A
Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 3 Days (Cristian Mungiu)
Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant)
Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme)
Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas)
Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman)
A-
Burn After Reading (Joel & Ethan Coen)
A Christmas Tale (Arnaud Desplechin)
The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan)
In the City of Sylvia (José Luis Guerín)
The Tracey Fragments (Bruce McDonald)
Wall•E (Andrew Stanton)
Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt)
The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky)
B+
The Class (Laurent Cantet)
The Duchess of Langeais (Jacques Rivette)
Funny Games U.S. (Michael Haneke)
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (Alex Gibney)
In Bruges (Martin McDonagh)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Steven Spielberg)
Iron Man (Jon Favreau)
The Last Mistress (Catherine Breillat)
Milk (Gus Van Sant)
My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin)
Pineapple Express (David Gordon Green)
The Strangers (Bryan Bertino)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen)
B
The Bank Job (Roger Donaldson)
Boarding Gate (Olivier Assayas)
Che (Steven Soderbergh)
Doubt (John Patrick Shanley)
The Edge of Heaven (Fatih Akin)
Encounters at the End of the World (Werner Herzog)
Hamlet 2 (Andrew Fleming)
Hancock (Peter Berg)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Nicholas Stoller)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh)
Horton Hears a Who! (Jimmy Hayword & Steve Martino)
Quarantine (John Erick Dowdle)
Shine a Light (Martin Scorsese)
Standard Operating Procedure (Errol Morris)
The Visitor (Thomas McCarthy)
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (Dennis Dugan)
B-
Alexandra (Aleksandr Sukorov)
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (Robbie Cavolina & Ian McCrudden)
Bolt (Byron Howard & Chris Williams)
Cassandra's Dream (Woody Allen)
Fear(s) of the Dark (various)
Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood)
Leatherheads (George Clooney)
Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson)
Man on Wire (James Marsh)
My Blueberry Nights (Wong Kar-wai)
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (Peter Sollett)
Quantum of Solace (Marc Forster)
Redbelt (David Mamet)
Role Models (David Wain)
The Ruins (Carter Smith)
Snow Angels (David Gordon Green)
Speed Racer (Andy & Larry Wachowski)
Step Brothers (Adam McKay)
Tropic Thunder (Ben Stiller)
Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman)
Youssou N'Dour: Return to Goree (Pierre-Yves Borgeaud)
C+
Be Kind Rewind (Michel Gondry)
Changeling (Clint Eastwood)
Choke (Clark Gregg)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Fincher)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Guillermo Del Toro)
JCVD
Lakeview Terrace (Neil LaBute)
The Reader (Stephen Daldry)
Stuck (Stuart Gordon)
Taxi to the Dark Side (Alex Gibney)
Wanted (Timur Bekmambetov)
We Are Together (Paul Taylor)
Where God Left His Shoes (Salvatore Stabile)
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (Chris Carter)
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Kevin Smith)
C
The Animation Show 4 (various)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Mark Herman)
Cloverfield (Matt Reeves)
Forgiveness (Udi Aloni)
The Foot Fist Way (Jody Hill)
Maria Bethania: Music is Perfume (Georges Gachot)
Taking Father Home (Liang Ying)
W. (Oliver Stone)
C-
Diary of the Dead (George A. Romero)
Frost/Nixon (Ron Howard)
I've Loved You So Long (Philippe Claudel)
Mary (Abel Ferrara)
The Mother of Tears (Dario Argento)
Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle)
Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show
The Wackness (Jonathan Levine)
What Just Happened (Barry Levinson)
D+
Drillbit Taylor (Steven Brill)
Passing Poston: An American Story (Joe Fox & James Nubile)
Semi-Pro (Kent Alterman)
Seven Pounds (Gabriele Muccino)
D
disFIGURED (Glenn Gers)
The Happening (M. Night Shyamalan)
The Midnight Meat Train (Ryûhei Kitamura)
D-
The Tree of Life (Hava Volterra)
F
Martyrs (Pascal Laugier)
Alexandra (Aleksandr Sukorov) B-
The Animation Show 4 (various) C
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (Robbie Cavolina & Ian McCrudden) B-
The Bank Job (Roger Donaldson) B
Be Kind Rewind (Michel Gondry) C+
Boarding Gate (Olivier Assayas) B
Bolt (Byron Howard & Chris Williams) B-
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Mark Herman) C
Burn After Reading (Joel & Ethan Coen) A-
Cassandra's Dream (Woody Allen) B-
Changeling (Clint Eastwood) C+
Che (Steven Soderbergh) B
A Christmas Tale (Arnaud Desplechin) A-
Choke (Clark Gregg) C+
The Class (Laurent Cantet) B+
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Fincher) C+
Cloverfield (Matt Reeves) C
The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan) A-
Diary of the Dead (George A. Romero) C-
disFIGURED (Glenn Gers) D
Doubt (John Patrick Shanley) B
Drillbit Taylor (Steven Brill) D+
The Duchess of Langeais (Jacques Rivette) B+
The Edge of Heaven (Fatih Akin) B
Encounters at the End of the World (Werner Herzog) B
Fear(s) of the Dark (various) B-
Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou Hsiao-hsien) A
The Foot Fist Way (Jody Hill) C
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Nicholas Stoller) B
Forgiveness (Udi Aloni) C
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 3 Days (Cristian Mungiu) A
Frost/Nixon (Ron Howard) C-
Funny Games U.S. (Michael Haneke) B+
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (Alex Gibney) B+
Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood) B-
Hamlet 2 (Andrew Fleming) B
Hancock (Peter Berg) B
The Happening (M. Night Shyamalan) D
Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh) B
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Guillermo Del Toro) C+
Horton Hears a Who! (Jimmy Hayword & Steve Martino) B
In Bruges (Martin McDonagh) B+
In the City of Sylvia (José Luis Guerín) A-
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Steven Spielberg) B+
Iron Man (Jon Favreau) B+
I've Loved You So Long (Philippe Claudel) C-
JCVD (Mabrouk El Mechri) C+
Lakeview Terrace (Neil LaBute) C+
The Last Mistress (Catherine Breillat) B+
Leatherheads (George Clooney) B-
Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson) B-
Man on Wire (James Marsh) B-
Maria Bethania: Music is Perfume (Georges Gachot) C
Martyrs (Pascal Laugier)
F
Mary (Abel Ferrara) C-
The Midnight Meat Train (Ryûhei Kitamura) D
Milk (Gus Van Sant) B+
The Mother of Tears (Dario Argento) C-
My Blueberry Nights (Wong Kar-wai) B-
My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin) B+
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (Peter Sollett) B-
Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant) A
Passing Poston: An American Story (Joe Fox & James Nubile) D+
Pineapple Express (David Gordon Green) B+
Quantum of Solace (Marc Forster) B-
Quarantine (John Erick Dowdle) B
Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme) A
The Reader (Stephen Daldry) C+
Redbelt (David Mamet) B-
Role Models (David Wain) B-
The Ruins (Carter Smith) B-
Semi-Pro (Kent Alterman) D+
Seven Pounds (Gabriele Muccino) D+
Shine a Light (Martin Scorsese) B
Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas) A
Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle) C-
Snow Angels (David Gordon Green) B-
Speed Racer (Andy & Larry Wachowski) B-
Standard Operating Procedure (Errol Morris) B
Step Brothers (Adam McKay) B-
The Strangers (Bryan Bertino) B+
Stuck (Stuart Gordon) C+
Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman) A
Taking Father Home (Liang Ying) C
Taxi to the Dark Side (Alex Gibney) C+
The Tracey Fragments (Bruce McDonald) A-
The Tree of Life (Hava Volterra) D-
Tropic Thunder (Ben Stiller) B-
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen) B+
Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show (Ari Sandel) C-
The Visitor (Thomas McCarthy) B
W. (Oliver Stone) C
The Wackness (Jonathan Levine) C-
Wall•E (Andrew Stanton) A-
Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman) B-
Wanted (Timur Bekmambetov) C+
We Are Together (Paul Taylor) C+
Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt) A-
What Just Happened (Barry Levinson) C-
Where God Left His Shoes (Salvatore Stabile) C+
The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky) A-
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (Chris Carter) C+
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (Dennis Dugan) B
Youssou N'Dour: Return to Goree (Pierre-Yves Borgeaud) B-
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Kevin Smith) C+
"~" after title indicates home viewing
"/" before and after title indicates a repeat viewing
"sXX" in place of number indicates short films (fewer
than 45 minutes long). Three cheers for YouTube.
001. (1 Jan) /Superbad/ (Greg Mottola, 2007)~ A-
002. (1 Jan) /Eastern Promises/ (David Cronenberg, 2007)~ A-
003. (2 Jan) The Savages (Tamara Jenkins, 2007) B-
004. (2 Jan) /Magnolia/ (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)~ A
005. (3 Jan) /Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street/ (Tim Burton, 2007) A-
006. (3 Jan) /Punch-Drunk Love/ (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)~ A
007. (4 Jan) /25th Hour/ (Spike Lee, 2002)~ A
008. (5 Jan) /The New World/ (Terrence Malick, 2005)~ A
009. (5 Jan) /Days of Heaven/ (Terrence Malick, 1978)~ A
010. (5 Jan) /Boogie Nights/ (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)~ A-
011. (7 Jan) /I'm Not There/ (Todd Haynes, 2007) A
012. (8 Jan) Hard Eight (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1996)~ B
013. (11 Jan) /The Shining/ (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)~ A
014. (13 Jan) There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007) A
015. (13 Jan) /There Will Be Blood/ (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007) A
016. (13 Jan) /Memento/ (Christopher Nolan, 2000)~ A-
017. (14 Jan) /Juno/ (Jason Reitman, 2007) B
s01. (15 Jan) Crazy Ray (René Clair, 1925)
018. (15 Jan) The Fall of the House of Usher (Jean Epstein, 1928) n/r
019. (15 Jan) /Mulholland Dr./ (David Lynch, 2001)~ A
s02. (15 Jan) Prosperity for 2008 (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2007/8)~
s03. (16 Jan) Everything Will Be OK (Don Hertzfeldt, 2006)~
s04. (17 Jan) /Hotel Chevalier/ (Wes Anderson, 2007)~
s05. (17 Jan) /Everything Will Be OK/ (Done Hertzfeldt, 2006)~
020. (19 Jan) /There Will Be Blood/ (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007) A
021. (20 Jan) Cassandra's Dream (Woody Allen, 2007) B-
022. (21 Jan) Cloverfield (Matt Reeves, 2008) C
023. (22 Jan) Marius (Alexander Korda & Marcel Pagnol, 1931) B+
024. (27 Jan) Persepolis (Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi) B
025. (28 Jan) /There Will Be Blood/ (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007) A
026. (29 Jan) The Crime of Monsieur Lange (Jean Renoir, 1936) B+
027. (5 Feb) Le Jour se lève (Marcel Carné, 1939) C+
028. (10 Feb) Taxi to the Dark Side (Alex Gibney, 2007) C+
029. (12 Feb) Jour de fete (Jacques Tati, 1949) A-
030. (16 Feb) In Bruges (Martin McDonagh, 2008) B
031. (17 Feb) /Michael Clayton/ (Tony Gilroy, 2007) B+
032. (18 Feb) Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: Etc. (Ari Sandel, 2006) C-
033. (19 Feb) La Pointe-court (Agnès Varda, 1954) A-
034. (19 Feb) L'Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960)~ A
035. (20 Feb) The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (Seth Gordon, 2007)~ B
036. (21 Feb) /Gone Baby Gone/ (Ben Affleck, 2007)~ A-
037. (24 Feb) /4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days/ (Cristian Mungiu, 2007) A
038. (25 Feb) Be Kind Rewind (Michel Gondry, 2008) C+
039. (26 Feb) Elevator to the Gallows (Louis Malle, 1958) B+
040. (26 Feb) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (David Lynch, 1992)~ A
041. (28 Feb) /The Darjeeling Limited/ (Wes Anderson, 2007)~ B+
042. (2 Mar) [Smiley Face] (Gregg Araki, 2007)~ C+
043. (3 Mar) Semi-Pro (Kent Alterman, 2008) D+
s06. (4 Mar) Night and Fog (Alain Resnais, 1955)
044. (4 Mar) Hiroshima mon amour (Alain Resnais, 1959) A-
s07. (6 Mar) Les mistons (Francois Truffaut, 1957)
045. (13 Mar) Once (John Carney, 2006)~ B+
046. (15 Mar) /No Country for Old Men/ (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007)~ A
047. (16 Mar) /The Man Who Wasn't There/ (Joel Coen, 2001)~ A
048. (17 Mar) Funny Games U.S. (Michael Haneke, 2007) B+
049. (18 Mar) Shoot the Piano Player (Francois Truffaut, 1960) A
050. (18 Mar) Southland Tales (Richard Kelly, 2006)~ D+
051. (19 Mar) Horton Hears a Who! (Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino, 2008) B
052. (19 Mar) The Bank Job (Roger Donaldson, 2008) B
053. (22 Mar) Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant, 2007) A-
054. (23 Mar) Drillbit Taylor (Steven Brill, 2008) D+
055. (25 Mar) Vivre sa vie (Jean-Luc Godard, 1962) B+
056. (27 Mar) My Kid Could Paint That (Amir Bar-Lev, 2007)~ B
057. (29 Mar) Snow Angels (David Gordon Green, 2007) B-
058. (5 Apr) The Ruins (Carter Smith, 2008) B-
059. (6 Apr) Leatherheads (George Clooney, 2008) B-
060. (9 Apr) /Irreversible/ (Gaspar Noé, 2002)~ A
061. (10 Apr) /Young Frankenstein/ (Mel Brooks, 1974) A-
062. (11 Apr) Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946) A-
063. (15 Apr) Chaos (Coline Serreau, 2001) D+
064. (17 Apr) Sweet and Lowdown (Woody Allen, 1999)~ B
065. (18 Apr) Modern Times (Charles Chaplin, 1936) n/r
066. (19 Apr) Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Nicholas Stoller, 2008) B
067. (22 Apr) Same Old Song (Alain Resnais, 1998) B
068. (25 Apr) /The Darjeeling Limited/ (Wes Anderson, 2007) B+
069. (27 Apr) Alexandra (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2007)~ B-
070. (28 Apr) My Blueberry Nights (Wong Kar-wai, 2007)~ B-
071. (30 Apr) Claire's Knee (Eric Rohmer, 1970)~ A-
072. (4 May) Iron Man (Jon Favreau, 2008) B
073. (6 May) /I'm Not There/ (Todd Haynes, 2007)~ A
074. (6 May) /The Sweet Hereafter/ (Atom Egoyan, 1997)~ A
075. (14 May) Blindness (Fernando Meirelles, 2008) C-
076. (15 May) Tokyo! (Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, & Bong Joon Ho) C [Gondry: B-; Carax: D-; Bong: B+]
077. (15 May) Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman, 2008) B-
078. (15 May) Lion's Den (Pablo Trapero, 2008) B-
079. (15 May) Bonnie & Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967) A
080. (16 May) Three Monkeys (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2008) B
081. (16 May) A Christmas Tale (Arnaud Desplechin, 2008) B+
082. (17 May) Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen, 2008) B+
W/O. (18 May) Serbis (Brillante Mendoza, 2008)
084. (18 May) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Steven Spielberg, 2008) B+
085. (19 May) Lorna's Silence (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 2008) B+
086. (19 May) Two Lovers (James Gray, 2008) B
087. (20 May) Changeling (Clint Eastwood, 2008) B-
088. (20 May) Delta (Kornel Mundruczo, 2008) n/r, on account of I fell asleep
089. (21 May) The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008) C+
090. (21 May) Che (Steven Soderbergh, 2008) B
091. (22 May) Adoration (Atom Egoyan, 2008) A-
092. (22 May) Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichert, 2008) A-
093. (23 May) Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008) A
094. (23 May) Il Divo (Paolo Sorrentino, 2008) C-
095. (24 May) The Class (Laurent Cantet, 2008) B+
096. (24 May) Palermo Shooting (Wim Wenders, 2008) D-
097. (28 May) /Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull/ (Steven Spielberg, 2008) B+
098. (30 May) /There Will Be Blood/ (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)~ A
099. (7 Jun) /Annie Hall/ (Woody Allen, 1977)~ A
100. (8 Jun) The Strangers (Bryan Bertino, 2008) B+
101. (8 Jun) /Before Sunrise/ (Richard Linklater, 1995)~ A
102. (8 Jun) /Manhattan/ (Woody Allen, 1979)~ A
103. (11 Jun) Standard Operating Procedure (Errol Morris, 2008) B
104. (13 Jun) The Happening (M. Night Shyamalan, 2008) D
105. (14 Jun) /Once/ (John Carney, 2006)~ B+
106. (15 Jun) Revolver (Guy Ritchie, 2005; released 2007)~ B+
107. (16 Jun) /Kill Bill: Vol 1/ (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)~ A-
108. (16 Jun) The Tracey Fragments (Bruce McDonald, 2007)~ A-
109. (17 Jun) The Incredible Hulk (Louis Leterrier, 2008) C+
110. (17 Jun) /Mystic River/ (Clint Eastwood, 2003)~ B-
111. (17 Jun) /The Brown Bunny/ (Vincent Gallo, 2003)~ A
112. (18 Jun) /No Country for Old Men/ (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007) A
113. (19 Jun) /4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days/ (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)~ A
114. (24 Jun) Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (Peter Avanzino, 2008)~ B+
115. (24 Jun) Boarding Gate (Olivier Assayas, 2007)~ B
116. (25 Jun) Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)~ A-
117. (25 Jun) The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963)~ A
118. (26 Jun) We Are Together (Paul Taylor, 2006) C+
119. (26 Jun) Inferno (Dario Argento, 1980)~ C
120. (27 Jun) Wall•E (Andrew Stanton, 2008) A-
121. (27 Jun) Waking Life (Richard Linklater, 2001)~ B-
122. (28 Jun) /Wall•E/ (Andrew Stanton, 2008) A-
123. (29 Jun) Wanted (Timur Bekmambetov, 2008) C+
124. (29 Jun) It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934)~ A-
125. (29 Jun) /Elephant/ (Gus Van Sant, 2003)~ B+
126. (30 Jun) Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (Alex Gibney, 2008) B+
127. (30 Jun) The Mother of Tears (Dario Argento, 2007) C-
128. (1 Jul) /Paranoid Park/ (Gus Van Sant, 2007)~ A [was A-]
129. (2 Jul) /Femme Fatale/ (Brian De Palma, 2002)~ A
130. (3 Jul) Hancock (Peter Berg, 2008) B
131. (3 Jul) Container (Lukas Moodysson, 2006)~ A-
132. (5 Jul) Calendar (Atom Egoyan, 1993)~ B+
133. (6 Jul) Savage Grace (Tom Kalin, 2007) B-
134. (7 Jul) Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972)~ A
135. (7 Jul) You Don't Mess with the Zohan (Dennis Dugan, 2008) B
136. (10 Jul) Diner (Barry Levinson, 1982)~ B+
137. (11 Jul) Sullivan's Travels (Preston Sturges, 1941)~ B+
138. (13 Jul) /Batman Begins/ (Christopher Nolan, 2005)~ B
139. (14 Jul) Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Guillermo del Toro, 2008) C+
140. (14 Jul) disFIGURED (Glenn Gers, 2008) D
141. (18 Jul) The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) A-
142. (19 Jul) Speed Racer (Andy & Larry Wachowski, 2008) B-
143. (19 Jul) /The Dark Knight/ (Christopher Nolan, 2008) A-
144. (20 Jul) The Animation Show 4 (Various, presented by Mike Judge, 2008) C
145. (21 Jul) Chung King Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)~ A-
146. (21 Jul) /The Tracey Fragments/ (Bruce McDonald, 2007)~ A-
147. (24 Jul) Encounters at the End of the World (Werner Herzog, 2007) B
148. (24 Jul) Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)~ A-
149. (25 Jul) The Devil's Rejects (Rob Zombie, 2005)~ B
150. (26 Jul) Step Brothers (Adam McKay, 2008) B-
151. (26 Jul) Shine a Light (Martin Scorsese, 2008)~ B
152. (29 Jul) Silent Light (Carlos Reygades, 2007)~ A
153. (29 Jul) Vampyr (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932)~ n/r
154. (30 Jul) Breaking the Waves (Lars Von Trier, 1996)~ A
155. (31 Jul) /Far From Heaven/ (Todd Haynes, 2002)~ A
156. (31 Jul) The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928)~ n/r
157. (31 Jul) /Spider/ (David Cronenberg, 2002)~ A-
158. (2 Aug) /The Dark Knight/ (Christopher Nolan, 2008) A-
159. (3 Aug) Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2007) A
160. (4 Aug) The X-Files: I Want to Believe (Chris Carter, 2008) C+
161. (4 Aug) Slacker (Richard Linklater, 1991)~ A-
162. (5 Aug) Passing Poston: An American Story (Joe Fox & James Nubile, 2008) D+
163. (6 Aug) Pineapple Express (David Gordon Green, 2008) B+
164. (6 Aug) His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940)~ A
165. (7 Aug) La haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)~ B+
166. (7 Aug) The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)~ A
167. (8 Aug) /Pineapple Express/ (David Gordon Green, 2008) B+
168. (9 Aug) Play Time (Jacques Tati, 1967)~ A
169. (10 Aug) The Duchess of Langeais (Jacques Rivette, 2007) B+
170. (10 Aug) Masculin féminin (Jean-Luc Godard, 1966)~ B+
171. (12 Aug) Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (Robbie Cavolina & Ian McCrudden, 2007)~ B-
172. (13 Aug) Tropic Thunder (Ben Stiller, 2008) B-
173. (13 Aug) Cries and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman, 1972)~ B+
174. (14 Aug) /The Straight Story/ (David Lynch, 1999)~ A-
175. (15 Aug) The Wackness (Jonathan Levine, 2008) C-
176. (16 Aug) An American Crime (Tommy O'Haver, 2007)~ F
177. (17 Aug) Nixon (Oliver Stone, 1995)~ A-
178. (21 Aug) /The Big Lebowski/ (Joel Coen, 1998) A-
179. (23 Aug) Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen, 1986)~ A
180. (24 Aug) /Vicky Cristina Barcelona/ (Woody Allen, 2008) B+
181. (27 Aug) Within Our Gates (Oscar Micheaux, 1920) n/r
182. (27 Aug) Maria Bethania: Music is Perfume (Georges Gachot, 2005)~ C
183. (28 Aug) October (Sergei Eisenstein, 1928) n/r
184. (28 Aug) Youssou N'Dour: Return to Goree (Pierre-Yves Borgeaud, 2008)~ B-
185. (29 Aug) Hamlet 2 (Andrew Fleming, 2008) B
186. (1 Sep) eXistenZ (David Cronenberg, 1999)~ B-
187. (3 Sep) Cabin in the Sky (Vincente Minelli, 1943) C+
188. (3 Sep) /Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas/ (Terry Gilliam, 1998) B-
189. (4 Sep) Umberto D. (Vittorio De Sica, 1952) A
190. (10 Sep) The Blood of Jesus (Spencer Williams, 1941) C-
191. (10 Sep) The Tree of Life (Hava Volterra, 2008)~ D-
192. (11 Sep) /Only Angels Have Wings/ (Howard Hawks, 1939) A
193. (11 Sep) Forgiveness (Udi Aloni, 2006)~ C
194. (12 Sep) Youth Without Youth (Francis Ford Coppola, 2007)~ C+
195. (13 Sep) Burn After Reading (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2008) B+
196. (13 Sep) Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh, 2008)~ B
197. (14 Sep) /Burn After Reading/ (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2008) A- [was B+]
198. (16 Sep) /The Godfather/ (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)~ A
199. (17 Sep) Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Stanley Kramer, 1967) C
200. (18 Sep) Top Hat (Mark Sandrich, 1935) A
201. (18 Sep) /The Godfather: Part II/ (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)~ A
202. (21 Sep) The Godfather: Part III (Francis Ford Coppola, 1990)~ C+
203. (22 Sep) Taking Father Home (Ying Liang, 2006)~ C
204. (24 Sep) Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971) C-
205. (25 Sep) /Closer/ (Mike Nichols, 2004)~ B
206. (26 Sep) Redbelt (David Mamet, 2008)~ B-
207. (28 Sep) Choke (Clark Gregg, 2008) C+
208. (29 Sep) /Fargo/ (Joel Coen, 1996)~ A
209. (1 Oct) Cotton Comes to Harlem (Ossie Davis, 1970) B-
210. (2 Oct) Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven, 1990) B
211. (4 Oct) /Barton Fink/ (Joel Coen, 1991)~ A
212. (5 Oct) Nick and Norah's Infinite Mixtape (Peter Sollett, 2008) B-
213. (6 Oct) /L.A. Confidential/ (Curtis Hanson, 1997)~ A-
214. (8 Oct) Bush Mama (Haile Gerima, 1979) B-
215. (15 Oct) /Do the Right Thing/ (Spike Lee, 1989) A
216. (17 Oct) W. (Oliver Stone, 2008) C
s08. (19 Oct) Illusions (Julie Dash, 1982)
217. (22 Oct) Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991) C-
218. (24 Oct) Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme, 2008) A-
219 (28 Oct) /Shattered Glass/ (Billy Ray, 2003)~ B+
220. (28 Oct) Devil in a Blue Dress (Carl Franklin, 1995)~ B-
221. (29 Oct) Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968) A
222. (30 Oct) Once Were Warriors (Lee Tamahori, 1994) C-
223. (31 Oct) /Dave Chappelle's Block Party/ (Michel Gondry, 2005)~ A
224. (31 Oct) Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Kevin Smith, 2008) C+
225. (2 Nov) /Changeling/ (Clint Eastwood, 2008) C+
226. (3 Nov) [Rec] (Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza, 2007)~ A-
227. (5 Nov) Chang is Missing (Wayne Wang, 1982) B-
228. (5 Nov) The Wild Blue Yonder (Werner Herzog, 2005)~ B
229. (6 Nov) My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, 2007)~ B+
230. (8 Nov) Role Models (David Wain, 2008) B-
231. (8 Nov) /Rachel Getting Married/ (Jonathan Demme, 2008) A [was A-]
232. (9 Nov) The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Mark Herman, 2008) C
233. (9 Nov) Natural Born Killers (Oliver Stone, 1994)~ D+
234. (9 Nov) Zelig (Woody Allen, 1983)~ A-
235. (10 Nov) Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986)~ A-
236. (12 Nov) Zoot Suit (Luis Valdez, 1981) B-
237. (12 Nov) /Rachel Getting Married/ (Jonathan Demme, 2008) A
238. (13 Nov) JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)~ A-
239. (14 Nov) Quantum of Solace (Marc Forster, 2008) B-
240. (14 Nov) /Chungking Express/ (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)~ A-
241. (15 Nov) /Synecdoche, New York/ (Charlie Kaufman, 2008) A
242. (16 Nov) Diary of the Dead (George A. Romero, 2007)~ C-
243. (16 Nov) /Land of the Dead/ (George A. Romero, 2005)~ A-
244. (16 Nov) Day of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1985)~ B+
245. (18 Nov) Frost/Nixon (Ron Howard, 2008) C-
246. (19 Nov) Smoke Signals (Chris Eyre, 1998) C-
247. (22 Nov) Bolt (Byron Howard & Chris Williams, 2008) B-
248. (22 Nov) Lakeview Terrace (Neil LaBute, 2008) C+
249. (22 Nov) In the City of Sylvia (José Luis Guerín, 2007)~ A-
250. (22 Nov) Stuck (Stuart Gordon, 2007)~ C+
251. (23 Nov) /Synecdoche, New York/ (Charlie Kaufman, 2008) A
252. (23 Nov) Moulin Rouge (Baz Lurhmann, 2001)~ B+
253. (24 Nov) /Dogville/ (Lars Von Trier, 2003)~ A
254. (25 Nov) Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976)~ B+
255. (26 Nov) Australia (Baz Luhrmann, 2008) C
256. (26 Nov) The Visitor (Thomas McCarthy, 2007)~ B+
257. (26 Nov) The Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice, 1973)~ A-
258. (27 Nov) /Joshua/ (George Ratliff, 2007)~ B-
259. (28 Nov) Fat Girl (Catherine Breillat, 2001)~ C
260. (29 Nov) Milk (Gus Van Sant, 2008) B+
261. (2 Dec) Man on Wire (James Marsh, 2008)~ B-
262. (3 Dec) What Just Happened (Barry Levinson, 2008) C-
263. (4 Dec) Gates of Heaven (Errol Morris, 1978)~ A
264. (7 Dec) Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 2008) C-
265. (9 Dec) Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson, 1996)~ B
s09. (9 Dec) Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson, 1993)~
266. (9 Dec) /Before Sunset/ (Richard Linklater, 2004)~ A
267. (11 Dec) Where God Left His Shoes (Salvatore Stabile, 2007)~ C+
268. (11 Dec) /The Third Man/ (Carol Reed, 1949)~ A
269. (13 Dec) Quarantine (John Erick Dowdle, 2008) B
270. (17 Dec) /The Man Who Fell to Earth/ (Nicolas Roeg, 1976)~ B+
271. (18 Dec) JCVD (Mabrouk El Mechri, 2008)~ C+
s10. (18 Dec) Une Catastrophe (Jean-Luc Godard, 2008)~
272. (20 Dec) Doubt (John Patrick Shanley, 2008) B
273. (21 Dec) /Burn After Reading/ (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2008)~ A-
274. (21 Dec) /Flight of the Red Balloon/ (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2007)~ A
275. (22 Dec) The Remains of the Day (James Ivory, 1993)~ A
276. (22 Dec) /Wendy and Lucy/ (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)~ A-
277. (23 Dec) /Doubt/ (John Patrick Shanley, 2008) B
278. (24 Dec) /Wall•E/ (Andrew Stanton, 2008)~ A-
279. (24 Dec) /The Dark Knight/ (Jonathan Nolan, 2008)~ A-
280. (25 Dec) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Fincher, 2008) C+
281. (26 Dec) Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood, 2008) B
282. (28 Dec) Seven Pounds (Gabriel Muccino, 2008) D+
283. (29 Dec) The Last Mistress (Catherine Breillat, 2007)~ B+
284. (29 Dec) /In Bruges/ (Martin McDonagh, 2008)~ B+ [was B]
285. (30 Dec) The Reader (Stephen Daldry, 2008) C+
286. (30 Dec) /The Curious Case of Benjamin Button/ (David Fincher, 2008) C+