The master has spoken.<\/a><\/p>\nI have a rough-draft list of my favorites for 2008, and it\u2019s almost identical to this one. Wild. That rarely happens with any critic, especially Ebert. But my current favorite film of \u201908 is on this list, so if you want to start guessing\u2026 go ahead. I\u2019m really, really surprised and delighted to see it there.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The master has spoken. I have a rough-draft list of my favorites for 2008, and it\u2019s almost identical to this one. Wild. That rarely happens with any critic, especially Ebert. But my current favorite film of \u201908 is on this list, so if you want to start guessing\u2026 go ahead. I\u2019m really, really surprised and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1051,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-54962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-ebert"],"yoast_head":"\n
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