365 Films in 365 Days: Filmyear 2009
Submitted by stephnd on Mon, 01/05/2009 - 04:19
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- Blogging at Filmyear 2009: http://filmyear.blogspot.com. Particularly memorable films in bold.
- January
- 1. Into Great Silence (2005) - documentary on French monastery
- 2. Anytown, USA (2005) - documentary on NJ small-town mayoral race
- 3. Arranged (2007) - drama; friendship btw Orthodox Jew & devout Muslim, both entering arranged marriages
- 4. Men at Work (2006) - Iranian comedy
- 5. The Bothersome Man (2006) - Norwegian black comedy
- 6. The Way I Spent the End of the World (2006) - Romanian drama about pre-revolution
- 7. Street Fight (2005) - documentary on Newark NJ mayoral race (good!)
- 8. Mondovino (2005) - boring documentary on wine industry and bigs vs. littles
- 9. Wall-E (2008) - fabulous new Pixar.
- 10. DIY or Die (2002) - low-budget documentary interviewing independent artists
- 11. Through Deaf Eyes (2007) - PBS documentary on deaf culture and history
- 12. The Tracey Fragments (2007) - odd drama w/ Ellen Page, with experimental editing techniques
- 13. Stone Reader (2001) - fun doc on search for an author
- 14. Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing... (2005) - ugh.
- 15. Dolls (2002) - Japan bunraku brought to life, lovely.
- 16. I Like Killing Flies
- 17. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
- 18. Brother Born Again (2001) - great documentary on finding brother who found jesus and a separatist religious community
- 19. The Business of Being Born (2008) - illuminating POV on the medicalization of pregnancy and birth
- 20. The Forest For the Trees (Der Wald vor lauter Bäumen) (2003) - uncomfortable character, decent film
- 21. Following Sean (2005) - great Apted-style followup documentary on kid who grew up in the Haight
- 22. Paper Clips (2004) - documentary about kids who collected paper clips and learned about the Holocaust
- 23. Jesus Camp (2006) - scary doc on evangelical kids
- 24. Conversations with Other Women (2005) - Eckhart/Bonham Carter talking
- 25. Sherrybaby (2006) - addict mom trying to get life and kid back. Excellent
- 26. Free Zone (2005) - intense, but disappointing
- 27. King of Masks (1999) - Chinese film about old Master of mask magic seeking a male heir. Sweet.
- 28. Red Without Blue (2007) - documentary about identical twins & their experience through adolescence and adulthood
- 29. Meet Bill (2007) - decent, like the recent Quaid one, the guy reclaims his life.
- 30. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) - cute, but fluffy.
- 31. Strange Days (2007) - terrifying documentary on the power of unchecked government. Yes, documentary, yes, in the US.
- February
- 32. Bigger, Stronger, Faster (2008)
- 33. Please Vote For Me (2007) - Chinese doc on a 3rd grade class monitor election.
- 34. Kinamand (2005) - cute Danish movie set in a Chinese community
- 35. 2 Days in Paris
- 36. Slumdog Millionaire (2009) - Absolutely brilliant.
- 37. The Order of Myths
- 38. Bottle Shock (2008) - kinda disappointing
- 39. Outing Riley - surprisingly funny!
- 40. Flash of Genius
- 41. Who's Camus Anyway?
- 42. King Corn
- 43. What Just Happened?
- 44. Rachel Getting Married
- 45. Happy Go Lucky
- 46. Penelope
- 47. Dead Like Me: Life After Death
- 48. Goldfish Memory
- 49. Superbad
- 50. The Puffy Chair (TERRIBLE)
- 51. Outsourced (mild recommendation)
- 52. Hello, Dolly
- 53. Synecdoche, NY - wow. I'll need at least two more watchings of this to even begin to understand.
- March
- 54. Ratatouille
- 55. Hello, Dolly!
- April
- 56. Star Trek
- May
- 57. Dark Days
- 58. Up
- June
Jesus Camp is more unsettling than any horror movie I've seen in a long while.