Best of 2007

1. Away From Her (Directed by Sarah Polley)

2. The Host (Joon-ho Bong)

3. No Country for Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen)

4. Red Road (Andrea Arnold)

5. Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud)

6. Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg)

7. The Trials of Darryl Hunt (Ricki Stern & Anne Sundberg)

8. Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy)

9. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tom Tykwer)

10. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson)

Honorable Mention (in no particular order):

Rocket Science

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Deep Water

The Savages

Stephanie Daley

Crazy Love

Zodiac

Death Proof

The Devil Came on Horseback

Fay Grim

The Secret Life of Words

Once

A Mighty Heart

Knocked Up

Hairspray

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Ratatouille

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

The Darjeeling Limited

Lars and the Real Girl

Southland Tales

American Gangster

Favorite Performances:

Julie Christie in Away From Her

Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone

Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood

Robert Downey Jr. in Zodiac

Ruby Dee in American Gangster

Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd

Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose

Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men

Tilda Swinton in Stephanie Daley & Michael Clayton

George Clooney in Michael Clayton

Jennifer Garner in Juno

Patricia Clarkson & Ryan Gosling in Lars and the Real Girl

Sarah Polley in The Secret Life of Words

Imelda Staunton & Helena Bonham Carter in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Adrien Brody in The Darjeeling Limited

Reece Thompson & Anna Kendrick in Rocket Science

Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts Vincent Cassell & Armin Mueller-Stahl in Eastern Promises

Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There

Kate Dickie & Tony Curran in Red Road