It bums me out that Aronofsky showed up nowhere on any of the film lists. He made three astounding movies this decade. I'd certainly stack Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, and The Wrestler against many (most) of the movies on this list. Nolan gets three spots but no Aronofsky? I love Memento, but the praise for Dark…

Kristofferson
Glad you're going to do Kristofferson, since he's making such great music again right now. I'm enjoying his new one "Closer to the Bone", and thought "This Old Road" was a work of genius (I was hoping it would make an appearance somewhere on the best music of the decade lists).

I was glad to see it at least make the list. It's my #1 performance of the decade, but nice to see Rourke pull a little recognition.

Thanks
Thanks for this list, AV Club. I really enjoy the short story as an art form, and I'm always looking for new collections to read, so I'll have to check some of these out.

This is gross
From a Farley fan from way back, this skeeves me out. Go away Spade. You haven't done anything worth a damn since Tommy Boy anyway.

I'd say start with "Breaking the Waves". It contains a lot of themes and worldview that run through all of Von Trier's films, but has a fairly traditional narrative structure. It could be a way to see if you're into his stuff, then move into the more experimental movies like "Dogville"

I've read all of Dexter's novels so far (agree with you on Paris Trout), and would recommend either Train or God's Pocket if you're going to read more of his stuff. Both are excellent.

Spooner
I just finished this one earlier this week. I didn't think it was bad, but it's the weakest of Dexter's (normally great) novels.

I read this recently, too. It got a little repetitive, but I liked that Laird was willing to go pretty dark with it, and make a mostly unlikeable person the main character. What scared me about that is that there was a lot of what David said and did that I recognize (usually to a lesser degree) in myself.

Just Finished
I just finished "Juliet, Naked", and I really enjoyed it. I think Hornby is continuing to grow as a writer. I think it's fair to say that he's pretty well moved on from the man-child focus of his older works (which I also enjoy, especially About a Boy). There's such a core of sadness in this one.

Lukewarm Reception
I was pretty baffled by the "shrug of mild disappointment" this one received on its release, too. While Kaufman has continued to improve as a writer in the years since (I love Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine, and am still working through my feelings for Synecdoche NY), I really liked Human Nature…

Great column
I'm really enjoying the Sawbuck Gamer column. It's pointed me to some games I've liked a lot (Canabalt, Guardian Rock, etc). And I agree with the grade on Icycle, which I played last week. It's very addicting.

When I'm a Rock & Roll…
I thought the entire movie was excellent, but the 5-6 minute sequence from when he has the imagined conversation between himself and a nurse and the scene where he's release from the asylum ("very funny, boys") is worth seeing the movie just on its own. This is such a weird, artsy take on a…

I read this was originally offered to Jason Statham. Maybe he'd surprise us all by doing something deeper than his usual schtick (which is entertaining schtick, to be sure), but I doubt he would've been better than Tom Hardy, who is amazing in this movie.