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The Best Films of the Decade (aka "The Naughties")
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Best Films Of The Decade (aka The Naughties) From Alex & Terry
List # 1
By Alex Simon
When Terry and I initially discussed writing these lists, I had a tough time thinking back on 20 films over the past decade which I was really taken with, thinking that movies have sunk so low over the past ten years, that even choosing a dozen would be a short-order job. Thirty minutes into it, my list had nearly 60 titles on it! After much cutting, pasting, and re-cutting and pasting, here are my top 20 films (in no particular order) of the first decade of the 21st century, dubbed by many as “the naughties.” --A.S.
1. No Country for Old Men (Coen Brothers, 2007) An elegiac blend of stark beauty and full-throttle despair from two of our finest filmmakers, set in the contemporary American West. Every frame is damn near flawless, and would have been an even more »
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It Happened in Hollywood Last Night: Nicholas Meyer and Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan at the Aero Theater
6 December 2009 6:39 PM, PST
( Filmmaker Nicholas Meyer, above.)
by Terry Keefe
The American Cinematheque at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica presented a triple header of Star Trek films last night - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: In Search of Spock, and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Nicholas Meyer, the director of II and IV, was there in person for a Q&A filled with some great stories. Some highlights included Meyer explaining that the script for Star Trek II was composited, in part, from the different elements of five previous drafts, and that it was written in some 12 days.
(Meyer being interviewed onstage by Geek Monthly editor Jeff Bond, above, and meeting with fans in the lobby afterwards, below.)
The upcoming schedule at the Aero Theater can be found on their website. With their near-nightly screenings of both new films and classics, which often include terrific guests »
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