Dr. F's Top Ten Films of 2005

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1. Brokeback Mountain
2. Match Point
3. Good Night and Good Luck
4. Crash
5. Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman – Best Actor)
6. TransAmerica (Felicity Huffman – Best Actress)
7. Cinderella Man (Paul Giamatti – Best Supporting Actor)
8. Syriana
9. A History of Violence
10. The Constant Gardener (Rachel Weisz – Best Supporting Actress)

Screenplays  

Honorable mention: Batman Begins, Grizzly Man, March of the Penguins, The Merchant of Venice, Munich,  Shopgirl,  Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith,   The Squid and the Whale, 

 
 
Dr. F's Top Ten Films of 2004

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1. Sideways
2. The Aviator (Cate Blanchett - Best Actress)
3. Finding Neverland (Johnny Depp - Best Actor)
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Kate Winslet - Best Supporting Actress)
5. House of Flying Daggers
6. Kinsey
7. Garden State
8. The Motorcycle Diaries
9.  Maria Full of Grace
10. The Incredibles

Screenplays  

Honorable mention: Closer, Hero, Ray, Collateral, The Return,  Spiderman 2,  Control Room,  A Very Long Engagement,   The Life Aquatic with Steve Zisou,  Shrek 2, Million Dollar Baby

 
 
Dr. F's Top Ten Films of 2003

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1. Seabiscuit
2. Whale Rider (Keisha Castle-Hughes - Best Actress)
3. The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King
4. Pirates of the Caribbean (Johnny Depp - Best Actor in a Comedy)
5. Mystic River (Sean Penn - Best Actor)(Tim Robbins - Best Supporting Actor)
6. Master and Commander
7. 21 Grams
8. Lost in Translation
9.  Finding Nemo
10. Big Fish

Screenplays  

    Honorable mention:
House of Sand and Fog (Shohreh Aghdashloo - Best Supporting Actress), The Human Stain, Cold Mountain, Thirteen, Calendar Girls,  The Magdalene Sisters,  Bend It Like Beckham,  School of Rock,   Dirty Pretty Things,  In America, The Matrix Reloaded
 
Dr. F's Top Ten Films of 2002

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1. Chicago
2. 8 Mile
3. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
4. The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
5. Unfaithful ( Diane Lane - Best Actress)
6. The Hours (Julianne Moore - Best Supporting Actress)
7. Gangs of New York (Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actor)
8. Adaptation (Chris Cooper, Best Supporting Actor)
9.  Road to Perdition
10. Far From Heaven

Screenplays  

Honorable mention:
Catch Me If You Can, Minority Report,  Insomnia , The Bourne Identity, Signs, Star Wars - Episode II, Y Tu Mama, Tambien, Spirited Away, The Pianist
Dr. F's Top Plays of 2002
 
1. Tale of Tsuru (TheatreUSF)
2. The Laramie Project (Stageworks)
3. After Magritte (Alley Cat Players)
3. Side Man  (Gorilla Theatre)
4. The Crucible (TBPAC, Colleen McDonnell, Best Actor)
5.  Waiting for Godot (Stageworks)
6.  Honk! (TheatreUSF, Best Sound Design)
 
Dr. F's Top Ten Films of 2001

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1. A Beautiful Mind/ (Russell Crowe, Best Actor)
2. Memento
3. In the Bedroom (Sissy Spacek, Best Actress)
4. The Lord of the Rings
5. Shrek
6. Moulin Rouge
7. Sexy Beast (Ben Kingsley, Best Supporting Actor)
8. Gosford Park (Helen Mirren, Best Supporting Actress)
9. Mulholland Drive
10. Apocalypse Now Redux

Screenplays  

Honorable mention:
Monsters, Inc., Legally Blonde,   Spring Forward,Waking Life, Amélie,The Widow of St. Pierre, L.I.E., The Taste of Others, The Circle, Black Hawk Down, Ghost World, Amores Perros (Mexico), In the Mood for Love (China), The Deep End, Bridget Jones' Diary
 
Dr. F's Top Plays of 2001
 
1. Alice (TheatreUSF)
2. Trojan Women (TheatreUSF, Best Sound Design)
3. Italian-American Reconciliation (TheatreUSF)
4. Trailer Trash Tabloid (Kevin Jones, Best Actor)
5.  Lysistrata
6.  Sacco and Vanzetti (Opera)
Dr. F's Top Ten Films of 2000

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1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Soundtrack)
2. Gladiator
3. Almost Famous (Kate Hudson, Best Supporting Actress)
4. Erin Brokovich (Julia Roberts, Best Actress)
5. Traffic (Benicio Del Toro, Best Supporting Actor)
6. Before Night Falls 
7. Wonder Boys
8. Quills (Geoffrey Rush, Best Actor)
9. Dancer in the Dark
10. Chunhyang

Screenplays  

Honorable mention:  Thirteen Days, You Can Count on Me, High Fidelity, Not One Less, Aimee and Jaguar, Meet the Parents, Yi Yi, The Virgin Suicides, O Brother Where Art Thou , Billy Elliott, Nurse Betty, Nowhere to Hide, The House of Mirth, Croupier, Malena, Chocolat
 
 
Dr. F's Top Ten Plays of 2000
 
1.  The Laramie Project (Denver; Premiere)
2.  Stranger  (NY; Vineyar Theatre, Kyra Sedgewick)
3.  Kit Marlowe (NY; Public Theatre)
4.  Wit (Tampa; Off Center Theatre) (Best Actress - Monica Bishop Steele)
5.  Man of Destiny (Tampa; Gorilla Theatre)
6.  Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Tampa-Jobsite; Best Supporting Actor-Kevin Till)
7.  UMO (Tampa-USF; Best Actress in a Comedy - Crystal Barnett)
8.   Experiment with an Air Pump (Tampa-USF)
9.  Shakespeare Scenes (Tampa-USF)
10.  Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy  (Tampa USF - Best Sound Design)
 
 
Dr. F's Top Ten Films of 1999
 

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1. The Matrix
2. Titus
3. American Beauty (Best Actor - Kevin Spacey; Best Actress - Annette Bening)
4. Topsy Turvy
5. Sixth Sense
6. Being John Malkovich
7. Magnolia
8. All About My Mother 
9. The Talented Mr. Ripley 
10. Toy Story 2

Screenplays  

Honorable mention: The Buena Vista Social Club, An Ideal Husband, Existenz, Cradle Will Rock, The Dreamlife of Angels, Boys Don't Cry, Dogma, Sleepy Hollow, Run Lola Run, Election, South Park, Man on the Moon
 
 
Dr. F's Top Ten Plays of 1999
 
1.  Death of a Salesman (NY; Best Actor: Brian Dennehy)
2.  Ragtime (NY - yes, I know it opened years ago, but this is the first time I saw it)
3.  Cabaret (Tampa -USF)
4.  How I Learned to Drive (St. Petersburg - American Stage)
5.  Spring Awakening (Tampa-Jobsite; Best Supporting Actor-Jason Evans)
6.  Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Tampa-USF; Best Actress- Fannie Green)
7.  History of the Devil (Tampa-Jobsite; Best Supporting Actress - Erin Trainor)
8.  STPB (Tampa-USF; Hachi No Ki, Red King Rising)
9.  Hedda Gabler (Tampa-Stageworks)
10.  The London Vertigo  (Tampa USF - Chris Steele's Styles class)
Best Production: Cirque du Soleil, La Nouba, Orlando
 
Dr. F's Top Ten Films of 1998
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	1.  Life is Beautiful (La vita e bella)
	2.  Gods & Monsters (Best Actor - Ian McKellan)
	3.  Shakespeare in Love (Best Actress (tie) - Gwyneth Paltrow)
	4.  There's Something About Mary
	5.  Saving Private Ryan
	6.  The Opposite of Sex
	7.  Elizabeth (Best Actress (tie) - Cate Blanchette)
	8.  Smoke Signals
	9.  Sliding Doors
	10. The Truman Show

            Screenplays  

Honorable mention: The Spanish Prisoner, Pi, Celebration, You've Got Mail, Patch Adams, Wag the Dog  

Dr. F's Top Ten Plays of 1998

	1.  The Beauty Queen of Leenane (New York)(Best Actress - Anna Manahan)
	2.  Closer (London)
	3.  A Midsummer Night's Dream (Tampa-USF)(Best Actor - Allen Fessenden)
	4.  Grace and Glory (Tampa-Stageworks)
	5.  As You Like It (London-Globe)
	6.  Murder in the Cathedral- Noh play (Canterbury, England)
	7.  Vinegar Tom (Tampa-USF)
	8.  Voices (Tampa-Silver Meteor)
	9.  Ion (Tampa-USF)
	10.  Baby Shakes/Rewrites (Tampa-USF)(Best New Writers (tie) Lopez&Tiger)

Honorable mention:  Merchant of Venice (London-Globe), Gross Indecency (Mark Taper Forum - Los Angeles)
The Reduced Shakespeare (London), Showboat (Tampa), Dancing at
Lughnasa (Tampa-USF), Memorandum (Tampa-USF)

Dr. F's Top Ten Films of All Time

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        1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) (Soundtrack)
        2. The Godfather (1972)
        3. Cinema Paradiso (1989)
        4. Star Wars (1977)
        5. Schindler's List (1993)
        6. The Matrix (1999)
        7. The Graduate (1967)
        8. 2001:  A Space Odyssey (1968)
        9.  Good Will Hunting (1997)
        10. Casablanca (1942)          

Honorable mention: Apocalypse Now (1979), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), TheWizard of Oz (1939), On the Waterfront (1954), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), The African Queen (1951), Chinatown (1974), Psycho (1960), Raging Bull (1980),The Godfather II, A Night at the Opera, Citizen Kane (1941), Gone With the Wind (1939), Jaws (1975), Blow Up (1966) 

Dr. F's Top Ten Plays of All Time
1. Midsummer Night's Dream (San Francisco1972, directed by Peter Brook)
2. Rent (NY, 1996)
3. Medea (NY, 1994; Best Actress-Diana Rigg)
4. Hair (San Francisco, 1969)
5. Death of a Salesman (NY, 1999)
6. Ragtime (NY, 1999)
7. Hughie (NY; Best Actor-Al Pacino)
8. Chorus Line (NY, 1977)
9.  Angels in America (NY, 1994)
10. Blue Man Group (NY, 1993)
 
Honorable mention: Phantom of the Opera (NY, 1993; Boston, 1994), The Threepenny Opera (NY 1978), Les Misérables (NY, 1991), Miss Saigon (NY, 1992), Tommy (NY 1993), Someone Who'll Watch Over Me (NY 1992), Midsummer Night's Dream (Tampa-USF, 1997), Closer (London, 1998), Buried Child (NY, 1996)

"Criticism is the revenge of the intellect upon art." Susan Sontag
"Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can." Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Earl of Lytton (1831-1891)

 

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