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A re-play, but what the hell, fits with the “movie theme” of the night!

Starting in reverse order, w/ #10 (and, alongside, co-critic A. O. Scott’s Top 10)

“Paris, je t’aime” / “Knocked Up”
“Once” / “The Savages”
“Superbad” / “Into the Wild”
“Zodiac” / “There Will Be Blood”
“Gone Baby Gone” / “12:08 East of Bucharest”
“American Gangster” / “Terror’s Advocate”
“Juno” / “I’m Not There”
“The Lookout” / “Sweeney Todd”
“No Country for Old Men” / “Ratatouille”
“Michael Clayton” / “4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days”

Quotes self remembers:

“The Afflecks have the Boston neighborhoods in their blood. The last 10 minutes of this movie stayed with me for weeks and weeks” — Roeper

And, the runner-up:

the Iraq documentary, “No End in Sight”

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Here are self’s own Top Ten (and she’s still kicking herself for having missed “Gone Baby Gone” and “No End in Sight” in the theatres):

“300″
“Eastern Promises”
“Juno”
*”Michael Clayton”
“Ratatouille”
*”Starting Out in the Evening”
“The Bourne Ultimatum”
“The Kingdom”
*”The Savages”
“Waitress”

* Self’s personal favorites