上个星期天的《观察家报》做了一份2009年文艺回顾专题，有2009年的10大电影、电视节目、电台节目、音乐、剧场、文化节目等等。这里选摘10大电影电视名单，喜欢欧洲电影和英国电视节目的可聊作参考。电影电视的10大中，我都只看过3部。
写10大电影的是《观察家报》的影评人 Philip French，写10大电视的是Kathryn Flett。
2009年10大电影 (以英国公映时间为序)
Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle) 英国
Il Divo (Paolo Sorrentino) 意大利
Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson) 瑞典
Antichrist (Lars von Trier) 丹麦/德国/法国/意大利/瑞典/波兰
The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow) 美国
Broken Embraces (Pedro Almodóvar) 西班牙
Up (Pete Docter) 美国
The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke) 奥地利/德国/法国/意大利
A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen) 美国
Me and Orson Welles (Richard Linklater) 美国/英国
失败之作：
The Boat That Rocked (Richard Curtis) 英国
2009年十大电视节目 (包括在英国播出的美国电视节目)
1. Occupation (BBC1) 伊拉克战争题材
Six years after the invasion, our first proper Iraq drama, written by Peter Bowker, was an extraordinary achievement, brought to vivid life by a fine ensemble cast.
2. Five Minutes of Heaven (BBC2) 北爱恐怖活动/和平进程题材
Jimmy Nesbitt’s second incredible achievement of the year, after his performance in Occupation, almost overshadowed Liam Neeson’s beautifully restrained performance in this Guy Hibbert drama about painful reconciliation after the Troubles.
3. Generation Kill (BBC2) 伊拉克战争题材、美国电视剧
Not to everybody’s taste and as American as apple-pie-soda-candy, but I loved this adaptation of Evan Wright’s book.
4. Red Riding (C4) 犯罪悬疑片
In a bleak year, this dramatisation of David Peace’s Red Riding Quartet was at times almost unbearably bleak – 1970s coppers, crime and corruption – but completely compelling too.
5. The Take (Sky 1) 犯罪悬疑剧
Tom Hardy is a star. And sex on a stick. His Heathcliff later in the year called for smelling salts.
6. Collision (ITV1) 悬疑片
The kind of drama ITV should really make a habit of. Entertaining, beautifully acted, clever and populist all at once.
7. In Treatment (Sky Arts) 心理医生题材的美国电视剧
It stars Gabriel Byrne as a psychotherapist with problems of his own. And if that isn’t enough, it’s also beautifully written.
8. Endgame (C4) 南非结束种族隔离政策前的秘密谈判
An absolutely gripping account of the demise of apartheid.
9. FlashForward (Five) 美国科幻电视剧
I don’t know what’s going on, but I have to find out. I hate it when that happens.
10. Mad Men/ Damages (BBC4/ BBC1) 美国广告/律师题材电视剧
Two dramas that are only really comparable in terms of their brilliance.
失败之作：
1. Defying Gravity (BBC2)
Hilariously bad lost-in-space BBC co-production. Though neither quite lost enough nor hilarious enough to counteract the badness
2. Big Top (BBC1)
Quite simply the worst sitcom ever made. Since the last worst one, anyway.
