For the second year in a row I have seen less than 400 films (usually it’s way over 1,000). The films are getting worse, or else I’ve finally decided it’s better to live life than sit in a darkened room watching navel gazing films that should have had their negatives (or hard drives for you newbies) burnt before being foisted upon the masses — or better yet, had the laptops taken away from their pretentious wannabe “writers” and mini-DV cams wrenched from the hands of their “auteurs” and run over with a steamroller.
Top 10 Films Of 2008
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Jar City [Iceland] – alas, it’s being remade
Milk
Mongol [Kazakhstan]
The Black Balloon [Australia]
The Counterfeiters [Germany]
Caramel [Lebanon]
Frost/Nixon
Chris & Don: A Love Story [Documentary]
Waltz With Bashir [Documentary] [Animation] [Israel]
American Teen [Documentary]
Best Actor – Sean Penn (Milk)
Best Actress – Kristin Scott Thomas (I Loved You So Long)
Best Supporting Actor – Val Kilmer (Felon)
Best Supporting Actress – Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Best Director – Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino)
Best Screenplay – Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon)
Best Cinematography – Anthony Dod Mantle (Slumdog Millionaire)