REVIEWS AND FAREWELLS

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TOP 10 THIS YEAR
1. Precious's mother Mary (a performance of extraordinary courage by the stand-up comedienne Mo'Nique) Observer - Philip French: Precious
2. "Apprehension (Chongqing)" is an image by Chinese photographer Chen Jiagang Bloomberg: Bankrupt Tycoon Chen Captures Chinese Wastelands In Photographs
3. Just a decade ago, stars of stage, screen & TV had little to fear from the media. But when a young celebrity-obsessed couple launched a weekly gossip email, the game changed foreve Independent: Hot Gossip - 10 Years Of Popbitch
4. A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke. Where Berlusconi's preference lies is clear WSJ: An End To Dragging-&-Driving In Italy?
5. The enigmatic Austrian director on his chilly, gorgeous new period piece exploring the rural roots of fascism Salon: Andrew O'Hehir On Michael Haneke's "White Ribbon"
6. Boing Boing: Art Clokey, Creator Of Gumby, Dies At Age 89
7. Clive Crook couldn’t put down a volume on Charles Darwin’s shipmate who was shaken by the scientist’s discovery Atlantic: This Thing of Darkness By Harry Thompson
8. Jennifer Connelly & Paul Bettany in Jon Amiel’s movie about Charles Darwin New Yorker - Anthony Lane: “Creation” & “The Girl On The Train”
9. John Gravois on an appetite for destruction in the coverage of Dubai's problems National: Cheap Metaphors, Apocalyptic Exaggeration ... The Dubai Backlash
10. Cat Genie, Self-Flushing, Self-Washing Cat Box Design Observer: Howling At The Moon - The Poetics Of Amateur Product Reviews
TOP 10 THIS WEEK
1. George Clooney as an assassin with a problem in Anton Corbijn’s thriller New Yorker: When In Europe - “The American,” “Heartbreaker,” & “Hideaway”
2. NYT: 'March of Time' Documentary Series is Revisited
3. Conrad won three Pulitzer Prizes, a feat matched by only two other cartoonists in the post-World War II era, while both thrilling and infuriating readers for more than 50 years with an unyielding liberal stance, rendered in savage black & white LAT: Paul Conrad, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Cartoonist, Dies At 86
4. Roger Ebert: Zen & The Art of Rifle Maintenance - The American
5. Independent: Robert Plant & His Band of Joy, London
6. Conlon was 4 years old when she was picked to play the daughter of Rhett Butler & Scarlett O'Hara in the 1939 classic. She also voiced the fawn Faline in 'Bambi.' CT: Cammie King Conlon dies at 76; Bonnie Blue Butler in 'Gone With the Wind'
7. A review of Kristin Hersh's memoir, Rat Girl Slate: The Secret Life of the American Teenage Rock Star
8. As ITV remakes one of 1976’s lustiest TV sagas, Gerard Gilbert looks back on a year that broke every boundary Independent: Murder, Incest, Cannibalism! 1976 - a year of UK TV excess
9. Mike Campbell Roger Ebert: Mugabe & the White African
10. 'The Beautiful & the Damned' exhibition in Santa Monica, made up of Ann Summa's images from L.A.'s vibrant scene, stays away from the grubby. LAT: Ann Summa - Finding beauty in the punk movement 1978-1984
TOP 10 PAST MONTH
1. “Blue Sky,” by Ri Sok Nam (2005), offers a recent take on Socialist Realism NYT: Sunny Scenes, Direct From Pyongyang To Vienna
2. Among his most famous numbers were “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” recorded by Elvis Presley; “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” recorded by the Tokens; & “What a Wonderful World,” recorded by Louis Armstrong NYT: George David Weiss, Writer of Hit Pop Songs, Dies at 89
3. NYT: Bruno S., Street Musician Turned Lead Actor in Herzog Classics, Dies a...
4. Vincent Cassel portrays a real French criminal in Jean-François Richet’s film New Yorker: “Mesrine,” “Scott Pilgrim Vs the World,” & “The Expendables”
5. Boston - Alex Beam: 'My Dog Tulip', Bad Enough As A Book... Now It's A Movie
6. Paul Newman & Patricia Neal in 'Hud' NYT: Patricia Neal, an Oscar Winner Who Endured Tragedy, Dies at 84
7. 'A graphic novel is like a film. There are close-ups & long-shots. You choose the location & the props. You do the make-up & the lighting & you get the characters to act.' Guardian: A life in drawing - Posy Simmonds
8. Frank Kermode exemplified an ideal that is dying Slate: Frank Kermode 1919-2010 - The Literary Critic as Humanist
9. The Thief & the Stoneface: Lee Perkins & Donal Thoms-Cappello Roger Ebert: The Red Machine - Cracking the Japanese Enigma Machine
10. Roger Ebert: Eat, Pray, Love - The quest for meaning as a luxury tour
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