ÿþ<html><head><title>Reel Life: Flick Pix</title></head> <body background="Film_strpaler.gif"><H1 align=center>Mandel Maven's Nest Reel Life: Flick Pix </H1><br><br> <br><br>Nora Lee Mandel is a member of <a href="http://nyfco.proboards42.com/index.cgi">New York Film Critics Online</a>; recent reviews are now counted in the <b>Rotten Tomatoes</b> <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/author/author-13166/">TomatoMeter</a>. <br><br> <br><br><A HREF=#2010>My Best Films of 2010</A><br> <A HREF=#2009>My Best Films of 2009</A><br> <A HREF=#2008>My Best Films of 2008</A><br> <A HREF=#2007>My Best Films of 2007</A><br> <A HREF=#2006>My Best Films of 2006</A><br> <A HREF=#2005>My Best Films of 2005</A><br> <A HREF=#2004>My Best Films of 2004</A><br> <A HREF=#2003>My Best Films of 2003</A><br> <A HREF=#2002>My Best Films of 2002</A><br> <A HREF=#2001>My Best Films of 2001</A><br><br> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html">LILITH WATCH: CRITICAL GUIDE TO JEWISH WOMEN IN THE MOVIES (& TV and Pop Music)</a><br> <A HREF=#chicks>CHICK FLICKS</A><br> <A HREF=#master>MASTERPIECE THEATER: MOVIES AS MEDICINE</A><br> <A HREF=#middle>For the MIDDLE-AGED AT HEART: HURRAH FOR GROWN-UPS!</A><br> <A HREF=#music>For the MUSIC (and/or the dancing)</A><br> <A HREF=#nyny>NEW YORK NEW YORK: IT'S A HELLUVA TOWN</A><br> <A HREF=#noir>NOIR NIGHT OUT</A><br> <A HREF=#teens>OGLING TEENS AND '20SOMETHINGS</A><br> <A HREF=#popcorn>POPCORN EATERS</A><br> <A HREF=#randj>ROMEO AND JULIET ACROSS THE ETHNIC DIVIDE</A><br> <A HREF=#crowe>And then there's RUSSELL CROWE (with commentary on the actor)</A><br> <A HREF=#scifi>SCI-FI and FANTASY from A DISTAFF POV</A><br> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/WTC.html#movies">Impact of 9/11 on NYC through Movies</a><br><br> <center><i>Friends don't let friends watch bad movies!</i> -- John Ridley<br></center> <br><center><i>It is not enough to like a film. You must like it for the right reasons.</i> -- Pierre Rissient<br></center> <br><br></b></b>Here's the index to my cinema-therapeutic recommendations without spoilers from a real Jewish <A HREF="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ave-maria/">movie-going mother</a>. <Dd>For complete credits go to <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com">Internet Movie Database</a>. <dd>Shorter versions of my reviews (and, as of 2006, ones of movies made-for-TV or that I viewed uncut on video/DVD/cable though I m zillions of reviews behind) are at <A HREF="http://imdb.com/user/ur2042633/comments">IMDb's comments</a>, where non-English films are listed by their native tiles. Since August 2006, edited versions of most of my reviews of documentaries/indie/foreign films are at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/">film-forward</a>. <br> <img src="new.gif"> indicates movies currently in theaters or first-run VOD that I don't think are yet out on video/DVD or uncut on cable (not counting streaming). <br><br> <u><A NAME=2010><b>MY BEST FILMS of 2010</b></A></u> (In the order I saw them, many reviews yet to be written, particularly of festivals-viewed, non-theatrically distributed films): <dd><b>Gruber's Journey (Calatoria lui Gruber)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff10.html">2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (and the comparably-themed short <b>With a Little Patience (Türelem)</b>) <dd><b>Fish Tank</b> <dd><b>In the Beginning (A l origine)</b> (previewed at <i>2010 Rendez-Vous with French Film</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>A Prophet (Un prophète)</b> <dd><b>La Pivellina</b> (previewed at <i>2010 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Road, Movie</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Micmacs (Micmacs à tire-larigot)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Lola</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The White Meadows (Keshtzar haye sepid)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <Dd><b>The White Space (Lo spazio bianco)</b> (kudos to Margherita Buy and writer/director Francesca Comencini) (previewed at 2010 <i>Open Roads: New Italian Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><b>The Man Who Will Come (L'Uomo che verrà)</b> (kudos to young Greta Zuccheri Montanari) (seen at 2010 <i>Open Roads: New Italian Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Cow (Dou niu)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.subwaycinema.com/">2010 New York Asian Film Festival</a> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (kudos to Huang Bo) <dd><b>Confessions (Kokuhaku)</b> (previewed at 2010 <i>Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film</i> of <A HREF="http://www.japansociety.org/content.cfm/japancuts">Japan Society</a>) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: Movies that Stick with me Despite My Gripes </u><br> <dd><b>Protector</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff10.html">2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#protect">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ajami.html">Ajami</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff10.html">2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#ajami">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Valentina s Mother</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff10.html">2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#valent">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><b>Saviors In The Night (Unter Bauern)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff10.html">2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#savior">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/eyeswide.html">Eyes Wide Open (Einaym Pkuhot)</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff10.html">2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#eyes">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><b>Ocean of an Old Man</b> (seen in <A HREF="http://www.globalfilm.org/about_global_lens.htm">Global Lens</a> series at MoMA) <dd><b>Becloud (Vaho)</b> (seen in <A HREF="http://www.globalfilm.org/about_global_lens.htm">Global Lens</a> series at MoMA) <dd><b>Night Catches Us</b> (Nice to see <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Wire">The Wire</a> alumni reunion of Jamie Hector and Wendell Pierce) (previewed at <i>2010 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Every Day Is a Holiday (Chaque jour est une fête)</b> (previewed at <i>2010 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>My Brothers</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Anton Chekhov's The Duel</b> <dd><b>Mother and Child</b> (kudos to Annette Bening, Naomi Watts, Kerry Washington and Cherry Jones) <Dd><b>Cyrus</b> <dd><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/kids.html">The Kids Are All Right</A> <dd><b>The Balibo Conspiracy</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrw10.html">2010 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Honeymoons (Medeni mesec)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrw10.html">2010 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Sicilian Girl (La Siciliana Ribelle)</b> (kudos to Veronica D'Agostino) <d><b>Morenita</b> (seen at 2010 <A HREF="www.NYLatinoFilm.com">New York International Latino Film Festival</a>) <br><br><b><u>BEST ACTIONERS/THRILLERS</u></b> <dd><b>North Face (Nordwand)</b> <dd><b>Rapt</b> (previewed at <i>2010 Rendez-Vous with French Film</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Green Zone</b> (kudos to director Paul Greengrass, director of photography Barry Ackroyd and score by John Powell) <dd><b>How I Ended This Summer (Kak ya provyol etim letom)</b> (previewed at <i>2010 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) (kudos to Grigory Dobrygin for Break Out Hunk of the Year) <dd><b>Clash (Bay Rong)</b> (kudos to the tangling and tangoing of long-legged, Best Combustible Couple Johnny Tri Nguyen and Ngo Thanh Van) (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Little Big Soldier (Da bing xiao jiang)</b> (kudos to actor/producer/writer/action director Jackie Chan and Wang Lee-hom) (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.subwaycinema.com/">2010 New York Asian Film Festival</a> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Mesrine: Part 1 (Mesrine, L instinct de mort Mesrine)</b> (nice to see Roy Dupuis!) and <b>Part 2 (Mesrine, L ennemi public no. 1)</b> (previewed at <i>2009 Rendez-Vous with French Film</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (kudos to Vincent Cassel) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/lebanon.html">Lebanon</a> <br><br><u>Runners-Up: ACTIONERS/THRILLERS that stick with me despite my gripes</u> <dd><b>The Warlords (Tau ming chong)</b> <dd><b>Centurion</b> <dd><b>Inception</b> (kudos to the movie allegory, and real and imagined scenery; boo to the guy next to me at the Regal Atlas's 4:20 pm show on 7/24/2010, in the center toward the rear, who talked on the phone and to his friend through the extended expositions) <dd><b>71 Into The Fire (Pohwasogeuro )</b> (previewed with <A HREF="http://www.koreasociety.org/">The Korea Society</a>) <br><br><u><b>BEST INTELLECTUAL SWORDS AND SANDALS EPIC</b></u> <dd><b>Agora</b> <br><br><u>Runners-Up: BEST INTELLECTUAL SWORDS AND SANDALS EPICS</u> <dd><b>The Blood Of Rebirth (Yomigaeri no chi)</b> (cool visuals too) (previewed at 2010 <i>Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film</i> of <A HREF="http://www.japansociety.org/content.cfm/japancuts">Japan Society</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/valhalla.html">Valhalla Rising</A> (and for the scenery and manscape with even a mute, one-eyed, tattooed Mads Mikkelsen) <br><br><b><u>BEST VIOLENT NEO-NOIRS</u></b> <dd><b>Mother (Maedo)</b> (previewed at <i>2009 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>The Chaser (Chugyeogja)</b> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/redriding.html">Red Riding Trilogy  1974; 1980; 1983</a> (kudos to the cinematography of Rob Hardy in <i>1974</i>) (previewed at <i>2009 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Terribly Happy (Frygtelig lykkelig)</b> <dd><b>The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos)</b> <dd><b>The Killer Inside Me</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (kudos to Casey Affleck, cinematographer Marcel Zyskind, and the production design) <dd><b>Blood and Rain (La sangre y la lluvia)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Disappearance of Alice Creed</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Winter's Bone</b> <Dd><b>Thursday Widows (Las viudas de los jueves)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Lincoln Center</a> s 2010 <i>Latin Beat</i>) <br><br><u> Runners-Up: VIOLENT NEO-NOIRS that stick with me despite my gripes</u> <dd><b>7 Days (Les 7 jours du talion)</b> (previewed through <i>Sundance Selects</i>) <dd><b>Snap</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Double Hour (La doppia ora)</b> (kudos to Ksenia Rappoport and to Filippo Timi as a hunk) (previewed at 2010 <i>Open Roads: New Italian Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Backyard (El Traspatio)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrw10.html">2010 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>A Woman, A Gun and A Noodle Shop (San qiang pai an jing qi)</b> (kudos to the scenery and the cinematography of Zhao Xiaoding) <br><br><b><u>BEST VILLAINS</u></b> <dd>Jacki Weaver as "Grandma Smurf Cody" in <a href="http://www.film-forward.com/animalkingdom.html">Animal Kingdom</a> <br><br><u><b>BEST FEMINIST FABLES</b></u> <dd><b>Lourdes</b> <dd><b>Be Good (Sois Sage)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/fcselects10.html">2010 Film Comment Selects</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><b>Bluebeard (La Barbe Bleue)</b> (previewed at <i>2009 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <br><br>Runners-Up: BEST FEMINIST FABLES: <dd><b>The Hedgehog (Le Hérisson)</b> (previewed at <i>2010 Rendez-Vous with French Film</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (Boo to Ian Burley's subtitles that Anglicize "concierge" to "janitor" and "loge" to "lodge") <Dd><b>Habana Eva</b> (seen at 2010 <A HREF="www.NYLatinoFilm.com">New York International Latino Film Festival</a>) <br><br><b><u>BEST DARK COMEDIES</u></b>: <dd><b>A Film with Me In It</b> <dd><b>The Man Next Door (El hombre de al lado)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf10.html">2010 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>The Happiest Girl in the World (Cea mai fericita fata din lume)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf10.html">2010 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Down Terrace</b> (kudos to the use of traditional murder ballads) (previewed at <i>2010 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <br><br><b><u>BEST ROMANCES</u></b> <dd><b>Mademoiselle Chambon</b> (previewed at <i>2010 Rendez-Vous with French Film</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (kudos to Vincent Lindon and Sandrine Kiberlain) <dd><b>Samson and Delilah</b> (previewed at at <i>2010 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <Dd><b>Barking Water</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">2009 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky</b> (of course I'm Mad for Smoldering Mads Mikkelsen, but also kudos to the costumes, production design, scenery and re-enactment of the première mise en scène of <i>The Rites of Spring</i>) <dd><b>Castaway on the Moon (Kimssi pyoryugi)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.subwaycinema.com/">2010 New York Asian Film Festival</a> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (kudos to Jung Jae-Yeong and Jung Rye-Won) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: ROMANCES that Stick with me Despite My Gripes</u><br> <dd><b>The Yellow Handkerchief</b> (kudos to William Hurt and Eef Barzelay's score, but it should have been filled with regional music) <Dd><b>Everyone Else (Alle Anderen)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff09pt3.html">2009 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Ondine</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Lucky Life</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>some boys don't leave</b> (short screened at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Here and There (Tamo i ovde)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/saltofthis.html">Salt Of This Sea (Milh Hadha Al-Bahr)</a> (also briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#salt">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: BEST WOMEN AS GROWN-UPS in Romances that Stick with me Despite My Gripes</u> <dd>Vanessa Redgrave in <b>Letters to Juliet</b> <br><br><b><u>Runners-Up: BEST SIBLING RIVALRY With a Side Order of Romance</u></b> <dd><b>The Vicious Kind</b> <dd><b>Easier With Practice</b> <br><br><b><u>Runners-Up: BEST ANTI-ROMANCE</u></b> <dd><b>Hunting & Sons (Hunting & Zn.)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf10.html">2010 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <br><br><u><b>BEST COMING OF AGERS</b></u> <dd><b>I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)</b> (previewed at at <i>2010 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>The Evening Dress (La robe du soir)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf10.html">2010 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>The Girl (Flickan)</b> (previewed at <i>Northern Exposures: Social Change and Sexuality in Swedish Cinema</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> <dd><b>My Queen Karo</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Kisses</b> (thanks for the subtitles!) <dd><b>Udaan</b> (meaning "flight") <br><br><u>Runners-Up: COMING OF AGERS that Stick with me Despite My Gripes</u> <dd><b>Burrowing (Man tänker sitt)</b> (previewed at <i>Northern Exposures: Social Change and Sexuality in Swedish Cinema</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> <dd><b>The Trotsky</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>My Brothers</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Famous and the Dead (Os famosos e os duendes da morte)</b> (seen at 2010 <i>Premiere Brazil!</i> series at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <br><br><u><b>BEST MOVIE MUSICALS (and music bio-pics):</b></u> <dd><b>Gainsbourg, Je t'Aime... Moi Non Plus (Gainsbourg - Vie héroïque)</b> (kudos to Eric Elmosnino as well as the puppets and animation) (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#gains">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><b>sex & drugs & rock & roll</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt5.html">There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/raavan.html">Raavan</A> <dd><b>Nowhere Boy</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST ANIMATION</u></b> <dd><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/marymax.html">Mary and Max</A> (seen at <i>2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <dd><b>The Secret of Kells</b> (<A HREF="http://theblogofkells.blogspot.com/">here's some background</A>) <dd><b>Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death</b> (seen with <i>2010 Academy Award-Nominated Animated Short Films</i>) <dd><b>How to Train Your Dragon (3D)</b> (Who knew Vikings had Scottish brogues?) <dd><b>Toy Story 3</b> <br><Br><u>Runners-Up: BEST ANIMATION that Stick with me Despite My Gripes</u>: <dd><b>Metropia</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>My Dog Tulip</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST DOCUMENTARIES</u></b>: <dd><b>Old Partner (Wonangsori)</b> <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/sweetgrass.html">Sweetgrass</a> (also brief preview review from <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff09pt1.html">2009 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Einsatzgruppen: The Death Brigades</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff10.html">2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#gruppen">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <Dd><b>The Art of the Steal</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff09pt1.html">2009 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>, with <i>Herb and Dorothy</i>) <dd><b>Rabbit à la Berlin (Królik po berlinsku)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>2010 Academy-Nominated Documentary Shorts</i>) <dd><b>Last Train Home</b> (previewed at at <i>2010 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) (pair it with <b>Ghost Town (Fei cheng)</b>) <dd><a href="http://forgottentransports.com/">Forgotten Transports to Belarus (Zapomenuté transporty: Do Belarus): Men Who Fought</a>) and <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Latvia">Forgotten Transports: To Latvia (Zapomenuté transporty: Do Latvia): Family Strength</a> (viewed at <i>The Legacy of Shoah Film Festival</i>) <dd><b>Thieves By Law</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#thieves">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/babies.html">Babies (Bébés)</a> <dd><b>The Arbor</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Earth Made of Glass</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Sons Of Perdition</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Budrus</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Budrus">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><b>The Western Front</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#wfront">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><b>Exit Through the Gift Shop</b> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/enemiesof.html">Enemies Of The People</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrw10.html">2010 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/restrepo.html">Restrepo</a> <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/mugabe.html">Mugabe and the White African</a> (previewed at 2009 <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org">DocuWeeks</a>) <br><br><u>DOCS that are Close Runners-Up</u> <dd><b>Human Failure (Menschliches Versagen)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff10.html">2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <dd><b>Gevald!</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff10.html">2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#gevald">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/offand.html">Off and Running</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#running">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/octobercountry.html">October Country</a> <dd><b>The Red Chapel</b> (previewed at at <i>2010 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>12th & Delaware</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrw10.html">2010 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Camp Victory, Afghanistan</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrw10.html">2010 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Supermen of Malegaon</b> (seen at 2009 <i>The New India</i> series at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Waste Land (Lixo extgraordinário)</b> (previewed at 2010 <i>Premiere Brazil!</i> series at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <Dd><A HREF="http://holywars.tv/">Holy Wars</a> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2010">DocuWeeks</a>) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.c-linefilms.com/c_linefilms.html">Family Affair</a> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2010">DocuWeeks</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#family">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <Dd><b>The Rati Horror Show (El Rati Horror Show)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> s <i>Latin Beat</i>) <br><br><u>Best of the Cute-Kids-in-Competition DOCS :</u> <Dd><A HREF="http://www.louderthanabombfilm.com/about-the-film.php">Louder Than A Bomb</a> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2010">DocuWeeks</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#bomb">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.boysofsummerfilm.com/">Boys Of Summer</a> (seen at 2010 <A HREF="www.NYLatinoFilm.com">New York International Latino Film Festival</a>) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: Best of the Cute-Kids-in-Competition DOCS :</u> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/racingdreams.html">Racing Dreams</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/whizkids.html">Whiz Kids</a> <br><br><u>Educational Runners-Up (DOCS you can learn from despite gaps and/or flaws):</u> <dd><b>The Matilda Candidate</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>Documentary Fortnight  9th International Festival of Nonfiction Films</i>) <dd><b>Agrarian Utopia</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>Documentary Fortnight  9th International Festival of Nonfiction Films</i>) (for background insight on the political crisis in Thailand) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/harlan.html">Harlan: In The Shadow Of <i>Jew Süss</i> (Harlan - Im Schatten Von <i>Jud Süss</i>)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Harlan">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>My Perestroika</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf10.html">2010 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#Poland">Forgotten Transports: To Poland (Zapomenuté transporty: Do Poland): The Human Spirit</a> (viewed at 2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/johannesburg.html">Have You Heard From Johannesburg</a> <dd><b>Between the Cup and the Election (Entre la coupe et l'élection)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/johannesburg.html">2010 New York African Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> and <A HREF="http://africanfilmny.org/">African Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Into Eternity</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Gerrymandering</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries: There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Other City</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/casinojack.html">Casino Jack And The United States Of Money</a> <dd><b>War Don Don (The War Is Over)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrw10.html">2010 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Henri-Georges Clouzot s Inferno (L'enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot)</b> (for film buffs) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/neshoba.html">Neshoba: The Price Of Freedom</a> <dd><A HREF="http://colonymovie.com/">Colony</a> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2010">DocuWeeks</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/unfinished.html">A Film Unfinished</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#unfin">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: BIO DOCS you can learn from despite gaps and/or glosses:</u> <dd><b>Ahead of Time</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff10.html">2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#ahead">commentary</a> on Ruth Gruber.) <dd><b>Ingelore</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>Documentary Fortnight  9th International Festival of Nonfiction Films</i>) <dd><b>Nora</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/johannesburg.html">2010 New York African Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> and <A HREF="http://africanfilmny.org/">African Film Festival</a>) (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>Documentary Fortnight  9th International Festival of Nonfiction Films</i>) <dd><b>Beautiful Darling: The Life and Times of Candy Darling, Andy Warhol Superstar</b> (previewed at at <i>2010 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Bill Cunningham New York</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf10.html">2010 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Joan">Joan Rivers- A Piece of Work</a> <dd><b>Pushing The Elephant</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrw10.html">2010 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) ><b>Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould</b> <br><br><b><u>MOST DEPRESSING FILM OF THE YEAR:</b></u> <dd><b>Addicted in Afghanistan</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>Documentary Fortnight  9th International Festival of Nonfiction Films</i>) <br><br><u><b>Best COMIC RELIEF from Depressing DOCS Despite Nonsense:</u></b> <dd><b>Soul Kitchen</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Looking for Eric</b> <br><br><u>Runners-Up: Best COMIC RELIEF from Depressing DOCS Despite Nonsense:</u> <dd><b>Heartbreaker (L'arnacoeur)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (for <I>Dirty Dancing</i> deeds) <dd><b>Scott Pilgrim vs. The World</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST SCENERY:</b></u> <dd><b>Cairo Time</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Moloch Tropical</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrw10.html">2010 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) <br><br><u><b>Runners-Up: BEST SCENERY</u></b> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/altiplano.html">Altiplano</a> <br><br><u><b>Runners-Up: MOST VISUAL HEAD TRIPS</u></b> <dd><b>Creation</b> (kudos to actor Paul Bettany, production design, costumes, make-up, DP Jess Hall, and Christopher Young's score) <dd><b>I Am Love</b> (kudos to score by John Adams) (previewed at <i>2010 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Tetsuo The Bullet Man</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Enter the Void</b> (kudos to the editing) <br><br><u><b>BEST REVIVALS IN NEW PRINTS </u></b> <dd><b>Stray Dog (Nora inu)</b> <dd><b>Interrogation (Przesluchanie)</b>; <b>The Beads of One Rosary (Paciorki jednego rózanca)</b>; <b>A Woman Alone (Kobieta samotna)</b>; and <b>Top Dog (Wodzirej)</b> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>'s "Storm Warnings: Resistance and Reflection in Polish Cinema" series in the <a href="http://www.performingrevolution.org/about">Performing Revolution in Central and Eastern Europe Festival</a> <dd><b>The Law (La Loi)</b> (seen at <i>2010 Rendez-Vous with French Film</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>The Prowler</b> <dd><b>Close-Up (Nema-ye Nazdik)</b> <dd><b>World on a Wire (Welt am Draht)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Metropolis</b> <dd><b>Nightfall</b> <dd><b>I Was Born, But. . . (Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo)</b> <br><br>Thanks for theatrical showings for my first-time viewings on big screens of: <br><b>One Wonderful Sunday (Subarashiki nichiyobi)</b>; <b>Ikiru</b>; <b>I Live In Fear (Ikimono no kiroku)</b>, <b>Dodes Ka-Den</b>, and <b>Dersu Ozala</b> at <i>Kurasawa Centennial</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmforum.org/">Film Forum</a>; <b>The Girl with Hyacinths (Flicka och hyacinter)</b> and <b>One Summer of Happiness (Hon dansade en sommar)</b> at <i>Northern Exposures: Social Change and Sexuality in Swedish Cinema</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>; <b>Sound and Fury (De bruit et de fureur)</b> and <b>Victor (Victor... pendant qu'il est trop tard)</b> in <I>ND/NF Classics: In the French Style</i> of <i>2010 New Directors/New Films</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>; <b>The Sign of Leo (Le Signe du lion)</b> at <i>The Sign of Rohmer</i> retrospective at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> <br><br><u><A NAME=2009><b>MY BEST FILMS of 2009</b></A></u> (In the order I saw them, many reviews yet to be written, particularly of festivals-viewed, non-theatrically distributed films): <dd><b>California Dreamin (endless) (Nesfarsit)</b> <Dd><b>A Woman in Berlin (Anonyma  Eine Frau in Berlin)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/fcselects09.html">10th Film Comments Selects</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> (kudos to director/adapter Max Färberböck and actors Nina Hoss and Yevgeni Sidikhin) <Dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/seraphine.html">Séraphine</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/rendez-vous09.html">14th Rendez-Vous With French Cinema</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (kudos to Yolande Moreau) <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#girltrain">The Girl on the Train (La Fille du RER)</a>(previewed at <i>14th Rendez-Vous with French Film</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Hunger</b> (kudos to co-writer/director Steve McQueen) <Dd><b>The Maid (La Nana)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">38th New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/intheloop.html">In The Loop</a> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <Dd><b>Departures (Okuribito)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/stillwalk.html">Still Walking (Aruitemo Aruitemo)</a> (also briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a> and in <a href="http://film-forward.com/best2009.html">best of year - scroll down</a>) <Dd><b>About Elly (Darbareye Elly)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Pandora s Box (Pandoranin Kutusu)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Il Divo</b> (kudos to Toni Servillo, the editing and the score by Teho Teardo) <dd><b>The Hurt Locker</b> (kudos to Jeremy Renner and director Kathryn Bigelow) <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#glour">Inglourious Basterds</a> (kudos to writer/director QT, cinematographer Robert Richardson, production designer David Wasco, editor Sally Menke, costumes and art design, and actor Christoph Waltz) (for historical background on Nazi films see <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/harlan.html">Harlan: In The Shadow Of Jew Süss (Harlan - Im Schatten Von Jud Süss)</a>) <Dd><b>The Messenger</b> (kudos to co-writer (with Alessandro Camon)/director Oren Moverman, cinematographer Bobby Bukowski and actors Ben Foster and Samantha Morton) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/aserious.html">A Serious Man</a> (kudos to actor Michael Stuhlbarg, cinematographer Roger Deakins and score by Carter Burwell) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#aserious">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><b>Sun (Solntse)</b> <dd><b>Big Fan</b> (kudos to writer/director Robert Siegel and Patton Oswalt) <dd><b>Up in the Air</b> (kudos to Jason Reitman's adaptation of a mediocre book) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: Movies that Stick with me Despite My Gripes </u><br> <dd><b>Silent Light (Stellet licht)</b> <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/emptynest.html">Empty Nest (El nido vacío)</a> (previewed and briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">18th New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#nest">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><b>Incendiary</b> (kudos to Michelle Williams and the score by Barrington Pheloung and Shigeru Umebayashi) (see <a href="http://mavensneset.net/WTC.html#lit">Impact of 9/11 on Literature</a> for discussion of the book it is based on) <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/katyn.html">Katyn</a> <dd><b>Gomorra</b> (see with the documentary <b>Biùtiful Cauntri</b>, previewed at 2009 <i>Open Roads: New Italian Cinema</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#2lovers">Two Lovers</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/everlasting.html">Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons Eviga Ögonblick)</a> <dd><b>12</b> <dd><b>Tokyo Sonata</b> <Dd><b>Amreeka</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">38th New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <Dd><b>Autumn (Sonbahar)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">38th New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <Dd><b>Parque via</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">38th New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Mid-August Lunch (Pranzo di ferragosto)</b> (previewed at 38th <i>New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> <dd><b>Shaking Tokyo</b> (Joon-ho Bong's concluding segment of <i>Tokyo!</i>, despite similarities to the TV series <I>October Road</i>) <dd><b>Good Bye Solo</b> <dd><b>The Song of Sparrows (Avaze gonjeshk-ha)</b> <dd><b>Sugar</b> <Dd><b>North (Nord)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <Dd><b>The Swimsuit Issue (Allt flyter)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#size">A Matter of Size (Sipur Gadol)</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (paired with <b>Gordos</b>, previewed at <i>Spanish Cinema Now</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><b>Vegas: Based on a True Story</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Queen To Play (Joueuse)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>My Dear Enemy (Meotjin haru)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Original</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Eclipse</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Summer Hours (L'heure d'été)</b> <dd><b>Kabei: Our Mother</b> <dd><b>Firaaq</b> (seen in <i>The New India</i> at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <Dd><b>24 City (Er shi si cheng ji)</b> (The opening section of <b>The Germans Factory (La fabbrica dei tedeschi)</b> is strikingly similar, as briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/openroads09.html">9th Open Roads: New Italian Cinema </a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Vanished Empire (Ischeznuvshaya imperiya)</b> <dd><b>Lion's Den (Leonera)</b> (kudos to Martina Gusman) (FYI that's the Paraguay flag at the end) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/baader.html">The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/beforetom.html">The Necessities Of Life (Ce Qu'il Faut Pour Vivre/Inuujjutiksaq)</a> <dd><b>Police, Adjective (Policist. Adj.)</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST ROMANCES</u></b> <dd><b>Medicine for Melancholy</b> <Dd><b>Unmade Beds</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">38th New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) (kudos to the songs and soundtrack) <dd><b>The Exploding Girl</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>I'm Gonna Explode (Voy a explotar)</b> <br><br><u>Runners-Up: Romances that Stick with me Despite My Gripes </u><br> <dd><b>My Last Five Girlfriends</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">Tribeca Film Festival)</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#7minutes">Seven Minutes in Heaven (Sheva Dakot Be gan Eden)</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#aland">Adventureland</a> <dd><b>(500) Days Of Summer</b> (kudos to the song selections) <dd><b>Paper Heart</b> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/brightstar.html">Bright Star</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#jaffa">Jaffa</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/otherisrael09.html">2009 Other Israel Film Festival</a> <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">in New York</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#jaffa">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: Best Romance in the Parallel Universe/Alternative Reality Division</u><br> <dd><b>Uncertainty</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST SIBLING RIVALRY With a Side Order of Romance</u></b> <dd><b>Beeswax</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST BROMANCE</u></b> <dd><b>Humpday</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST VIOLENT NEO-NOIRS</u></b> <dd><b>Just Another Love Story (Kærlighed på film)</b> <dd><b>Revanche</b> <Dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/flame.html">Flame & Citron (Flammen & Citronen)</a> <br><br><u> Runners-Up: VIOLENT NEO-NOIRS that stick with me despite my gripes</u> <dd><b>House Of The Devil</b> -- until the last 10 minutes (seen at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Fear Me Not (Deb Du Frygter)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Brave Men (Galantuomini)</b> briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/openroads09.html">9th Open Roads: New Italian Cinema</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Hierro</b> (previewed at <i>Spanish Cinema Now</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Armored</b> (but no femme fatale) <br><br><u><b>BEST COMING OF AGERS</b></u> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Max">Max Minsky and Me (Max Minsky und ich)</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">18th New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <dd><b>The Apprentice (L apprenti)</b> (previewed at <i>14th Rendez-Vous with French Film</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Stella">Stella</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/rendez-vous09.html">14th Rendez-Vous With French Cinema</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><b>Treeless Mountain</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">38th New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <br><br><u><b>Runners-Up: COMING OF AGERS that Stick with me Despite My Gripes</b></u> <dd><b>Entre Nos</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <Dd><b>Hadewijch</b> (previewed at <i>47th New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#dare">Dare</a> <br><br><u><b>BEST MOVIE MUSICALS:</b></u> <Dd><b>Paris 36 (Faubourg 36)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/rendez-vous09.html">14th Rendez-Vous With French Cinema</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (kudos to Tom Stern's cinematography and Clovis Cornillac as a contemporary Jean Gabin) <dd><b>Copy of Coralie (La Copie de Coralie)</b> (previewed at 38th New Directors/New Films of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> (Nicolas Engel's wonderfully romantic 22 minute short with Philippe Poirier's musique concrete score that uses office machines as accompaniment for workers' unexpected song spiels) <Dd><b>Every Little Step</b> (so it s a documentary) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/soulpower.html">Soul Power</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">Tribeca Film Festival)</a>) (so it s a concert film) <Dd><b>Smile 'Til It Hurts: The Up With People Story</b> (so it s a documentary - seen at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org">DocuWeeks</a>) <Dd><b>Passing Strange</b> (so it s filmed performance) <Dd><b>Ne Change Rien</b> (so it s a documentary - briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff09pt3.html">47th New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: MOVIE MUSICALS that Stick with me Despite My Gripes</u>: <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/fados.html">Fados</a> <dd><b>Soundtrack for a Revolution</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Luck by Chance</b> (seen in <i>The New India</i> at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <Dd><b>Rock Prophecies</b> (so it s a documentary - seen at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org">DocuWeeks</a>) <dd><b>Nine</b> (because I can't stop humming "Cinema Italiano") <br><br><u>Best Use of Songs on Soundtrack</u>: <dd><b>Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench</b> -- the first mumblecore musical (seen at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Easy Virtue</b> for new-- "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going"-- and period-recreated songs by Marius De Vries <dd><b>Away We Go</b> for old and new Alexi Murdoch songs <dd><b>Crazy Heart</b> for T.Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton songs <br><br><u><b>BEST SCORE</u></b> <dd><b>Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans</b> (by Mark Isham, and his selection of the few songs, including Sonny Terry, but BOO that no N'Orlins musicians involved) <dd><b>(Untitled)</b> (for David Lang and his cleverness in satirizing his own Bang on the Can) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/skin.html">Skin</a> (for Hélène Muddiman s incorporation of African instruments and vocals) <br><br><b><u>BEST ANIMATION</u></b> <Dd><b>Coraline</b> <Dd><b>Up</b> (except for the dog pilots) <Dd><b>Ponyo</b> <Dd><b>Fantastic Mr. Fox</b> <br><br><u>Runners-Up: BEST ANIMATION that Stick with me Despite My Gripes</u>: <Dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/999.html">$9.99</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">38th New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#999">commentary</a> on the missing Jewish women.) <Dd><b>9</b> (visuals yeah, story eh) <Dd><b>A Town Called Panic</b> (a bit silly) <Dd><b>Avatar</b> (for the 3D visuals only) <Dd><b>The Princess and the Frog</b> (Randy Newman's music is weak and not bluesy, N'Orlins-style enuf.) <br><br><b><u>BEST ACTIONERS</u></b> <dd><b>Star Trek</b> (kudos to Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana, Simon Pegg, Michael Giacchino's score, Leonard Nimoy, and the funny use of classic lines) <dd><b>District 9</b> <br><br><u>Runners-Up: ACTIONERS that stick with me despite my gripes</u> <Dd><b>The Mugger (El Asaltante)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/fcselects09.html">10th Film Comments Selects</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> (kudos to Arturo Goetz and cinematographer Cobi Migliora) <Dd><b>Newsmakers (Goryachie novosti)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival)</a>) (Russian remake of <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#news">Breaking News (Dai si gein)</a>) <Dd><b>Sin Nombre</b> (I upped my impression after seeing the documentaries <b>Oblivion</b> and the even more abject <b>Garapa</b>, to understand the push, and the reality in <b>Which Way Home</b>, the latter two briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <br><br><u>Better ACTION STARS than their movies</u>: <dd><b>Sam Worthington</b> in <i>Terminator Salvation</i> (hey, I'm one of the few who dug his <i>Macbeth</i>). <br><br><b><u>BEST SCI-FI (NON-ACTION DIVISION)</u></b> <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/home.html">Home</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">38th New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Moon</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <br><br><u><b>BEST FEMINIST FABLES</b></u> <Dd><b>The White Ribbon (Das weisse band)</b> (previewed at <i>47th New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><b>Bluebeard (La Barbe Bleue)</b> (previewed at <i>47th New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><b>Whip It</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST WOMEN AS GROWN-UPS:</b></u> <dd>Hiam Abbass in <a href="http://www.film-forward.com/lemontree.html">Lemon Tree (Etz Limon)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#lemon">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd>Tilda Swinton in <b>Julia</b> <dd>Meryl Streep in <b>Julie & Julia</b> <br><br><u>Runners-Up: BEST WOMEN AS GROWN-UPS</u> <dd>Helen Mirren in <b>Last Station</b> (but more than a bit over-the-top) <dd>Imelda Staunton in <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#woods">Taking Woodstock</a> <br><br><b><u>BEST INGÉNUES</u></b> <dd>PaweB Szajda in <b>Sweet Rush (Tatarak)</b> (American actor making his Polish film debut) (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff09pt3.html">47th New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd>Carey Mulligan in <b>An Education</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST VILLAINS</u></b> <dd>Mo'Nique in <b>Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST OLD FOLKS</u></b> <dd>Hal Holbrook in <b>That Evening Sun</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST COSTUMES</u></b> <Dd><b>Chéri</b> <dd><b>Coco Before Chanel (Coco Avant Chanel)</b> <Dd><b>Young Victoria</b> <Dd><b>The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST FILMS INFLUENCED BY AMBROSE BIERCE's <I>An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge</i>:</b></u> <dd><b>The Escapist</b> (kudos to Benjamin Wallfisch's score and Theo Green's sound design) <dd><b>Katalin Varga</b> (seen at 4th Annual Romanian Film Festival of the <A HREF="http://www.icrny.org/d8-1-Romanian_cinema_rising.html">Romanian Cultural Institute of NY)</a>) <br><br><u>Runner-Up</u> <dd><b>Deadline</b> (17 minute short seen at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">Tribeca Film Festival)</a>) <br><br><b><u>BEST DOCUMENTARIES</u></b>: <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#MrR">Mr. Rakowski</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">18th New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#transports">Forgotten Transports: To Estonia (Zapomenuté transporty: Do Estonska): Women's Friendship</a>(briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">18th New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#disapp">Our Disappeared (Nuestros desaparecidos)</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">18th New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (See more background from its <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/ourdisappeared/film.html">PBS broadcast</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/mustread.html">Must Read After My Death</a> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/beachesof.html">The Beaches of Agnès (Les Plages d Agnès)</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/rendez-vous09.html">14th Rendez-Vous With French Cinema</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/thecove.html">The Cove</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">38th New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <Dd><b>P-Star Rising</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>My Neighbor, My Killer</b> (reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/humanrw09.html">2009 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/afghanstar.html">Afghan Star</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.hrw.org/en/iff">Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><b>Sweet Crude</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org">DocuWeeks</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/loot.html">Loot</a> <br><br><u>DOCS that are Close Runners-Up </u> <Dd><b>Camp Girls</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">18th New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <Dd><b>Young Freud in Gaza (Unge Freud i Gaza)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">18th New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <Dd><b>Paradise</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/fcselects09.html">10th Film Comments Selects</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> (more essay than doc) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/anvil.html">Anvil! The Story Of Anvil</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Anvil">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <Dd><b>Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <Dd><b>Only When I Dance</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <Dd><b>Team Qatar</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (But I'm pro-biased because it's about a debate team.) <Dd><b>Yasukuni</b> (seen on VJ Day. For a neutral view of traditional Japanese military craft see <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/samurai/">Secrets of the Samurai Sword</a> from PBS's <i>Nova</i>, and a bemused view of soul storage in <i>Cold Souls</i> - briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">2009 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/goodhair.html">Good Hair</a> <Dd><b>Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country (Reporter i et lukket land)</b> <br><br><u>Educational Runners-Up (DOCS you can learn from despite gaps and/or flaws):</u> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#France">Being Jewish in France (Comme un Juif en France)</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">18th New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#every">Every Mother Should Know (Teda Kol Em Ivriya)</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">18th New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <Dd><b>The Unmistaken Child</b> <Dd><b>Food, Inc.</b> (it forgets that some additives are health-promoting and could use a bit more cynicism about buying "organic" in the supermarket) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/notquite.html">Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story Of Ozploitation!</A> <Dd><b>Garbage Dreams</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org">DocuWeeks</a>) <Dd><b>The Sari Soldiers</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org">DocuWeeks</a>) <Dd><b>Kimjongilia</b> (minus the dancers) (seen at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org">DocuWeeks</a>) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/otherisrael09.html">2009 Other Israel Film Festival</a> in <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">New York</a>- <b>Arab Labor, Badal, ID Blues (Part 3 - Between Two Cities and Part 4 - Integration and Confrontation), The Invisible, Sayed Kashua Forever Scared, SAZ The Palestinian Rapper for Change, Voices from El Sayed, Zahara</b> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#otheris3">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><b>My Daughter the Terrorist</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>Documentary Fortnight  8th International Festival of Nonfiction Films</i>) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: BIO DOCS you can learn from despite gaps and/or glosses:</u> <Dd><b>A Road to Mecca: The Journey of Muhammad Asad (Der Weg nach Mekka - Die Reise des Muhammad Asad)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">18th New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <dd><b>Neither Memory nor Magic</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>Documentary Fortnight  8th International Festival of Nonfiction Films</i>) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/carmengeoffrey.html">Carmen & Geoffrey</A> (emendations coming after 9/13/2009) <Dd><b>Herb & Dorothy</b> <Dd><b>Yes Madam, Sir!</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org">DocuWeeks</a>) <Dd><b>The English Surgeon</b> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/killingk.html">Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#KillingK">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <br><br><u><b>MOST VISUAL HEAD TRIPS</u></b> <dd><b>The Limits of Control</b> (kudos to DP Christopher Doyle and the score) <dd><b>Tetro</b> (kudos to DP Mihai Malaimare, Jr. and Osvaldo Golijov's score) <dd><b>Red Cliff (Chi bi)</b> (kudos to DPs Lu Yue and Zhang Li, costumes by Tim Yip, art and production design) <dd><b>Where the Wild Things Are</b> (kudos to James Gandolfini's voicing, Karen O's leit motif with song "Hide Away", and the Jim Henson Creature Shop) <dd><b>The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus</b> (despite the sentimentality, kudos to Tom Waits as The Devil and Christopher Plummer as Immortal) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: MOST VISUAL HEAD TRIPS</u> <dd><b>Public Enemies</b> (kudos to costumes, DP Dante Spinotti, and Elliot Goldenthal's score, even with several borrowings from other films) <br><br><b><u>WORST SUBTITLES:<br></b></u> <dd><b>Cargo 200 (Gruz 200)</b> <br><br><u><b>BEST REVIVALS IN NEW PRINTS </u></b> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#jeanne">Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles</a> <dd><b>Golem</b> with Tom Nazziola's musical score performed live by The BQE Project at the World Financial Center <dd><b>Night in the City</b> <dd><b>Leon Morin, Priest (Léon Morin, prêtre)</b> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Golder">David Golder</a> (seen with new English subtitles at <A HREF="http://moma.org/visit/calendar/films/946">MoMA</a>'s <i>Julien Duvivier</i> retrospective) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Falsch">Falsch</a> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>'s <i>Beyond L Enfant: The Complete Dardenne Brothers</i> retrospective) <dd><b>Le combat dans l'île</b> <dd><b>Rage by Pasolini (La Rabbia di Pasolini )</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff09pt1.html">47th New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><b>Pyaasa (The Thirsty One)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff09pt3.html">47th New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Le Amiche</b> at <A HREF="http://moma.org/visit/calendar/films/946">MoMA</a>'s <i>7th International Festival of Film Preservation</i> <Dd><b>The Red Shoes</b> <br><br>Thanks for theatrical showings for my first-time viewings on big screens of: <br><b>C.R.A.Z.Y.</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s <i>Canadian Front</i>); <b>Correction (Diorthosi)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">The Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce</a>'s <i>3rd New York Greek Film Festival</i>); <b>In a Lonely Place</b> (new 35 mm print) and <b>They Live By Night</b> in a double feature with <b>Knock On Any Door</b> (seen with all the guys at <A HREF="http://www.filmforum.org/">Film Forum</a> s <i>Nick Ray</i> retrospective). <br><Br><u><A NAME=2008><b>MY BEST FILMS of 2008</b></A></u> (In the order I saw them, many reviews yet to be written, particularly of festivals-viewed, non-theatrically distributed films): <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/beaufort.html">Beaufort</a> <dd><b>Still Life (Sanxia haoren)</b> <dd><b>4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile)</b> (despite subtitles in British slang) <dd><b>Lost in Beijing (Ping guo)</b> <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/grocerss.html">The Grocer s Son (Le Fils de l épicier)</a> (previewed at <i>Rendez-Vous with French Film</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (Viva Nicolas Cazalé) <Dd><b>Megane (Glasses)</b> (seen at <i>New Directors/New Films</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>The Counterfeiters (Die Fälscher)</b> <Dd><b>Shotgun Stories</b> (kudos to writer/director Jeff Nichols and his musician brother Ben, DP Adam Stone and Michael Shannon) <dd><b>The Secret of the Grain (La graine et le mulet)</b> (kudos to actors Habib Boufares and Hafsia Herzi, and writer/director Abdellatif Kechiche) (<a href="http://film-forward.com/best2008.html">scroll down for my capsule review</a>) (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">Tribeca Film Festival)</a>) <Dd><b>Strangers</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">Tribeca Film Festival)</a>) <Dd><b>Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen seite)</b> <Dd><b>Kabluey</b> (kudos to writer/director/star Scott Prendergast) <Dd><b>Boy A</b> (kudos to Andrew Garfield and Katie Lyons) <Dd><b>The Galilee Eskimos (Eskimosim ba Galil)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://ny.israelfilmfestival.com/the-festival/">Israel Film Festival</a>) <Dd><b>The Wrestler</b> (kudos to Mickey Rourke, Darren Aronofsky s directing, cinematography of Maryse Alberti, make-up, editing, Clint Mansell's haunting leit motif, and Bruce Springsteen s closing song) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: Movies that Stick with me Despite My Gripes </u><br> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/asecret.html">A Secret (Un Secret)</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> s NY Jewish Film Festival) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#unsecret">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#dance">Let s Dance! (Faut que ça danse!)</a> (seen at <i>Rendez-Vous with French Film</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><b>Paris</b> (seen at <i>Rendez-Vous with French Film</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><b>La Zona (The Zone)</b> (seen at <i>New Directors/New Films</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <Dd><b>The Visitor</b> <Dd><b>Battle For Haditha</b> (kudos to actor/former marine Elliot Ruiz, but needs to be seen with PBS s non-fiction <i>Frontline</i> episodes <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/badvoodoo/">Bad Voodoo s War</a> and <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/haditha/">Rules of Engagement</a>, as well as <i>Full Battle Rattle</i>) <Dd><b>Sangre de Mi Sangre (Padre Nuestro)</b> <Dd><b>Take Out</b> <Dd><b>Estômago: A Gastronomic Story</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>Premiere Brazil!</i>) (kudos to Giovanni Venosta s score) <Dd><b>The Pope's Toilet (El Baño el Papa)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Lincoln Center</a> s <i>Latin Beat</i>) <Dd><b>August Evening</b> <Dd><b>I Served the King of England (Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále)</b> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/thousandyears.html">A Thousand Years Of Good Prayers</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/rachelgetting.html">Rachel Getting Married</a> (kudos to Anne Hathaway and Declan Quinn s cinematography) <Dd><b>A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël)</b> <Dd><b>Milk</b> (kudos to Sean Penn and ensemble) <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#class">The Class (Entre les murs)</a> <br><br><u><b>BEST MOVIE MUSICALS:</b></u> <Dd><b>Planet B-Boy</b> (so it s a dancing documentary) <Dd><b>A Story of the Red Hills (Lal Pahare'r Katha)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: MOVIE MUSICALS that Stick with me Despite My Gripes</u>: <dd> <b>Jodhaa Akbar</b> (kudos to the elephants, drums, dervishes, palaces and costumes as worn by the most beautiful-humans-on-the-planet Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/younghea.html">Young@Heart</a> (so it s a singing documentary) <Dd><b>Playing for Change: Peace Through Music</b> (hey  first there was the songwriter before there was the performer) (seen at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <Dd><b>Soul Men</b> <Dd><b>Were The World Mine</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST ANIMATION</u></b> <Dd><b>Fear(s) of the Dark (Peur(s) du noir)</b> (previewed at <i>Rendez-Vous with French Film</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/">Sita Sings the Blues</a> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">Tribeca Film Festival)</a>) <Dd><b>Wall-E</b> <Dd><b>Azur and Asmar: The Princes Quest</b> (kudos to Gabriel Yared s music) (seen at <A HREF="http://www.gkids.tv/intheaters.cfm">New York International Children's Film Festival</a>) <Dd> <b>The Tale of Despereaux</b> <br><br><u>Runners-Up: (ANIMATED MOVIES that amused or touched me despite my gripes)</u> <Dd><b>Kung Fu Panda</b> (kudos to opening dream sequence and Dustin Hoffman s voicing) <Dd><b>The Year of the Fish</b> <Dd><b>Bolt 3D</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST VIOLENT NEO-NOIRS</u></b> <Dd><b>In Bruges</b> <Dd><b>London to Brighton</b> <Dd><b>Jar City (Mýrin)</b> <Dd><b>Love, Pain & Vice Versa (Amor, Dolor y Viceversa)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <Dd><b>Stuck</b> <br><br><u> Runners-Up: VIOLENT NEO-NOIRS that stick with me despite my gripes</u> <Dd><b>Fermat's Room (La Habitación de Fermat)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <Dd><b>Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne)</b> <Dd><b>Mad Detective (Sun taam)</b> (kudos to the <i>The Lady From Shanghai</i> tribute) <Dd><b>Timecrimes (Los Cronocrímenes)</b> (previewed at <i>Spanish Cinema Now</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><b>King of the Hill (El rey de la montaña)</b> (seen at <i>Spanish Cinema Now</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (kudos to the score by David Crespo and cinematography of José David Montero) <Dd><b>What Doesn t Kill You</b> (kudos to Mark Ruffalo) <br><br><u><b>BEST COMING OF AGERS</b></u> <Dd><b>XXY</b> (previewed at <i>New Directors/New Films</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <Dd><b>Paranoid Park</b> (kudos to DP Christopher Doyle) <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/waterlil.html">Water Lilies (Naissance Des Pieuvres)</a> (previewed at <i>New Directors/New Films</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <Dd><b>Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <Dd><b>The Pool</b> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Nick">Nick and Norah s Infinite Playlist</a> (kudos to Kat Dennings and Ari Graynor) <Dd><b>Slumdog Millionaire</b> (kudos to Danny Boyle s direction, editing, Anthony Dod Mantle s cinematography and music by A.R. Rahman) <br><br><u> Runners-Up: COMING OF AGERS that stick with me despite my gripes</u> <Dd><b>Somers Town</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <Dd><b>The Tracey Fragments</b> (I seem to be the only who remembers that the 1964/5 NYC World's Fair movies used the multiple images technique before <i>Woodstock</i>, <a href="http://mavensnest.net/quality.html#twenty">24</a>, etc.) <Dd><b>Son of Rambow</b> <Dd><b>Reprise</b> <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/wackness.html">The Wackness</a> (kudos to Olivia Thirlby) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#wack">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <Dd><b>Nights and Weekends</b> (kudos to co-writer/co-director/co-star Greta Gerwig) (though I have to admit that I missed the year s other mumblecore romance <i>In Search of a Midnight Kiss</i>) <br><br><b><u>BEST ACTIONERS</u></b> <Dd> <b>The Bank Job</b> <Dd> <b>The Dark Knight- IMAX</b> (kudos to Heath Ledger and the cavities-rocking sound design) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: ACTIONERS that stick with me despite my gripes</u> <Dd><b>Cloverfield</b> <Dd><b>Iron Man</b> (kudos to Tom Morello s guitar on the soundtrack) <Dd><b>The Incredible Hulk</b> <Dd><b>Blindness</b> (kudos to directing, cinematography and editing, not the heavy-handed metaphors) <Dd><b>Miracle at St. Anna</b> (best subtitles of the year) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/defiance.html">Defiance</a> (kudos to Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#defiance">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) (The History Channel produced the short, complementary <i>The Bielski Brothers</i> with family and survivors' interviews.) (For more context see <a href="http://forgottentransports.com/">Forgotten Transports to Belarus (Zapomenuté transporty: Do Belarus): Men Who Fought</a>) <br><br><u>BEST VILLAINS</u> <dd><b>Mark Strong</b> in <i>Body of Lies</i> (his Savile Row tailor and hair stylist should have gotten listed rather than Russell s and Leo s) <dd><b>Tom Wilkinson</b> in <i>RocknRolla</i> (and Mark Strong isn t bad as a baddie here too) <dd><b>Meryl Streep</b> in <i>Doubt</i> (though I think priest abuse survivors wouldn t really see her as a villain) <dd><b>Frank Langella</b> in <i>Frost/Nixon</i> <br><br><u><b>BEST FEMINIST FABLES</b></u> <Dd><b>Vivere</b> (To live! kudos to Hannelore Elsner & writer/director Angelina Maccarone) <Dd><b>Irina Palm</b> (kudos to Marianne Faithfull) <Dd><b><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/flightred.html">Flight Of The Red Balloon (Le Voyage Du Ballon Rouge)</a></b> (kudos to Juliette Binoche) <Dd><b>Alexandra</b> (kudos to Galina Vishnevskaya and writer/director Alexander Sokurov) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: FEMINIST FABLES that stick with me despite my gripes</u> <Dd><b>Nana</b> (kudos to Mika Nakashima and Ryuhei Matsuda) <Dd><b>Boarding Gate</b> (kudos to Asia Argento channeling Aeon Flux) <Dd><b>Never Forever</b> (kudos to Vera Farmiga and her  f**king blue eyes ) <Dd><b>Four Minutes (Vier Minuten)</b> <Dd><b>Beauty in Trouble (Kráska v nesnázích) </b> (kudos to Anna Geislerová and born-to-play-a-vampire Jirí Schmitzer)</b> <Dd><b>Belgium, Moscow (Aanrijding in Moscou)</b> (kudos to Barbara Sarafian) (Moscow is a small Belgian town district of Ghent is why they're speaking Dutch or Flemish) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: FEMINIST FABLES (JUST FOR ROMANCE'S SAKE)</u> <Dd><b>My Blueberry Nights</b> (I sure would like to know where I can eat at the Edward Hopper-esque outer borough diner where Jude Law is working.) <br><br><b><u>FEMALE-FOCUSED GENRE OF THE YEAR: Single Mothers Driven to Desperation Near the Canadian Border:</u></b> <Dd>Best: <b>Frozen River</b> (kudos to Melissa Leo) (previewed at <i>New Directors/New Films</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <br><Br>Runners Up: <dd><b>Turn the River</b> <dd><b>Snow Angels</b> (the book took place in PA, but the movie is vaguely Canadian, as it was filmed in Nova Scotia) <dd><b>Stone Angel</b> (kudos to Ellen Burstyn) <dd>And then there was: <b>Sleepwalking</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST FILM INFLUENCED BY AMBROSE BIERCE's <I>An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge</i>:</b></u> <dd><b>Yella</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST BEST FRIENDS FOREVER OF THE YEAR:</b></u> <dd>Christine Baranski and Julie Walters in the resistance-is-futile <i>Mamma Mia!</i> <br><br><b>Favorite Mother Line</b> <dd><b>Mad Money</b>: <I>Won t your kids notice if you run away? Nah, they never call anyway.</i> <br><br><u><b>MOST VISUAL HEAD TRIPS</u></b> <Dd><b>Mister Lonely</b> <Dd><b>The Fall</b> (including looking at Lee Pace) <Dd><b>Synecdoche</b> (kudos to make-up/hair and production design) <Dd><b>Australia</b> (kudos to matte scenery, costumes and production design) <Dd><b>The Curious Case of Benjamin Button</b> (kudos to make-up, production design, CG and score) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: MOST VISUAL HEAD TRIPS</u> <Dd> <b>Speed Racer</b> <Dd><b>Changeling</b> (kudos to the cinematography of Tom Stern, costumes and production design) <br><br><b><u>BEST SCENERY:</b></u> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/uptheyan.html">Up The Yangtze</a> <Dd><b>Before the Rains</b> <Dd><b>Mongol</b> <br><br><u>Runners-Up: BEST SCENERY</u> <Dd><b>Brideshead Revisited</b> (what I could stay awake to see) <Dd><b>Appaloosa</b> (kudos to Dean Semler s cinematography that kept me from laughing at the script, but Most Egoistical Song over the credits) <br><br><b><u>BEST COSTUMES</u></b> <Dd><b>The Duchess</b> <br><br><u>Runner-Up: BEST COSTUMES</u> <Dd><b>Australia</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST SONG:</b></u> <Dd><b>In Rodanthe</b> written and sung by Emmylou Harris <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/darkstreets.html">Dark Streets</a>, the soundtrack songs and the score with B.B. King's guitar <br><br><b><u>BEST DOCUMENTARIES</u></b>: <Dd><b>The Hebrew Lesson (Ha Ulpan)</b> (previewed at <i>NY Jewish Film Festival</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#hatmaker">Murder of a Hatmaker (Assassinat d'une modiste)</a> (seen at <i>NY Jewish Film Festival</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/troublethe.html">Trouble the Water</a> (previewed at <i>New Directors/New Films</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <Dd><b>Brothers in Arms</b> (seen at <i>NY African Film Festival</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/Cinema Tropical) <Dd><b>Algeria, Unspoken Stories (Algérie, histoires à ne pas dire)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#smiling">To See If I m Smiling (Lir ot Im Ani Mehayechet)</a> (seen at the <A HREF="http://www.hrw.org/legacy/iff/2008/ny/">Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/betrayal.html">The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)</a> (previewed at the <A HREF="http://www.hrw.org/legacy/iff/2008/ny/">Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (<i>Gran Torino</i> is sort of the Hollywood take) <Dd><b>Bigger, Stronger, Faster*: The Side Effects of Being American</b> <Dd><b>My Winnipeg</b> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/orderofmyths.html">The Order Of Myths</a> <Dd><b>Man on Wire</b> <Dd><b>The Forgotten Woman </b> - the non-fiction counterpart to <I>Water</i> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org/">DocuWeek</a>) <Dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/waltzwith.html">Waltz With Bashir (Valse im Bashir)</a> (also a Best Animation) (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> s <i>NY Film Festival</i>) <dd><b>Stranded: I Have Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains</b> <br><br><u>DOCS that are Close Runners-Up </u> <Dd><b>American Teen</b> (see it with <b>Nimrod Nation</b>) <Dd><b>War Child</b> (missed it at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">Tribeca Film Festival</a> where the subject s musical performances won it the Audience Award, caught it in preview at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org/">DocuWeek</a>) <br><br><u>Educational Runners-Up (DOCS you can learn from despite gaps and/or flaws):</u> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/chicago1.html">Chicago 10</a> <Dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/movingmidway.html">Moving Midway</a> (previewed at <i>New Directors/New Films</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) (to also mark the bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade is the related <A HREF="http://www.tracesofthetrade.org/">Traces Of The Trade: A Story from the Deep North</a> that I previewed at the <A HREF="http://www.hrw.org/iff/2008/ny/">Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> before it went straight to PBS) <Dd><b>Cuba: An African Odyssey</b> (seen at <i>NY African Film Festival</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/Cinema Tropical) (This is the missing link between the two parts of <i>Che</i>.) <Dd><b>Standard Operating Procedure</b> (but needs to be seen with several other related docs) <Dd><b>Encounters at the End of the World</b> (kudos to Herzog s narration) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/praythedevil.html.html">Pray The Devil Back To Hell</a> (bravo to score by Blake Lleyh of <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Wire">The Wire</a> and vocalizations by Angélique Kidjo) (missed it with the heroines in their colorful native garb at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">Tribeca Film Festival</a>, previewed it at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org/">DocuWeek</a>) Then see what is in effect Part 2: <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/ironladies/">Iron Ladies Of Liberia</a>) <Dd><b>Yodok Stories</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org/">DocuWeek</a>) (See <A HREF="http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/500255831">Return to the Border</a> as a useful supplement.) <Dd><b>Children of the Sun</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://ny.israelfilmfestival.com/the-festival/">Israel Film Festival</a>) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/otherisrael08.html">2008 Other Israel Film Festival</a> in <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">New York</a>- <b>Desert Brides, The Boys From Lebanon, ID Blues (Part 1 - My Blood is Red Like Yours and Part 2 - Land of the Negev), Heart Of Jenin, Lady Kul El Arab</b> (shown on PBS's <i>Wide Angle</i> as <i>Contestant No. 2</i>) (<i>emendations coming after 5/7/2009)</i> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#otheris2">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <br><br><u> Runners-Up: BIO DOCS you can learn from despite gaps and/or glosses:</u> <Dd><b>Trumbo</b> <Dd><b>Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson</b> <Dd><b>Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired</b> (though, technically, I saw it first on HBO) <Dd><b>Never Apologize: A Personal Visit With Lindsay Anderson</b> (seen at <i>Lindsay Anderson: Revolutionary Romantic</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Fire Under the Snow</b> (missed it at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">Tribeca Film Festival</a>, caught it at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org/">DocuWeek</a> instead of watching the Olympics) <Dd><b>An Unlikely Weapon: The Eddie Adams Story</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org/">DocuWeek</a>) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/anitaoday.html">Anita O Day: The Life Of A Jazz Singer</a> <br><br><u> Best COMIC RELIEF from Depressing DOCS Despite My Gripes about their offenses or nonsense:</u> <Dd><b>Priceless (Hors de prix)</b> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#pineapple">Pineapple Express</a> <Dd><b>Tropic Thunder</b> (minus Tom Cruise's caricature) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: COMIC RELIEFS that Stick with me Despite My Gripes</u>: <Dd><b>Burn After Reading</b> <Dd><b>Loins of Punjab Presents</b> <Dd><b>Zack and Miri Make a Porno</b> <br><br><u><b>BEST REVIVALS IN NEW PRINTS </u></b> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/italways.html">It Always Rains On Sunday</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#rains">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><b>Fanny and Alexander</b> (the uncut 312 minutes) <dd><b>I Don t Hear the Guitar Anymore (J'entends plus la guitare)</b> <dd><b>Mickey One</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>Jazz Scores</i>) <dd><b>Stuff and Dough (Marfa si banii)</b> <dd><b>Warsaw Bridge (Pont de Varsòvia)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Circus Performers (Saltimbancii)</b> (seen at the <A HREF="http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/">Gene Siskel Film Center</a> s <i>Romanian Cinema Rising</i>) <dd><b>Kagemusha (Shadow Warrior)</b> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/theexiles.html">The Exiles</a> <dd><b>The Human Condition (Ningen no joken): Part 1 - No Greater Love; Part 2  Road to Eternity; Part 3  A Soldier s Prayer</b> (yes, all 10 hours) <dd><b>Delwende (Get Up and Walk)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) which made an ironic match across time and continents about women as scapegoat witches with the beautiful new 35 mm print of <b>Day of Wrath (Vredens dag)</b> <dd><b>Lola Montès</b> (colorfully restored) <dd><b>Ashes of Time (Dung che sai duk)</b> (Redux) <dd><b>Mishima</b> (new 35 mm print with restored scene and Japanese narration) <br><br>Thanks for theatrical showings for my first-time viewings on big screens of: <br><b>Last Year in Marienbad (L Année dernière à Marienbad)</b>; <b>S.O.B.</b>; <b>Thirst (Atash)</b>; <b>Or (My Treasure)</b> and <b>Kaddim Wind: Moroccan Chronicles (Ruah Kaddim  Chronika Marokait)</b> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> s <i>Israel at 60</i>; <b>Black River (Kuroi kawa)</b> (much more worth my time than the melodrama <b>Immortal Love (Eien no hito)</b> even in a new print) as part of the <A HREF="http://www.filmforum.org/">Film Forum</a> s <i>Nakadai</i> retrospective; <b>Macario</b> and <b>Night Falls (La Noche avanza)</b> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> s <i>Wounded Pride, Simmering Passion: Roberto Gavaldón</i> retrospective; <b>Killer s Kiss</b> (outdoors at the Elevated Acre); <b>Amarcard</b> in a new 35mm restoration; <b>What Happened to Santiago (Lo que le pasó a Santiago)</b> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> s <i>Latin Beat</i>; new 35 mm print of <b>The Catch (Shiiku)</b> and <b>Boy (Shonen)</b> at the <i>In the Realm of Oshima</i> Sidebar of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> s <i>NY Film Fest</i>; the documentary <b>L'aimee</b> with <b>La Vie des Morts</b>, all 144 minutes in a wavering sound print of <b>La Sentinelle</b>, all 178 minutes in a scratchy print (with British subtitles that translated Colette as Dickens) of <b>My Sex Life... Or How I Got Into An Argument (Comment je me suis disputé... ma vie sexuelle)</b>, at <i>Every Minute, Four Ideas: The Films of Arnaud Desplechin</i> series at the IFC Center; <b>Un Flic (A Cop)</b> (with <b>The Sicilian Clan</b> in a new 35 mm print of the cartoon-sounding English version in an old-fashioned double-feature for Delon fans of all persuasions), <b>Quai Des Orfèvres</b> (double-featured with <b>Pépé Le Moko</b>), the full nerve-shaking 2½ hours of <b>Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la peur)</b>; and a new 35mm Scope print of <b>Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le pianiste)</b> in the <A HREF="http://www.filmforum.org/">Film Forum</a> s <i>French Crime Wave</i>; and <b>Contempt (Le Mépris)</b> (me and all those young straight Bardot-appreciating men who found their way to an art house). But I should have continued the <A HREF="http://www.filmforum.org/">Film Forum</a> s <i>Godard</i> retrospective by seeing <b>Vivre sa vie </b> instead of their new print of <b>2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle)</b>. <dd>Is it OK here to salute revivals I didn t see in a theater? So kudos to the excellent, well-moderated <a href="http://www.tcm.com/2008/aif/index.jsp">TCM s Asian Images in Film</a> Festival, as part of its <i>Race & Hollywood</i> series, where I saw Samuel Fuller s <b>Crimson Kimono</b> (and others were also available On Demand). <br><br><b>MOST ILLEGIBLE SUBTITLES:<br></b> <dd><b>The Lovers (Les Amants)</b> (shown in thanks-for-revival-anyway) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/liveandb.html">Live And Become (Va, Vis Et Deviens)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#live">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <br><br><u><A NAME=2007><b>MY BEST FILMS of 2007</b></A></u> (In the order I saw them, many reviews yet to be written, particularly of festivals-viewed, non-theatrically distributed films): <Dd><b>The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)</b> -- view it with its non-fiction counterpart <b>The Decomposition of the Soul (La Décomposition de l'âme)</b> <dd><b>Zodiac</b> <dd><b>The Wind That Shakes the Barley</b> (<a href="http://www.film-forward.com/best2007.html">scroll down for my capsule review</a>) <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/blackboo.html">Black Book (Zwartboek)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#blackb">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <Dd><b>Offside</b> <dd><b>Red Road</b> <Dd><b>Away From Her</b> (kudos to Julie Christie and use of Neil Young songs) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/jindabyn.html">Jindabyne</a> <dd><b>A Mighty Heart</b> <dd><b>Two Days in Paris</b> (see the doc <b>Forever</b> for another view of the Père-Lachaise cemetery) <dd><b>The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford</b> (kudos to cinematographer Roger Deakins and Casey Affleck) <dd><b>Lars and the Real Girl</b> <dd><b>American Gangster</b> (not original but kudos to cinematographer Harris Savides, production and costume design, editing, NY/NJ locations, the clash of titans casting and director Ridley Scott for channeling Scorsese through Spike Lee) <Dd><b>No Country for Old Men</b> (kudos for ensemble casting, cinematographer Roger Deakins and consistent thematic revisioning of the scenic, violent western) <Dd><b>I m Not There</b> (kudos for ensemble casting, Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, cinematographer Edward Lachman, editor Jay Rabinowitz, use of Dylan songs actual, covered and in dialogue, production design and director Todd Haynes) <dd><b>Dan in Real Life</b> (kudos to the Sondra Lerche songs) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#bell">The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le papillon)</a> (kudos to cinematographer Janusz Kaminski and editor Juliette Welfling  oh, we re supposed to confuse the women, according to director Julian Schnabel) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: (Movies that stick with me despite my gripes)</u><br> <dd><b>My Mexican Shiva (Morirse está en Hebreo)</b> (previewed at the NY Jewish Film Festival at Film Society of Lincoln Center) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/theitali.html">The Italian (Italianetz)</a> <Dd><b>Regular Lovers (Les Amants réguliers)</b> (but most illegible subtitles of the year) <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/grbavica.html">Grbavica: The Land Of My Dreams</a> <dd><b>Breach</b> <Dd><b>Taste of Tea (Cha no aji)</b> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/afterwed.html">After The Wedding (Efter Brylluppet)</a> (I m mad for Mads Mikkelsen!) <dd><b>Into the Wild</b> (kudos to the scenery and Vedder songs) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#wrist">Wristcutters: A Love Story</a> <dd><b>Love and Honor (Bushi no ichibun)</b> <dd><b>Grace Is Gone</b> (best of the Iraq-war-related features of the year) <dd><b>There Will Be Blood</b> (kudos to Daniel Day Lewis, Jonny Greenwood s score, Paul Thomas Anderson s direction and Robert Elswit s cinematography) <br><br><b><u>BEST ROMANCES</u></b> <dd><b>Quiet City</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST DOCUMENTARIES</u></b> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/2or3thin.html">2 Or 3 Things I Know About Him (2 oder 3 Dinge, die ich von ihm weiß)</a> (<b>The Unknown Soldier (Der Unbekannte Soldat)</b> is a good take on the context.) <dd><a href="http://www.diegrossestille.de/english/">Into Great Silence (Die Große Stille)</a> (Don t chomp on your popcorn!) <Dd><a href="http://www.thecatsofmirikitani.com/">The Cats of Mirikitani</a> <dd><b>Third Monday in October</b> (as seen at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/news-interviews-vanessa-roth.html">Tribeca Film Festival)</a>) <dd><b>The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters</b> <dd><b>Helvetica</b> (in tribute to <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grandpaspit.html">my dad s</a> oldest friend, the late book designer Philip Grushkin who would have loved this movie that brought back what it was like to hear him talk about typography) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/stealape.html">Steal A Pencil For Me</a> <i>(emendations coming after 5/9/2008)</i> <dd><b>Protagonist</b> (It s the missing link in explaining men s behavior in the informative </b> <a href="http://www.film-forward.com/nanking.html">Nanking</a> (<i>emendations coming after 6/12/2008)</i>) (and <b>Terror s Advocate</b>, though for the last it also helps to see <a href="http://www.film-forward.com/daysofgl.html">Days of Glory (Indigènes)</a> and <I>Battle of Algiers</i>, among other films, for context.) <br><br><u>Runners-Up (DOCS that stick with me despite my gripes):</u> <dd><b>The Case Of The Grinning Cat (Chats perchés)</b> <dd><b>Deep Water</b> (Don t read any spoilers!) <br><br><u>Educational Runners-Up (DOCS I learned from despite gaps and/or flaws):</u> <dd><b>No End In Sight</b> <dd><b>Sicko</b> <dd><b>The Rape of Europa</b> <dd><a href="http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/banished/film.html">Banished</a> (a follow-up to <u>Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America</u> by Elliot Jaspin) <dd><b>Taxi to the Dark Side</b> (see in conjunction with <i>Ghosts of Abu Ghraib</i> and <a href="http://www.film-forward.com/prisoner.html">The Prisoner Or: How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair</a>) <br><br><b><u>BEST VIOLENT NOIRS</u></b> <Dd><b>Eastern Promises</b> <dd><b>Michael Clayton</b> (even though it s a lot like <a href="http://mavensnest.net/dames.html#damages">Damages</a>) <dd><b>Gone Baby Gone</b> (kudos to cinematographer John Toll, Amy Ryan and Casey Affleck, and the extras casting) <dd><b>Before the Devil Knows You're Dead</b> (if the House of Atreus lived in NY) <br><br><u><b>BEST GROWING-UP</b></u> <Dd><b>Bridge to Terabithia</b> <Dd><b>Ping Pong</b> (loved the Springsteen references!) <dd><b>In Between Days</b> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/rocketsc.html">Rocket Science</a> (kudos to high school debate accurately portrayed) <Dd><b>Blame It On Fidel (La Faute à Fidel)</b> (<a href="http://www.film-forward.com/best2007.html">scroll down for my capsule review</a>) <dd><b>Juno</b> (kudos to Ellen Page and Kimya Dawson songs) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: (Coming-of-Agers that stick with me despite my gripes)</u> <Dd><b>Whole New Thing</b> <dd><b>Gracie</b> (kudos to using Bruce s  Growing Up in a NJ movie) (<b>Chak De! India</b> is a fun, field hockey in India take on the same theme.) <br><br><u><b>BEST FEMINIST FABLES</b></u> <Dd><b>L Iceberg</b> <dd><b>Year of the Dog</b> <dd><b>Live-In Maid (Cama adentro)</b> <br><br><u>Runners-Up: (FEMINIST FABLES that stick with me despite my gripes)</u> <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/waitress.html">Waitress</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/janeaust.html">The Jane Austen Book Club</a> <br><br><u><b>BEST UN-FEMINIST FABLE</b></u> <dd><b>Enchanted</b> (kudos to Amy Adams) <br><br><u><b>BEST SATIRES</b></u> <Dd><b>Grindhouse</b> <dd><b>Hot Fuzz</b> <dd><b>12:08  East of Bucharest (A fost sau n-a fost?)</b> <dd><b>Shoot  Em Up</b> <Dd><b>Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story</b> (kudos to Jenna Fischer and the songs by Dan Bern and Mike Viola, right through beyond the closing credits) <br><br><u><b>BEST MOVIE MUSICALS:</b></u> <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/ucarmen.html">U-Carmen (U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha)</a> <Dd><b>Once</b> <Dd><b>Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street</b> (kudos to Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, director Tim Burton, cinematographer Dariusz Wolski and the production design from the opening credits) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: MOVIE MUSICALS I enjoyed despite my gripes</u>: <dd> <b>Across the Universe</b> (kudos to the visuals, Beatles covers and Jim Sturgess) <br><br><u><b>BEST SCORE:</b></u> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/inthepit.html">In the Pit (En el hoyo)</a> (the <i>musique concrète</i> of Leonardo Heiblum) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/blacksna.html">Black Snake Moan</a> (and the blues selections) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/chokingm.html">Choking Man</a> (by Nico Muhly) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: Musical elements I enjoyed despite my other gripes</u>: <dd><b>Things We Lost in the Fire</b> (only the theme and guitar by Gustavo Santaolalla) <dd><b>Love in the Time of Cholera</b> (only for Shakira s original songs) <dd><b>Southland Tales</b> (for the use of Moby songs) <dd><b>August Rush</b> (only for Kaki King s guitar work) <dd><b>The Great Debaters</b> (for the blues by Alvin Youngblood Hart and Sharon Jones) <dd><b>Honeydipper</b> (for the old blues and new, old-style songs by Mason Daring) <br><br><b><u>BEST ACTIONERS</u></b> <dd><b>Election (Hak se wui)/Triad Election (Hak se wui yi wo wai kwai)</b> (and similar Johnny To-gangsters channeling something wicked this way comes Down Under in <b>Macbeth</b>) <dd><b>28 Weeks Later</b> <Dd><b>1408</b> <Dd><b>The Bourne Ultimatum</b> (kudos to director Paul Greengrass) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: (ACTIONERS that stick with me despite my gripes)</u> <Dd> <b>3:10 To Yuma</b> (kudos to Bale, Crowe and Foster) <Dd> <b>The Mist</b> (though it is lot like the much smaller budget <i>Right at Your Door</i>) <Dd> <b>I Am Legend</b> (Kudos to the first 2/3 and Will Smith) <br><br><b><u>BEST NON-WESTERN CONVENTIONS NARRATIVES</u></b> <dd><b>Syndromes and a Century (Sang sattawat)</b> <dd><b>I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Hei yan quan)</b> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/tencanoe.html">Ten Canoes</a> <dd><b>Half Moon (Niwemang)</b> (kudos to the magic realism imagery) <br><br><u><b>'BAD BOYZ' BREAK OUT PERFORMANCES:</b></u> (incomplete list) <Dd>Denis Moiseenko as "Kolyan" in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/theitali.html">The Italian (Italianetz)</a> <dd>Jérémie Renierin in <b>Private Property (Nue propriété)</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST ANIMATION</u></b> <dd><b>Paprika (Papurika)</b> <dd><b>Ratatouille</b> <dd><b>Tekkonkinkreet (Tekon kinkurîto)</b> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#polis">Persepolis</a> <br><br><u>Runners-Up: (ANIMATED MOVIE that made me laugh despite my gripes)</u> <dd><b>Bee Movie</b> (there s finally an original song at the very end of the credits) <br><br><b><u>BEST SCENERY:</b></u> <Dd><b>Seraphim Falls</b> <Dd><b>Miss Potter</b> <dd><b>300</b> (for the  manscape ) <Dd><b>Khadak</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST COSTUMES</u></b> <Dd><b>Lust, Caution (Se, jie)</b> (pretty ironic for an NC-17 rated movie) <Dd><b>Elizabeth  The Golden Age</b> <dd><b>Love in the Time of Cholera</b> (and production design) <br><br><b>BEST REVIVALS IN NEW PRINTS:<br></b> <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/verdicta.html">Verdict On Auschwitz: The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial 1963-1965</a> (<A HREF="http://www.umass.edu/defa/voapress.shtml">first English-subtitled release</a>) <Dd><b>Mafioso</b> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/killersh.html">Killer of Sheep</a> <Dd><b>The Red Balloon (Le Ballon rouge)</b> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/65revisi.html">65 Revisited</A> <Dd><b>War and Peace (Voyna i mir)</b> (all 6 hours, 51 minutes) <br><dd>Thanks for new 35 mm prints for my first-time viewings of: <b>Fires on the Plain (Nobi)</b>; <b>Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong deng long gao gao gua)</b>; <b>The Earrings of Madame De. . . (Madame De)</b>; <b>Street of Shame (Akasen chitai)</b>; <b>The Draughtsman s Contract</b>; <b>Le Doulos</b>; <b>The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki)</b>; <b>Diva</b>; <b>Monika (Sommaren med Monika)</b>; <b>White Mane (Crin-Blanc)</b>; <b>Seduced and Abandoned (Sedotta e abbandonata)</b> and <b>The Organizer (I Compagni)</b> -- but the inadequate and illegible subtitles should have been improved <br><br><u><A NAME=2006><b>My Best Films of 2006</b></A></u>- In no order, many reviews yet to be written, particularly of festivals-viewed, non-theatrically distributed films:<br> <br><b><u>BEST ACTIONERS</u></b> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#watch">Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor)</a> (kudos to the subtitles) <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#news">Breaking News (Dai si gein)</a> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#inside">Inside Man</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#inside">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <Dd><b>Cavité</b> <Dd><b>Casino Royale</b> <Dd><b>District B 13 (Banlieue 13)</b> <Dd><b>El Aura</b> <Dd><b>13 (Tzameti)</b> <Dd><b>Lady Vengeance (Chinjeolhan geumjassi)</b> <Dd><b>Children of Men</b> (kudos to director Cuarón) <br><u>Runners-Up: (movies that stick with me despite my gripes)</u> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#love">Love</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#vend">V for Vendetta</a> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#hidden">The Hidden Blade (Kakushi-ken: oni no tsume)</a> <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/bridesma.html">The Bridesmaid (La Demoiselle D'honneur)</a> (kudos to Benoît Magimel) <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/daysofgl.html">Days of Glory (Indigènes)</a> <br><br><u><b>BEST DRAMAS</b></u> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#tsotsi">Tsotsi</a> (kudos to Presley Chweneyagae) <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#city">Beautiful City (Shah-re ziba)</a> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#iron">Iron Island (Jazireh ahani)</a> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#death">The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lazarescu)</a> <Dd><b>United 93</b> <Dd><b>Half Nelson</b> (kudos to Ryan Gosling) <dd><b>Climates (Iklimler)</b> <Dd><b>The Queen</b> (kudos to Helen Mirren) <br><u>Runners-Up: (movies that stick with me despite my gripes)</u> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#bubble">Bubble</a> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#fate">Fateless (Sorstalanság)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#fatel">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <Dd><b>Man Pushes Cart</b> <Dd><b>Three Times (Zui hao de shi guang)</b> <br><br><u><b> BEST COMEDIES</b></u> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#thank">Thank You for Smoking</a> <Dd><b>Little Miss Sunshine</b> <Dd><b>Stranger Than Fiction</b> <dd><b>Borat</b> (yeah, you know the full title) <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#human">Only Human (Seres queridos)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#human">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <br><br><u><b>BEST GROWING-UP</b></u> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#brick">Brick</a> <Dd><b>The Motel</b> <Dd><b>Quinceañera</b> (best look at gentrification) (<a href="http://www.film-forward.com/quincean.html">DVD review  scroll down</a>) <Dd><b>L Enfante</b> <dd><b>12 and Holding</b> <br><u>Runners-Up: (movies that stick with me despite my gripes)</u><br> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#jim">Lonesome Jim</a> (I am an early appreciator of Casey Affleck.) <Dd><b>Mutual Appreciation</b> <br><br><u><b>BEST DOCUMENTARIES</b></u> <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/deliveru.html">Deliver Us From Evil</a> (Pair viewing with <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/handofgod/">Hand of God</a>) <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#model">Yang Ban Xi: The 8 Model Works</a> <Dd><b>Who Killed the Electric Car?</b> (the one without Al Gore) <Dd><b>Iraq in Fragments</b> <Dd><b>Cult of the Suicide Bomber</b> (by Baer, not Rehov) <Dd><b>Devil & Daniel Johnston</b> (<a href="http://www. film-forward.com/best2006.html">scroll down for my capsule review</a>) <br><u>Runners-Up: (movies that stick with me despite my gripes)</u> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#uwm">Unknown White Male</a> (or faux?) <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#neil">Neil Young: Heart of Gold</a> <Dd><b>I m Your Man</b> <Dd><b>Crossing the Bridge</b> <Dd><b>Shut Up & Sing</b> <Dd><b>Encounter Point</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">Tribeca Film Festival)</a>) <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#kabul">The Beauty Academy of Kabul</a> <br><br><u><b>BEST FAUX DOCUMENTARIES</b></u> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#csa">C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America</a> <Dd><b>Brothers of the Head</b> <br><br><u><b>BEST EXPLOSION OF A GENRE</b></u> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/lettersi.html">Letters from Iwo Jima</a> <Dd><b>The Proposition</b> <br><br><u><b>BEST WOMEN S MOVIES</b></u> (as they used to call them) <Dd><b>Sherrybaby</b> (kudos to Maggie G.) <Dd><b>Heading South</b> (kudos to Charlotte Rampling) <Dd><b>Sweet Land</b> (kudos to Elizabeth Reaser and best romantic Line of the Year: <i>Yes, I believe that ducks dream.</i>) <Dd><b>Come Early Morning</b> (kudos to Ashley Judd) <Dd><b>Look Both Ways</b> <br><u>Runners-Up: (movies that stick with me despite their my gripes)</u> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#rises">When the Sea Rises (Quand la mer monte...) </a> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#somer">Somersault</a> (kudos to Abbie Cornish) <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/princesa.html">Princesas</a> (kudos to Candela Peña) <dd><b>Lover Boy</b> (kudos to Kyra) <dd><b>Flannel Pajamas</b> <dd><b>Hard Candy</b> (kudos to Ellen Page) <Dd><b>Secret Life of Words</b> (kudos to the second best romantic Line of the Year: <i>I'll learn to swim.</i>) <br><br><b><u>BEST OLD FASHIONED ENTERTAINMENT</u></b> (completely coincidental that they both feature Edward Norton as a romantic lead) <dd><b>The Painted Veil</b> (kudos to Naomi Watts) <Dd><b>The Illusionist</b> (just beats out the other magicians in <b>The Prestige</b>) <br><br><b><u>BEST BIO PICS</u></b> <Dd><b>Infamous</b> <dd><b>The Last King of Scotland</b> (kudos to both Forest Whitaker and James McAvoy) <br><br><b><u>BEST SENIOR CITIZEN</u></b> <dd><b>Bom bom El Perro</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST ANIMATION</u></b> <Dd><b>Monster House</b> <dd><b>A Scanner Darkly</b> <br><br><b>BEST REVIVALS IN NEW PRINTS<br></b> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#idol">Fallen Idol</a> <dd>Thanks for new 35 mm prints for my first-time viewings of <b>Army of Shadows</b>, <b>Walkabout</b>, <b>Cléo de 5 à 7</b>, and <b>Rules of the Game</b> -- (and Keanu thought so too about the last as he was at the same theater I was). <br><br><u><b>'BAD BOYZ' BREAK OUT PERFORMANCES OF THE YEAR:</b></u> (incomplete list) <Dd>Andreas Wilson in <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#evil">Evil (Ondskan)</a> <Dd><a href="http://www.popmatters.com/pm/news/article/50447/21-jump-street-star-dustin-nguyen-is-back-in-action/">Dustin Nguyen</a> in <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#littlef">Little Fish</a> <Dd>Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in <a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#fire">Firewall</a> <dd>Raúl Esparza in <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#find">Find Me Guilty</a> <br><br><b><u>BEST BEST FRIENDS OF THE YEAR:</b></u> (incomplete list) <Dd>Zooey Deschanel in <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#launch">Failure To Launch<a> <dd>Frances McDormand in <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#friends">Friends With Money<a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#friends$">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <br><br><b><u>MOST DEPRESSING FILM OF THE YEAR:</b></u> <a href="http://www.film-forward.com/thebridge.html">The Bridge</a> <br><br><b><u>BEST ATTENTION FOR ACTORS I'VE BEEN A HUGE FAN OF SINCE 1998:</b></u> <Dd><b>Daniel Craig</b> <u>finally</u> for <b>Casino Royale</b> <Dd><b>Adam Beach</b> <u>finally</u> for <b>Flags of Our Fathers</b> <br><br><b><u>CINEMATIC ARTIST OF THE YEAR:</b></u> <dd>Cinematographer <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827869/">Tom Stern</a> for <b>Flags of Our Fathers</b> AND <a href="http://www.film-forward.com/lettersi.html">Letters from Iwo Jima</a> <br><br><U><b>BEST BROADS OF THE YEAR</U></b> <Dd><b>Meryl Streep</b> for opposite full characters in <b>Devil Wears Prada</b> AND <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#phc">A Prairie Home Companion</a> <dd><b>Dame Judi Dench</b> for upending stereotypes with her  M in <i>Casino [</i>I miss the Cold War.<i>] Royale</i> and lesbian vampire in <i>Notes on A Scandal</i> <Dd><b>Jennifer Hudson</b> for Best Debut By An Adult in <b>Dreamgirls</b> <br><br><u><A NAME=2005><b>My Best Films of 2005</b></A></u>- In the order I saw them:<br> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#assist">Assisted Living</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#assist">commentary</a> on the putative Jewish woman) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#turtles">Turtles Can Fly (Lakposhtha hâm parvaz mikonand)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#head">Head On (Gegen die Wand)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#old">Oldboy</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/quality.html#youth">Best of Youth (La Meglio gioventù)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#walk">Walk on Water</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#walkon">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#anger">Upside of Anger<a> (kudos to Joan Allen) <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#millions">Millions</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#ush">Ha Ushpizin</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#kings">Kings and Queen (Rois et reine)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#mskin">Mysterious Skin</a> (kudos to Joseph Gordon-Levitt) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#crash">Crash</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#meyou">Me and You and Everyone We Know</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#cate">Caterina in the Big City (Caterina va in città)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#5x2">5x2</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#world">The World (Shijie)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#land">Land of the Dead</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#lila">Lila Says (Lila dit ça)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#rize">Rize</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#murderb">Murderball</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#edukat">The Edukators (Die Fetten Jahre sind vorbei)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#2046">2046</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#constant">The Constant Gardener</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#mem">The Memory of a Killer (De Zaak Alzheimer)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#thumb">Thumbsucker</a> (kudos to Lou Taylor Pucci) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#keane">Keane</a> (kudos to Damian Lewis) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#hist">A History of Violence</a> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#seren">Serenity</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#dand">Dandelion</a> (kudos to Vincent Kartheiser) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#crimen">Crimen ferpecto</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#were">Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#gluck">Good Night, and Good Luck</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#pandp">Pride & Prejudice<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#zath">Zathura</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#line">Walk the Line</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#potter4">Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#17">No. 17 Is Anonymous</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#russes">Ballet Russes</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#broke">Brokeback Mountain</a> (kudos to Heath Ledger) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#kong">King Kong</a> (kudos to Naomi Watts and Andy Serkis) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#munich">Munich</a> (kudos to Tony Kushner and Eric Bana) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#newW">The New World</a> (kudos to Q'Orianka Kilcher) <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#burials">The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada</a> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#street">Street Fight</a> <br><br><u>Runners-Up: (Movies that stick with me despite my gripes.)</u><br> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#kont">Kontroll</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#schizo">Schizo (Shiza)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#nina">Nina's Tragedies (Ha-Asonot Shel Nina)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#frank">Dear Frankie<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#sin">Sin City</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#lookat">Look At Me (Comme une image)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#role">Le Grand Rôle</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#suite">À Tout de Suite (Right Now)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#enron">Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#sith">Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith</a> (kudos to an emblematic tear) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#cake">Layer Cake</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#dogtown">Lords of Dogtown</a> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#face">Saving Face</a> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#cman">Cinderella Man</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#mysummer">My Summer of Love</a> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#heights">Heights</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#castle">Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro)</a> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#cron">Crónicas</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#hustle">Hustle & Flow</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#endings">Happy Endings</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#happy">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#tony">Tony Takitani</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#express">Secuestro Express</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#madhot">Mad Hot Ballroom</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#grimm">The Brothers Grimm</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#games">Games of Love and Chance (L'Esquive)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#camp">Campfire (Medurat Hashevet)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#lord">Lord of War</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#corpse">Corpse Bride</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#squid">The Squid and the Whale</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#9lives">Nine Lives</a> (kudos especially to Robin Wright Penn) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#north">North Country<a> (kudos to Frances McDormand) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#dom">Domino<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#little">Little Manhattan</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#capote">Capote</a> (kudos to Philip Seymour Hoffman) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#now">Paradise Now</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#kkbb">Kiss Kiss Bang Bang</a> (kudos to Robert Downey Jr.) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#cape">Cape of Good Hope<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#syrian">The Syrian Bride</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#syr">Syriana</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#narnia1">The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</a> (kudos to Tilda Swinton) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#pluto">Breakfast on Pluto</a> (kudos to Cillian Murphy) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#casan">Casanova</a> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#cache">Caché (Hidden)</a> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#outs">On the Outs</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#mat">The Matador</a> <br><br><b>ADDITIONAL NOTABLE FEATURES:</b><br> <dd>Best Revivals in New Prints<br> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#elev">Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#hara">Harakiri (Seppuku)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#risques">Classe tous risques</a><br><br> <dd><b>'Bad Boy' Break Out Performances of the Year: </b> <dd>Nikolaj Lie Kaas in <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#bros">Brothers (Brødre)</a> (He's much sexier than Jake Gyllenhaal in the <a href="http://www.film-forward.com/brothers09.html">the American remake<a>.) <dd> Romain Duris in <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#beat">The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De Battre mon coeur s'est arrete)</a> <dd> Alex O'Loughlin in <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#oyster">Oyster Farmer</a> <dd>Garrett Hedlund in <a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#4bros">Four Brothers</a> <dd>Marton Csokas in <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#asylum">Asylum</a> <dd>Edgar Ramirez in <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#dom">Domino<a> <Dd>Kevin Zegers in <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#trans">Transamerica</a> <dd>Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#match">Match Point</a> <br><br> <dd><b>Gracie Allen Tribute Performances of the Year: </b> <dd>Amy Adams in <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#june">Junebug</a> <dd>Isla Fisher in <a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#wed">Wedding Crashers</a> <dd>Jason Schwartzman in <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#shop">Shopgirl</a> <br><br> <dd><b>Most Delightful Production Design</b> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#4charlie">Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</a> <br><br><u><A NAME=2004><b>My Best Films of 2004</b></A></u>- In the order I saw them:<br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#trilogy1">Trilogy: On the Run (Cavale)</a>, <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#trilogy2">An Amazing Couple (Un couple épatant)</a>, <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#trilogy3">After the Life (Après la vie)</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#eternal">Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</a><br> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#Lenin">Goodbye, Lenin!</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#wings">Broken Wings (Knafayim Shvurot)</a><br> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#bill2">Kill Bill, Volume 2</a><br> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#spring">Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html# otar">Since Otar Left (Depuis qu'Otar est parti...)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#twilight">Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#ass">Baadasssss!</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#inherit">The Inheritance (Arven)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#sunset">Before Sunset<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#lastlife">Last Life in the Universe (Ruang rak noi nid mahasan)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#garden">Garden State</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#garden">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#hero">Hero (Ying xiong)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#peace">Almost Peaceful (Un monde presque paisible)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#almost">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#inf">Infernal Affairs </a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#stage">Stage Beauty</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#lili">La Petite Lili</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#ways">Sideways</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#daggers">House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#dolls">Dolls</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#aviator">The Aviator</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#hotel">Hotel Rwanda</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#comp">In Good Company</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#wood">The Woodsman</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#sea">The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)</a> <br>Runners-Up:<br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html# osama">Osama</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#windows">Facing Windows (La Finestra di fronte)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#maria">Maria Full of Grace</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#manchu">The Manchurian Candidate</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#dontlive">We Don't Live Here Anymore</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#dragon">Good Bye, Dragon Inn (Bu san)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#gap">Mind the Gap</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#primer">Primer</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#ray">Ray</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#vera">Vera Drake</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#incred">The Incredibles</a> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#fond">Ae Fond Kiss</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#nixon">The Assassination of Richard Nixon</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#million">Million Dollar Baby</a><br> <b>OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES:</b><br> <dd><b>Cinematic Artist of the Year: </b> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236313/">Christopher Doyle</a> <br> <b>Best Creepy Movie</b><br> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#machin">The Machinist</a><br> <b>Best Intense Close-Ups</b><br> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#birth">Birth</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html# julia">Being Julia<a><br> <b>Most Indelible Image in an Oddball Movie</b> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#future">Bright Future (Akarui mirai)</a> <br><br><u><A NAME=2003><b>My Best Films of 2003</b></A></u> - In the order I saw them:<br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#god">City of God (Cidade de Deus)</a> <br> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#nowhere">Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Africa">commentary</a> on the Jewish women)<br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#vargas">Raising Victor Vargas</a> <br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#iraq">Marooned in Iraq (Gomgashtei dar Aragh)</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#nemo">Finding Nemo</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#whale">Whale Rider</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#splendor">American Splendor</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#lucia">Lucia, Lucia (La Hija del canibal)</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#trans">Lost in Translation</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#mystic">Mystic River</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/crowemandc.html#master">Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#glass">Shattered Glass</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#agent">The Station Agent</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#april">Pieces of April</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#21">21 Grams</a> <br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#king">Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#fog">House of Sand and Fog</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#cold">Cold Mountain</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#belle">Les Triplettes de Belleville</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#monster">Monster</a><br> Runners-Up:<br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#beckham">Bend It Like Beckham</a> <br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#give">Something's Gotta Give</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#elf">Elf</a><br> <br><u><A NAME=2002><b>My Best Films of 2002</b></A></u> - in the order I saw them: <br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#monsoon">Monsoon Wedding</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#nine">Nine Queens (Nueve Reinas)</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#chai">American Chai</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#late">Late Marriage (Hatuna Meuheret)</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#fast">Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#rain">Rain</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#amaz">Lovely and Amazing</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#lips">Read My Lips (Sur mes levres)</a> <br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#lastkiss">Last Kiss (L'ultimo Bacio)</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#ballot">Secret Ballot</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#actress">My Wife is an Actress (Ma femee est une actrice)</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#tully">Tully</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#sunday">Bloody Sunday</a> <br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#drum">Drumline</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#towers">Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#rabbit">Rabbit-Proof Fence</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#adapt">Adaptation</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#chicago">Chicago</a><br> Runners-up:<br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#the pianist">The Pianist</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#baran">Baran</a> <br><u><A NAME=2001><b>My Best Films of 2001</b></A></u> -- heavy on indies and foreign movies with limited distribution: (not in order of preference)<br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#darko">Donnie Darko</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#amores">Amores Perros</a> <br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#prin">The Princess and the Warrior (Der Krieger und Die Kaiserin)</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#together">Together (Tillsammans)</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#road">The Road Home</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#taste">The Taste of Others (Le Goût des autres) </a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#aber">Aberdeen</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#accid">Happy Accidents</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#mind">A Beautiful Mind</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#lotr">Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#memento">Memento</a> <u>Best Film Influenced By Ambrose Bierce's <I>An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge</i></u><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#kand">Kandahar (Safar e Ghandehar)</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#dinner">Dinner Rush</a> <br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#diamond">Diamond Men</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#gosford">Gosford Park</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#lantana">Lantana</a><br> <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#ball">Monster's Ball</a><br> <br> <br><br> <b><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html">LILITH WATCH: CRITICAL GUIDE TO JEWISH WOMEN IN (AND MISSING FROM) THE MOVIES</a></b> <br> <br><u>REVIEWS:</u><br> <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/51birchs.html">51 Birch Street</a> (emendations coming after 4/18/2007) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">2009 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a> <dd><b>Ahead of Time</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff10.html">2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#ahead">commentary</a> on Ruth Gruber.) <img src="new.gif"> <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/closetoh.html">Close To Home (Karov La Bayit</a> (emendations coming after 8/16/2007) <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/crazylov.html">Crazy Love</a> (emendations coming after 11/1/2007) <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#role">Le Grand Rôle</a> <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/myfather.html">My Father My Lord (Hofshat Kaits)</a> (emendations coming after 11/16/2008) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#lord">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/myfuhrer.html">My Führer: The Truly Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler (Mein Führer - Die Wirklich Wahrste Wahrheit Über Adolf Hitler)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#mein">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/asecret.html">A Secret (Un Secret)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#unsecret">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/aserious.html">A Serious Man</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#aserious">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/treeoflife.html">The Tree Of Life</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#tree">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <img src="new.gif"> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#ush">Ha Ushpizin</a> <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/yiddisht.html">Yiddish Theater: A Love Story</a> (emendations coming after 5/21/2008) <img src="new.gif"> <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/yoohoo.html">Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg </a> (emendations coming after 1/10/2010) <img src="new.gif"> <br><br><u>COMMENTARY:</u><br> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Adam">Adam</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Adamres">Adam Resurrected</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#aland">Adventureland</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#autism">Autism: The Musical</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#France">Being Jewish in France (Comme un Juif en France)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Berlin">Berlin '36</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Idan">Black On White: The Idan Raichel Project</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#boogie">Boogie Woogie</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#pjs">The Boy in the Striped Pajamas</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#break">Breaking Upwards</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#carmel">Carmel</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#sun">Children of the Sun</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#noel">A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#coco">Coco</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#pere">Comme ton père</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#dare">Dare</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Fatima">David & Fatima</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Layla">David and Layla</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Golder">David Golder</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#disengage">Disengagement (Désengagement)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#bell">The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le papillon)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#driving">Driving Men</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#emot">Emotional Arithmetic (Autumn Hearts: A New Beginning)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#every">Every Mother Should Know (Teda Kol Em Ivriya)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#extra">The Extra Man</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Falsch">Falsch</a> <Dd><A HREF="http://www.c-linefilms.com/c_linefilms.html">Family Affair</a> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2010">DocuWeeks</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#family">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#feast">Feast Of Love</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/unfinished.html">A Film Unfinished</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#unfin">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#transports">Forgotten Transports: To Estonia (Zapomenuté transporty: Do Estonska): Women's Friendship</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Latvia">Forgotten Transports: To Latvia (Zapomenuté transporty: Do Latvia): Family Strength</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#funnyp">Funny People</a> <dd><b>Gainsbourg, Je t'Aime... Moi Non Plus (Gainsbourg - Vie héroïque)</b> (kudos to Eric Elmosnino as well as the puppets and animation) (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#gains">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#eskimos">The Galilee Eskimos (Eskimosim ba Galil)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#girltrain">The Girl on the Train (La Fille du RER)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Glass">Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#hang">The Hangover</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Harrison">Harrison s Flowers</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#ulpan">The Hebrew Lesson (Ha Ulpan)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#hersk">Herskovits At the Heart of Blackness</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#estherb">Hey, Hey It s Esther Blueburger</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#cinema">A History Of Israeli Cinema</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#holyr">Holy Rollers</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#howl">Howl</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#glour">Inglourious Basterds</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#bene">In Search of the Bene Israel</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#jazz">The Jazz Baroness</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Joan">Joan Rivers- A Piece of Work</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#kredens">Kredens</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Moroccan">Kaddim Wind: Moroccan Chronicles (Ruah Kaddim  Chronika Marokait)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#labyrinth">Labyrinths of Memory (Laberintos de la memoria)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#battle">Landscape After Battle (Krajobraz po bitwie)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Mimzy">The Last Mimzy</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#leap">Leap of Faith</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#dance">Let s Dance! (Faut que ça danse!)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#size">A Matter of Size (Sipur Gadol)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Max">Max Minsky and Me (Max Minsky und ich)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Mendy">Mendy: A Question of Faith</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#momma">Momma s Man</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#mortgage">Mortgage (Mashkanta)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#MrR">Mr. Rakowski</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#hatmaker">Murder of a Hatmaker (Assassinat d'une modiste)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Nick">Nick and Norah s Infinite Playlist</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#NYILU">New York, I Love You</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#treasure">Or (My Treasure)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#disapp">Our Disappeared (Nuestros desaparecidos)</a> (See more background from its <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/ourdisappeared/film.html">PBS broadcast</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#private">Partly Private</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Peretz">The Peretzniks</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#polis">Persepolis</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#pineapple">Pineapple Express</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Rachel">Rachel</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#refus">A Refusenik s Mother (Ima Shel Shimri)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#relig">Religulous</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/saltofthis.html">Salt Of This Sea (Milh Hadha Al-Bahr)</a> (also briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#salt">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#shiva">The Seven Days (Shiva)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#7minutes">Seven Minutes in Heaven (Sheva Dakot Be gan Eden)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#66">Sixty Six</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#skills">Skills Like This</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#starter">Starter for 10</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#starting">Starting Out in the Evening</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Stella">Stella</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#woods">Taking Woodstock</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#found">Then She Found Me</a> <dd><b>Thieves By Law</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#thieves">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#favor">Time of Favor (Ha- Hesder)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#smiling">To See If I m Smiling (Lir ot Im Ani Mehayechet)</a> <dd><b>The Trotsky</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#trot">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#2lives">Two Lives Plus One (Deux vies... plus une)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#2lovers">Two Lovers</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#villa">Villa Jasmin</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#wsong">The Wedding Song (Le chant des mariées)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#weekend">Weekend in Galilee (Sof Shavua Bagalil)</a> <dd><b>The Woodmans</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#wood">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#wrist">Wristcutters: A Love Story</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Ymama">Yideshe Mama</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Zohan">You Don't Mess with the Zohan</a> <br><br><b><a href="http://mavensnest.net/WTC.html#movies">IMPACT OF 9/11 ON NYC THROUGH MOVIES  and then the wars being fought in our name</a></b></b> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/brothers09.html">Brothers<a> (American remake of <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#bros">Brothers (Brødre)</a>) <dd><b>Camp Victory, Afghanistan</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrw10.html">2010 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/WTC.html#f911">Fahrenheit 9/11</a> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/WTC.html#greatnew">The Great New Wonderful</a> <dd><b>Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/intheloop.html">In The Loop</a> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/prisoner.html">The Prisoner Or: How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair</a> (emendations coming after 10/1/2007) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/restrepo.html">Restrepo</a> (My <a href="http://mavensnest.net/WTC.html#restrepo">commentary</a> on the film's poster re: 9/11.) <img src="new.gif"> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/WTC.html#gitmo">The Road to Guantánamo</a> <dd><b>The Western Front</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#wfront">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <img src="new.gif"> <br><br><A NAME=chicks><b><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html"><b>CHICK FLICKS</b></b></A> <br>Definition: a chick flick is when only the guy changes (or has to); guy flick the chick is furniture, as in a line from <i>Soylent Green</i>; a date movie is when both characters change.<br> <dd><b>12th & Delaware</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrw10.html">2010 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#24">24 Hour Woman</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#about">About A Boy</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#alex">Alex and Emma</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#alfie">Alfie<a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/alicesho.html">Alice s House (A Casa De Alice)</a> </a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#amelie">Amelie (Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#americas">America's Sweethearts</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#angel">Angel Eyes</a> <dd><b>The Arbor</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at<A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/arranged.html">Arranged</a> (emendations coming after 6/14/2008)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#arrange">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/beachesof.html">The Beaches of Agnès (Les Plages d Agnès)</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/rendez-vous09.html">Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2009</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> preview) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#kabul">The Beauty Academy of Kabul</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/becojane.html">Becoming Jane</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#sunset">Before Sunset<a> <dd><b>Be Good (Sois Sage)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/fcselects10.html">2010 Film Comment Selects</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#julia">Being Julia<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#borders">Beyond Borders</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/blessedis.html">Blessed Is The Match: The Life And Death Of Hannah Senesh</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#bluecar">Blue Car</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#bounce">Bounce</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#bridget">Bridget Jones's Diary</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#bridget2">Bridget Jones's Diary 2: The Edge of Reason</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#buche">La Buche</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/business.html">The Business Of Being Born</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#calendar">Calendar Girls</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#camp">Campfire (Medurat Hashevet)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#cape">Cape of Good Hope<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#casan">Casanova</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/cavedog.html">Cave of the Yellow Dog (Die Höhle des gelben Hundes)</a> (emendations coming after 5/10/2007)</a> <dd><b>Change of Plans (Le code a changé)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/rendez-vous09.html">Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2009</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#choc">Chocolat</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#circle">The Circle (Dayereh)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/closetoh.html">Close To Home (Karov La Bayit</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#crouch">Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)</a> (with Chinese literary commentary from Prof. Eva Chou) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#crush">The Crush</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#dang">Dangerous Beauty</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#frank">Dear Frankie<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#yaya">Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#dom">Domino<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#move">Don't Move (Non ti muovere)<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#double">Double Jeopardy</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#dream">Dreamer</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/dreaming.html">Dreaming Lhasa</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#earth">Earthly Possessions</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/edgeoflove.html">The Edge Of Love</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/eightmiles.html">Eight Miles High (Das Wilde Leben)</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#ellie">Ellie Parker<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#end">End of the Affair</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/evening.html">Evening</a> (emendations coming after 12/28/2007) <dd><b>The Evening Dress (La robe du soir)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf10.html">2010 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#ever">Ever After</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/everlasting.html">Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons Eviga Ögonblick)</a> (emendations coming after 9/6/2009) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#launch">Failure To Launch<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#fat">Fat Girl (a ma soeur)</a> <dd><b>The Father of My Children (Le père de mes enfants)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf10.html">2010 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/feastofl.html">Feast Of Love</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#fever">Fever Pitch<a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/flightred.html">Flight Of The Red Balloon (Le Voyage Du Ballon Rouge)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#forces">Forces of Nature</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#game">For Love of the Game</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/fraulein.html">Fraulein</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#friday">Freaky Friday</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#frida">Frida</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicls.html#friends">Friends With Money<a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#friends$">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#interrupt">Girl, Interrupted</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#bridge">The Girl on the Bridge (La Fille sur le pont)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#pearl">Girl With Pearl Earring</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#swim">Girls Can't Swim (Les filles ne savent pas nager)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#goodgirl">The Good Girl</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/goodhair.html">Good Hair</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/grbavica.html">Grbavica: The Land Of My Dreams</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#happen">Happenstance (Le Battement d'ailes du papillon)</a> <b>The Happiest Girl in the World (Cea mai fericita fata din lume)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf10.html">39th New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#hil">Hilary and Jackie</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#hope">Hope Floats</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#daggers">House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#mirth">House of Mirth</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/introdwi.html">Introducing The Dwights</a> (emendations coming after 1/4/2008) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/janeaust.html">The Jane Austen Book Club</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/jellyfis.html">Jellyfish (Meduzot)</a> (previewed at <i>New Directors/New Films 2008</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#jelly">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><b>The Joy of Singing (Le Plaisir de chanter)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/rendez-vous09.html">Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2009</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#jump">Jump Tomorrow</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#just">Just Like Love<a> <dd><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/kids.html">The Kids Are All Right</A> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#lastkiss">Last Kiss (L'ultimo Basio)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#laws">Laws of Attraction<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#blonde">Legally Blonde</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#lilja">Lilja 4-ever</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#lookat">Look At Me (Comme une image)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#alot">A Lot Like Love</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#amaz">Lovely and Amazing</a> <dd><b>The Maid (La Nana)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">2009 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#mansfield">Mansfield Park</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#geisha">Memoirs of A Geisha</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#myself">Me, Myself, I</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#message">Message in a Bottle</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#monsoon">Monsoon Wedding</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#mulan">Mulan</a> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/mustread.html">Must Read After My Death</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#mylife">My Life Without Me</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#actress">My Wife is an Actress (Ma femee est une actrice)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#nina">Nina's Tragedies (Ha-Asonot Shel Nina)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#9lives">Nine Lives</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#noel">Noel<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#nolook">No Looking Back</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#north">North Country<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#not">Notting Hill</a> <dd><b>No Woman No Cry</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#map">Off the Map<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#osama">Osama</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/ourcity.html">Our City Dreams</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/paperdol.html">Paper Dolls (Bubot Niyar)</a> (emendations coming after 3/6/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#parent">Parent Trap</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#passion">Passion of Mind</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/phoebe.html">Phoebe In Wonderland</a> (emendations coming after 9/6/2009) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#piano">The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#play">Playing By Heart</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#possess">Possession</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/praythedevil.html">Pray The Devil Back To Hell</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#pandp">Pride & Prejudice<a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/princesa.html">Princesas</a> (emendations coming after 2/23/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#prize">The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#punch">Punch Drunk Love</a> <dd><b>Pushing The Elephant</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrw10.html">2010 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#prin">The Princess and the Warrior (Der Krieger und Die Kaiserin)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#rain">Rain</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#return">Return to Me</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#road">The Road Home (Wo de fu qin mu qin)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/ryna.html">Ryna</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#secretary">Secretary</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#seeing">Seeing Other People<a> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/seraphine.html">Séraphine</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/rendez-vous09.html">14th Rendez-Vous With French Cinema</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#seren">Serendipity</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/seriousmoon.html">Serious Moonlight</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#shes">She's The Man</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#shop">Shopgirl</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#simply">Simply Irresistible</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#otar">Since Otar Left (Depuis qu'Otar est parti...)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#pants">The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#spirit">Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Stella">Stella</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/rendez-vous09.html">Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2009</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#alabama">Sweet Home Alabama<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#sweet">Sweet November</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#take">Take My Eyes (Te doy mis ojos)<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#tao">The Tao of Steve</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#13">Thirteen</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#tortilla">Tortilla Soup</a> <dd><b>Treeless Mountain</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">2009 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> preview) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#belle">Les Triplettes de Belleville</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#tumble">Tumbleweeds</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/tuyasmar.html">Tuya s Marriage (Tuya De Hun Shi)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#Tuscan">Under the Tuscan Sun</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#anger">Upside of Anger<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#vanity">Vanity Fair</a> <dd><b>Villa Amalia</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/rendez-vous09.html">Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2009</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/waitress.html">Waitress</a> (emendations coming after 11/1/2007) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/waterlil.html">Water Lilies (Naissance Des Pieuvres)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#whale">Whale Rider</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#cook">What's Cooking</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#oleander">White Oleander</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#wimble">Wimbledon</a> <dd><b>With a Little Help from Myself (Aide-toi, le ciel t aidera)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/rendez-vous09.html">Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2009</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>A Woman in Berlin (Anonyma  Eine Frau in Berlin)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/fcselects09.html">2009 Film Comments Selects</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/womenwithout.html">Women Without Men (Zanan-e bedun-e mardan)</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf10.html">2010 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <br><br><br><A NAME=master><b><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html"><b>MASTERPIECE THEATER: MOVIES AS MEDICINE</b></b></A><br> My inconsistent, sometimes cynical designation for serious and pseudo-serious films, those that succeed at being  Masterpieces but don t fit in my other arbitrary categories and those that aim to be serious but succeed only at being pretentious. <br> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#2046">2046</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/adamsapp.html">Adam s Apples (Adams æbler)</a> (emendations coming after 8/16/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#nothing">All of Nothing</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/amazingg.html">Amazing Grace</a> (emendations coming after 8/23/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#peace">Almost Peaceful (Un monde presque paisible)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#almost">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#rhap">American Rhapsody</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#ararat">Ararat</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#nixon">The Assassination of Richard Nixon</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#assist">Assisted Living</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#assist">commentary</a> on the putative Jewish woman) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#fast">Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#ass">Baadasssss!</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/baader.html">The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex)</a> <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/babies.html">Babies (Bébés)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#ballad">The Ballad of Jack and Rose</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/ballast.html">Ballast</a> (previewed at 2008 <i>New Directors/New Films</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/bamako.html">Bamako</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#baran">Baran</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#bastards">Bastards of the Party</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#battle">Battle in Heaven (Batalla en el cielo)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#nightfalls">Before Night Falls</a> <dd><b>Between the Cup and the Election (Entre la coupe et l'élection)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/johannesburg.html">2010 New York African Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> and <A HREF="http://africanfilmny.org/">African Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/beyondga.html">Beyond the Gates</a> (emendations coming after 9/9/2007) <dd><b>Birdwatchers</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">2009 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/blindmou.html">Blind Mountain (Mang Shan)</a> (emendations coming after 10/12/2008) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#sunday">Bloody Sunday</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#bowling">Bowling for Columbine</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#bread">Bread and Roses</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/thebridge.html">The Bridge</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#bright">Bright Young Things</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#wings">Broken Wings (Knafayim Shvurot)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#bubble">Bubble</a> <dd><b>Budrus</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Budrus">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>The Burning Season</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#central">Central Station (Central do Brasil)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#chain">Chain</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/chicago1.html">Chicago 10</a> (David Dellinger and other emendations coming after 8/29/2008) (<i>2/29/2008</i>) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/chicago1.html">The Children Of Huang Shi</a> (<i>5/23/2008</i>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#cider">Cider House Rules</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#god">City of God (Cidade de Deus)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#claim">The Claim</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/claybird.html">The Clay Bird (Matir moina)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#coffee">Coffee and Cigarettes</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#control">Control Room</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#crash">Crash</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#padre">The Crime of Father Amaro (El Crimen del padre Amaro)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#csa">C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/convention.html">Convention</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/darfurno.html">Darfur Now</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#darwin">Darwin's Nightmare</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/daysofgl.html">Days of Glory (Indigènes)</a> (emendations coming after 6/8/2007) <dd><b>Defamation (Hashmatsa)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) vs. <b>Look Into My Eyes</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.hrw.org/en/iff">2009 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival </a>) (<A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/humanrw09.html">comparative review</a>) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/deliveru.html">Deliver Us From Evil</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/devilcam.html">The Devil Came On Horseback</a> (emendations coming after 1/25/2008) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#sentim">Les Destinees sentimentales</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#Dogma">Dogma</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#dog">Dogville</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#dolls">Dolls</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#dfall">Downfall (Der Untergang)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/duchesso.html">The Duchess Of Langeais (Ne Touchez Pas La Hache)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/dust.html">Dust (Staub)</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#eliz">Elizabeth</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#eillum">Everything Is Illuminated</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#illum">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/theexiles.html">The Exiles</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/WTC.html#f911">Fahrenheit 9/11</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#fallen">The Fallen</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#fate">Fateless (Sorstalanság)</a> (with background on Hungarian Jews in the Holocaust by Anny Dietz) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#fatel">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#father">Father and Son (Otets i syn)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#female">Female Perversions</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#find">Finding Forrester</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#senses">Five Senses</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/flow.html">Flow</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/forgiven.html">Forgiveness</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#Poland">Forgotten Transports: To Poland (Zapomenuté transporty: Do Poland): The Human Spirit</a> (viewed at 2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Garapa</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#gods">Gods and Monsters</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#bowl">The Golden Bowl</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#dragon">Good Bye, Dragon Inn (Bu san)</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/thegreatest.html">The Greatest</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#hara">Harakiri (Seppuku)</a> (new print revival) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/johannesburg.html">Have You Heard From Johannesburg</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#hid">Hideous Kinky</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#hidden">The Hidden Blade (Kakushi-ken: oni no tsume)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#home">A Home at the End of the World</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/homebrav.html">Home of the Brave</a> (emendations coming after 6/15/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#hours">The Hours</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#hurr">Hurricane</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#illum">Illuminata</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/imaginar.html">Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and The Holocaust</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#voices">Innocent Voices (Voces inocentes)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#earnest">The Importance of Being Earnest</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#incan">Incantato (Il Cuore altrove)</a> <dd><b>Into the Cold</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#intruder">The Intruder (L'Intrus)</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/theitali.html">The Italian (Italianetz)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/jesuscam.html">Jesus Camp</a> (emendations coming after 3/22/2007) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/johnrabe.html">John Rabe</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#jude">Jude</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#kadosh">Kadosh</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#kand">Kandahar (Safar e Ghandehar)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/katyn.html">Katyn</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#kolya">Kolya</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#lady">The Lady and the Duke (L'Anglaise et le duc)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/lettersi.html">Letters from Iwo Jima</a> (emendations coming after 6/20/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#lib">The Libertine</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#lifeis">Life Is Beautiful (Vita è bella)/The Train of Life (Train de vie)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#lol">Lolita</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#trans">Lost in Translation</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#luzhin">The Luzhin Defence</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#magda">The Magdalene Sisters</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#manwho">The Man Who Cried</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/manufact.html">Manufactured Landscapes</a> (emendations coming after 12/20/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#iraq">Marooned in Iraq (Gomgashtei dar Aragh)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#marvin">Marvin's Room</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#meyou">Me and You and Everyone We Know</a> <dd><b>The Milk of Sorrow (La teta asustada)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">2009 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#ibrahim">Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#motor">The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#patrol">Mountain Patrol: Kekexili</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.forward.com//mybrowed.html">My Brother s Wedding</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#mass">The Mystic Masseur</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/nanking.html">Nanking</a> (<i> (emendations coming after 6/12/2008)</i>) (fictionalized in <a href="http://www.film-forward.com/johnrabe.html">John Rabe</a>) <<dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#nick">Nicholas Nickleby</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#nobody">Nobody Knows (Dare mo shiranai)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#noman">No Man's Land</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#fork">Northfork</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#notre">Notre Musique</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#nowhere">Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika)</a> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#nowhere">Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Africa">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#17">No. 17 Is Anonymous</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ojerusal.html">O Jerusalem</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Jerus">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><b>The Other City</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#pal">Palindromes</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#palind">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><b>Paper Soldier (Bumaznyj soldat)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">2009 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Paradise</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/fcselects09.html">2009 Film Comments Selects</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#lili">La Petite Lili</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#the pianist">The Pianist</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/pierrepo.html">Pierrepoint  The Last Hangman</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#pollock">Pollock</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#port">Portrait of A Lady</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#private">Private</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#proofplay">Proof</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#quills">Quills</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#rabbit">Rabbit-Proof Fence</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/reader.html">The Reader</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#reader">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/redalert.html">Red Alert: The War Within</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#respiro">Respiro</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#thereturn">The Return (Vozvrashcheniye)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#ark">Russian Ark</a> <dd><b>Saviors In The Night (Unter Bauern)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff10.html">2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#savior">commentary</a> on the Jewish women)<img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#sea">The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#ballot">Secret Ballot (Raye makhfi)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#shakes">Shakespeare in Love</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#silver">Silver City</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#sling">Sling Blade</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/somuchso.html">So Much So Fast</a> (emendations coming after 4/11/07) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#sophie">Sophie Scholl - The Final Days (Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage)</a> (kudos to Julia Jentsch and Gerald Alexander Held) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#spi">Spider</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#spirit">Spirit of the Beehive (El Espíritu de la colmena)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#spring">Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#stage">Stage Beauty</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/stoningof.html">The Stoning Of Soraya M.</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#sun">Sunshine</a> <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/sweetgrass.html">Sweetgrass</a> (previewed with brief review at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff09pt1.html">47th New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><b>Sweet Rush (Tatarak)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff09pt3.html">2009 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#sylvia">Sylvia</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#talk">Talk to Her (Hable con ella)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#tea">Tea With Mussolini</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#thisis">This Is My Father</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#disaster">This So-Called Disaster</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#burials">The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#marias">Three Marias (As Três Marias)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/tigersno.html">The Tiger and the Snow (La Tigre e la neve)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#time">Time Code</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#tony">Tony Takitani</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#traffic">Traffic</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#trench">The Trench</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#triumph">Triumph of Life</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/troublethe.html">Trouble the Water</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#turtles">Turtles Can Fly (Lakposhtha hâm parvaz mikonand)</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/underthe.html">Under The Same Moon (La Misma Luna)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#tow">Undertow</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#usofl">United States of Leland</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#scan">Untold Scandal (Joseon namnyeo sangyeoljisa)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#vera">Vera Drake</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#engage">A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/waitingarm.html">Waiting For Armageddon</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#waking">Waking Life</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#walk">Walk on Water</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#walkon">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/waltzwith.html">Waltz With Bashir (Valse im Bashir) </a> <dd><b>War Don Don (The War Is Over)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrw10.html">2010 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#war">War Zone</a> <dd><b>Which Way Home</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#why">Why We Fight</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#widow">Widow of St. Pierre (La Veuve de Saint-Pierre)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#wins">Winslow Boy</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#winter">Winter Sleepers (Winterschläfer)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#wood">The Woodsman</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#world">The World (Shijie)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#yest">Yesterday</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#zel">Zelary</a> <br><br> <A NAME=middle><b><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html"><b>FOR THE MIDDLE-AGED AT HEART: HURRAH FOR GROWN-UPS!</b></b></A><br> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/2or3thin.html">2 Or 3 Things I Know About Him (2 oder 3 Dinge, die ich von ihm weiß)</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#5x2">5x2</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#21">21 Grams</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#aber">Aberdeen</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#schmidt">About Schmidt</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#adapt">Adaptation</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#afflict">Affliction</a> <Dd><b>The Art of the Steal</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff09pt1.html">2009 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>, with <i>Herb and Dorothy</i>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#after">After Life (Wandâfuru raifu)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/afterwed.html">After The Wedding (Efter Brylluppet)</a> (emendations coming after 10/1/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#alice">Alice and Martin (Alice et Martin)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#allabout">All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#american">American Beauty</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#splendor">American Splendor</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#fisher">Antwone Fisher</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#good">As Good As It Gets</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#asylum">Asylum</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#autumn">Autumn Tale (Conte d'automne)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#santa">Bad Santa</a> <dd><b>The Balibo Conspiracy</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrw10.html">2010 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#barbar">The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares)</a> <dd><b>Barking Water</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">2009 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/beforetom.html">Before Tomorrow (Le Jour Avant Le Lendemain)</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#bereft">Bereft</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/boyntonb.html">Boynton Beach Club</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#tulips">Bread and Tulips (Pane e tulipani)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#flowers">Broken Flowers</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#bros">Brothers (Brødre)</a> (Better than the <a href="http://www.film-forward.com/brothers09.html">American remake<a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#capote">Capote</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/casinojack.html">Casino Jack And The United States Of Money</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#cast">Cast Away</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/chantime.html">Changing Times (Les Temps qui Changent)</a> (scroll down for DVD review) (emendations coming after 4/3/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#cinema">Cinema Paradiso (Director's Cut) (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#closer">Closer</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/cloud9.html">Cloud 9 (Wolke Neun)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#constant">The Constant Gardener</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#cookie">Cookie's Fortune</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#clear">The Clearing</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/thecove.html">The Cove</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">2009 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#death">The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lazarescu)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/defiance.html">Defiance</a> ) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#defiance">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><b>Departures (Okuribito)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#diamond">Diamond Men</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#dick">Dick</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#dish">The Dish</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#door">The Door in the Floor</a> <dd><b>Earth Made of Glass</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Einsatzgruppen: The Death Brigades</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff10.html">2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#gruppen">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/elsafred.html">Elsa And Fred (Elsa Y Fred)</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/emptynest.html">Empty Nest (El nido vacío)</a> (previewed and briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">2009 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#nest">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/enemiesof.html">Enemies Of The People</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrw10.html">2010 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#enron">Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#evelyn">Evelyn</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#windows">Facing Windows (La Finestra di fronte)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#faith">Faithless (Trolösa)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#farfrom">Far From Heaven</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/faygrim.html">Fay Grim</a> (emendations coming after 11/18/2007)</i> <dd><b>Feathered Cocaine</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/unfinished.html">A Film Unfinished</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#unfin">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/fourseason.html">Four Seasons Lodge</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#4seas">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#friday">Friday Night (Vendredi Soir)</a> <dd><b>Gevald!</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff10.html">19th New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#gevald">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Giovanna s Father (Il papà di Giovanna)</b> briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/openroads09.html">2009 Open Roads: New Italian Cinema</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/good08.html">Good</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#gluck">Good Night, and Good Luck</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#gosford">Gosford Park</a> <dd><b>Gruber's Journey (Calatoria lui Gruber)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff10.html">2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (and the comparably-themed short <b>With a Little Patience (Türelem)</b>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/coeurenh.html">A Heart in Winter (Un Coeur en Hiver)</a>(emendations coming after 4/8/2007)</i> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#hist">A History of Violence</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#keep">Housekeeper (Une femme de ménage)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#fog">House of Sand and Fog</a> <dd><b>Human Failure (Menschliches Versagen)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff10.html">2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#ideal">An Ideal Husband</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/ihavenev.html">I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life And Legacy Of Simon Wiesenthal</a> (emendations coming after 12/23/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#inherit">The Inheritance (Arven)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#Innocence">Innocence</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#bed">In the Bedroom</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#mood">In the Mood for Love (Fa yeung nin wa)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#intimate">Intimate Strangers (Confidences trop intimes)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#intimacy">Intimacy</a> <dd><b>Into Eternity</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#iris">Iris</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#ital">Italian for Beginners Italiensk for begyndere)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#jet">Jet Lag (Décalage horaire)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/jimmycar.html">Jimmy Carter Man From Plains</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/jindabyn.html">Jindabyne</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#kin">Kinsey</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/killingk.html">Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#KillingK">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#lavender">Ladies in Lavender</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#lantana">Lantana</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#orders">Last Orders</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#late">Late Marriage (Hatuna Meuheret)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#left">Left Luggage</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/lemontree.html">Lemon Tree (Etz Limon)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#lemon">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#liberty">Liberty Heights</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#aquatic">The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#limbo">Limbo</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#embrace">Lost Embrace (El Abrazo partido)</a> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/loot.html">Loot</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/lovecome.html">Love Comes Lately</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#lately">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#lucia">Lucia, Lucia (La Hija del canibal)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#Magnolia">Magnolia</a> <dd><b>The Man Next Door (El hombre de al lado)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf10.html">39th New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#train">Man on the Train (L'Homme du Train)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#max">Max</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#metro">Metroland</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#million">Million Dollar Baby</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#ball">Monster's Ball</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#mother">The Mother</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#mrs">Mrs. Henderson Presents</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#palfrey">Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont</a> <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/mugabe.html">Mugabe and the White African</a> (seen at 2009 <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org">DocuWeeks</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#munich">Munich</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/myfuhrer.html">My Führer: The Truly Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler (Mein Führer - Die Wirklich Wahrste Wahrheit Über Adolf Hitler)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#smile">My Mother's Smile (L'Ora di religione: Il sorriso di mia madre)</a> <dd><b>My Neighbor, My Killer</b> (reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/humanrw09.html">2009 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#mystic">Mystic River</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/beforetom.html">The Necessities Of Life (Ce Qu'il Faut Pour Vivre/Inuujjutiksaq)</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/neshoba.html">Neshoba: The Price Of Freedom</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#nurse">Nurse Betty</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/ohorten.html">O Horten</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/oldjoy.html">Old Joy</a> (emendations coming after 3/27/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#clearday">On A Clear Day</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/onedayyou.html">One Day You ll Understand (Plus Tard, Tu Comprendras)</a> (emendations coming after 4/31/2009) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#oneday">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><b>Pandora s Box (Pandoranin Kutusu)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/parisjet.html">Paris, Je T'aime</a> (emendations coming after 11/1/2007) <dd><b>Parque via</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">2009 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#pledge">The Pledge</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#quiet">The Quiet American</a> <dd>Rage by Pasolini (La Rabbia di Pasolini ) (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff09pt1.html">2009 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#recon">Reconstruction</a> <dd><b>The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court</b> (reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/humanrw09.html">2009 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/saintjohn.html">Saint John Of Las Vegas</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#dentists">The Secret Lives of Dentists</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#lies">Separate Lies</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#shall">Shall We Dansu?</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#ways">Sideways</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/sixdays.html"> Six Days June 1967: The War That Changed The Middle East</a> (emendations coming after 11/18/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#hijo">Son of the Bride (El Hijo de la Novia)</a> <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/stillwalk.html">Still Walking (Aruitemo Aruitemo)</a> (also briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a> and in <a href="http://film-forward.com/best2009.html">best of year - scroll down</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#spang">Spanglish</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#straight">The Straight Story</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#stray">Strayed (Les Égarés)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#sunstate">Sunshine State</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#syr">Syriana</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#taste">The Taste of Others (Le Goût des autres) </a> <dd><a href="http://film-forward.com/threemonkeys.html">Three Monkeys (Üç Maymun)</a> <dd><b>The Tiger's Tail</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/fcselects09.html">2009 Film Comments Selects</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#together">Together (Tillsammans)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#twilight">Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#sand">Under the Sand (Sous le sable)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#sun">Under the Sun (Under solen)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#savoir">Va Savoir</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/verdicta.html">Verdict On Auschwitz: The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial 1963-1965</a> (<A HREF="http://www.umass.edu/defa/voapress.shtml">first English-subtitled release </a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#dontlive">We Don't Live Here Anymore</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#rises">When the Sea Rises (Quand la mer monte...)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#white">The White Countess</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/kunstler.html">William Kunstler: Disturbing The Universe</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#willk">commentary</a> on if there's Jewish women.) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#wonder">Wonder Boys</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#travel">World Traveler</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#yiyi">Yi yi</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#count">You Can Count On Me</a> <br><br><A NAME=music><b><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html"><b>FOR THE MUSIC (and/or the dancing)</b></b></A><br> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#8mile">8 Mile</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#9songs">9 Songs</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#shades">40 Shades of Blue</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/65revisi.html">65 Revisited</A> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/afghanstar.html">Afghan Star</a> (previewed at the <A HREF="http://www.hrw.org/en/iff">Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#famous">Almost Famous</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/philspector.html">The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Phil Spector</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#amy">Amy</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/anitaoday.html">Anita O Day: The Life Of A Jazz Singer</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/antonia.html">Antônia</A> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/anvil.html">Anvil! The Story Of Anvil</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Anvil">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><b>Arias With a Twist: The Docufantasy</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries: There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#russes">Ballet Russes</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#billy">Billy Elliott</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/blacksna.html">Black Snake Moan</a> (emendations coming after 9/2/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#beyond">Beyond the Sea</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#brass">Brassed Off</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#pluto">Breakfast on Pluto</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/cantante.html">El Cantante</A> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/carmengeoffrey.html">Carmen & Geoffrey</A> (emendations coming after 9/13/2009) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#chicago">Chicago</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#chorus">The Chorus (Les Choristes)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#company">The Company</a> <dd><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/concert.html"><b>Le Concert</b></A> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#concert">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/control.html">Control</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#corpse">Corpse Bride</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/csnydejavu.html">CSNY: Déjá Vu</A> (emendations coming after 1/25/2009) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#dancer">Dancer in the Dark</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/darkstreets.html">Dark Streets</a> <dd><b>Devil & Daniel Johnston</b> (<a href="http://www.film-forward.com/best2006.html">scroll down for my capsule review</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#patsy">Doing Time For Patsy Cline</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#drum">Drumline</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/eastofha.html">East of Havana</a> <dd><b>Effedià: On My Awful Way (Effedià  Sulla mia cattiva strada)</b> briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/openroads09.html">2009 Open Roads: New Italian Cinema </a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#records">Empire Records</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/fados.html">Fados</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/cityfave.html">Favela Rising</A> on DVD <Dd><b>Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff09pt1.html">2009 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#ghost">Ghost World</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#gloomy">Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/adiosmom.html">Goodbye Momo (A Dios Momo)</A>(emendations coming after 10/20/2007) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#momo">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/gypsycar.html">Gypsy Caravan: When The Road Bends& </A> (emendations coming after 12/15/2007) <dd> <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#graceof">Grace of My Heart</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/greatwor.html">Great World Of Sound</A> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#hedwig">Hedwig and the Angry Inch</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#high">High Fidelity</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hiphoppr.html">The Hip Hop Project</a> (emendations coming after 11/11/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#salsa">The History of Salsa (Yo soy, del Son a la Salsa)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#hustle">Hustle & Flow</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/inthepit.html">In the Pit (En el hoyo)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/itmightget.html">It Might Get Loud</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/killersh.html">Killer of Sheep</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#kinky">Kinky Boots</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#days">Last Days</a> <dd><b>Last Play at Shea</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries: There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#laurel">Laurel Canyon</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#cohen">Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/leonard.html">Leonard Cohen Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/letsgetl.html">Let s Get Lost</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/lovesongs.html">Love Songs (Les Chansons D amour)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#madhot">Mad Hot Ballroom</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#marH">Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#moulin">Moulin Rouge</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#fromthe">Music from the Inside Out</a> <Dd><b>Ne Change Rien</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff09pt3.html">2009 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#neil">Neil Young: Heart of Gold</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/neilyoung.html">Neil Young Trunk Show</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/neilyoung.html">No One Knows About Persian Cats (Kasi Az Gorbehaye Irani Khabar Nadareh)</a> (with <b>My Tehran for Sale</b> seen in <A HREF="http://www.globalfilm.org/about_global_lens.htm">Global Lens</a> series at MoMA) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Nora</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/johannesburg.html">2010 New York African Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> and <A HREF="http://africanfilmny.org/">African Film Festival</a>) (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>Documentary Fortnight  2010 International Festival of Nonfiction Films</i>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#brother">O Brother Where Art Thou?</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/ontherum.html">On The Rumba River (Le Batelier De La Rumba)</a> (emendations coming after 12/13/2008)</i> <dd><b>Only When I Dance</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Paris 36 (Faubourg 36)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/rendez-vous09.html">Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2009</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#phantom">Phantom of the Opera</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/piedpipe.html">The Pied Piper Of Hützovina</a> (emendations coming after 11/2/2008)</i> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#phc">A Prairie Home Companion</a> <dd><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/raavan.html"><b>Raavan</b></A> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#ray">Ray</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/reminisc.html">Reminiscing in Tempo</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#rent">Rent</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#rize">Rize</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#rock">Rock Star</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/romcigar.html">Romance & Cigarettes</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/romantico.html">Romántico</a> <dd><b>Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries: There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Rush">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#sad">The Saddest Music in the World</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#school">School of Rock</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#getsthe">Schultze Gets the Blues</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/scottwalker.html">Scott Walker: 30 Century Man</a> (<i>emendations coming after 6/17/2009</i>)</i> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/screamer.html">Screamers</a> (emendations coming after 7/26/2007)</i> <dd><b>sex & drugs & rock & roll</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt5.html">There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#slip">A Slipping Down Life</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#song">Songcatcher</a> (with additional commentary by Prof. Roger A. Lohmann of West Virginia University) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/soulpower.html">Soul Power</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">Tribeca Film Festival)</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#low">Sweet and Lowdown</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/talktome.html">Talk To Me</a> (emendations coming after 1/11/2008)</i> <Dd><b>Pyaasa (The Thirsty One)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff09pt3.html">2009 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/throwdown.html">Throw Down Your Heart</a> (emendations coming after 10/26/2009) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#topsy">Topsy-Turvy</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#trudell">Trudell</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/ucarmen.html">U-Carmen (U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/thevioli.html">The Violin</a> (emendations coming after 6/7/2008) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/vitus.html">Vitus</a> (emendations coming after 12/28/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#line">Walk the Line</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/wardance.html">War/Dance</a> (emendations coming after 5/9/2008) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/wetlands.html">Wetlands Preserved: The Story Of An Activist Rock Club</a> (emendations coming after 9/14/2008) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/whatwedo.html">What We Do Is Secret</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/whenyoure.html">When You re Strange: A Film About The Doors </a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/whodoyou.html">Who Do You Love</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/ibringwhat.html">Youssou N Dour: I Bring What I Love</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#model">Yang Ban Xi: The 8 Model Works</a> (relates to <b>The Red Detachment of Women/Hong se niang zi jun</b>, briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff09pt1.html">2009 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/youregon.html">You re Gonna Miss Me</a> (emendations coming after 1/11/2008)</i> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/younghea.html">Young@Heart</a> <br><br> <A NAME=nyny><b><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html"><b>NEW YORK NEW YORK: IT'S A HELLUVA TOWN</b></b></A><br> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#13C">13 Conversations About One Thing</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#going">13 Going On 30</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#25th">25th Hour</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#abcd">ABCD</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#chai">American Chai</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#astoria">Astoria</a><img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#being">Being John Malkovich</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#birth">Birth</a> <dd><b>Bill Cunningham New York</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf10.html">2010 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#boil">Boiler Room</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#bring">Bringing Out the Dead</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/brokenen.html">Broken English</a> (emendations coming after 11/22/2007) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/cartel.html">The Cartel</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#caught">Caught</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#chelsea">Chelsea Walls</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/chokingm.html">Choking Man</a> (emendations coming after 5/9/2008) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/chopshop.html">Chop Shop</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#bythesea">City By The Sea</a> <dd><b>City Island</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#convention">Conventioneers</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#cradle">Cradle Will Rock</a> <dd><b>Cropsey</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/daddylong.html">Daddy Longlegs</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#dare">Dare Devil</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#dinner">Dinner Rush</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#bone">Down to the Bone</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#duane">Duane Incarnate</a><img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#elf">Elf</a> <dd><b>Entre Nos</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>)<img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#eternal">Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#fword">The F Word</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#find">Find Me Guilty</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#forgot">The Forgotten</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#4lane">Four Lane Highway</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#gangs">Gangs of New York</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#garden">Garden State</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#garden">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><b>Gerrymandering</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries: There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#girl">Girlfight</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/graymatt.html">Gray Matters</a> (emendations coming after 8/23/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest/net/WTC.html#greatnew">The Great New Wonderful</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#hamlet">Hamlet (2000)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#accid">Happy Accidents</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#happy">Happy Hour</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#igby">Igby Goes Down</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#heroes">Imaginary Heroes</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#america">In America</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#inside">Inside Man</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#inside">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#interp">The Interpreter</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#cut">In The Cut</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#comp">In Good Company</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#leo">Kate and Leopold</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#keane">Keane</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#jessica">Kissing Jessica Stein</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#laura">Laura Smiles</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#lie">L.I.E.</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#little">Little Manhattan</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/lottery.html">The Lottery</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#love">Love</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#maid">Maid in Manhattan</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#manchu">The Manchurian Candidate</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#margarita">Margarita Happy Hour</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#maria">Maria Full of Grace</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#melinda">Melinda and Melinda</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#gap">Mind the Gap</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/octobercountry.html">October Country</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/offand.html">Off and Running</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#running">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#fine">One Fine Day</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/orthodox.html">Orthodox Stance</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#panic">Panic Room</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/phyllis.html">Phyllis and Harold</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#phyllis">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#april">Pieces of April</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/princebwy.html">Prince Of Broadway</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/pippalee.html">The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#ps">P.S.</a> <dd><b>P-Star Rising</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/puccinif.html">Puccini for Beginners</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#vargas">Raising Victor Vargas</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#requiem">Requiem for a Dream</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#roger">Roger Dodger</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#royal">The Royal Tenenbaums</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#face">Saving Face</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#second">Second Best</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#side">Sidewalks of New York</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/singnowo.html">Sing Now or Forever Hold Your Peace</a> (released on DVD as <b>The Wedding Weekend</b>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/smashhis.html">Smash His Camera</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#give">Something's Gotta Give</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#spider">Spider-Man</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#spider2">Spider-Man 2</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#squid">The Squid and the Whale</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#stay">Stay</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#start">Start-up.com</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#street">Street Fight</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#size">Super Size Me</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#agent">The Station Agent</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#summer">Summer of Sam</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#tad">Tadpole</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#two">Two Family House</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/treatmen.html">The Treatment</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#unfaith">Unfaithful</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#uwm">Unknown on the Moon</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#wash">Washington Heights</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#loved">When Will I Be Loved</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/whizkids.html">Whiz Kids</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#solt">Winter Solstice</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#yards">The Yards</a> <br><br><A NAME=noir><b><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html"><b>NOIR NIGHT OUT </b></b></A><br> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#blocks">16 Blocks</a> <dd><b>The Absence (L'absence)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/johannesburg.html">2010 New York African Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> and <A HREF="http://africanfilmny.org/">African Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#amores">Amores Perros</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/animalkingdom.html">Animal Kingdom</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Backyard (El Traspatio)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrw10.html">2010 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#guy">Bad Guy (Nabbeun namja)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#beat">The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De Battre mon coeur s'est arrete)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#birthday">Birthday Girl</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#bound">Bound</a> <dd><b>Brave Men (Galantuomini)</b> briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/openroads09.html">2009h Open Roads: New Italian Cinema</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#news">Breaking News (Dai si gein)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/bridesma.html">The Bridesmaid (La Demoiselle D'honneur)</a> (emendations coming after 2/4/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#cache">Caché (Hidden)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#chopper">Chopper</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#risques">Classe tous risques</a> (new print revival) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#eyes">Close Your Eyes</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#collat">Collateral</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#confess">Confessions of a Dangerous Mind</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#crim">Criminal</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#cron">Crónicas</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#croup">Croupier</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#upstairs">The Dancer Upstairs</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#end">The Deep End</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#derail">Derailed</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#dirty">Dirty Pretty Things</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#gaul">The Dying Gaul</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#elev">Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud)</a> (new print revival) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#endur">Enduring Love</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#enigma">Enigma</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#idol">Fallen Idol</a> (new print revival) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/fiftydead.html">Fifty Dead Men</a> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/flame.html">Flame & Citron (Flammen & Citronen)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#fleur">La Fleur du Mal (Flower of Evil)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/ghostsof.html">Ghosts Of Cité Soleil</a> (emendations coming after 12/27/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#thief">The Good Thief</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#hardword">The Hard Word</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/heartbea.html">Heartbeat Detector (La Question Humaine)</a> (emendations coming after 9/14/2008) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#ice">Ice Harvest</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#ID">Identity</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#sleep">I'll Sleep When I'm Dead</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#inf">Infernal Affairs (Wu jian dao)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#scared">I'm Not Scared (Io non ho paura)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#insom">Insomnia (U.S.)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#kkbb">Kiss Kiss Bang Bang</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#kont">Kontroll</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#cake">Layer Cake</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#limey">The Limey</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#lord">Lord of War</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#lost">Lost Highway</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#slevin">Lucky Number Slevin</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#machin">The Machinist</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/mandabal.html">Manda Bala (Send A Bullet)</a> (emendations coming after 2/17/2008) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#manthere">The Man Who Wasn't There</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#mat">The Matador</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#memento">Memento</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#mems">Memories of Murder (Salinui chueok)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#mem">The Memory of a Killer (De Zaak Alzheimer)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#merci">Merci pour le chocolat</a> <dd><b>The Mugger (El Asaltante)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/fcselects09.html">2009 Film Comments Selects</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#drive">Mulholland Drive</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#monster">Monster</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#narc">Narc</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#nine">Nine Queens (Nueve Reinas)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#nov">November</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#novem">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#old">Oldboy</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#photo">One-Hour Photo</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#others">The Others</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/pass.html#pass">The Passenger (Professione: reporter)</a> (new print revival) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#pick">Pickpocket</a> (new print revival) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#prim">Primal Fear</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#lips">Read My Lips (Sur mes levres)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#reckon">The Reckoning</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#red">Red Lights (Feux rouges)</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/redriding.html">Red Riding Trilogy  1974; 1980; 1983</a> (previewed at <i>2009 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#para">Return to Paradise</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#perd">Road to Perdition</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#running">Running Scared</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#express">Secuestro Express</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#session">Session 9</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#beast">Sexy Beast</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#sin">Sin City</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#skel">The Skeleton Key</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/sleuth.html">Sleuth</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#smilla">Smilla's Sense of Snow</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#span">Spanish Prisoner</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#pool">Swimming Pool</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#tailor">Tailor of Panama</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#talent">The Talented Mr. Ripley</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#tsotsi">Tsotsi</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#training">Training Day</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#ut">U-Turn</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#gun">The Way of the Gun</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#trilogy1">Trilogy: On the Run (Cavale)</a>, <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#trilogy2">An Amazing Couple (Un couple épatant)</a>, <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#trilogy3">After the Life (Après la vie)</a> <dd><b>Vegas: Based on a True Story</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>)<img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#harry">With A Friend Like Harry (Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#wland">Wonderland</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#adam">Young Adam</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#zero">Zero Effect</a> <br><br> <A NAME=teens><b><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html"><b>OGLING TEENS AND '20SOMETHINGS</b></b></A><br> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/9starhot.html">9 Star Hotel (Malon 9 Kochavim)</a> (emendations coming after 12/23/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#10">10 Things I Hate About You</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#40days">40 Days and 40 Nights</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#adam">About Adam</a> <dd><b>About Elly (Darbareye Elly)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/afterthecup.html">After The Cup: Sons Of Sakhnin United</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#allthe">All the Real Girls</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#psycho">American Psycho</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/antarctica.html">Antarctica</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#antar">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/atonemen.html">Atonement</a> (emendations coming after 6/7/2008) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#auberge">L'Auberge espagnole</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#baded">Bad Education (La Mala educación)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#Balzac">Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Xiao cai feng)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#beach">The Beach</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/beaufort.html">Beaufort</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#city">Beautiful City (Shah-re ziba)</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/betrayal.html">The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#better">Better Luck Tomorrow</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#bettersex">Better Than Sex</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#best">The Best Man</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/blackballoon.html">The Black Balloon</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/bliss.html">Bliss (Mutluluk)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#boys">Boys Don't Cry</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#brick">Brick</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/brightstar.html">Bright Star</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#bring">Bring It On</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#broke">Brokeback Mountain</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#broken">Broken Hearts Club</a> <dd><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/BuriedLand.html"><b>Buried Land</b></A> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/bustindown.html">Bustin Down The Door</a> (emendations coming after 1/25/2009) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/candy.html">Candy</a> (emendations coming after 4/17/2007)</i> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#cate">Caterina in the Big City (Caterina va in città)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#chas">Chasing Amy</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/cityofme.html">City Of Men (Cidade Dos Homens)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#clock">Clockwatchers</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#cruel">Cruel Intentions</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#dand">Dandelion</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#altar">Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/danspari.html">Dans Paris (Inside Paris)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#wild">Days of Being Wild (A Fei jing juen)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#debut">The Debut</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#desert">Desert Blue</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#Down">Down To You</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#dreamers">The Dreamers</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#duck">Duck Season (Temporada de patos)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#edukat">The Edukators (Die Fetten Jahre sind vorbei)</a> <Dd><b>Eccentricities of a Blonde (Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff09pt1.html">2009 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#elect">Election</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#elephant">Elephant</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#eliz">Elizabethtown</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/enlighten.html">Enlighten Up!</a> <Dd><b>Everyone Else (Alle Anderen)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff09pt3.html">2009 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#evil">Evil (Ondskan)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/ezra.html">Ezra</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/eyeswide.html">Eyes Wide Open (Einaym Pkuhot)</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff10.html">2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#eyes">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#first">First Daughter</a> <dd><b>Freetime Machos</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries:</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#games">Games of Love and Chance (L'Esquive)</a> <dd><b>Give Me Your Hand (Donne-moi la main)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">2009 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#go">Go</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#morn">Good Morning, Night (Buongiorno, notte)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#goodwill">Good Will Hunting/Grosse Pointe Blank</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#great">Great Expectations</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/highwater.html">Highwater</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#holy">The Holy Girl (La Niña santa)</a> <dd><b>Hunting & Sons (Hunting & Zn.)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf10.html">2010 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#familydr">The Illustrated Family Doctor</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#imagine">Imagine Me & You</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#mission">interMission</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#intothe">Into the Blue</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#iowa">Iowa</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#jar">Jarhead</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#jesus">Jesus' Son</a> <dd><b>Just Like Us</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries: There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Keep Surfing</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#kippur">Kippur</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/lebanon.html">Lebanon</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#life">A Life Less Ordinary</a> <dd><b>Like You Know It All (Jal aljido mothamyeonseo)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/fcselects10.html">2010 Film Comment Selects</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#lond">London</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#jim">Lonesome Jim</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/look.html">Look</a> (emendations coming after 6/14/2008) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#dogtown">Lords of Dogtown</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#basket">Love and Basketball</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#l&s">Love and Sex</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#loveand">Love and Other Catastrophes</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#dare">Love Me If You Dare (Jeux d'enfants)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#arctic">Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Los Amantes del Círculo Polar)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#match">Match Point</a> <dd><b>My Dear Enemy (Meotjin haru)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/mysteries.html">The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh<a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#pitts">commentary</a> on the missing Jewish women) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#mskin">Mysterious Skin</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#mysummer">My Summer of Love</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#never">Never Been Kissed</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#next">Next Stop Wonderland</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#note">The Notebook</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#outs">On the Outs</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/orderofmyths.html">The Order Of Myths</a> (emendations coming after 1/25/2009) <dd><b>Ordinary Boys (Chicos normales)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">2009 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Original</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>)<img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#oyster">Oyster Farmer</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#now">Paradise Now</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/pingpong.html">Ping Pong Playa</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#pizza">Pizza</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#praise">Praise</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#pretty">Pretty Persuasion</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#push">Pushing Tin</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Rachel">Rachel</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/racingdreams.html">Racing Dreams</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/rocketsc.html">Rocket Science</a> (emendations coming after 2/10/2008) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#rory">Rory O'Shea Was Here (Inside I'm Dancing)</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/saltofthis.html">Salt Of This Sea (Milh Hadha Al-Bahr)</a> (also briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#salt">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#saved">Saved!</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#7minutes">Seven Minutes in Heaven (Sheva Dakot Be gan Eden)</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>The Shaft (Dixia de tiankong)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf09part1.html">2009 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.org/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#shape">Shape of Things</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#glass">Shattered Glass</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#slaughter">The Slaughter Rule</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#slums">Slums of Beverly Hills</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#goat">Smiling Fish and Goats on Fire</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#smoke">Smoke Signals</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#somer">Somersault</a> <dd><b>Sons Of Perdition</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#swimming">Swimming Upstream</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#tape">Tape</a> <dd><b>Team Qatar</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> of <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#tiger">Tigerland</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#thumb">Thumbsucker</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#tristan">Tristan & Isolde</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#tully">Tully</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/tulpan.html">Tulpan<a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#twice">Twice Upon Yesterday (The Man with Rain in His Shoes)</a> <dd><b>The Two Escobars</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries: There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org">2010 Tribeca