Brad's A lists, 2003

Movies

  1. Far from Heaven

  2. Spellbound (doc)

  3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

  4. Elephant

  5. Springtime in a Small Town

  6. Lost in Translation

  7. Mystic River

  8. Friday Night

  9. Spider

  10. Bus 174 (doc)

  11. Spirited Away

  12. A Mighty Wind

  13. Camp

  14. Lilya 4-Ever

  15. Catch Me If You Can

  16. American Splendor

  17. Femme Fatale

  18. Whale Rider

  19. Marooned in Iraq

  20. In This World

  21. Talk to Her

  22. The Pianist

  23. Oasis

  24. Raising Victor Vargas

  25. Love and Diane (doc)

  26. Gangs of New York

  27. Finding Nemo

  28. Uzak/Distant

  29. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary

  30. Morvern Callar

  31. Old Men in New Cars

  32. Japon

  33. Unknown Pleasures

  34. Personal Velocity

  35. School of Rock

  36. Dirty Pretty Things

  37. The Good Girl

  38. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

  39. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

  40. 8 Mile

  41. Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (doc)

  42. Shaolin Soccer

  43. Secretary

  44. Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space (trailer)

  45. The Hours

  46. The Matrix Reloaded

  47. From the Other Side (doc)

  48. Capturing the Friedmans

Albums

  1. King Sunny Ade, The Best of the Classic Years

  2. OutKast, The Love Below

  3. Basement Jaxx, Kish Kash

  4. Amy Rigby, Til the Wheels Fall Off

  5. Buck 65, Talkin' Honky Blues

  6. The Libertines, Up the Bracket

  7. Festival in the Desert

  8. Pink, Try This

  9. Dizzee Rascal, Boy in Da Corner

  10. Radiohead, Hail to the Thief

  11. William Parker Violin Trio, Scrapbook

  12. Blink-182

  13. Lyrics Born, Later That Day

  14. Lucinda Williams, World Without Tears

  15. The Mars Volta, De-Loused in the Comatorium

  16. OutKast, Speakerboxxx

  17. Liz Phair

  18. Johnny Cash, American IV: The Man Comes Around

  19. Rancid, Indestructible

  20. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever to Tell

Books

  1. Richard Powers, The Time of Our Singing

  2. Gabiel Garcia Marquez, Living to Tell the Tale

  3. Aaron McGruder, The Bookdocks: A Right to Be Hostile

  4. Monica Ali, Brick Lane

  5. Michel Houellebecq, Platform

  6. Toni Morrison, Love

  7. Leonid Tsypkin, Summer in Baden-Baden

  8. Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis

  9. Graham Swift, The Light of Day

  10. Charles Simic, The Voice at 3:00 a.m.

  11. Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake

  12. Zoe Heller, Notes on a Scandal (What Was She Thinking?)

Visual art

In person:

  1. Hung Liu, Imperial Bedroom

  2. Federation Square, Melbourne

In pictures:

  1. Frank Gehry's Monument to Uncle Scrooge

  2. Gilles Barbier, Nursing Home