10 best of the decade
Best in film
No Country for Old Men
Coen Brothers (2007)Amélie
Jean-Pierre Jeunet (2001)Memento
Christopher Nolan (2000)City of God
Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund (2002)Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind
Michel Gondry (2004)Wall-E
Andrew Stanton (2008)Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Jackson (2003)Kill Bill
Quentin Tarantino (2003)The Royal Tenenbaums
Wes Anderson (2001)Dark Knight
Christopher Nolan (2008)
Worst in film
Glitter
Vondi Curtis-Hall (2001)Gigli
Martin Brest (2003)Swept Away
Guy Ritchie (2002)The Island
Michael Bay (2005)The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Ron Underwood (2002)Spider-Man 3
Swam Raimi (2007)Transformers I and II
Michael Bay (2007 and 2009)X-Men 3
Brett Ratner (2006)Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Steven Spielberg (2008)Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
George Lucas (2002)
Best in TV
Arrested Development
Mitchell Hurwitz (2003-6)The Wire
David Simon (2002-8)The Sopranos
David Chase (1999-2007)Six Feet Under
Alan Ball (2001-5)Freaks and Geeks
Paul Feig (1999-2000)The West Wing
Aaron Sorkin (1999-2006)Mad Men
Matthew Weiner (2007-current)30 Rock
Tina Fey (2006–current)The Office (U.K.)/Extras
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant (2001–3/2005-7)The Daily Show
Madeleine Smithberg (1996–current)
Best albums
Is This It?
The Strokes (2001)Funeral
Arcade Fire (2004)Up the Bracket
The Libertines (2002)Figure 8
Elliot Smith (2000)Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem (2007)The Black Album/ College Dropout*
Jay-Z (2003)/ Kanye West (2004)
*The two have been joined together as both artists collaborated heavily on each other’s projectsIn Rainbows
Radiohead (2007)Guero
Beck (2005)Stankonia
Outkast (2000)The Reminder
Feist (2007)