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Best Of The Decade: The Playlist’s Best Films Of 2008

December 10, 2009 7:10 pm

Here are our 2000, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 and 07 picks.As the decade came to a close, we have little to complain about. The second-half of the aughts were fantastic and gave us many of our best overall films.At...

TIFF ’09 Review: ‘Soul Kitchen’s’ Feel-Goodery Doesn’t Quite Cook

Rodrigo Perez

September 16, 2009 10:06 pm

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"Soul Kitchen"? Who, what, where, when, why? Because Turkish/German filmmaker Fatih Akin is quickly becoming one of the fastest rising international auteurs out there and at the age of 36, is already amassing a...

‘Gomorrah’ Foreign Oscar Snub Outrage Continues

Rodrigo Perez

January 14, 2009 3:04 pm

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We weren't gigantic fans of Matteo Garrone's hyperlinked Italian crime drama "Gomorrah" (though we did like it), but with all the accolades and praise it earned this year (the Grand Prix award at Cannes and an ...

The Playlist’s Top 20 Films Of 2008

Rodrigo Perez

January 6, 2009 12:14 am

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It's that time of year again. Remember the tried and true formula: experience + resonance= fantastic film. As we all know art is not made within the confines of a calendar year and release dates are arbitrary, ...

The Playlist’s Best Films Of The Year… So Far

Rodrigo Perez

July 7, 2008 2:23 pm

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We kind of hate lists. We really do. They perturb us. As Glen Kenny just wrote in his evaluation of the recent "New Classics" list by Entertainment Weekly, "Lists are bullshit. Lists are such blatant bullshit ...

‘The Edge Of Heaven’ Reveals The Razor Thin Line Between Chance & Fate

Rodrigo Perez

June 23, 2008 12:07 am

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An entrancing meditation on chance, fate and the capacity for human forgiveness and compassion, German/Turkish director's Fatih Akin's follow up to his stunning 2004 film "Head On" is equally engaging if slight...

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