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2008 Screening Log - click for reviews, when applicable. Titles of short films listed in bold.
January 01. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007) 97 Charlie Wilson's War (Mike Nichols, 2007) 46 No End In Sight (Charles Ferguson, 2007) 39
02. Flanders (Bruno Dumont, 2006) 76 My Blueberry Nights (Wong Kar-Wai, 2007) 65
03. Song and Solitude (Nathaniel Dorsky, 2006) 86 Threnody (Nathaniel Dorsky, 2004) 66 The Visitation (Nathaniel Dorsky, 2002) 58
04. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (Byron Haskin, 1964) 52 The 3 Penny Opera (G. W. Pabst, 1931) 73
05. Czech Dream (Vit Klusak & Filip Remunda, 2004) 32
06. Koko: A Talking Gorilla (Barbet Schroeder, 1978) 55 Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud, 2007) 38
07. Happiness (Hur Jin-ho, 2007) 46
08. Joshua (George Ratliff, 2007) 43
09. The Aerial (Esteban Sapir, 2007) 41
10. Second Breath (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1966) 82 Opium: Diary of a Madwoman (Janos Szasz, 2007) 27
11. Gertie (Winsor McCay, 1914) 77 Fantasmagorie (Emile Cohl, 1908) 72 The Tell-Tale Heart (Ted Parmelee, 1953) 88 There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007) 95
12. If... (Lindsay Anderson, 1968) 66 Night on Bald Mountain (Alexander Alexeiff, 1933) 63 Bambi Meets Godzilla (Marv Newland, 1969) 1
13. Wooden Crosses (Raymond Bernard, 1932) 78 Rabbit (Run Wrake, 2005) 61 Peter & the Wolf (Suzie Templeton, 2006) 42 Madame Tutli-Putli (Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski, 2007) 71 The Big Story (1994, David Stoten & Tim Watts) 12
14. Alone in the Wilderness (Bob Swerer, 2004) 55 Mouse Wreckers (Chuck Jones, 1948) 68 The Sandman (Paul Berry, 1991) 59
15. Madame Tutli-Putli (Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski, 2007) 79 The Unfinished Dance (Henry Koster, 1947) 58 The Landlord (Hal Ashby, 1970) 78 A Colour Box (Len Lye, 1935) 65
16. Love and Other Disasters (Alek Keshishian, 2006) 31
17. The Subject Was Roses (Ulu Grosbard, 1968) 53
18. Cloverfield (Matt Reeves, 2008) 38
19. Nomads (John McTiernan, 1986) 36
20. The Haunted Palace (Roger Corman, 1963) 68 Ah, L'amour (Don Hertzfeldt, 1995) 53 Genre (Don Hertzfeldt, 1996) 44 Billy's Balloon (Don Hertzfeldt, 1998) 55 Rejected (Don Hertzfeldt, 2000) 69 Everything Will Be Ok (Don Hertzfeldt, 2006) 77
21. Asphalt (Joe May, 1929) 55
22. The Oak (Lucian Pintilie, 1992) 82
23. The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942) 76
25. How to Become Myself (Jun Ichikawa, 2007) 40
26. The Pit (Lew Lehman, 1981) 36
29. The English Patient (Anthony Minghella, 1996) 78
30. Blind Mountain (Li Yang, 2007) 60
31. Bordertown (Gregory Nava, 2006) 34
February 1. Northwest Passage (King Vidor, 1940) 77
2. The Devil (Andrzej Zulawski, 1972) 57
3. Murder on the Orient Express (Sidney Lumet, 1974) 46 Meet the Spartans (Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer, 2008) 10
5. Zorba the Greek (Mihalis Kakogiannis, 1964) 48
7. Murder Party (Jeremy Saulnier, 2007) 65
09. Cold Lands (Sebastien Lifshitz, 1999) 50 The Little Thief (Erick Zonca, 1999) 77 Strong Shoulders (Ursula Meier, 2003) 43 WarGames (John Badham, 1983) 34
10. Punishment Park (Peter Watkins, 1971) 69
11. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991) 81
12. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Robert Aldrich, 1962) 87
13. I Could Never Be Your Woman (Amy Heckerling, 2007) 32
14. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) 100
15. The Duchess of Langeais (Jacques Rivette, 2007) 64 Boarding Gate (Olivier Assayas, 2007) 81
16. Why Did I Get Married? (Tyler Perry, 2007) 38 A Stem (Marco Dutra & Juliana Rojas, 2007) 67
17. Elite Squad (Jose Padhilha, 2007) 33 Lars and the Real Girl (Craig Gillespie, 2007) 27
22. Murder on a Sunday Morning (Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, 2001) 36
23. The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963) 84
25. Chop Shop (Ramin Bahrani, 2007) 38
26. 30 Days of Night (David Slade, 2007) 30
27. Wild River (Elia Kazan, 1960) 76
29. The Rage (Robert Kurtzman, 2007) 55
March 1. A Secret (Claude Miller, 2007) 41 Anne of the Thousand Days (Charles Jarrott, 1969) 68
2. Radio Days (Woody Allen, 1987) 77
3. The Legend of Billie Jean (Matthew Robbins, 1985) 58
8. The Free Will (Matthias Glasner, 2006) 71
9. Snow Angels (David Gordon Green, 2007) 82
12. Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001) 68
14. Funny Games (Michael Haneke, 2007) 71
15. In Bruges (Martin McDonagh, 2008) 74
22. Population 436 (Michelle Maxwell MacLaren, 2006) 56
23. Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, 1922) 91
24. Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant, 2007) 67
28. Lost Highway (David Lynch, 1997) 73
29. The Girl Next Door (Gregory Wilson, 2007) 48
30. Stop-Loss (Kimberly Peirce, 2008) 68
31. Pleasant Days (Mundruczo Kornel, 2002)
42 April 1. Johanna (Mundruczo Kornel, 2005) 63
2. High Art (Lisa Cholodenko, 1998) 62
4. My Blueberry Nights (Wong Kar Wai, 2007) 65
5. The Ruins (Carter Smith, 2008) 77
6. Sunrise (F.W. Murnau, 1927) 80
7. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (Terry Jones, 1983) 60
10. Masquerade (Bob Swaim, 1988) 67
12. Anything Else (Woody Allen, 2003) 67
24. [Rec] (Jaume Balaguero & Paco Plaza, 2007) 68
25. The Masseur (Brillante Mendoza, 2005) 44
26. The Consequences of Love (Paolo Sorrentino, 2004) 52
29. The Embalmer (Matteo Garrone, 2002) 66
30. Rolling Family (Pablo Trapero, 2004) 61
May 2. Iron Man (Jon Favreau, 2008) 37 [The glib, ironic tone that prevails here seems an ill fit with the insistence upon spectacle. The lumbering action scenes are remarkably devoid of any suspense. The entire movie seems standoffish, as if we should all be so in on its jokes that we don't actually need to be entertained.]
3. El Bonaerense (Pablo Trapero, 2002) 62 [Extremely sensitive, as far as polemics go, this seems an antidote of sorts to Padhilla's overbearing Elite Squad. Trapero never forces things into predictable generic forms, which gives the movie a loose, undefined quality that matches its subject's outsider perspective.]
4. Climates (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2006) 58 [Filmed with startling clarity, this film is almost delivered boldly enough that one can overlook the major shortcomings of its script and actors. The sound design seems like overkill.]
6. Honor of the Knights (Albert Serra, 2006) 71 [Definitely a movie that asks the contemplative viewer to project a bit of themselves upon it, Serra's film makes the most of its minimalist palette by acknowledging the essential absurdity of this kind of esoteric filmmaking with its choice of subject. Perhaps more an exercise in adjusting your rhythm as a viewer than anything, it pulls off this sort of deadpan comedic fatalism to a greater extent than Van Sant's Gerry.]
7. Wild Innocence (Philippe Garrel, 2001) 66 [There's something willfully naive about the film's attitude toward its emo protagonist, but I suppose the title and the ending acknowledge that. The question, then, becomes whether Garrel is indulging his protagonist or underlining his shortcomings. Is the irony tragic or a sign of hubris? I'm fairly certain it's the latter, but the director's willful channeling of New Wave concerns and skillful dovetailing of "fact" and fiction ensure that it scarcely matters either way.]
9. The Secret of the Grain (Abdel Kechiche, 2007) 67
14. The Gift (Greg Marcks, 2008) 35
15. Lion's Den (Pablo Trapero, 2008) 64
16. Three Monkeys (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2008) 58
17. Linha de Passe (Walter Salles & Daniela Thomas, 2008) 37 Tyson (James Toback, 2008) 54 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Anthony Minghella, 2008) 45 Tokyo Sonata (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2008) 63
18. Ashes of Time Redux (Wong Kar Wai, 2008) 69
19. Gomorrah (Matteo Garrone, 2008) 51
20. Changeling (Clint Eastwood, 2008) 77 Delta (Kornel Mundruczo, 2008) 39 Private Lessons (Joachim Lafosse, 2008) 44
21. Changeling (Clint Eastwood, 2008) 77 Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (Marina Zenovich, 2008) 52 Surveillance (Jennifer Lynch, 2008) 13
22. Frontier of Dawn (Philippe Garrel, 2008) 59 Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008) 82
23. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Robert Aldrich, 1962) 87
24. The Class (Laurent Cantet, 2008) 54 Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008) 65 Il Divo (Paolo Sorrentino, 2008) 41 My Magic (Eric Khoo, 2008) 53 Tulpan (Sergei Dvortsevoy, 2008) 55
25. Che (Steven Soderbergh, 2008) 50 ["The Argentine" - 38 / "Guerilla" - 57] Waltz With Bashir (Ari Folman, 2008) 46 Lorna's Silence (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 2008) 57
26. Dan in Real Life (Peter Hedges, 2007) 63
30. The Strangers (Bryan Bertino, 2008) 48 Savage Grace (Tom Kalin, 2007) 66
31. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Andrew Adamson, 2008) 36
June 1. Sex and the City (Michael Patrick King, 2008) 63 Speed Racer (Andy & Larry Wachowski, 2008) 65
9. Untraceable (Gregory Hoblit, 2008) 36
10. The Signal (David Bruckner, Jacob Gentry, Dan Bush, 2007) 71
11. The Last Days of Disco (Whit Stillman, 1998) 67
13. The Happening (M. Night Shyamalan, 2008) 18
26. All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (Jonathan Levine, 2006) 40 Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Nicholas Stoller, 2008) 24 What Happens in Vegas (Tom Vaughan, 2008) 21 Kung-Fu Panda (Mark Osborne & John Stevenson, 2008) 39
27. Bonneville (Christopher Rowley, 2006) 50 Wanted (Timur Bekmambetov, 2008) 71
28. The Chaser (Na Hong-jin, 2008) 53 The Reflecting Skin (Philip Ridley, 1990) 46 Dead and Gone (Yossi Sasson, 2008) 26 An American Crime (Tommy O'Haver, 2007) 43
29. Teeth (Mitchell Lichtenstein, 2007) 33 Presto (Doug Sweetland, 2008) 46 Wall-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008) 33 Suspension (Joel Shaftel and Alec Joler, 2008) 44 The Tracey Fragments (Bruce McDonald, 2007) 56 My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, 2007) 82 For Those Who Will Follow (Marcel Carrierre & Michel Brault, 1963) 67
30. Be Kind Rewind (Michel Gondry, 2008) 40 Birth/Mother (Naomi Kawase, 2006) 59
July 1. West Beirut (Ziad Doueiri, 1998) 63
2. Style Wars (Tony Silver & Henry Chalfat, 1983) 53
3. Shotgun Stories (Jeff Nichols, 2007) 58
4. Hancock (Peter Berg, 2008) 38 Pathology (Marc Schoelermann, 2008) 40 Penelope (Mark Palansky, 2006) 35 Nobody Loves Alice (Roger A. Scheck, 2008) 34
5. Sex and Death 101 (Daniel Waters, 2007) 27
6. Blast of Silence (Allen Baron, 1961) 66
7. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Guillermo del Toro, 2008) 41
10. Sister Kenny (Dudley Nichols, 1946) 62
12. Christmas Holiday (Robert Siodmak, 1944) 58
13. Torso (Sergio Martino, 1973) 50
15. Mamma Mia! (Phyllida Lloyd, 2008) 60
19. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) 85
20. Cigarette Burns (John Carpenter, 2005) 74
21. A Christmas Tale (Arnaud Desplechin, 2008) 76
27. The X-Files: I Want to Believe
(Chris Carter,
2008) 33 August 1. Pro-Life (John Carpenter, 2006) 54
Mad Detective (Johnny To & Wai Ka-Fai, 2007) 37
5. Heaven's Heart (Simon Staho, 2008) 61
7. Love is the Drug (Elliott Lester, 2006) 60
11. Of Time and the City (Terence Davies, 2008) 39
13. Redbelt (David Mamet, 2008) 79
14. O'Horten (Bent Hamer, 2007) 42 Transsiberian (Brad Anderson, 2008) 49
15. Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh, 2008) 52
16. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen, 2008) 83 Smart People (Noam Murro, 2008) 45
17. Pineapple Express (David Gordon Green, 2008) 67 Mirrors (Alexandre Aja, 2008) 23
19. Religulous (Larry Charles, 2008) 42
20. Please Vote for Me (Chen Weijun, 2007) 46
21. I've Loved You So Long (Philippe Claudel, 2008) 68
23. The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World (Chen Weijun, 2008) 43
24. The House Bunny (Fred Wolf, 2008) 50 Eden Log (Franck Vestiel, 2007) 50
25. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Bharat Nalluri, 2008) 44
27. The Haunting of Julia (Richard Loncraine, 1977) 50
28. Treeless Mountain (So Yong Kim, 2008) 53
29. Brando (Leslie Grief and Mimi Freedman, 2007) 51
30. Transamerica (Duncan Tucker, 2005) 37
31. Halloween 6: The Producer's Cut (Joe Chappelle, 1995) 29
September 1. The Loveless (Kathryn Bigelow and Monty Montgomery, 1982) 71 Slaughterhouse-Five (George Roy Hill, 1972) 51
4. One Day You'll Understand (Amos Gitai, 2008) 37 Ocean Flame (Liu Fendou, 2008) 40 JCVD (Mabrouk El Mechri, 2008) 45
5. Revanche (Gotz Spielmann, 2008) 48 The Sky Crawlers (Mamoru Oshii, 2008) 39 33 Scenes From Life (Malgoska Szumowska, 2008) 35 Serbis (Brillante Mendoza, 2008) 58 The Burning Plain (Guillermo Arriaga, 2008) 32 Detroit Metal City (Toshio Lee, 2008) 66
6. Zift (Javor Gardev, 2008) 27 Dioses (Josue Mendez, 2008) 52 Vinyan (Fabrice Du Welz, 2008) 59 Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (Peter Sollett, 2008) 36 Pontypool (Bruce McDonald, 2008) 55 Deadgirl (Marcel Sarmiento & Gadi Harel, 2008) 57
7. 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis, 2008) 84 The Secret Life of Bees (Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2008) 43 Is There Anybody There? (John Crowley, 2008) 34 Jerichow (Christian Petzold, 2008) 56 Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Kevin Smith, 2008) 67 Not Quite Hollywood (Mark Hartley, 2008) 50
8. Still Walking (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2008) 70 Uncertainty (Scott McGehee & David Siegel, 2008) 53 Better Things (Duane Hopkins, 2008) 57 Three Wise Men (Mika Kaurismaki, 2008) 21 Plastic City (Yu Lik-wai, 2008) 72 Acolytes (Jon Hewitt, 2008) 30
9. Flash of Genius (Marc Abraham, 2008) 39 Two-Legged Horse (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2008) 62 Flame & Citron (Ole Christian Madsen, 2008) 46 Tonight (Werner Schroeter, 2008) 47 The Brothers Bloom (Rian Johnson, 2008) 69 The Burrowers (JT Petty, 2008) 50
10. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008) 61 A Year Ago in Winter (Caroline Link, 2008) 55 Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 2008) 38 The Beaches of Agnes (Agnes Varda, 2008) 52 Liverpool (Lisandro Alonso, 2008) 51 Martyrs (Pascal Laugier, 2008) 80
11. Hooked (Adrian Sitaru, 2007) 63 With a Little Help From Myself (Francois Dupeyron, 2008) 56 The Sea Wall (Rithy Panh, 2008) 74 Me and Orson Welles (Richard Linklater, 2008) 79
12. Adam Resurrected (Paul Schrader, 2008) 47 What Doesn't Kill You (Brian Goodman, 2008) 56 Pride and Glory (Gavin O'Connor, 2008) 41 Birdsong (Albert Serra, 2008) 68 Achilles and the Tortoise (Takeshi Kitano, 2008) 69 Sexykiller (Miguel Marti, 2008) 49
13. The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, 2008) 87 Genova (Michael Winterbottom, 2008) 48 RocknRolla (Guy Ritchie, 2008) 23 Miracle at St. Anna (Spike Lee, 2008) 29
20. Burn After Reading (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2008) 61 The Duchess (Saul Dibb, 2008) 51
25. Up the Yangtze (Yung Chang, 2007) 63
26. Chandu the Magician (William Cameron Menzies & Marcel Varnel, 1936) 54
27. Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008) 91 24 City (Jia Zhang-ke, 2008) 53
28. Moontide (Archie Mayo, 1942) 41
29. Love You More (Sam Taylor-Wood, 2007) 55 Tony Manero (Pablo Larrain, 2008) 49
October 3. In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni (Guy Debord, 1978) 60 Pal/Secam (Dmitry Povolotsky, 2008) 23 Four Nights With Anna (Jerzy Skolimowski, 2008) 47
4. Lola Montes (Max Ophuls, 1955) 77 Night and Day (Hong Sang-soo, 2008) 58 Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme, 2008) 32
5. Blindness (Fernando Meirelles, 2008) 48 The Bank Dick (Edward Cline, 1940) 69 Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951) 66 Dragonwyck (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1946) 43
6. Afterschool (Antonio Campos, 2004) 54 The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008) 73
7. Dr. Renault's Secret (Harry Lachman, 1942) 52
13. Quarantine (John Erick Dowdle, 2008) 62
14. Dance of the Dead (Gregg Bishop, 2008) 31 La Soufriere (Werner Herzog, 1977) 79
16. Land of Silence and Darkness (Werner Herzog, 1971) 68
17. Handicapped Future (Werner Herzog, 1971) 46
19. W. (Oliver Stone, 2008) 64
23. The Midnight Meat Train (Ryuhei Kitamura, 2008) 60
24. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008) 52
25. Saw V (David Hackl, 2008) 48
26. Jennifer (Dario Argento, 2005) 50
30. Dr Jekkyl and Mr. Hyde (Rouben Mamoulian, 1931) 81
31. Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978) 75
November 1. The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, 1999) 78
7. Diary of the Dead (George A. Romero, 2007) 73
8. Alone With Her (Eric Nicolas, 2006) 48
9. Changeling (Clint Eastwood, 2008) 78
14. Welcome to the Jungle (Jonathan Hensleigh, 2007) 31
15. Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Kevin Smith, 2008) 65 [A truncated ending versus what I saw in Toronto is to blame for the slight rating downgrade.]
16. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003) 89 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004) 87
17. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (John McNaughton, 1986) 88
21. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (Roger Corman, 1963) 54
22. Dementia (John Parker, 1955) 71 Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2007) 80
23. Twilight (Catherine Hardwicke, 2008) 33
26. Australia (Baz Luhrmann, 2008) 60
28. The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, 2008) 81 Timecrime (Nacho Vigalondo, 2007) 40
29. Milk (Gus Van Sant, 2008) 81
30. Frost/Nixon (Ron Howard, 2008) 48
December 1. Wall Street (Oliver Stone, 1987) 72
4. Cranford (Simon Curtis & Steve Hudson, 2007) 61
7. El (Luis Bunuel, 1953) 82
8. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Hayao Miyazaki, 2008) 73
12. Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood, 2008) 82
13. Doubt (John Patrick Shanley, 2008) 69 Revolutionary Road (Sam Mendes, 2008) 36
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