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Films on Ty Burr’s Best Of List

1231pianistWhen Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr was asked to give his picks for the best films of the past decade, he came up with 33 …. and then was told to winnow it down to 10.

Ty joins us to review the long and short lists- that include movies like “The Pianist, ” “Children of Men,” “Borat” and more.

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Ty Burr’s 33 Favorites from the Decade

  • “4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days”
  • “The 25th Hour”
  • “Before Sunset”
  • “Borat”
  • “Broken Flowers”
  • “Children of Men”
  • “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon”
  • “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
  • “Grizzly Man”
  • “I’m Not There”
  • “The Incredibles”
  • “In the Mood for Love”
  • “Kill Bill, volume 2″
  • “Let the Right One In”
  • “Lost in Translation”
  • “LOTR: The Two Towers”
  • “The Magdalene Sisters”
  • “Man on Wire”
  • “Master and Commander”
  • “Memento”
  • “Moolaade”
  • “Mulholland Dr.”
  • “The New World”
  • “Old Joy”
  • “Pan’s Labyrinth”
  • “The Pianist”
  • “Requiem for a Dream”
  • “A Serious Man”
  • “Sideways”
  • “Spirited Away”
  • “There Will Be Blood”
  • “WALL-E”
  • “Zodiac”

Ty Burr Also recommends “Monsters Inc.,” “Ratatouille,” “Spellbound” and “Capturing the Friedmans.”

 

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