Marc Glassman's Best Films of 2007
Criteria: All films had to be released for one week in a Toronto cinema
Best Picture, English language International
- I'm Not There
- No Country for Old Men
- Into the Wild
- Atonement
- A Mighty Heart
Best Performance, Male
- Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
- Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild
- Gordon Pinsent, Away from Her
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
- Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Best Performance, Female
- Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
- Ellen Page, Juno
- Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd
- Laura Dern, Inland Empire
- Tang Wei, Lust, Caution
Best Supporting Performance, Male
- Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
- Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
- Ulirich Muhe. The Lives of Others
- Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Performance, Female
- Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement
- Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
- Jennifer Jason Leigh, Margot at the Wedding
- Marie Josee Croze, Diving Bell and Butterfly
- Laura Harris, Severance
Best Director
- Todd Haynes, I'm Not There
- The Coen Brothers, No Country for Old Men
- David Lynch, Inland Empire
- Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell & Butterfly
- David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
Best Screenplay, adapted or original
- Coen Brothers, No Country for Old Men
- Diablo Cody, Juno
- Beatrix Christian, Jindabyne
- Christopher Hampton, Atonement
- Andrew Currie, Robert Chomiak & Dennis Heaton, Fido
Best Canadian Film
- Away from Her
- Fido
- Brand Upon the Brain!
- Congorama
- Missing Victor Pellerin
Best First Feature
- Away from Her
- Michael Clayton
- Control
- Missing Victor Pellerin
- Red Road
Best Animated Feature
- Paprika
- Ratatouille
- The Simpsons Movie
- Bee Movie
- Shrek the Third
Best Foreign-Language Film
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
- Offside
- Black Book
- 13 Tzameti
- The Lives of Others
Best Documentary
- My Kid Could Paint That
- No End in Sight
- Manufacturing Dissent
- Sicko
- In the Shadow of the Moon
Over the years, I've seen some of the greatest films on Marc's recommendation.
I watched "Away From her" the other night. First of all, my taste in entertainment are either BBC costume dramas or spy thrillers with oodles of elegant violence, so a movie about a couple dealing with Alzheimer's is not an easy sell to me. But when you start with a short story by the Great Goddess of all short story writers, Alice Munro, and cast beautiful brilliant actors like Gordon Pinsent and Julie Christie, showing every year of their age, I couldn't turn the damn thing off.
Sarah Polley should be also commended for showing so much restraint as a director. Of course, I found it heartbreaking, but I didn't feel emotionally manipulated for a second.
Marc I am glad that you have pointed out Laura Dern in Inland Empire!! She does everything in that film and very well. She also seems to keep a very fucked up and fabulous film together!!
Emile Hirsh for best actor!!! Laura Dern best actess!!!
Javier Bardem and Coens for everything else!
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Marc Glassman's Best Films of 2007
Criteria: All films had to be released for one week in a Toronto cinema
Best Picture, English language International
Best Performance, Male
Best Performance, Female
Best Supporting Performance, Male
Best Supporting Performance, Female
Best Director
Best Screenplay, adapted or original
Best Canadian Film
Best First Feature
Best Animated Feature
Best Foreign-Language Film
Best Documentary
- sally mckay 12-28-2007 7:17 pm
Over the years, I've seen some of the greatest films on Marc's recommendation.
I watched "Away From her" the other night. First of all, my taste in entertainment are either BBC costume dramas or spy thrillers with oodles of elegant violence, so a movie about a couple dealing with Alzheimer's is not an easy sell to me. But when you start with a short story by the Great Goddess of all short story writers, Alice Munro, and cast beautiful brilliant actors like Gordon Pinsent and Julie Christie, showing every year of their age, I couldn't turn the damn thing off.
Sarah Polley should be also commended for showing so much restraint as a director. Of course, I found it heartbreaking, but I didn't feel emotionally manipulated for a second.
- L.M. 12-29-2007 12:02 am
Marc I am glad that you have pointed out Laura Dern in Inland Empire!! She does everything in that film and very well. She also seems to keep a very fucked up and fabulous film together!!
- Andrew Harwood (guest) 12-29-2007 7:38 am
Emile Hirsh for best actor!!! Laura Dern best actess!!!
Javier Bardem and Coens for everything else!
- Candy Minx (guest) 12-29-2007 8:10 pm