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Film Critic David Edelstein: Top Movies of 2004
Zhang Ziyi in a still from Zhang Yimou's <i>House of Flying Daggers</i>.
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Film critic David Edelstein lists his top movies of 2004, and recommends current holiday releases. Edelstein says 2004 saw some high-profile winners -- and losers hit the nation's big screens.
Edelstein says there were some great performances in some not-so-great movies. This was a year of documentaries, some of which proved politically divisive. David Edelstein is also a film critic for Slate.
Other movies of note for 2004:
Spanglish
The Aviator
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
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Infernal Affairs
Goodbye Dragon Inn
Moolaadé
Vera Drake
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