09 moments: The stunning conclusion of POLICE ADJECTIVE, MOTHER and FANTASTIC MR FOX in Grauman’s and WHITE RIBBON, VINCERE in the Palais, HONG presenting LIKE YOU KNOW IT ALL in the Bing, 30K worth of KATALYN VARGA onscreen in the Palast, an afternoon with CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH’s eerily beautiful black and white terror, HURT LOCKER in dialogue with LEBANON, AVATAR in 3D, watching J delight in THE GENERAL and A TOWN CALLED PANIC, the 35mm print of SWEETGRASS at Laemmle Monicas and the kinetic energy of GO GET SOME ROSEMARY (on dvd), the bowling prowess of C Porumoiu, the IFC dinner in Telluride (w/ J Audiard, Red Riding Trilogy’s A Tucker, J Jarold, J Marsh, FISH TANK’s A Arnold and M Fassbinder) and the encore in Toronto w/ M Bellocchio, LA weekend with Bong JH and, of course, that it all starts again in 2010.