CONTRIBUTOR TOP TEN LISTS, 2002

Jaime Christley (New York)
1. Russian Ark (Alexander Sokurov, Russia)
2. Happy Here and Now (Michael Almereyda, USA)
3. Biggie and Tupac (Nick Broomfield, USA)
4. Changing Lanes (Roger Michell, USA) 
5. 25th Hour (Spike Lee, USA)
6. Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, USA)
7. Blissfully Yours (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
8. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (George Lucas, USA)
9. Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan)
10. The Secret Lives of Dentists (Alan Rudolph, USA)
11. Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran/France)
12. Resident Evil (Paul Anderson, USA)
13. Monday Morning (Otar Iosseliani, France/Italy)
14. Remembrance of Things to Come (Chris Marker and Yannick Bellon, France)
15. Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
16. Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore, USA)
17. Femme Fatale (Brian De Palma, USA/France)
18. Undisputed (Walter Hill, USA)
19. Signs (M. Night Shyamalan, USA)
20. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, USA)
21. We Wuz Robbed (Spike Lee, USA)
22. Lifeline (Victor Erice, Spain)
23. Friday Night (Claire Denis, France)
24. Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese, USA)
25. The Projectionist (Michael Bates, USA)
26. Panic Room (David Fincher, USA)

Paul Fileri (New York)
1. Unknown Pleasures (Jia Zhang Ke, China)
2. The Son (Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgium)
3. Visitation (Nathaniel Dorsky, USA)
4. Friday Night (Claire Denis, France)
5. The Uncertainty Principle (Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal)
6. Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese, USA)
7. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
8. Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay, UK)
9. Blissfully Yours (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
10a. Femme Fatale (Brian De Palma, USA/France)
10b. Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran/France)
10c. Turning Gate (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
10d. A Place Where There Is No Trouble (Ken Jacobs, USA)
10e. The Hedge Theater (Robert Beavers, USA)
10f. Winged Dialogue (Robert Beavers, USA)
10g.Demonlover (Olivier Assayas, France)
10h.Catch Me If You Can (Steven Spielberg, USA)}
Honorable Mentions: Russian Ark (Alexander Sokurov, Russia), 8 Women (Francois Ozon, France), Adaptation (Spike Jonze, USA), Roger Dodger (Dylan Kidd, USA), Twilight III: Night of the Meek (Phil Solomon, USA), Daylight Moon (Lewis Klahr)

Philip Fileri (New York)
1. Unknown Pleasures (Jia Zhang Ke, China)
2. Friday Night (Claire Denis, France)
3. Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay, UK)
4. Adaptation (Spike Jonze, USA)
5. The Son (Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgium)
6. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
7. Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese, USA)
8. Turning Gate (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
9. Roger Dodger (Dylan Kidd, USA)
10. Catch Me If You Can (Steven Spielberg, USA)
Honorable Mentions: City of God (Fernando Mereilles and Katia Lund, Brazil), Demonlover (Olivier Assayas, France), 8 Women (Francois Ozon, France), Far from Heaven (Todd Haynes, USA), Femme Fatale (Brian De Palma, USA/France), Monday Morning (Otar Iosseliani, France/Italy), The Pianist (Roman Polanski, USA), Russian Ark (Alexander Sokurov, Russia), The Uncertainty Principle (Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal), Undercover Brother (Malcolm D. Lee, USA)
Some Shorts, from Great to Good: Daylight Moon (Lewis Klahr, USA), The Visitation (Nathaniel Dorsky, USA), Psalm III: "The Night of the Meek" (Phil Solomon, USA), A Social Call (Jonathan Romney, UK), Exceed (Julian M. Kheel, USA)

Victor Morton (Washington, D.C.)
1. The Son (Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgium)
2. Irreversible (Gaspar Noe, France)
3. Chicago (Rob Marshall, USA)
4. All or Nothing (Mike Leigh, UK)
5. Bubba Ho-Tep (Don Coscarelli, USA)
6. 8 Women (Francois Ozon, France)
7. Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese, USA)
8. City of God (Fernando Mereilles, Brazil)
9. Signs (M. Night Shyamalan, USA)
10. Happy Here and Now (Michael Almereda, USA)

Nikolaj Nikitin (Cologne, Germany)
All or Nothing (Mike Leigh, UK)
Dog Days (Ulrich Seidl, Austria, 2001)
Grill Point (Andreas Dresen, Germany)
Hukkle (György Pálfi, Hungary)
Man Without a Past (Aki Kaurismaki, Finland)
Monday Morning (Otar Iosseliani, France/Italy)
Monster's Ball (Marc Forster, USA) 
Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
What Time Is It There? (Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan, 2001)
Y Tu Mama Tambien (Alfonso Cuaron, Mexico, 2001)

Theodoros Panayides (Cyprus)
1. 25th Hour (Spike Lee, USA)
2. Irreversible (Gaspar Noe, France)
3. The Son (Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgium)
4. My Mother's Smile (Marco Bellocchio, France)
5. Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese, USA)
6. Gerry (Gus Van Sant, USA)
7. Roger Dodger (Dylan Kidd, USA)
8. 8 Women (Francois Ozon, France)
9. Spider-Man (Sam Raimi, USA)
10. 24 Hour Party People (Michael Winterbottom, UK) 

Dan Sallitt (New York)
1. The Son (Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgium)
2. Far from Heaven (Todd Haynes, USA)
3. Ken Park (Larry Clark and Ed Lachman, USA)
4. Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
5. Turning Gate (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
6. Russian Ark (Alexander Sokurov, Russia)
7. About Schmidt (Alexander Payne, USA)
8. All or Nothing (Mike Leigh, UK)
9. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
10. Igby Goes Down (Burr Steers, USA
11. One Hour Photo (Mark Romanek, USA)
12. Five Years (Brett Wagner, USA)
13. Down the Labrador (Brian Sullivan, USA) 

Max Scheinin (Santa Cruz, California, USA)
1. 25th Hour (Spike Lee, USA)
2. Catch Me If You Can (Steven Spielberg, USA)
3. Austin Powers in Goldmember (Jay Roach, USA)
4. Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
5. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
6. Adaptation (Spike Jonze, USA)
7. Femme Fatale (Brian De Palma, USA/France)
8. Solaris (Steven Soderbergh, USA)
9. One Hour Photo (Mark Romanek, USA)
10. Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, USA) 

Peter Tonguette (Columbus, Ohio, USA)
1. Solaris (Steven Soderbergh, USA)
2. The Pianist (Roman Polanski, USA)
3. Gerry (Gus Van Sant, USA)
4. Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran/France)
5. *Corpus callosum (Michael Snow, Canada)
6. 25th Hour (Spike Lee, USA) 
7. The Cat's Meow (Peter Bogdanovich, USA, 2001)
8. ivansxtc. (Bernard Rose, USA/UK, 2000)
9. Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
10. Femme Fatale (Brian De Palma, USA/France)
11. Far from Heaven (Todd Haynes, USA)
12. Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay, UK) 
13. Bloody Sunday (Paul Greengrass, UK)
14. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain) 
15. Full Frontal (Steven Soderbergh, USA)
16. Blood Work (Clint Eastwood, USA)
17. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (Guy Maddin, Canada)
18. Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore, USA)
19. Catch Me If You Can (Steven Spielberg, USA) 

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