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milchman

Post subject: Best films of 2009

Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:52 pm

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So who am I going to get into an argument about films with this year?

My picks of the year:

In The Loop

Katyn

O Horten

Let The Right One In

The White Ribbon

Mesrine: Public Enemy No 1

Mesrine: Killer Instinct

The Hurt Locker

Also liked: Looking For Eric; Broken Embraces; Hansel & Gretel; Army Of Crime; The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus; Frost/Nixon: Three Monkeys;Four Nights With Anna; The Damned United; Monsters vs. Aliens; Katalin Varga; A Serious Man

Best Documentaries:

Anvil! The Story Of Anvil

Henri Georges Clouzot's Inferno

Best film festival screenings:

Stingray Sam (Sci -Fi London)

It Came From Kuchar (Raindance)

Also liked: Cry of The Owl; No One's Son; Exam (all Raindance) and Life During Wartime (London Film Festival)

Best night of programming at an independent cinema:

B.S. Johnson night (NFT)

The Monks: Transatlantic Feedback (Lexi cinema)

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Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:04 am

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Good films:
Fish Tank
The Damned United
Katyn
Looking for Eric
Up in the Air
Beeswax
Tony Manero
Afterschool
Milk (2009?)
Awaydays (2009?)
Wah Do Dem
Kicks
Tricks
33 Scenes from Life
Skin

Hollywood films that were either okay or surprisingly decent:
Knowing
District 9
The Hangover

Films I didn't see but wanted to, so can't comment:
In the Loop
The Class
Antichrist
Gomorrah
Moon
The White Ribbon
35 Shots of Rum
Broken Embraces
Precious
The Limits of Control
The Informant!
A Serious Man
Where the Wild Things Are

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Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:07 am

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In general, it was a naff year for films. There have been some great films at festivals over the past few years that will never see the light of day.

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In the Loop
Moon
A Serious Man
Looking for Eric
Up
Nowhere Boy
The Man who will Come (great Italian WW2 film that I saw at the London Film Festival - deserves a wide release).

Missed out on loads though - wanna see Fish Tank, White Ribbon, Antichrist & Katyn.

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