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7. Planet Earth narrator David Attenborough has nothing on Isabella Rossellini, who simulates bug sex in Green Porno, a series of shorts.
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8. In NYU alum Andrew Fleming’s Hamlet 2, Steve Coogan plays a local high-school teacher determined to stage an unlikely sequel—as a musical.
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9. Best Actress is the best revenge: In Incendiary, Heath Ledger’s ex, Michelle Williams, plays an adulterous woman whose husband is killed in a suicide bombing.
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10. Cult heroes square off in Patti Smith: Dream of Life and Alex Gibney’s Gonzo: The Life and Times of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.
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11. Little Miss Juno and the Whale? In The Wackness, Josh Peck plays a New York screwup who pays his shrink (Ben Kingsley) with weed.
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12. Paparazzi alert: Matthew Broderick is a loony newsman in Terry Kinney’s Diminished Capacity; Sarah Jessica Parker is romanced by her obnoxious old professor (Dennis Quaid) in Noam Murro’s Smart People.






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The Transformation of TV Into an Art Form
The Draw of Dream Worlds in Film
Gosselin, Prince of the Professional Nobodies
A Decade of Defining Moments in Pop-Culture
The Invention of New York's Local Cuisine 
Thirty-Five Short-Lived Looks of the Decade
Two Views of a Swath of the Upper West Side
An Older Generation Moves Into Williamsburg
Ten Years That Changed Everything
A Generation of Overparenting
The Sports Rivalry of the Decade
What Is the Point of the United States Senate? 