For 100-76 go here For 75-51 go here For 50-26 go here And for the Top 25, read on… ____________________________________________________ 25. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (dir. Andrew Dominik, 2007) Oft-told tale retold Won’t spoil the ending for you But clue’s in title 24.  Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (dir. Adam McKay, 2004) Male chauvinism In the Channel 4 newsroom (No, it’s not Jon Snow) 23. Hot Fuzz  (dir.  Edgar Wright, 2007) Team Shaun strike again With country copper carnage: High-octane Heartbeat […]

Here’s my next batch of 25 favourite films of the last decade, taking us from number 50 to number 26.  Each one has a lovingly hand-crafted piece of haiku.  Any resemblance to any haiku appearing in any of my previous end of year lists is purely coincidental. For 100 to 76 go here For 75 to 51 go here My final batch of favourite films will follow forthwith… 50.  Gladiator (dir. Ridley Scott, 2000) This muscular flick Made Swords and Sandals look cool (Got mine from Top Man) 49. Requiem for a Dream (dir. Darren Aronofsky, 2001) Grange Hill’s Zammo [...]

What follows is the first part of the hideously overdue rundown of my Top 100 favourite films of the last decade. Not a Top 20, not a Top 50 but a Top 100. You can see why I’m doing this in installments. Most lists like this are published in late-December or early-January, but most lists like this don’t contain lovingly hand-crafted haiku summaries. You get what you wait for. This delay has also given me the chance to catch up with films released in 2009 that I didn’t manage to catch last year. That helps to explain why some films [...]