Addendum
Some more top films of the year to add to the list:
And then there’s Reprise, a Norwegian film that focuses on two young authors. If you have any sort of literary aspirations, I can’t recommend this more highly. It was released in 2006, though only recently got distributed over here. This means that if you look online you should be able to find it pretty easily.
Here’s the trailer:
Wasn’t sold on ‘The Wrestler’. I think they overplayed the “Life imitating art aspect” of Mickey Rourke and his redemption. When I thought of it more, all the things the movie was selling. Delusion, commitment, hyperreality, art imitating life in a tragic sense. That’s all found in the real product of wrestling - a million times better because it’s real and sadly/strangely not self aware. You’d be surprised how poignant a biographical Wrestling DVD is.
Todd Barry was funny though.