top films of 2009
By: so lighty here
The very good:
Entré les murs/The Class (2009)/fr/Laurent Cantet
Hunger (2009)/UK-Ireland/Steve McQueen
Limits Of Control (2009)/US/Jim Jarmusch
Moon (2009)/US/Duncan Jones
L’heure d’ete / Summer Hours (2009)/FR/Olivier Assayas
The September Issue (2009)/US/R J Cutler
Bright Star (2009)/UK/Australia/Jane Campion
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)/US/Spike Jones
Inglorious Basterds (2009)/US/Quentein Tarantino
The Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)/US/Wes Anderson
Broken Embraces (2009)/Spain/Almodovar
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)/US/Werner Herzog
The very good, but never viewed until this year:
Waltz With Bashir (2008)/Israel/Ari Folman
Let The Right One In (2008)/Sweden/Tomas Alfredson
Magnificent Obsession (1954)/US/Douglas Sirk
The Reckless Hour & Caught (both 1948)/US/Max Ophüls
Tarnished Angels (1958)/US/Douglas Sirk
The Loveless (1981)/US/Kathryn Bigelow
The reappraised favorably:
Saturday Night Fever (1977)/US/John Badham
The DVD revelation:
MoC Czech “Sunrise” BR
Cinematography:
Christopher Doyle for “Limits Of Control”
Production Design:
Janet Patterson for “Bright Star”
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