John Waters.1 LAST DAYS (GUS GUS Gemeinschaft Unabhängiger Staaten (German: CIS) GUS Gravis Ultrasound GUS Great Universal Stores GUS Grown Up Soda GUS Giornalisti Uffici Stampa (Italian) GUS Guide to the Use of Standards VAN SANT) How does Gus get away with making films this great? So arty, so sexy, so maddeningly cool that I'm jealous, Michael Pitt is better at being Kurt Cobain than Kurt was. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2 PALINDROMES (TODD SOLONDZ) Todd makes the perfect abortion movie: kind, scary, fair, and with amazing musical numbers! Come on over to Broadway. Mr. Solondz--we could use you. 3 A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. CRONENBERG) Maria Bello is the best actress of the year, and for once you believe a scene in which the leading lady vomits from being shocked. 4 GRIZZLY MAN (WERNER HERZOG) Timothy Treadwell is the Richard Simmons of the real-life grizzly set, and who ever would have expected Werner Herzog to be the voice of reason? 5 SARABAND saraband (sâr`əbănd), dance of Asian origin that first appeared in Spain in the 16th cent. At that time it was characterized by alternate 3–4 and 3–8 meter and was accompanied by castanets and tambourines. (INGMAR BERGMAN) When elegant, stunning Liv Ullman counts the seconds of a minute in real screen time, it's more thrilling than any action movie. No Botox for this beauty; she looks fresher than all of Hollywood's top female stars put together. 6 MYSTERIOUS SKIN (GREGG ARAKI) The best movie about pedophilia pedophilia, psychosexual disorder in which there is a preference for sexual activity with prepubertal children. Pedophiles are almost always males. The children are more often of the opposite sex (about twice as often) and are typically 13 years or age or younger; ever made. If you missed this one, you're stupid. 7 THE ARISTOCRATS (PAUL PROVENZA) Will make you want to rush from the theater and shout out dirty words to strangers. I laffed 'til I cried, and I hate jokes. 8 BROKEN FLOWERS (JIM Jim Miss Watson’s runaway slave; Huck’s traveling companion. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] See : Escape JARMUSCH) Even more beautiful than Alexis Dziena's bush are the slow, exquisite shots of Bill Murray driving. Whatever the exact opposite of carsick car·sick adj. Suffering from motion sickness caused by travel in a motor vehicle. is--that's what this movie made me. 9 HEAD ON (FATIH AKIN) A David and Lisa for the criminally insane moviegoer. You'll feel like dating an alcoholic after seeing this Turkish/German love story from hell. 10 2046 (WONG KAR-WAI) How can a film that slightly lets you down be so great? No actress wears eye makeup better than Gong Li. "JOHN WATERS PRESENTS MOVIES THAT WILL CORRUPT YOU" PREMIERES ON THE HERE! NETWORK ON FEBRUARY 3, 2006. |
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