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Dec. 26th, 2004 05:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jfbIt's time for the New York Times to look back on 2004, and you know what that means: Lists! TV, music, books, dance, yeah, but what I want to talk about is the picks from movie critics A. O. Scott, Manohla Dargis, and Stephen Holden. Two of them (and Roger Ebert) think Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby is the best movie of the year. I'm intrigued, but suspicious, because I also seem to recall critical raves for Eastwood's leaden Mystic River. (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind also made all three lists.) Elsewhere, Scott talks with Dargis about the year in film, and with Oliver Stone about Alexander.
Lessons learned by the TV networks this year: There's hope for serial dramas (at least on ABC), and there are limits to reality TV (at least on Fox). Tivo's top-rated shows of the year include six whole episodes of Friends, while Nielsen's list is swamped by CSI. (Another ratings split: iTunes vs. Billboard.) And an article in the business section discusses Netflix, and whether DVDs by mail might be a better choice than your local video store, but doesn't mention selection, which for me has turned out to be even more important than late fees.
Innovative public architecture, hooray. The Seattle Public Library is mentioned here and in a nice article that goes back to some of this year's high-profile new buildings to see how they're working out.
The Week in Review spends its cover and two full interior pages on the year in catchphrases. Come on.
Two random things: New search technology, and how to end flu epidemics. (Start vaccinating the people who spread the flu.)
Lessons learned by the TV networks this year: There's hope for serial dramas (at least on ABC), and there are limits to reality TV (at least on Fox). Tivo's top-rated shows of the year include six whole episodes of Friends, while Nielsen's list is swamped by CSI. (Another ratings split: iTunes vs. Billboard.) And an article in the business section discusses Netflix, and whether DVDs by mail might be a better choice than your local video store, but doesn't mention selection, which for me has turned out to be even more important than late fees.
Innovative public architecture, hooray. The Seattle Public Library is mentioned here and in a nice article that goes back to some of this year's high-profile new buildings to see how they're working out.
The Week in Review spends its cover and two full interior pages on the year in catchphrases. Come on.
Two random things: New search technology, and how to end flu epidemics. (Start vaccinating the people who spread the flu.)
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