Mounir's To 10 of 2007 List

This is the annual entry of my friend's recounting of the best of Screen and Stage of the year's entertainment.

Hello there...

Before I start...I have to say that I'm sorry about the delay in sending the list but I just got back from Riviera Maya as I NEEDED a week off to start my year under the Mexican sun!!!

Now back to reality...

Another year is gone...and WHAT A YEAR...!!! Definitely some BLISS moments ... but a LOT of emotions too...

Sun tanning in El Salvador and sipping great coffees in Florence or Rome were definite highs ... But having to say goodbye to a dear friend of mine was definitely a low ...

So for this year... and for all the years to come ,I dedicate this list to you my dear Serge...and I'll live the magic for both of us!!!

AMONGST THE 70 MOVIES THAT I SAW AT THE CINEMA THIS PAST YEAR ... THIS IS MY TOP 10 (or 11...) :

10. Tie : ATONEMENT & AWAY FROM HER

9. THE LIVES OF OTHERS ( Das leben der Anderen )

8. CARAMEL

7. INTO THE WILDE

6. JUNO

5. 2H 37

4. LES TEMOINS

3. PARIS, JE T'AIME

2. LE SCAPHANDRE ET LE PAPILLON

1. L'HOMME DE SA VIE

HONOURABLE MENTIONS GOES TO...

(IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)

PAN'S LABYRINTH// 2 DAYS IN PARIS// EASTERN PROMISES//

LARS & THE REAL GIRL// AFTER THE WEDDING// KLIMT//

I'M NOT THERE// NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN// IL CAIMANO

CONTINENTAL: UN FILM SANS FUSIL// THE ITALIAN// LUST, CAUTION//

ROMAN DE GARE// SHARKWATER// LA MOME (LA VIE EN ROSE)//

COEURS//NOTES ON A SCANDAL// PERFUME// SICKO//

CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER//GOYA'S GHOSTS//GRINDHOUSE

PURE PLEASURE...

AZUR ET ASMAR

ENSEMBLE C'EST TOUT

PURELY BAD...

ROMEO ET JULIETTE

PARTITION

PURELY FUN MUSICALS...

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

HAIRSPRAY

PLAYS ...

LA MOUETTE (Chekhov)

CONCERTS ...

SCISSOR SISTERS (Metropolis)

PIERRE LAPOINTE (Francofolies)

RACHID TAHA (Jazz fest)

SPECTACLES /DANCE ...

LA CLIQUE -JUST FOR LAUGHS FEST

CANTATA + LES 4 SAISONS-LES GRANDS BALLETS CANADIENS

DON GIOVANNI -OPERA DE MONTREAL

CONCERTO INTERPRETI VENEZIANI-Chiesa San Vidal-Venice

BODY REMIX / Les Variations Goldberg - Cie MARIE CHOUINARD

ART SHOWS . ..

L'UNIVERS BAROQUE DE BOTERO-Musée national des Beaux-Arts -Quebec

BRUCE NAUMAN (especially "One hundred fish fountain" piece)-MAC-Montréal

VIK MUNIZ -MAC- Montréal

CD'S...

AMY WINEHOUSE ( Back to Black )

THE PUPPINI SISTERS (Both Albums)

Song of the year:

RELAX TAKE IT EASY... MIKA

(5 times a day for 2/12 weeks in Italy!!!)

VOILA...

2 0 0 8 BISOUS ...

MK