BEST OF THE YEAR FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES

A.O. Scott, who is one of my favorite film critics, has chosen his best films of the year
(his top two are 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, & TWO DAYS and RATATOUILLE), and it's a rather interesting list to say the least:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/movies/23scot.html?_r=1&ref=movies&oref=slogin


And here's the best of the year from the Times' other film critic, another of my personal favorites, Manohla Dargis (her best of the year was a tie between ZODIAC and THERE WILL BE BLOOD and she gives a shout-out to THE KINGDOM!):

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/movies/23darg.html?ref=movies