Saturday, February 23, 2008

Top 10 - 2007

1. Once (John Carney, 85 m)
2. I'm Not There (Todd Haynes, 135 m)
3. No Country For Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen, 122 m)
4. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 158 m)
5. Waitress (Adrienne Shelly, 108 m)
6. Away From Her (Sarah Polley, 110 m)
7. Into the Wild (Sean Penn, 140 m)
8. Knocked Up (Judd Apatow, 129 m)
9. Day Night Day Night (Julia Loktev, 94 m)
10. 2 Days in Paris (Julie Delpy, 96 m)

Tied for 11th:

No End in Sight (Charles Ferguson, 102 m)
Deep Water (Louise Osmond, Jerry Rothwell, 92 m)
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (Seth Gordon, 79 m)
Zodiac (David Fincher, 158 m)
Persepolis (Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi, 95 m)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Ken Loach, 127 m)
The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 137 m)
Superbad (Greg Mottola, 114 m)
The Savages (Tamara Jenkins, 113 m)
Margot at the Wedding (Noah Baumbach, 91 m)
The Hoax (Lasse Hallström, 116 m)

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Saturday, January 19, 2008

DVD Journal - 2008

The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Ken Loach, 127 m) - 1/18
Seraphim Falls (David Von Ancken, 115 m) - 1/20
La Vie en Rose (Olivier Dahan, 140 m) - 1/23
Deep Water (Louise Osmond, Jerry Rothwell, 92 m) - 1/24
Zodiac (David Fincher, 158 m) - 1/26
Day Night Day Night (Julia Loktev, 94 m) - 1/27
Offside (Jafar Panahi, 93 m) - 1/30

L'Iceberg (Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy, 84 m) - 2/10
The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 137 m) - 2/12
Private Fears in Public Places (Alain Resnais, 120 m) - 2/19
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 160 m) - 2/21

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Shekhar Kapur, 114 m) - 3/13

The 11th Hour (Nadia Conners, Ledia Conners Petersen, 95 m) - 4/14

Starting Out in the Evening (Andrew Wagner, 111 m) - 6/8

Chop Shop (Ramin Bahrani, 84 m) - 7/20

A Guide for the Married Man (Gene Kelly, 89 m) - 8/3
Shine a Light (Martin Scorsese, 122 m) - 8/27
Honeydripper (John Sayles, 124 m) - 8/28
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (Lian Lunson, 105 m) - 8/29

Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 83 m) - 9/6

In Bruges (Martin McDonagh, 107 m) - 12/11
The Band's Visit (Eran Kollrin, 87 m) - 12/15
Taxi to the Dark Side (Alex Gibney, 106 m) - 12/16
Love Songs (
Christophe Honoré, 100 m) - 12/19
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (Sanaa Hamri, 117 m) - 12/20
Shotgun Stories (Jeff Nichols, 92 m) - 12/28

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Movies I've Seen in Theaters - 2008

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 112 m) - 1/15
There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 158 m) - 1/21
27 Dresses (Anne Fletcher, 107 m) - 1/21
No Country For Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen, 122 m) - 1/21 (also 11/21/07)

The Savages (Tamara Jenkins, 113 m) - 2/7
Persepolis (Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi, 95 m) - 2/17
Charlie Wilson's War (Mike Nichols, 97 m) - 2/22

This is My Cheesesteak (Benjamin Daniels, 39 m) - 3/29
Hamburger America (George Motz, 54 m) - 3/29
Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou Hsaio-Hsien, 115 m) - 3/29

FFF Shorts Program #4: Bump (94 m) - 3/29
-FCU: Fact Checkers Unit (Dan Beers, 9 m)
-Buried (John Dion, 6 m)
-Midway (Darius Clark Monroe, 10.5 m)
-Aquarium (Rob Meyer, 17 m)
-Honored (Stephanie Fischette, 19 m)
-Morning Fall
(Edward McGinty, 9 m)
-The Replacement Child (Justin Lerner, 25 m)

Married Life (Ira Sachs, 90 m) - 3/29
Mister Foe (David Mackenzie, 95 m) - 3/29
Stuck (Stuart Gordon, 95 m) - 3/29

FFF Shorts Program #3: Shuffle (94 m) - 3/30
-Anatomy of a Kiss (Robert Scott, 6.5 m)
-Pumpkin Hell (Max Finnernan, 22 m)
-The Lonely Bliss of Cannonball Luke (Levi Abrino, 11 m)
-Brandon (Rachel Israel, 13 m)
-Je Dis Non Ali (Jim Eshom, 8 m)
-Hole in the Paper Sky (Bill Purple, 33.5 m)

Disfigured (Glenn Gers, 96 m) - 3/30
Kabluey (Scott Prendergast, 87 m) - 3/30

FFF Shorts Program #1: Hustle (93 m) -4/1
-Shrinks (Gregg Brown, 26 m)
-Check Please (Larry Ziegelman, 5 m)
-X (Josh Brolin, 16 m)
-The Job (Jonathan Browning, 4 m)
-Flourtown (William Slichter, 9 m)
-Small Avalanches (Gillian Munro, 16 m)
-A Day's Work (Rajeev Dassani, 17 m)

Jellyfish (Etgar Keret & Shira Geffen, 78 m) - 4/1
Goliath (David Zellner, 80 m) - 4/2
The Cake Eaters (Mary Stuart Masterson, 95 m) - 4/2

FFF Shorts Program #5: Animated Shorts (91 m) - 4/2
-Fantaisie in Bubblewrap (Arthur Metcalf, 4.5 m)
-Tales of Mere Existence (Lev Yilmaz, 8 m)
-Hedgehug (Daniel Pinto, 5 m)
-Bunnyheads (Jim Blashfield, 5 m)
-A Faery's Tale (Sylvia Apostol, 3 m)
-Celebrity Pets (Corky Quakenbush, 4.5 m)
-Lalaland (Ronnarit Lueangwattanakij, 6.5 m)
-Zombie Dearest (Lee Stringer, 8.5 m)
-Last Time in Clerkenwell (Alex Budovsky, 4 m)
-The Coffee Bird (Bryan Brinkman, 5 m)
-Mirage (Youngwong Jang, 8.5 m)
-Zoologic (Nicole Mitchell, 4.5 m)
-Spontaneous Generation (Andy Cahill, 5 m)
-Teat Beat of Sex (episodes #8-11) (Signe Baumane, 7 m)
-A Letter to Colleen (Andy & Carolyn London, 8.5 m)
-The Plush Life (Timothy Heath, 3 m)

Were the World Mine (Tom Gustafson, 95 m) - 4/2
In Search of a Midnight Kiss (Alex Holdridge, 98 m) - 4/3
August Evening (Chris Eska, 127 m) - 4/4

FFF International Narrative Shorts Program (100 m) - 4/4
-Hirsute (A.J. Bond, 14 m)
-Bitter Sweet (Yurat Safarov, 6.5 m)
-The Pick-Up Artist (Der Aufreisser) (Steffen Weinert, 14 m)
-Situation Frank (Patrik Eklund, 26 m)
-Tanghi Argentini (Guido Thys, 13 m)
-Found Objects (David Birnbaum, 18 m)
-Spider (Nash Edgerton, 9 m)

FFF International Animated Shorts Program (91 m) - 4/5
-Shaun the Sheep: Still Life (Richard Golesowski, 7 m)
-Dog (Hermann Karlsson, 1.5 m)
-Madame Tutli-Putli (Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski, 17 m)
-Lapsus (Juan Pablo Zaramella, 3.5 m)
-The Pearce Sisters (Luis Cook, 9 m)
-Fetch (Dana Dorian, 1 m)
-Yours Truly (Osbert Parker, 7 m)
-Lavatory Lovestory (Konstantin Bronzit, 9 m)
-Love Sport Love Paintballing (Grant Orchard, 2 m)
-For the Love of God (Joe Tucker, 11 m)
-Paradise (Yi Zhou, 4 m)
-Veterinarian (Signe Baumane, 18.5 m)

FFF Florida Shorts: The Best of Brouhaha (87 m) - 4/5
-Foobie Jesus (Katharine Leis, 7 m)
-Mr. Bubbs (Todd Thompson, 6.5 m)
-The Heathens - "Dirty Jeans" (Danny Daneau, 5 m)
-A Man in the Attic (Ali Imran Zaidi, 7.5 m)
-Respire, Mon Ami (Chris Nabholz, 2 m)
-The Kite (Gwynne Olson-Wheeler, 2 m)
-Escar Go! (Hannah Sherman, 2.5 m)
-Pupsock & Wendell in the Gallery of Doom (Patrick Algermissen, 13 m)
-Borrowed Camera (Christi Doucet, 1 m)
-Wonderful, Wonderful (Trey Chace, 17.5 m)
-Taken (Tony Cabrera, 2 m)
-A Leg Up (Bevin Carnes, 2.5 m)
-Dupleggcated (Robert Huth, 2.5 m)
-Penguin: The Musical (Dave Metzger, 9 m)
-Prombies! (Fredrick Snyder, 7 m)

Young @ Heart (Stephen Walker, 108 m) - 4/5
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (Jon Knautz, 90 m) - 4/5

FFF Midnight Shorts Program (86 m) - 4/5
-Karaoke Show (Karl Tebbe, 4 m)
-The Adventures of Baxter & McGuire: The Soccer Game (Mike Blum, 2.5 m)
-Dirty Words: The Letter C (T. Arthur Cottam, 3.5 m)
-At Home with Pib and Pog (Peter Peake, 5 m)
-The Outhouse (Jack Truman, 5 m)
-The Shit Chronicles - Episode III (Andy & Carolyn London, 2 m)
-Frog Jesus (Ben Peters, 1 m)
-The Rambler (Calvin Reeder, 13 m)
-Teat Beat of Sex: Episodes 1,2, & 12 (Signe Baumane, 5 m)
-Red Snow (Corky Quakenbush, 2 m)
-The Sleuth Incident (Jason Kupfer, 12.5 m)
-Role Models (Corky Quakenbush, 1 m)
-The Golden Egg (J. Rick Castaneda, 5 m)
-Halloween 7.5 (Corky Quakenbush, 3 m)
-Kirksdale (Ryan Spindell, 21.5 m)

Snow Angels (David Gordon Green, 106 m) - 4/6

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Nicholas Stoller, 112 m) - 5/12
Iron Man (Jon Favreau, 126 m) - 5/24
The Visitor (Thomas McCarthy, 103 m) - 5/26
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Steven Spielberg,
124 m) - 5/31
Control (Anton Corbijn, 122 m) - 5/31

Get Smart (Peter Segal, 110 m) - 6/21
Wall-E (Andrew Stanton, 103 m) - 6/29
Kung Fu Panda (Mark Osborne, John Stevenson, 92 m) - 6/29

The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 152 m) - 7/19
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Guillermo del Toro, 110 m) - 7/20

Vicky Cristina Barcelona
(Woody Allen, 96 m) - 8/16
Pineapple Express (David Gordon Green, 111 m) - 8/17

Tropic Thunder (Ben Stiller, 107 m) - 9/01
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
(Woody Allen, 96 m) - 9/01

Baghead (Jay & Mark Duplass, 84 m) - 9/11
Man on Wire (James Marsh, 94 m) - 9/17

11th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival - 9/23
-Ripple (Paul Gowers, 16 m)
-Ode Ober (The Waiter) (Hiba Vink, 8 m)
-Rachel (Chis King, 13 m)
-Teat Beat of Sex (Signe Baumane, 7.5 m)
-Sour Milk (Amit Gicelter, 10 m)
-New Boy (Steph Green, 9.5 m)
-Mother Mine (Susan Everette, 16 m)
-Make My Day (Pele Moeller, 9 m)
-The Game (John Cohen-Du Four, 8 m)
-Change Coming (Mark Alston, 8.5 m)
-Viva Sunita (Bob & Lola, 3.5 m)
-The Golden Thread (Diego Sanchidián Rubio, 16 m)

Religulous (Larry Charles, 101 m) - 10/04
Chris & Don. A Love Story (Tina Mascara & Guido Santi, 90 m) - 10/26

Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 114) - 11/08
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Kevin Smith, 101 m) - 11/12
Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme, 113 m) - 11/12
Quantum of Solace (Marc Forster, 106 m) - 11/14
Role Models (David Wain, 99 m) - 11/14
Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh, 118 m) - 11/28

Synecdoche, New York
(Charlie Kaufman, 124 m) - 12/6
Four Christmases (Seth Gordon, 88 m) - 12/13
Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 120 m) - 12/14
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen, 96 m) - 12/22
Frost/Nixon (Ron Howard, 122 m) - 12/22
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Fincher, 159 m) - 12/25
I've Loved You So Long (Philipe Claudel, 115 m) - 12/27