Movie log 2008

Here are all the films I've seen this year. Films eligible for my 2009 top ten list are in bold, films that I'd seen previously are in italics. A '*' indicates that I saw the film on video, and an '[s]' indicates a short (less than 45 minute) film.

  • (28 Dec) The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, 2008)* 68
  • (25 Dec) Christmas Tale, A (Arnaud Desplechin, 2008)* 78
  • (22 Dec) Bigger Stronger Faster* (* The Side Effects of Being American) (Chris Bell, 2008)* 65
  • (21 Dec) Milk (Gus Van Sant, 2008) 52
  • (20 Dec) Shotgun Stories (Jeff Nichols, 2007)* 53
  • (16 Dec) Momma's Man (Azazel Jacobs, 2008) 59
  • (15 Dec) Role Models (David Wain, 2008) 40
  • (08 Dec) Taxi to the Dark Side (Alex Gibney, 2007)* 65
  • (06 Dec) The Secret of the Grain (Abdel Kechiche, 2007)* 74
  • (15 Nov) Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind (John Gianvito, 2007)* 63
  • (08 Nov) Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme, 2008) 70
  • (08 Nov) Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008) 65
  • (08 Nov) Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh, 2008) 66
  • (02 Nov) Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)* 66
  • (02 Nov) Stuck (Stuart Gordon, 2007)* 54
  • (27 Oct) The Ruins (Carter Smith, 2008)* 45
  • (24 Oct) Reprise (Joachim Trier, 2006)* 60
  • (18 Oct) Man on Wire (James Marsh, 2008)* 64
  • (10 Oct) My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, 2007)* 79
  • (03 Oct) Tell No One (Guillaume Canet, 2006)* 57
  • (27 Sep) Ghost Town (David Koepp, 2008) 47
  • (14 Sep) Burn After Reading (Ethan Coen, 2008) 78
  • (12 Sep) Encounters at the End of the World (Werner Herzog, 2007)* 77
  • (06 Sep) Chop Shop (Ramin Bahrani, 2007)* 65
  • (02 Sep) The Last Mistress (Catherine Breillat, 2007)* 66
  • (25 Aug) Pineapple Express (David Gordon Green, 2008) 40
  • (23 Aug) Flight of the Red Balloon (Hsiao-hsien Hou, 2007)* 80
  • (16 Aug) Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen, 2008) 56
  • (16 Aug) In the City of Sylvia (José Luis Guerín, 2007)* 81
  • (02 Aug) Sátántángo (Béla Tarr, 1994)* 89
  • (20 Jul) The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) 70
  • (14 Jul) Gentleman Jim (Raoul Walsh, 1942)* 65
  • (11 Jul) Black Snake Moan (Craig Brewer, 2006)* 52
  • (03 Jul) Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas, 2007)* 84
  • (29 Jun) [s] Victory Over the Sun (Michael Robinson, 2007)* 80
  • (28 Jun) Wall•E (Andrew Stanton, 2008) 75
  • (19 Jun) Still Life (Zhang Ke Jia, 2006) 69
  • (19 Jun) Standard Operating Procedure (Errol Morris, 2008) 64
  • (17 Jun) The Happening (M. Night Shyamalan, 2008) 26
  • (15 Jun) The Edge of Heaven (Fatih Akin, 2007)* 67
  • (13 Jun) Kung Fu Panda (John Stevenson, 2008) 61
  • (06 Jun) The Duchess of Langeais (Jacques Rivette, 2007)* 71
  • (02 Jun) The Strangers (Bryan Bertino, 2008) 55
  • (31 May) Woman on the Beach (Sang-soo Hong, 2006)* 80
  • (24 May) Iron Man (John Favreau, 2008) 53
  • (24 May) Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Nicholas Stoller, 2008) 49
  • (17 May) The Palm Beach Story (Preston Sturges, 1942)* 89
  • (27 Apr) My Blueberry Nights (Kar Wai Wong, 2007) 57
  • (26 Apr) Shine a Light (Martin Scorsese, 2008) 50
  • (15 Apr) Unknown Pleasures (Zhang Ke Jia, 2002) 75
  • (06 Apr) Chicago 10 (Brett Morgen, 2007) 65
  • (05 Apr) Here Comes Mr. Jordan (Alexander Hall, 1941)* 69
  • (03 Apr) In Bruges (Martin McDonagh, 2008) 42
  • (23 Mar) Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant, 2007) 73
  • (15 Mar) Funny Games (Michael Haneke, 2007) 81
  • (24 Feb) 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007) 79
  • (08 Feb) Cat People (Jacques Tourneur, 1942)* 85
  • (01 Feb) 49th Parallel (Michael Powell, 1941)* 65
  • (30 Jan) [s] Degrees of Limitation (Scott Stark, 1982) 66
  • (30 Jan) [s] Air (Scott Stark, 1986) 64
  • (30 Jan) [s] I'll Walk With God (Scott Stark, 1994) 86
  • (30 Jan) [s] Angel Beach (Scott Stark, 2001) 75
  • (30 Jan) [s] To Love or To Die (Scott Stark, 2003)* 76
  • (30 Jan) [s] Chop (Scott Stark, 2003)* 58
  • (30 Jan) [s] More Than Meets the Eye: Remaking Jane Fonda (Scott Stark, 2006)* 70
  • (29 Jan) Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947)* 88
  • (25 Jan) Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi, 2007)* 58
  • (24 Jan) Summer '04 (Stefan Krohmer, 2006)* 64
  • (21 Jan) I Am Legend (Francis Lawrence, 2007) 58
  • (20 Jan) 3:10 to Yuma (James Mangold, 2007)* 61
  • (19 Jan) There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007) 78
  • (18 Jan) Private Fears in Public Places (Alain Resnais, 2006)* 58
  • (17 Jan) Lust, Caution (Ang Lee, 2007)* 63
  • (13 Jan) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 2007) 63
  • (12 Jan) Kiki's Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki, 1989)* 65
  • (12 Jan) Rescue Dawn (Werner Herzog, 2007)* 51
  • (07 Jan) The Savages (Tamara Jenkins, 2007) 65
  • (07 Jan) Brand Upon the Brain! (Guy Maddin, 2006)* 66
  • (05 Jan) The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (Jay Russell, 2007) 54