Here is the current (but occasionally updated) list of my favorite films from 2008.<\/p>\n
In order to understand the color-coding, the purpose, and meaning of this list, please read\u00a0my introduction to the Looking Closer Favorite Films lists here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Red = Treasures
\n<\/span>Purple = Favorites
\n<\/span>Blue = Achievements
\n<\/span>Gray = Decent\/Noteworthy
\n<\/span>Green = Unseen or Undecided<\/span>
\n* = This film was discovered after the year in question and added in a list revision.<\/strong><\/p>\n2008<\/h2>\n
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As-yet Unseen or Unratable Films of 2008:<\/h6>\n
24 City (Jia Zhang-Ke)<\/span>
\n A Week Alone (Celina Murga)<\/span>
\n Achilles to kame<\/span>
\n Adoration<\/span>
\n Afterschool (Antonio Campos)<\/span>
\n All Around Us (Ryosuke Hashiguchi)<\/span>
\n American Teen<\/span>
\n Anvil! The Story of Anvil<\/span>
\n Appaloosa<\/span>
\n Around the Bay (Alejandro Adams)<\/span>
\n Australia<\/span>
\n Bigger, Stronger, Faster*<\/span>
\n Birdsong (Albert Serra)<\/span>
\n BirdWatchers<\/span>
\n Bolt<\/span>
\n Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story<\/span>
\n Bottle Shock<\/span>
\n Bumaznyj soldat<\/span>
\n Burma VJ<\/span>
\n Cadillac Records (Darnell Martin)<\/span>
\n Carmen Miranda: The Girl From Rio<\/span>
\n Changeling (Clint Eastwood)<\/span>
\n Che (Steven Soderbergh)<\/span>
\n Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood<\/span>
\n City of Ember (Gil Kenan)<\/span>
\n Cloverfield<\/span>
\n Dangkou<\/span>
\n Dawn of the World (Abbas Fahdel)<\/span>
\n Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father<\/span>
\n Death Race (Paul W.S. Anderson)<\/span>
\n Defiance<\/span>
\n Disgrace<\/span>
\n<\/span> Every Little Step<\/span>
\n Falling (Richard Dutcher)<\/span>
\n Fats Waller: This Joint is Jumpin\u2019<\/span>
\n<\/span> Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Nicholas Stoller)<\/span>
\n Four Nights With Anna (Jerzy Skolimowski)<\/span>
\n Frontier of Dawn (Philippe Garrel)<\/span>
\n Gabbla<\/span>
\n Ghost Town<\/span>
\n Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson<\/span>
\n Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood)<\/span>
\n Hancock<\/span>
\n Henry Poole Is Here<\/span>
\n Home (Ursula Meier)<\/span>
\n How to Lose Friends & Alienate People<\/span>
\n I.O.U.S.A.<\/span>
\n Idiots and Angels<\/span>
\n Il Divo<\/span>
\n Il pap\u00e0 di Giovanna<\/span>
\n Il seme della discordia<\/span>
\n I\u2019m Gonna Explode (Gerardo Naranjo)<\/span>
\n Inju, la b\u00eate dans l\u2019ombre<\/span>
\n It Might Get Loud<\/span>
\n Jazz Icons: Series 3<\/span>
\n JCVD<\/span>
\n Jerichow (Christian Petzold)<\/span>
\n Kisses<\/span>
\n Lakeview Terrace<\/span>
\n L\u2019Autre<\/span>
\n Leatherheads (George Clooney)<\/span>
\n Let\u2019s Talk About the Rain<\/span>
\n<\/span> Lost Song<\/span>
\n Love Exposure (Sion Sono)<\/span>
\n Lymelife<\/span>
\n Mad Money<\/span>
\n Management<\/span>
\nMedicine for Melancholy<\/span>
\n Melancholia (Lav Diaz)<\/span>
\n Mesrine: Killer Instinct<\/span>
\n Mesrine: Public Enemy #1<\/span>
\n Mid-August Lunch (Gianni Di Gregorio)<\/span>
\n Milk (Gus Van Sant)<\/span>
\n Miracle at St. Anna<\/span>
\n Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day<\/span>
\n More Than a Game<\/span>
\n Nick and Norah\u2019s Infinite Playlist (Peter Sollett)<\/span>
\n Night and Day (Hong Sang-soo)<\/span>
\n Nights and Weekends (Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig)<\/span>
\n Nora\u2019s Will<\/span>
\n North Face<\/span>