It’s wonderful news to see such a lovely range of inclusions: “The Beaches of Agnes,” “Burma VJ,” “The Cove,” “Every Little Step,” “Food, Inc.,” “Mugabe and the White African,” “Soundtrack for a Revolution,” “Valentino The Last Emperor”...
But no “Anvil! The Story of Anvil”!!? I knew it wasn’t a given, but I’ll admit I’m pretty bummed out. I keep picturing Robb and Lipps’ disappointed faces when they find out the news.
Some major snubs: “We Live In Public,” “The September Issue,” “Tyson,” “It Might Get Loud,” and in a huge blow to Michael Moore, “Capitalism: A Love Story”.. Also shut out: “Outrage,” “Racing Dreams,” “Of Time and the City,” “Unmistaken Child,” and “Crude.” Read the whole list at a indieWIRE.com.
In their direct-to-DVD release of British horror comedy “Lesbian Vampire Killers,” the Weinsteins have dropped the “lesbian” from the title and changed the tagline from “they won’t go down without a bite” to “after Twilight, the real party starts.”
As Fin de Cinema notes, “the Weinsteins don’t discriminate with their discrimination.”
However, I wonder if this is actually a really stupid financial move. I mean, “Lesbian Vampire Killers” doesn’t exactly look like it’s gay in the sense that “A Single Man” is. I’d guess from the giant breasts dominated the original British poster that the lesbians in “Lesbian Vampire Killers” would probably entice straight male viewers more than they would revolt them.
So after three weeks of counting down, here lies the final 25 songs on my top 200 of the 2000s countdown.
I’ve had so much fun doing this - going down various memory lanes as I endlessly tinkered. I’ll reiterate that in the end, the list means nothing more than 200 tokens of my past ten years, and is not meant as any true sonic evaluation of the 2000s. These final 25 songs represent a wide variety of things, from some of the catchiest pop songs ever created and thus the primary soundtrack to most moments that at the time didn’t seem to really matter (aka those taking place at the gym or, post-2002, on homosexual-infused dance floors), to songs that clearly became anthems for certain points in my life and thus can instantly bring me back to people, places and things that have come and gone over the past ten years.
Fascinatingly enough, while my future best of 2000s list for television and film are likely to include maybe 1 or 2 Canadian entries out of 200 (“Degrassi: The Next Generation” for TV, “Away From Her,” “The Fast Runner” and maybe “C.R.A.Z.Y.” for film), this list was stacked to the nines with my fellow Canucks. Six of the top twenty-five are care of Canadians, and while I’m too lazy to do a full-on count, I’d guess a good quarter of the top 200 is as well. I just wanted to note that for no reason other than national pride in popular culture is an extreme rarity for me and I needed to express it.
Anyway… I cannot count the times I’ve moved around this list but I think I’m pretty happy with what’s finally here. Even if 13 of the top 25 come from a two year period: 2003-2004 (years that are intensely over-represented on the list in general). I don’t know what that means, really. It could simply be more to-my-liking music was created in those years… or that, being 19 and 20 years old, they were the years I was most impressionable. I’ll also easily give 2003 and 2004 the distinctions of being very least favourite years of the past decade, so perhaps overdramatics and angst equal stronger relationships with song? Whatever the case, I suggest to anyone to a similar re-tracking of their past decade in music because - I know this sounds overdramatic in itself - but I found it to be a really therapeutic and reflective exercise… More than any other medium-to-human relationship, I reckon music can tell us the tales of our own lives. Mine, most certainly in a nutshell, is after the jump.
Someone took the time to compile this amazing 10 minute recap of the 100 best quotes from inarguably the greatest television series of this past decade (and certainly the most quotable), “The Wire.” If you haven’t seen the show and want to, don’t watch this as it’s intensely spoiler heavy. For those that have, enjoy this well-considered trip down memory lane (wait for 8:38 for the most precious memory):
indieWIRE has launched criticWIRE, a brand new section that is the result of a some considerable efforts from the iW staff, and I have to say I’m quite proud to show it off. Eugene Hernandez gives you the lowdown on how the section works here, but essentially: it’s an extensive database of critics and bloggers, each of whom have graded and/or reviewed hundreds of different films. We average the grades & link to the reviews. The next few weeks should see the section grow exponentially but it’s already hours of endless film geek fun. Here’s just a small list of some films that have been included that you can sift through to familiarize with this lovely new addition to indieWIRE.
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