Daunted by the prospect of more cliché-heavy list making, MUBARAK ALI took the lead in presenting ten of the so-called best from 2003.

The following lists were thrown together by a handful of Lumière's friends and family; probably with little-to-no thought, mostly just to fill redundant page space.

MUBARAK ALI cast his discerning eye over the legacy of Shyam Benegal, presenting us with a crash course in the work of one of India's key filmmaking voices.

TIM WONG plunged headfirst into the world of import DVD in pursuit of the most elusive cold-cuts from the East – and surfaced with a hefty credit card bill, among other things.

Jaded, TIM WONG attempted to revisit the year in movies that was 2003 – and found out it wasn’t all bad.

TIM WONG’s belated year in review continues here.

In something of an ode to the independent spirit, TIM WONG found out that Wellington's most discerning movie library is much more than an old flat with a whole lot of videos.

Struggling at the prospect of writing an editorial for Lumière's Asian Cinema Special, TIM WONG managed to settle on a faux-Scorsese, Tour de Asia-type sortie into the movies that mattered from the East – but not before the occasional bout of cultural self-consciousness.