FILMS
SEEN IN THE YEAR 2008
(Films not released or shown in
1.) THERE WILL BE BLOOD 96
2.) THE FALL 96
3.) MAN ON WIRE 96
4.) I DON’T HEAR THE GUITAR ANYMORE (J’Entands Plus La Guitare) 96
(made
in 1991, released in Chicago 2008)
5.) STILL LIFE 95
6.) TÔKYÔ SONATA 95
Japan
7.) THE EDGE OF HEAVEN 95
8.) REPRISE 95
9.) JELLYFISH 95
10.) TROUBLE THE WATER 94
11.) RACHEL GETTING MARRIED 94
12.) A CHRISTMAS TALE 94
13.) TIMES AND WINDS 94
14.) YOUSSOU N’DOUR: RETURN TO GORÉE (Retour à Gorée) 94
15.) ALEXANDRA 94
16.) ELEGY 94
17.) CHERRY BLOSSOMS 94
18.)
19.) THE BAND’S VISIT 93
20.) TERRIBLY HAPPY 93
21.) OF TIME AND THE CITY 93
22.) MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY 93
23.) HUNGER 93
25.) THE EXILES 93
(made in 1961, released in Chicago 2008)
26.) THE LIFE OF REILLY 93
27.) STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE 93
28.)
29.) SHOTGUN STORIES 92
30.) REVANCHE 92
31.)
32.) FUNNY GAMES
33.)
34.) SUMMER OF ’04 92
35.)
36.) TELL NO ONE 92
37.) SECRET OF THE GRAIN 92
38.) IN MOM’S HEAD (La Tête
de Maman) 92
39.) WOMAN ON THE BEACH 91
40.) THE VANISHING POINT (Ce Que Mes Yeux
Ont Vu) 91
43.)
44.) LOVE AND HONOR 91
45.) AIN’T SCARED (Regarde-Moi) 91
46.) IN
47.) 24 CITY 91
48.) THE WRESTLER 91
49.) LET THE RIGHT ONE IN 91
50.) THE READER 91
51.) MILK 91
52.) JULIA 91
53.) SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE 91
54.) BURN AFTER READING 91
55.) ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD 91
56.) MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS 90
Hong
Kong China
57.) EZRA 90
58.) VICKY CRISTINA
59.) MY
60.) 9-3: THE MEMORY OF A TERRITORY 90
61.) PLANET B-BOY 90
62.)
63.) SHINE A LIGHT 90
64.) CANARY 90
(made in 2005, released in Chicago 2008)
65.) BALLAST 89
66.) PHANTOM LOVE 89
67.) AS TEARS GO BY 89
(made in 1988, released in Chicago 2008)
68.) THE POOL 89
69.) FROZEN RIVER 88
70.) YOUNG @ HEART 88
71.)
72.) SNOW (Snijeg) 88
73.) FOUR NIGHTS WITH ANNA 88
74.) TOWELHEAD 88
75.) THE STRANGERS 88
76.)
77.) OFF THE GRID:
LIFE ON THE
78.) 2 OR 3 THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HIM 87
79.) KING OF
80.) HAPPY-GO-LUCKY 87
81.) TRUE ENOUGH (La Vérité
ou Presque) 87
82.) LAKEVIEW TERRACE 87
83.) COUNTRY WEDDING (Sveitabrúðkaup) 87
84.) 13 m² 87
85.) THE VISITOR 87
86.) THE SPARROW 87
87.) DARK MATTER 87
88.) DISTANT TREMORS 86
89.) THE LIFE BEFORE HER EYES 86
90.) CLOVERFIELD 86
91.) LAST STOP FOR PAUL 86
92.) HONEYDRIPPER 85
93.) THE AXE IN THE ATTIC 85
94.) PRAYING WITH LIOR 85
95.) REDBELT 84
96.) HALLAM FOE (Mister Foe) 84
97.)
98.) MIRACLE OF ST. ANNA 84
99.) TWO LOVERS 84
100.) DOUBT 84
101.) TIMECRIMES (Los Cronocrímenes) 83
102.) HOW SHE MOVE 82
103.) HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS SPENT THE SUMMER 82
104.) A THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS 82
105.) EVERLASTING MOMENTS 82
106.) CHOKE 82
107.) THE FRIEND (Der
Freund) 81
108.) FROST/NIXON 81
109.)
110.) MISTER LONELY 81
111.) FROWNLAND 81
112.) TUYA’S MARRIAGE 81
113.) A THROW OF DICE 81
(made in 1929, released in Chicago 2008)
114.) BOMB IT 80
115.) ON THE
ROPES 80
116.) LATE BLOOMER 80
(made in 2004, released in Chicago 2008)
117.) SNOW ANGELS 79
118.) QUIET CHAOS 79
119.) SANGRE DE MI SANGRE 78
120.) DELTA 78
121.) LOOK 78
122.) ROMAN DE GARE 77
123.) THE CURIOUS
CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON 77
124.) DAYS IN BETWEEN 77
125.) 48
HOURS A DAY 76
126.) GOD MAN DOG 76
127.) KATYN 75
128.) THE HOMECOMING (I Epistrofi) 74
129.) SANTOURI THE MUSIC MAN 74
130.) INTIMIDAD 73
131.) PINEAPPLE EXPRESS 73
132.) DEADLY DELICIOUS 72
133.) DAUGHTERS OF WISDOM – video 72
134.) DIDINE 71
135.) GRAN
136.) RUN FATBOY RUN 71
137.) DECEPTION 71
138.) THE FAVOR – video 70
139.) BEFORE THE RAINS 70
140.) VANTAGE POINT 70
141.) THE SKY, THE EARTH, AND THE RAIN 68
142.) LA VIE D’ARTISTE 68
143.) FULL
144.) MONSTER CAMP 67
145.) YOUNG YAKUZA 67
146.) THE CHANGLING 63
147.) THE MAIDEN AND THE WOLVES (La Jeune Fille et
Les Loups) 59
148.) TRE 56
149.) UNTRACEABLE 54
150.) THE MEMORY THIEF – video 52
151.) FADE 40
152.) CROSSING
DATES 9
*Daniel Day Lewis – There Will Be Blood
Danny Glover – Honeydripper
Colin Ferrell – In
Kim Seung-woo – Woman On the Beach
Baki Davrak – The Edge of Heaven
Sasson Gabai – The Band’s Visit
Benoît Régent – I Don’t Hear the Guitar Anymore
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Redbelt
*Anders Danielsen Lie – Reprise
Dominique Pinon – Roman de Gare
Takuya Kimura – Love and Honor
Michael Shannon – Shotgun Stories
François Cluzet – Tell No One
Andy Lau – As Tears Go By
Dore Mann – Frownland
Javier Bardem
– Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Ben Kingsley – Elegy
Samuel L. Jackson – Lakeview
Terrace
Jamie Bell – Hallam Foe (Mister
Foe)
Sam Rockwell – Choke
Hoshi Ishida – Canary
Henry O – A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Simon Yam – Sparow
Elmar Wepper – Cherry
Blossoms
Mikael Persbrandt – Everlasting
Moments
*Michael Fessbender – Hunger
Joaquin Phoenix – Two Lovers
Johannes Krisch – Revanche
Mathieu Amalric – A Christmas Tale
Jakob Cedergren –
Terribly Happy
*Philip Seymour Hoffman – Synecdoche,
*Sean Penn – Milk
Hugh Jackman –
Kåre Hedebrant – Let
the Right One In
*Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Rutina
Wesley – How She Move
Zhao Tao – Still Life
Ko Hyeon-jeong – Woman On the Beach
Naomi Watts – Funny Games
Martina Gedeck – Summer of
‘04
Hannah Schygulla – The Edge of Heaven
*Ronit Elkabetz – The Band’s Visit
Johanna ter Steege – I Don’t Hear the Guitar Anymore
Evan Rachel Wood – The Life Before Her Eyes
Sarah Adler – Jellyfish
Elizabeth Peña – How the Garcia Girls Spent the Summer
Lucy Galiardo – How the Garcia Girls Spent the Summer
Samantha Morton – Mister Nobody
Audrey Dana – Roman de Gare
Catinca Untaru – The Fall
Huang Lu –
Marie-José Crozée
– Tell No One
Maggie Cheung – As Tears Go By
Galina Vishnevskaya –
Alexandra
Melissa Leo – Frozen River
Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina
Barcelona
*Sylvie Testud
– La
*Penélope Cruz – Elegy
Inés Efron – XXY
Summer Bishil – Towelhead
Sophia Miles – Hallam Foe
Kelly Macdonald – Choke
Mitsuki Tanimura
– Canary
*Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Hafsia Herzi – Secret of
the Grain
Maria Heiskanan – Everlasting Moments
Kyoko Koizumi –
Tarra Riggs – Ballast
Gwyneth Paltrow – Two Lovers
Maria Skoula – The Homecoming
*Tilda Swinton –
Julia
Catherine Deneuve – A Christmas Tale
Lene Maria Christensen – Terribly Happy
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Eihi Shiina –
Nicole Kidman –
Lina Leandersson – Let
the Right One In
*Kate Winslet –
Charles S. Dutton – Honeydripper
Keb’ Mo’ – Honeydripper
*Brendan Gleeson – In
Robert Seeliger
– Summer of ‘04
Saleh Bakri – The Band’s Visit
Yann Collette – I Don’t Hear the Guitar Anymore
David Strathairn – My Blueberry Nights
Takashi Sasano – Love and Honor
Douglas Ligon – Shotgun Stories
Jesús Ochoa – Sangre de Mi Sangre
*Gilles Lillouche – Tell No One
Jackie Cheung – As Tears Go By
*James Franco – Milk (1) + Pineapple Express (2)
Ricardo Darín – XXY
Martín Piroyansky – XXY
Aaron Eckhart – Towelhead
Matteo Sciabordi – Miracle at St. Anna
Brad William Henke – Choke
Jesper Christensen – Everlasting Moments
*Kai Inowaki –
JimMyron Ross – Ballast
Alessandro Gasman – Quiet Chaos
Hannes Thanheiser – Revanche
Kim Bodnia – Terribly Happy
*Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky
Tom Noonan – Synecdoche,
James Thiérrée
– The Vanishing Point
David Gulpilil – Australia
André Dussolier
– True Enough
Jared Harris – The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button
*Michael Shannon –
Dr. Mabel John – Honeydripper
Clémence Poésy – In
Svea Lohde – Summer of ‘04
Nurgül Yesilçay – The Edge of Heaven
Rachel Weisz – My Blueberry Nights
Hiam Abbass – The
Visitor
Jodi Russell – Dark
Matter
*Viktoria Winge – Reprise
Catinca Untaru
– The Fall
Fanny Ardent – Roman de Gare
Kristin Scott Thomas – Tell No One
*Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina
Barcelona
Patricia Clarkson – Elegy
Golshifteh Farahani – Santouri The Music Man
Debra Winger – Rachel Getting Married
Farida Benkhetache – Secret of the Grain
*Leila D’Issernio – Secret of the Grain
*Aya Irizuki –
Cherry Blossoms
Haruka Igawa –
Isabella Rossellini – Two Lovers
Alicia Stewén – King of
Blu Di Martino – Quiet Chaos
Chiara Mastroianni – A
Christmas Tale
Alexis Zegerman –
Happy-Go-Lucky
Karina Fernandez – Happy-Go-Lucky
Samantha Morton – Synecdoche,
*Dianne Wiest – Synecdoche,
Karine Viard – In
Mom’s Head (La Tête de Maman)
Edith Scob – Didine
Emilie de Preissac – Ain’t Scared (Regarde-Moi)
*Viola
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
Tilda Swinton – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ahney Her – Gran Torino
*Paul Thomas Anderson
Jia Zhang-ke
Li Yang
Stefan Krohmer
Fatih Akin
Eran Kolirin
Philippe Garrel
Joachim Trier
*Tarsem
*James Marsh
Jonathan Demme
Isabel Coixet
*Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Steve McQueen
Erick Zonca
*Götz Spielmann
*Arnaud Desplechin
Henrik Ruben Genz
Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan
Paul Thomas Anderson, adapted from Upton Sinclair – There Will Be Blood
Martin McDonagh – In
Hong Sang-soo – Woman On the Beach
Daniel Nocke – Summer of ‘04
*Fatih
Akin – The Edge of Heaven
*Eran
Kolirin – The Band’s Visit
Philippe Garrel, Marc Cholodenko, and Jean-François Goyet – I Don’t Hear the Guitar Anymore
*Shira
Geffen – Jellyfish
*Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt – Reprise
Yang Li –
Guillaume Canet and Philippe Lefebvre, adapted from Harlan Coben – Tell No One
Alexander Sokurov – Alexandra
Jenny Lumet – Rachel
Getting Married
Kiyoshi Kurosawa,
Max Mannix, and Sachiko
Tanaka –
Sreve McQueen and Enda Walsh – Hunger
*Arnaud Desplechin and Emmanuel Bourdieu
– A Christmas Tale
Aida Begic – Snow (Snijeg)
*Charlie Kaufman –
Synecdoche,
Simon Beaufoy, adapted from Vikas Swarup – Slumdog Millionaire
Dustin Lance Black –
Milk
Carine Tardieu and Michel Leclerc – In Mom’s Head (La
Tête de Maman)
Laurent de Bartillat
and Alain Ross – The Vanishing Point
John Ajvide Lindqvist
– Let the Right One In
Justin Haythe, adapted from Richard Yates –
*Robert Elswit – There Will Be Blood
*Florent Herry – Times and Winds
Yu Lik-wai – Still Life
Eigil Bryld – In
Christopher Doyle and Rain Kathy
Li –
Caroline Champetier – I Don’t Hear the Guitar Anymore
Darius Khondji – My Blueberry Nights
Antoine
Héberlé – Jellyfish
Jakob Ihre
– Reprise
*Colin Watkinson – The Fall
Adam Stone – Shotgun Stories
Peter Sowa – The Strangers
Lin Jong –
Christophe Offenstein – Tell No One
Alexander Burov – Alexandra
Sean Price Williams – Frownland
*Jean-Claude Larrieu – Elegy
Giles Nuttgens – Hallam Foe (Mister Foe)
Yutaka Yamasaki – Canary
Declan Quinn – Rachel Getting Married
Patrick Lindenmaier – A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Cheng Siu-keung –
Sparrow
Lubomir Bakchev – Secret of the Grain
Hanno Lentz – Cherry Blossoms
Mátyás Erdély – Delta
*Akiko Ashizawa –
Yorick Le Saux – Julia
Askild Edvarsen – King
of
Martin Gschlacht – Revanche
Eric Gautier – A Christmas Tale
Anthony
Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire (1) + Country Wedding (2)
Adam Sikora – Four Nights With Anna
Erol Zubcevic – Snow (Snijeg)
Fred Elmes – Synecdoche, New York
John Morrill, Erik Daarstad, and Robert
Kaufman – The Exiles
*Jean-Marc Selva – The Vanishing Point
Colin Wandersman – 13 m²
Hoyte Van Hoytema – Let
the Right One In
Maryse Alberti
– The Wrestler
Honeydripper
How She Move
In
Woman On the Beach
Summer of ‘04
*The Edge of Heaven
I Don’t Hear the Guitar Anymore
The Visitor
*Reprise
Shotgun Stories
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Tell No One
Elegy
*Burn After
Choke
*Rachel Getting Married
Secret of the Grain
Revanche
*A Christmas Tale
Snow (Snijeg)
*
*There Will Be Blood
Times and Winds
In
Phantom Lover
*
My Blueberry Nights
*The Fall
Shotgun Stories
My
As Tears Go By
Alexandra
*Elegy
Rachel Getting Married
Sparrow
A Christmas Tale
Four Nights With Anna
*
*The Vanishing Point
Let the Right One In
How She Move
Woman On the Beach
Funny Games
*
*The Edge of Heaven
The Band’s Visit
I Don’t Hear the Guitar Anymore
*Jellyfish
Reprise
The Fall
Shotgun Stories
My
Tell No One
*Man on Wire
Alexandra
Elegy
Burn After
Rachel Getting Married
*Revanche
A Christmas Tale
Four Nights With Anna
Snow (Snijeg)
Slumdog Millionaire
Milk
*In Mom’s Head (La Tête de Maman)
The Vanishing Point
13 m²
Let the Right One In
*The Band’s Visit
Tuya’s Marriage
Mister Nobody
*The Fall
Love and Honor
*Cherry Blossoms
Everlasting Moments
Snow (Snijeg)
*Slumdog Millionaire
The Wrestler
*Jonny
*Giong Lim – Still Life
Carter Burwell – In
Habib Shadah – The Band’s Visit
Faton Cahen – I Don’t Hear the Guitar Anymore
James Horner – The Life Before Her Eyes
Stephan Endelman – Redbelt
*Ola Fløttum and Knut Schreiner – Reprise
Lucero and Pyramid – Shotgun Stories
Tomandandy – The Strangers
Mathieu Chedid as M – Tell No One
Andrei Sigle – Alexandra
Didier Leplae and Joe Wong – The Pool
Terence Blanchard
– Miracle at St. Anna
Eric Taxier –
Intimidad
*Fred Avril and
Xavier Jamaux – Sparrow
Claus Bantler – Cherry Blossoms
Kazumasa Hashimoto –
*Krzysztof
Penderecki – Katyn
Michal Lorenc
– Four Nights With Anna
Igor Camo – Snow (Snijeg)
Jon Brion – Synecdoche,
World’s End Girlfriend – Late Bloomer
*A.R. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire
Éric Neveux – In
Mom’s Head (La Tête de Maman)
David Moreau – The Vanishing Point
Johan Söderqvist – Let the Right One In
Thomas Newman –
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