1.There Will Be Blood (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson) The year's best film spawned the year's best piece of film criticism: An American Primitive, Forged in a Crucible of Blood and Oil by New York Times writer Manohla Dargis. Don't read it until you see the film.
2. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (dir. Cristian Mungiu)
3. Zodiac (dir. David Fincher) The extended Director's Cut will be released Jan 8.
4. Atonement (dir. Joe Wright) Wright is my favorite new filmmaker. He merges traditional British filmmaking with the energy of the French New Wave. Atonement is an extraordinary film.
5. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly (dir. Julian Schnabel)
6. Control (dir. Anton Corbijn)
7. Hana (dir. Hirokazu Koreeda) This film is a bit of a cheat since it has not been released theatrically in the U.S. If it were, it would be the year's best and most beautiful comedy. An amazing tribute to the films of Kurosawa and Mizoguchi.
8. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (dir. Sidney Lumet) A modern day Greek tragedy by one of America's greatest filmmakers.
9. The Way I Spent the End of The World (dir. Catalin Mitulescu) Another astonishing piece of Romanian filmmaking. Another cheat since it has not been released theatrically in the U.S.
10. Grindhouse (dir. Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez)
11. No Country For Old Men (dir. Coen Bros)
12. American Gangster (dir. Ridley Scott)
13. I'm Not There (dir. Todd Haynes)
14. Charlie Wilson's War (dir. Mike Nichols)
15. Eastern Promises (dir. David Cronenberg)
16. The Bourne Ultimatum (dir. Paul Greengrass)
17. Boarding Gate (dir. Olivier Assayas) Not yet released in the U.S.
18. Blind Mountain (dir. Yang Li) Not yet released in the U.S.
19. Jar City (dir. Baltasar Kormakur) Not yet released in the U.S.
20. No End in Sight (dir. Charles Ferguson)
21. The Darjeeling Limited (dir. Wes Anderson)
22. Silent Light (dir. Carlos Reygadas)
23. Lust, Caution (dir. Ang Lee)
Need to See:
Paranoid Park
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Gone Baby Gone
Michael Clayton
The Kite Runner
Rendition
Sweeny Todd
The Savages
Margot at the Wedding
Juno
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Sunshine
Syndromes and a Century
Colossal Youth
Once
The Host
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2 comments:
Richard! I just saw "There Will Be Blood". Stunning. It's one of the best films I've seen in a long time. Definitely check out "The Assassination of Jesse James..." and "Juno".
Couldn't agree with you more about your top choice "There Will Be Blood." Like Nick, this is the best movie I've seen in a long time, and probably the best character study I've seen since "Raging Bull."
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