedro Costa)
  3. A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater)
  4. Still Life (Jia Zhang-ke)
  5. The Case of the Grinning Cat (Chris Marker)
  6. Climates (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
  7. Inside Man (Spike Lee)
  8. The Proposition (John Hillcoat)
  9. I Am A Sex Addict (Caveh Zahedi)
  10. [blank spot in observance of the fact that, like many others, I have still not seen Inland Empire]

Chris Stults

  1. Song and Solitude (Nathaniel Dorsky)
  2. Gabrielle (Patrice Chereau)
  3. Still Life (Jia Zhang-ke)
  4. The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)
  5. Interkosmos (Jim Finn)
  6. More Than Meets the Eye: Remaking Jane Fonda (Scott Stark)
  7. The Garden of Earthly Delights (Lech Majewski)
  8. Summer Palace (Lou Ye)
  9. Deja Vu (Tony Scott)
  10. The Proposition (John Hillcoat)

Kathleen Tax

  1. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (Dito Montiel)
  2. Brick (Rian Johnson)
  3. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
  4. The Free Will (Matthias Glasner)
  5. Shut Up & Sing (Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck)
  6. Bubble (Steven Soderbergh)
  7. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
  8. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
  9. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles)
  10. Down in the Valley (David Jacobson)

Scott Tobias

  1. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  2. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuáron)
  3. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
  4. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
  5. Brick (Rian Johnson)
  6. Volver (Pedro Almodóvar)
  7. L'Enfant (The Child) (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
  8. The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Jeff Feuerzeig)
  9. Neil Young: Heart of Gold (Jonathan Demme)
  10. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)

Froilan Vispo

Andrew Wright

  1. Brick (Rian Johnson)
  2. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
  3. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tom Tykwer)
  4. The Descent (Neil Marshall)
  5. 13 Tzameti (Géla Babluani)
  6. Edmond (Stuart Gordon)
  7. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
  8. Deliver us from Evil (Amy Berg)
  9. Apocalypto (Mel Gibson)
  10. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)

Ryan Wu

  1. Gabrielle (Patrice Chéreau)
  2. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
  3. The Sun (Alexander Sokurov)
  4. Climates (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
  5. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
  6. L'Enfant (The Child) (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
  7. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
  8. Time (Kim Ki-duk)
  9. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
  10. Flags of Our Fathers (Clint Eastwood)