Roger Ebert's feelings about movie lists are well documented, but he really loves The Tree of Life. In fact, he loved it enough to add it to his list of the greatest 10 movies of all time.
It's that time of year when the internet pours forth with top 10 rankings on everything from movies to moments to celebrity babies-to-be, and culture writer Dan Kois has written in the New York Times Magazine a humorous but earnest defense of the "top 10 list" trope. He's done it, though -- of course -- in the form of a top 10 list.
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