BEST OF 2000 (RANKED)

Otesánek (Czech Republic, dir. Jan Švankmajer)

The 4-year millennial transition of 1998-2001 is, arguably, the richest period of the cinema’s history. That said, the fact that there are now more new releases and re-releases per year; spread across more festivals of all shapes and sizes, in more countries, and across the transborder realm of the internet argues strongly the case that the time and place in which a list like this can be read (and be part of a whole series chronicling a cinephile’s journey through the past and...