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Mercury News
by Glenn Lovell
Mercury News

The best, in no particular order:

1. "High Fidelity"
2. "Dancer in the Dark"
3. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
4. "A Time for Drunken Horses"
5. "Girlfight"
6. "Nurse Betty"
7. "Best In Show"
8. "The House of Mirth" -- What would any 10-best list be without at least one Masterpiece Theater entry? This adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel about a turn-of-the-century New York social climber isn't in the same league with the best of James (``Howards End'') Ivory, but it's still compellingly watchable, thanks both to Terence Davies' exacting direction and Gillian Anderson's lead performance.
9. "Before Night Falls"
10. "O, Brother, Where Are Thou?"

THE END

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