May 30, 2021

BEST ALBUMS OF 2006

 1 - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Neko Case

2 - Supernature
Goldfrapp

3 - The Life Pursuit
Belle & Sebastian

4 - Ys
Joanna Newsom

5 - The Greatest
Cat Power

6 - Ruby Blue
Roisin Murphy

7 - Rabbit Fur Coat
Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins

8 - Return to Cookie Mountain
TV on the Radio

9 - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
Yo La Tengo

10 - Silent Shout
The Knife
11 - Hell Hath No Fury - Clipse
12 - Eye to the Telescope - KT Tunstall
13 - Pretty Little Head - Nellie McKay
14 - Son - Juana Molina
15 - The Trials of Van Occupanther - Midlake
16 - The Warning - Hot Chip
17 - Taking the Long Way - Dixie Chicks
18 - Rather Ripped - Sonic Youth
19 - The Eraser - Thom Yorke
20 - Begin to Hope - Regina Spektor



















BEST ALBUMS OF 2005

1 - Extraordinary Machine
Fiona Apple

2 - Illinois
Sufjan Stevens

3 - Guero
Beck

4 - Lookaftering
Vashti Bunyan

5 - Arular
M.I.A.

6 - Takk...
Sigur Ros

7 - The Milk of Human Kindness
Caribou

8 - Love Kraft
Super Furry Animals

9 - Engineers
Engineers

10 - Cripple Crow
Devendra Banhart


11 - The Beekeepeer - Tori Amos
12 - A River Ain't Too Much to Love - Smog
13 - Thunder, Lightning, Strike - The Go! Team
14 - Blinking Lights and Other Reservations - Eels
15 - Let It Die - Feist
16 - Martha Wainwright - Martha Wainwright
17 - La Foret - Xiu Xiu
18 - Particles & Waves - Cranes
19 - Feels - Animal Collective
20 - Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes

THE FATHER (2021)

 **** (P) / **** (M)

OSCAR WINS:
 - Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins)
 - Best Adapted Screenplay

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
 - Best Picture
 - Best Supporting Actress (Olivia Colman)
 - Best Film Editing
 - Best Production Design 

SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)

 **** (P) / **** (M)

OSCAR WINS:
 - Best Original Screenplay
 - Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
 - Best Music Scoring
 
OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
 - Best Picture
 - Best Actor (William Holden)
 - Best Actress (Gloria Swanson)
 - Best Supporting Actor (Erich von Stroheim)
 - Best Supporting Actress (Nancy Olson)
 - Best Director (Billy Wilder)
 - Best Film Editing
 - Best Cinematography, Black-and-White