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For Your Consideration: Top 8 Films of 2008
January 5, 2009 in Arts & Entertainment | Tags: 2008, a.o. scott, academy award nominees, alexis zegerman, allison pill, andrea riseborough, anil kapoor, anna deavere smith, anne hathaway, associated press, autobiographical movie, be kind rewind, best picture, beta, bill irwin, breakfast club, brokeback mountain, cannes 2008, christy lemire, chunkit!, cinematical.com, comedy, danny boyle, danny glover, debra winger, dev patel, diego luna, documentary, eddie marsan, emile hirsch, filmcritic.com, films, foreign film, francois begaudeau, frank langella, freida pinto, frost, frost/nixon, gus van sant, happy-go-lucky, historical drama, IGN, irrfan khan, jack black, james franco, james rocchi, joe morgenstern, jonathan demme, josh brolin, kaleem aftab, laurent cantet, list, lou lumenick, loveleen tandan, madhur mittal, manohla dargis, matthew macfadyen, melonie diaz, mia farrow, michael sheen, michel gondry, mike leigh, milk, mos def, movies, my chunks, nanette burstein, new york post, nixon, ny times, palme d'or, parody, peter travers, philip kennicott, rachel getting married, rolling stone, ron howard, rotten tomatoes, sally hawkins, sam rockwell, sean o'connell, sean penn, sinead matthews, slumdog millionaire, sundance 2008, the class, the devil wears prada, the new york times, the washington post, to do, toby jones, top films, top movies, tunde adebimpe, wall street journal, wsj | by Katherine | 2 comments
Over the past few days, I’ve sifted through multiple year-in-review lists, watched scores of trailers, and prowled Rotten Tomatoes for ratings. Somewhere between The Dark Knight and Iron Man, the following 8 films may have escaped your viewing in 2008 but are now at the top of my to-do list.
These films aren’t necessarily Academy Award nominees or critics’ picks, though many of them are. They were chosen for having an interesting premise and a fresh approach to their subject.
I’ve taken the liberty of compiling everything — movie posters, cast lists, ratings, synopses, trailers, and critics’ reviews — into one handy package for you.
So if you’re at the movie theater looking forlornly from The Day the Earth Stood Still to The Spirit, here are 8 alternatives for your consideration:
American Teen
Because it’s billed as a real-life ‘Breakfast Club’.
Directed by: Nanette Burstein
Documentary following the lives of four teenagers–a jock, the popular girl, the artsy girl and the geek–in one small town in Indiana through their senior year of high school. We see the insecurities, the cliques, the jealousies, the first loves and heartbreaks, and the struggle to make profound decisions about the future. Filming daily for ten months, filmmaker Nanette Burstein developed a deep understanding… See Full Description
Excerpts from critical reviews, courtesy of ChunkIt!’s My Chunks beta feature:
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