Best of 2008


  1. The Hurt Locker                                                                      Kathryn Bigelow
  2. A Christmas Tale                                                                      Arnaud Desplechin
  3. Gran Torino                                                                              Clint Eastwood
  4. The Headless Woman                                                              Lucretia Martel
  5. Two Lovers                                                                               James Gray
  6. Bronson                                                                                    Nicolas Winding Refn
  7. Vicky Cristina Barcelona                                                        Woody Allen
  8. The Wackness                                                                          Jonathan Levine
  9. Let The Right One In                                                              Tomas Alfredson
  10. Ponyo                                                                                        Hayao Miyazaki                     
      Honorable Mention

      The Good, The Bad, The Weird -- Kim Jee-woon, The Brothers Bloom -- R. Johnson,
      Mesrine -- Richet, Summer Hours -- Assayas

      Movies I Enjoyed

      Slumdog Millionaire,
      Wall-E, Che, Pineapple Express,
      Sita Sings the Blues, Shine A Light,  
      The Wrestler, Happy-Go-Lucky, 
      Gomorrah, In Bruges, Waltz With Bashir,
      The Bank Job, Wendy and Lucy, Frost/Nixon,
      Frozen River, Role Models, 
      Il Divo, Bottle Shock, 
      Mama Mia!, Tropic Thunder, 
      Burn After Reading, Iron Man, Milk,
      Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Walker

      Below The Mendoza Line

      Street Kings, Synecdoche, New York,
      Red Cliff, The Dark Knight, 
      Speed Racer, Sex and Death 101,
      Franklyn, Love Exposure, 
      Redbelt, What Just Happened,
      Valkyrie, The Changeling,
      The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Cloverfield, 
      Adventures of Power, Meet Bill,
      Revolutionary Road, Doubt,
      Step Brothers, Hellboy 2, 
      Wanted, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, 
      What We Do is Secret, Deception,
      The Happening,
      The Incredible Hulk, Surfer, Dude,

     Cave Videntium
   
      Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

                                                

    

      

     
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