Slate Sorts Out The Lists Of The ’00s’ Best Movies

“Which movie is the best of the decade? Is there any consensus among the accumulating lists? To find out, we collected all of the rankings we could find and synthesized the results using a simple scoring system.” The regularly updated, interactive list-o’-lists is called The Aught-omatic, and it has two films running neck-and-neck for the top slot.

Paris Opera Ballet Tries Out Hi-Def Simulcasting

The company’s Diaghilev/Ballets Russes centennial program was transmitted live to 30 cinemas in Britain. Who went? A “dance audience, small but devoted and knowledgeable. And they were clearly delighted with the screening, which turned out to be not a substitute for performance but a different experience altogether – and, in some ways, better.”