End of the year picks, pans, and best of lists are starting to leak out and soon will be flooding that dead air between Christmas and the New Year.
The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association got a head start and just released their “Best Of” list for 2004. Surprisingly, Michel Gondry’s surreal “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” claimed top honors as Best Film. Gondry also won for Best Director. The DC critics collective (say that three times fast) named Jamie Foxx (Ray) and Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake) as Best Actor and Actress, respectively.
Quiet frankly, DCist feels that it’s been a disappointing year in film. We can’t complain too much about the critics choices as we’re having a hard time even remembering half the mediocre movies we saw this past year. Is “Eternal Sunshine” really the best movie of the year? We have our doubts, and the jury’s still out on our favorites, but please feel free to share with some of your own.
Keep reading after the jump for the full list of this years winners.
(Image from Focus Films)
