Sparrow's Seven Favorite Films

by Sparrow, February 23, 2007

On the heels of the Oscars, here is:

The Complete List of Sparrow's Seven Favorite Films of 2006 (in order):

1) "Borat" Cultural learnings of America for make benefit glorious nation of Kazakhstan.

2) "An Inconvenient Truth"

3) "In the Land of Goshen" First-time filmmaker Mark Doerrier's elegant inspection of a water shortage in Goshen, New York. www.yourtownusa.org

4) "The Orange Thief" Semi-improvised film—with three directors!—made in Sicily. It wonBest in Show at the Woodstock Film Festival. www.theorangethief.com

5) "The History Boys" British prep-school "bildungscinema," or coming-of-age story.

6) "Jesus Camp" Documentary about an evangelical summer camp in Devil's Lake, North Dakota.

7) "Climates" Turkish archeology drama.

and

The Worst Film of the Year:

"Nacho Libre"

Admittedly, I see very few films. In fact, these are all the movies I saw last year (that I can remember).


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