ÿþ<html><head><title> Mandel Maven's 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>. I am also a member of <a href="http://awfj.org/">Alliance of Women Film Journalists</a>.<br><br> <br><br><A HREF=#2012>My Best Films of 2012</A><br> <A HREF=#2011>My Best Films of 2011</A><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><center><i>A movie is shown in a movie theater, and I like to sit there and see it. That s how it s supposed to be.</i> -- Roger Ebert, <i>Newsweek</i>, 5/15/2011</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 are at <A HREF="http://imdb.com/user/ur2042633/comments">IMDb's comments</a>, where non-English-language 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 or streaming. <br><br> <u><A NAME=2012><b>MY BEST FILMS of 2012</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://film-forward.com/foreign/once-upon-a-time-in-anatolia">Once Upon A Time In Anatolia (Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#Anatolia">note</a>.) (kudos to cinematographer Gökhan Tiryaki) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/israeli/footnote">Footnote (Hearat Shulayim)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#footn">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (So now I see why my second cousin in the Talmud Department at the Hebrew University Jerusalem doesn t deign to participate in our Mandel-Brody Family History Project) (kudos to score by Amit Poznansky) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/in-darkness">In Darkness (W Ciemnosci)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#indark">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Stopped on Track (Halt auf Freier Strecke)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s <i>Kino! 2012: New Films from Germany</i>) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: Movies that Stick with me Despite My Gripes </u><br> <dd><b>Toll Booth (Gise Memuru)</b> (seen in 2012 <A HREF="http://catalogue.globalfilm.org/global-lens-2012-information">Global Lens</a> series at MoMA) <dd><b>Restoration (Boker tov adon Fidelman)</b> (kudos to Sasson Gabai) (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <dd><b>Amnesty (Amnistia)</b> (seen in 2012 <A HREF="http://catalogue.globalfilm.org/global-lens-2012-information">Global Lens</a> series at MoMA) <dd><b>38 Witnesses (38 Témoins)</b> (previewed at 2012 <i>Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Les Neiges Du Kilimandjaro)</b> (previewed at 2012 <i>Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Omar Killed Me (Omar m a tuer)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/film-festival/new-directorsnew-films-2012">2012 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>The Minister (L exercice de l État)</b> (previewed at <i>2012 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Found Memories (Historias Que So Existem Quando Lembradas)</b> (previewed at <i>2012 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Starbuck</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s 2012 <i>Canadian Front</i>) <dd><b>Neighboring Sounds (O som ao redor)</b> (previewed at <i>2012 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Relentless</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://africanfilmny.org/">New York African Film Festival</a> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Post Mortem</b> (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Beyond the Hill (Tepenin Ardi)</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (kudos to the scenery) <dd><b>A Better Life (Une Vie Meilleure)</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Kaddish for a Friend (Kaddisch für einen Freund)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s <i>Kino! 2012: New Films from Germany</i>) <dd><b>Polisse</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <br><br><b><u>BEST ACTIONERS/THRILLERS</u></b> <dd><b>Miss Bala</b> (previewed at 2011 <i>New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>The Raid: Redemption (Serbuan maut)</b> (previewed at <i>2012 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Rat King</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Sleepless Night (Nuit Blanche)</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (kudos to Tomer Sisley and cinematographer Tom Stern) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: ACTIONERS/THRILLERS I enjoyed despite uncredible plots</u> <dd><b>Man on a Ledge</b> <dd><b>Haywire</b> <dd><b>Lockout</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST VIOLENT NEO-NOIRS</u></b> <dd><b>Qarantina (Quarantine)</b> (seen in 2012 <A HREF="http://catalogue.globalfilm.org/global-lens-2012-information">Global Lens</a> series at MoMA) <dd><b>Bullhead (Rundskop)</b> (kudos to Matthias Schoenaerts) <dd><b>Michael</b> (the violence is unseen) <dd><b>How to Steal 2 Million</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://africanfilmny.org/">2012 New York African Film Festival</a> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Bastard</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s <i>Kino! 2012: New Films from Germany</i>) <dd><b>The Good Neighbor (Unter Nachbarn)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s <i>Kino! 2012: New Films from Germany</i>) <br><br><b><u>MOST MORALLY DUBIOUS HERO based on real people</u></b> <dd>For the sanctimonious violence: <b>For Greater Glory</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST ROMANCES</u></b> <dd><b>Las Acacias</b> (previewed at <i>2012 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Now, Forager</b> (previewed at <i>2012 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Teddy Bear (10 timer til Paradis)</b> (previewed at <i>2012 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Trishna</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#yossi">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Chicken With Plums (Poulet Aux Prunes)</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#yossi">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Mahler on the Couch (Mahler auf der Couch)</b></A> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff11.html">2011 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#Mahler">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) (kudos to Barbara Romaner) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: ROMANCES that Stick with me Despite My Gripes</u><br> <dd><b>Here</b> (Best Scenery too) <dd><b>Yossi</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#yossi">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Your Sister s Sister</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#yossi">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Take This Waltz</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#waltz">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/costume-drama/hysteria">Hysteria</a> (previewed at the 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#hyst">notes</a>.) <br><br><b><u>BEST SCI-FI ROMANCES (non-action division)</u></b> <dd><b>Perfect Sense</b> <br><br><u><b>BEST COMING OF AGERS</b></u> <dd><b>The Prize (El Premio)</b> (seen in 2012 <A HREF="http://catalogue.globalfilm.org/global-lens-2012-information">Global Lens</a> series at MoMA) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#diaries">The Moth Diaries</a> <dd><b>The Kid With A Bike (Le gamin au vélo)</b> (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/turn-me-on-dammit">Turn Me On, Goddamit (Få meg på, for faen!)</a> (kudos to director/novel adapter Jannicke Systad Jacobsen) (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Breathing (Atmen)</b> (previewed at <i>2012 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Death of a Superhero</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: COMING OF AGERS that Stick with me Despite My Gripes</u> <dd><b>Gimme The Loot</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/film-festival/new-directorsnew-films-2012">2012 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/boy">Boy</a> <dd><b>I Wish (Kiseki)</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST FEMINIST FABLES</u></b> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/where-do-we-go-now">Where Do We Go Now? (Et Maintenant On Va Où?)</a> (previewed at <i>2012 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Goodbye (Bé omid é didar)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/film-festival/new-directorsnew-films-2012">2012 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Black Butterflies</b> (kudos to Carice van Houten) (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>War Witch (Rebelle)</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Girl</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Cheerful Weather For The Wedding</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (kudos to the costumes and scenery) <dd><b>Future Weather</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Lollipop Monster</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s <i>Kino! 2012: New Films from Germany</i>) <dd><b>Room 514 (Heder 514)</b> (previewed at the 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#514">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <br><br><u><b>BEST REELABILITIES: Presentation of Disabilities in Film </b></u> (giving credit for appropriating the term without attending/seeing these at the <A HREF="http://www.reelabilities.org/">NY Disabilities Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Flood (Mabul)</b> (kudos to Ronit Elkabetz and Michael Moshonov) (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <dd><b>Mourning (Soog)</b> (seen in 2012 <A HREF="http://catalogue.globalfilm.org/global-lens-2012-information">Global Lens</a> series at MoMA) <dd><b>Romeo Eleven (Roméo onze)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s 2012 <i>Canadian Front</i>) <dd><b>Planet of Snail</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <br><br><b><u>BEST THEY DON T MAKE MOVIES LIKE THAT ANY MORE</u></b> <dd><b>The Well-Digger s Daughter (La Fille Du Puisatier)</b> (previewed at 2012 <i>Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: BEST USE OF THE WAY BACK MACHINE that stick with me despite my gripes</u> <dd><b>Smugglers Songs (Les Chants De Mandrin)</b> (but there were no repeating rifles in 1755) (previewed at <i>2012 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Xingu</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <br><br><b><u>BEST MOVIE MUSICALS (and music bio-pics and documentaries):</b></u> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/john-mellencamp-its-about-you">It s About You</a> <dd><b>Mary Lou (Tamid oto chalom) (</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#Mary">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Lea and Darija</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#Lea">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Iraq  n Roll</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#Iraq">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/sound-of-noise">Sound Of Noise (Brzmienie Halasu)</a> (kudos to the sound design/score) <dd><b>El Gusto</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Once Upon A Lullabye</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#lull">notes</a>.) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: MOVIE MUSICALS (and music bio-pics and documentaries) that Stick with me Despite My Gripes</u>: <dd><b>Crazy Horse</b> (only for the performances, as there s no insight into why the French men who produce and choreograph the erotic dances prefer buttocks) <Dd><b>Hit So Hard: The Life and Near-Death Story of Drummer Patty Schemel</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf11.html">2011 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#hitso">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><b>Over My Dead Body</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s 2012 <i>Canadian Front</i>) <dd><b>Damsels in Distress </b> (for the musical numbers only) <dd><b>Russian Winter</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Ballroom Dancer</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <br><br><b><u>BEST ANIMATION</u></b> <dd><b>Fat, Bald, Short Man (Gordo, Calvo y Bajito)</b> (seen in 2012 <A HREF="http://catalogue.globalfilm.org/global-lens-2012-information">Global Lens</a> series at MoMA) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/chico-rita">Chico & Rita</a> (kudos to the score by Bebo Valdés) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#Chico">notes</a>.) <dd><b>The Painting (Le Tableau)</b> (previewed at 2012 <i>Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>The Rabbi s Cat (Le chat du rabbin)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/film-festival/new-directorsnew-films-2012">2012 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) (kudos to the animation) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#cat">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><b>Consuming Spirits</b> (previewed at the 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>A Cat In Paris</b> (saw the English-dubbed version) <br><Br><u>Runners-Up: BEST ANIMATION that Stick with me Despite My Gripes</u>: <dd><b>The Secret World Of Arrietty</b> (because <u>The Borrowers</u> was a fave childhood book) <dd><b>An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/film-festival/new-directorsnew-films-2012">2012 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <br><br><b><u>BEST DOCUMENTARIES</u></b>: <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/the-miners-hymns">The Miners' Hymns</a> (at 2012 <i>Silent Films/Live Music</i>) (also <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#miners">notes</a>.) <dd><b>Incessant Visions: Letters From An Architect</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#visions">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><a href="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/the-island-president">The Island President</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#island">notes</a>.) (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/this-is-not-a-film"> This Is Not A Film (In film nist)</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#notfilm">notes</a>.) (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Aita (Father)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s 2012 <i>Documentary Fortnight</i>) <dd><b>Without Gorky</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s 2012 <i>Documentary Fortnight</i>) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/bully">Bully</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#bully">notes</a>.) (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Side by Side</b> (previewed at the 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Flat (Ha-Dira)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#flat">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/the-other-israel-festival-2011">Dolphin Boy</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">2011 Other Israel Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#dolphin">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <br><br><u>DOCS that are Close Runners-Up</u> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/the-pruitt-igoe-myth-an-urban-myth">The Pruitt Igoe Myth: An Urban History</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Wire.html#Pruitt">notes</a>.) <dd><b>Dressing America: Tales From The Garment Center</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#garment">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Ivan & Ivana</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s 2012 <i>Documentary Fortnight</i>) <dd><b>The Average of the Average (Middelfart i Gennemsnit)</b> (seen in 3D at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s 2012 <i>Documentary Fortnight</i>) <dd><b>Crulic: The Path To Beyond (Crulic - drumul spre dincolo)</b> (previewed at <i>2012 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) (kudos to the animation) <dd><b>Five Broken Cameras</b> (previewed at <i>2012 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Bestiare (Bestiary)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s 2012 <i>Canadian Front</i> (albeit not pure non-fiction) along with <A HREF="http://nationalparksproject.ca/">National Parks Project</a> short <b>Sirmilik</b> <dd><b>Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope</b> <b>Heart of Auschwitz (Le coeur d'Auschwitz)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s 2012 <i>Canadian Front</i> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#coeur">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>The List</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/tribeca-film-festival/portrait-of-wally">Portrait of Wally</a> (previewed at the 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#wally">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>The Virgin, the Copts and Me (La Vierges, les Coptes et Moi)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#copts">note</a>.) <dd><b>Downeast</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Revisionaries</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grandpaspit.html#revision">note</a>.) <dd><b>The World Before Her</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#before">note</a>.) <dd><b>Burn</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Patience (After Sebald)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/featured/new-york-film-festival-2011-part-2">2011 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Wavumba</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <br><br><u>Educational Runners-Up (DOCS you can learn from despite gaps and/or flaws):</u> <dd><b>The Great Flood</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/the-miners-hymns">briefly reviewed</a> at 2012 <i>Silent Films/Live Music</i>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#miners">notes</a>.) <dd><b>Rouge Patrol</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s 2012 <i>Documentary Fortnight</i>) <dd><b>El Field</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s 2012 <i>Documentary Fortnight</i>) <dd><b>High Tech, Low Life</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: BIO DOCS you can learn from despite gaps and/or glosses:</u> <dd><b>The Education of Auma Obama</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://africanfilmny.org/">New York African Film Festival</a> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Booker s Place: A Mississippi Story</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#booker">notes</a>.) <dd><b>Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#downey">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <br><br><u>Best of the Young-Folks-in-Competition DOCS :</u> <dd><b>Splinters</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt5.html">Final Roundup</a> of the 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://weinsteinco.com/sites/undefeated/">Undefeated</a> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <dd><b>On The Mat</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <br><br><u>Most Depressing Documentary:</u> <dd><b>When The Bough Breaks</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s 2012 <i>Documentary Fortnight</i>) <br><br><u><b>Best COMIC RELIEF from Depressing DOCS Despite Nonsense:</u></b> <dd><b>The Finger (El Dedo)</b> (heartwarming chuckles division) (seen in 2012 <A HREF="http://catalogue.globalfilm.org/global-lens-2012-information">Global Lens</a> series at MoMA) <dd><b>Sunflower Hour</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s 2012 <i>Canadian Front</i>) <dd><b>Jackpot (Arme Riddere)</b> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <br><br>Runners-up: Best COMIC RELIEF from Depressing DOCS Despite Nonsense: <Dd><b>The Fairy (La fée)</b> <dd><b>Whole Lotta Sole</b> (previewed at the 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <br><br><u><b>BEST REVIVALS IN NEW PRINTS</u></b> <dd><b>L Argent</b> and <b>A Man Escaped (Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut)</b> in Film Forum's <i>Bresson</i> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/come-back-africa-1959">Come Back, Africa</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Africa">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><b>Decasia</b> (in new HD print) (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/the-miners-hymns">briefly reviewed</a> at 2012 <i>Silent Films/Live Music</i>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#miners">notes</a>.) <dd><b>Wings</b> (in DCP restoration) (kudos to pre/post with sound designer Ben Burtt and William Wellman, Jr. at <A HREF="http://www.filmforum.org/">Film Forum</a>) <dd><b>Good Times, Wonderful Times</b> along with <b>Man s Peril: The Making of <i>Good Times, Wonderful Times</i></b> (on Milestone s DVD release of <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/onthebowery.html">On The Bowery</a>) <dd><b>Celine and Julie Go Boating (Céline et Julie vont en bateau)</b> <br><br>And thanks for theatrical showings for my first-time viewings on big screens of: <b>My Song Goes Round The World</b>, which I briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>); <b>Khrustalyov, My Car! (Khrustalyov, mashinu!)</b> in <i>War and Remembrance: The Films of Aleksei Guerman</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Lincoln Center</a> (even though I gave up after 2 hours); <b>Fear and Desire</b> previewed at <i>2012 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>); <b>Revenge Of The Snakes (Y1lanlar1n Öcü)</b> and <b>Secret Face (Gizli Yüz)</b> previewed in <i>The Space Between: A Panorama of Cinema in Turkey</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Lincoln Center</a>. <br><br><u><A NAME=2011><b>MY BEST FILMS of 2011</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>Rage (Rabia)</b> (kudos to Gustavo Sánchez Parra) <dd><b>Poetry (Shi)</b> (kudos to Jeong-hie Yun) (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/eventherain.html">Even The Rain (También La Lluvia)</a> (previewed at <i>2010 Spanish Cinema Now</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (kudos to Luis Tosar) <dd><b>Hands Up (Les Mains En L'air)</b> (previewed at <i>2011 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Top Floor, Left Wing (Dernier Étage, Gauche, Gauche)</b> (previewed at <i>2011 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux)</b> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/humanresource.html">The Human Resources Manager (Shlichuto Shel Hamemune Al Mashabei Enosh)</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff11.html">2011 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#humanmgr">note</a>.) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#mgr">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <Dd><b>Vital Signs (Les Signes vitaux)</b> (kudos to writer/director Sophie Deraspe and the chemistry between Marie-Hélène Bellavance and Francis Ducharme) (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s <i>2011 Canadian Front</i>) <Dd><b>Win Win</b> <dd><b>Limbo</b> (previewed at <i>The Far Side of Paradise: New Films From Norway</i> at<A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>The Day I Was Not Born (Das Lied in mir)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s <i>Kino! 2011: New Films from Germany</i>) <dd><b>Extraordinary Stories (Historias extraordinarias)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s <i>In Focus: Cinema Tropical</i>) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/a-separation">A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)</a> (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>The Artist</b> (briefly reviewed in <a href="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/the-best-of-2011">best of year</a>- scroll down) (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (kudos to writer/director Michel Hazanavicius, actors Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, cinematographer Guillaume Schiffman, score by Ludovic Bource) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: Movies that Stick with me Despite My Gripes </u><br> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ifiwantto.html">If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle (Eu Cand Vreau Sa Fluier, Fluier)</a> (kudos to George Pistereanu) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/wayback.html">The Way Back</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#wayback">notes</a>.) <dd><b>Belvedere</b> (seen in <A HREF="http://www.globalfilm.org/about_global_lens.htm">2011 Global Lens</a> series at MoMA) <dd><b>The Light Thief (Svet-Ake)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.globalfilm.org/about_global_lens.htm">2011 Global Lens</a> series at MoMA) <dd><b>Street Days (Quchis Dgeebi)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.globalfilm.org/about_global_lens.htm">2011 Global Lens</a> series at MoMA) <dd><b>The Invisible Eye (La Mirada Invisible)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.globalfilm.org/about_global_lens.htm">2011 Global Lens</a> series at MoMA) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/giftstalin.html">The Gift To Stalin (Podarok Stalinu)<a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#Stalin">note</a>.) (Also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">2009 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <dd><b>Outbound (Periferic)</b> (previewed at <i>2011 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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/incendies.html">Incendies</a> (previewed at <i>2011 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>In A Better World (Hævnen)</b> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/korkoro.html">Korkoro (Liberté)<a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#kork">notes</a>.) <dd><b>Screaming Man (Un homme qui crie)</b> <dd><b>The Bang Bang Club</b> (kudos to Taylor Kitsch and cinematographer Miroslaw Baszak) (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2011 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>My Piece of the Pie (Ma part du gateau)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2011 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Journals of Musan (Musan Il-gi)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2011 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Blackthorne</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2011 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>United Red Army (Jitsuroku rengô sekigun: Asama sansô e no michi)</b> (kudos to score by Jim O Rourke) <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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>, in <A HREF="http://www.jewishnh.org/reporter/2011/dec.pdf">The NH Jewish Film Buzz</a>, at page 21) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#protect">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><b>The Optimists (Optimisti)</b> <dd><b>Littlerock</b> <dd><b>50/50</b> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#50">commentary</a> on the missing Jewish women) <dd><b>Carnage</b> (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/new-york-film-festival/a-dangerous-method">A Dangerous Method</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#method">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#myweek">My Week with Marilyn</a> (Celeste Holm was in front of me at the advance screening!) <dd><b>Mad Bastards</b> (kudos to Dean DaleyJones, songs written and performed by The Pigram Brothers and Alex Lloyd, and cinematographer Allan Collins view of the beautiful Kimberley scenery) <dd><b>Hugo</b> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Marg">Margaret</a> (kudos to Anna Paquin) <dd><b>In the Land of Blood and Honey (U zemlji krvi i meda)</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST ROMANCES</u></b> <dd><b>Certified Copy (Copie conforme)</b> (kudos to Juliette Binoche) (or anti-romance?) (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Sidewalls (Medianeras)</b> (previewed at 2011 <i>Latin Beat</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/featured/a-bird-of-the-air">A Bird Of The Air</a> <Dd><b>Extraterrestrial (Extraterrestre)</b> (previewed at <i>Spanish Cinema Now</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: ROMANCES that Stick with me Despite My Gripes</u><br> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/dhobighat.html">Mumbai Diaries (Dhobi Ghat)<a> (kudos to Prateik) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#Mumbai">note</a>.) <dd><b>Happy, Happy (Sykt Lykkelig)</b> (previewed at <i>2011 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) (a documentary short companion piece would be <i>Quadrangle</i>) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/janeeyre.html">Jane Eyre<a> (kudos to the editing, Mia Wasikowska, cinematographer Adriano Goldman, Dario Marianelli's score) <dd><b>Last Night</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2011 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Beginners</b> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#begin">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Beautiful Boy</b> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/brideflight.html">Bride Flight (Bruidsvlucht)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#flight">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#flight">note</a>.) <dd><b>The Future</b> <dd><b>Mysteries of Lisbon (Mistérios de Lisboa)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff10pt3.html">2010 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Weekend</b> <br><br><b><u>Runners-Up: BEST ANTI-ROMANCES</u></b> <dd><b>Shame</b> (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <br><br><b><u>BEST VIOLENT NEO-NOIRS</u></b> <dd><b>Carancho</b> <dd><b>Dreileben: Beats Being Dead (Etwas Besseres als den Tod), Don t Follow Me Around (Komm mir nicht nach), One Minute of Darkness (Eine Minute Dunkel)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/featured/new-york-film-festival-2011-part-2">2011 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: VIOLENT NEO-NOIRS that stick with me despite my gripes</u> <dd><b>The Big Picture (L homme Qui Voulait Vivre Sa Vie)</b> (previewed at <i>2011 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Texas Killing Fields</b> (kudos to the bluesy score by Dickon Hinchliffe) <br><br><b><u>BEST ACTIONERS/THRILLERS</u></b> <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.com/">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>Point Blank (À bout portent)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2011 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>VIPs</b> (kudos to Wagner Moura) (seen at 2011 <i>Premiere Brazil!</i> series at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grandpaspit.html#afraid">Don t Be Afraid of the Dark</a> <dd><b>The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch</b> (kudos to Tomer Sisley as the titular hunk so I ll want to see him in more in the series) <dd><b>Hanna</b> (kudos to The Chemical Brothers score) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-2011">The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo</a> (kudos to Rooney Mara, score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Steven Zaillian s script adaptation, and editing by Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: ACTIONERS/THRILLERS that stick with me despite my gripes</u> <dd><b>The Eagle</b> (kudos to Anthony Dod Mantle s cinematography and music by Atli Örvarsson) <dd><b>Rabies (Kalevet)</b></b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#rabies">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Limitless</b> <dd><b>13 Assassins (Jûsan-nin no shikaku</b> (kudos to cinematographer Nobuyasu Kita) <dd><b>Attack the Block</b> <dd><b>Drive</b> <dd><b>Shaolin</b> (kudos to the martial arts choreography) <dd><b>Rise of the Planet of the Apes</b> <dd><b>The Double</b> (kudos to Alex Lifeson s guitar on the score) <dd><b>Warrior</b> (kudos to Tom Hardy but not to the melodramatic music) <br><br><b><u>BEST MOVIE MUSICALS (and music bio-pics and documentaries):</b></u> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/pina">Pina</a> (previewed in 3D at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: <b>BEST MOVIE MUSICALS (and music bio-pics and documentaries):</u></b> <dd></u><b>Score: A Hockey Musical</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s <i>2011 Canadian Front</i>) <dd><b>Kinshasa Symphony</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://africanfilmny.org/">2011 New York African Film Festival</a> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Mama Africa</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt5.html">Final Roundup</a> of the 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/rejoice.html">Rejoice And Shout</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#rejoice">notes</a>.) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/passione.html">Passione</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#pass">notes</a>.) <dd><b>Golden Scars</b> (seen at 2011 <A HREF="http://nylatinofilm.com/">New York International Latino Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Music According To Antonio Carlos Jobim (A Música Segundo Tom Jobim)</b> (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/blowfly.html">The Weird World Of Blowfly</a> <dd><b>Dzi Croquettes</b> <br><br><u>BEST USE OF MUSIC</u>: <Dd><b>Microphone</b> (previewed at <i>2011 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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/smalltown.html">Small Town Murder Songs<a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s <i>2011 Canadian Front</i>) (kudos to the rootsy songs of <A HREF="www.bruce-peninsula.com">Bruce Peninsula</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#small">notes</a>.) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/piano.html">The Piano In A Factory (Gang De Qin)</a> <br><br><u><b>BEST COMING OF AGERS</b></u> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/colors.html">The Colors Of The Mountain (Los Colores De La Montaña)</a> <dd><b>Submarine</b> (kudos to songs by Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys) <dd><b>Terri</b> (kudos to Jacob Wysocki, Olivia Crocicchia & Bridger Zadina and cinematographer Tobias Datum) <dd><a href="http://film-forward.com/foreign/tomboy">Tomboy</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#tomboy">note</a>.) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: COMING OF AGERS that Stick with me Despite My Gripes</u> <dd><b>Bal (Honey)</b> <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/winterwar.html">Winter In Wartime (Oorlogswinter)<a> <Dd><b>Belle Épine</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf11.html">2011 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#belle">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><B>NEDS</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2011 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>She Monkeys (Apflickorna)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2011 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Tree</b> (with Marton Csokas as quite the Antipodean hunk) <dd><b>Martha Marcy May Marlene</b> (kudos to Elizabeth Olsen) (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <br><br><u><b>BEST PARENTS AND CHILDREN</b>  even with the <i>schmaltz</i></b></u> <dd><b>A Better Life</b> <dd><b>The Way</b> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/sparrows.html">Little Sparrows</a> <dd><b>Angels Crest</b> (kudos to Thomas Dekker and Lynn Collins) <br><br><b><u>BEST APOCALYPSE</u></b> <dd><b>Vanishing On 7th Street</b> (kudos to Detroit, production design and blues songs) <dd><b>Take Shelter</b> (kudos to Michael Shannon and cineamatographer Adam Stone) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: APOCALYPSES that stick with me despite my gripes</u> <dd><b>Kaboom</b> <dd><b>Bellflower</b> (kudos to cinematographer Joel Hodge) <dd><b>Another Earth</b> <br><br><u><b>BEST USE OF THE WAY BACK MACHINE</u></b> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/citylife.html">City Of Life And Death (Nanjing! Nanjing!)</a> <dd><b>The Conspirator</b> (kudos to hair, make-up, sets, and cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel) <dd><b>Tales from the Golden Age (Amintiri din epoca de aur)</b> <br><br><u>Runners-Up: BEST USE OF THE WAY BACK MACHINE that stick with me despite my gripes</u> <dd><b>The Conquest (La conquête)</b> <dd><b>Albert Nobbs</b> (kudos to Janet McTeer) <dd><b>War Horse</b> (only because my favorite childhood book was <u>Black Beauty</u>) <br><br><b><u>BEST VILLAIN</u></b> <dd><b>The Devil s Double</b> (more that it s 2-for-1 actor Dominic Cooper) <br><br><b><u>MOST MORALLY DUBIOUS HERO based on a real person</u></b> <dd>For the violence: <b>Machine Gun Preacher</b> (let alone the rimrod tall Christian missionaries sitting in front at an advance screening who did not have the courtesy to slouch) <dd>For the misogyny: <b>Toast</b> (unlike the original memoir) <br><br><b><u>BEST ALLEGORY</u></b> <dd><b>Deporting Prometeo (Prometeo Deportado)</b> (seen at 2011 <A HREF="http://nylatinofilm.com/">New York International Latino Film Festival</a>) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: BEST ALLEGORY</u> <dd><b>Melancholia</b> (kudos to cinematographer Manuel Alberto Claro) (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>The Turin Horse (A torinói ló)</b> (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <br><br><u><b>MOST VISUAL HEAD TRIPS</u></b> <dd><b>Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives</b> (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>The Tree of Life</b> (kudos to cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki) <dd><b>The Mill and The Cross</b> <br><br><u>Runners-Up: MOST VISUAL HEAD TRIPS</u> <dd><b>Tetsuo The Bullet Man</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito)</b> (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (kudos to cinematographer José Luis Alcaine) <br><br><b><u>BEST SCENERY:</b></u> <dd><b>The Kite (Patang)</b> (kudos to celebrating the Uttarayan in Ahmedabad, India) (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Water for Elephants</b> (kudos to cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto) <dd><b>The Loneliest Planet</b> (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (Based on  Expensive Trips Nowhere by Tom Bissell: <i>Steppe makes strong what is strong. Makes weak what is weak.</i>) <dd><b>Two Years At Sea</b>-- even in 16 mm black & white (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <br><br><b><u>BEST COSTUMES:</b></u> <dd><b>W.E.</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST ANIMATION</u></b> <dd><b>The Adventures of Tintin in 3D</b> <br><Br><u>Runners-Up: BEST ANIMATION that Stick with me Despite My Gripes</u>: <dd><b>Rango</b> <dd><b>Rio in 3D</b> (kudos to Rodrigo Santoro for the only Brazilian sounds) <dd><b>Kung Fu Panda in 3D</b> (for visuals only) <br><br><U><b>BEST BROADS</U></b> <dd><b>Applause (Applaus)</b> (kudos to Paprika Steen) <dd><b>The Long Falling (Où Va La Nuit)</b> (kudos to Yolande Moreau) (previewed at <i>2011 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Potiche</b> (kudos to Catherine Deneuve) (previewed at <i>2011 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><b>Copacabana</b> (kudos to Isabelle Huppert) (previewed at <i>2011 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Meek's Cutoff</b> (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/illegal.html">Illégal</a> (kudos to Anne Coesens) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/puzzle.html">Puzzle (Rompecabezas)</a> (kudos to Maria Onetto) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hedge.html">The Hedgehog (Le Hérisson)</A> (previewed at <i>2010 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (kudos to Josiane Balasko) <Dd><b>Special Treatment (Sans queue ni tête)</b> (kudos to Isabelle Huppert) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/debt.html">The Debt</a> (kudos to Helen Mirren and Jessica Chastain) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/highergr.html">Higher Ground</a> (kudos to Vera Farmiga) <dd><b>Coriolanus</b> (kudos to Vanessa Redgrave) <dd><a href="http://film-forward.com/foreign/tyrannosaur">Tyrannosaur</a> (kudos to Olivia Colman) (previewed at <i>2011 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/the-other-israel-festival-2011">Naomi (Hitpartzut X)</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">2011 Other Israel Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Naomi">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) (kudos to Orna Porat) <dd><b>We Need to Talk About Kevin</b> (kudos to Tilda Swinton) <dd>Meryl Streep as <b>The Iron Lady</b> (no kudos to the movie) <dd><a HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/london-river">London River</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#LondonR">note</a>.) (kudos to Brenda Blethyn) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: Best Feminist Fables</u> <dd><b>Mozart's Sister (Nannerl, La Soeur De Mozart)</b> (previewed at <i>2011 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>The Princess Of Montpensier (La Princesse De Montpensier)</b> (previewed at <i>2011 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://film-forward.com/history/thesleep.html">The Sleeping Beauty (La Belle Endormie)</a> (previewed at <i>2011 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#sleep">note</a>.) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/rjyiddish.html">Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff11.html">2011 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#RJYid">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><a href="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/sleeping-beauty">Sleeping Beauty</a> <dd><b>Young Adult</b> <br><br><b><u>BEST DOCUMENTARIES</u></b>: <dd><b>The Sky Turns (El cielo gira)</b> (2005 film in its NY theatrical premiere)/ pairs with <b>Le Quattro Volte</b> (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Fortune Teller</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>Documentary Fortnight  2011 International Festival of Nonfiction Films and Media</i>) <dd><b>Karamay</b> (all 356 minutes seen plus Q & A with director at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>Documentary Fortnight  2011 International Festival of Nonfiction Films and Media</i>) <dd><b>Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure</b> (previewed at <i>2011 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Circo</b> (kudos to score by <A HREF="http://www.casadecalexico.com/">Calexico</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/arbor.html">The Arbor</a> (also briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#arbor">note</a>.) <dd><b>Give Up Tomorrow</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Our School (Scoala Noastra)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt5.html">Final Roundup</a> of the 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Price of Sex</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#price">note</a>.) <dd><a href="http://www.hellandbackagain.com/">Hell and Back Again</a> (previewed at <a href="http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2011">2011 DocuWeeks</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/featured/there-was-once">There Was Once& </a> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/into-the-abyss">Into the Abyss</a> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <br><br><u>DOCS that are Close Runners-Up</u> <dd><b>Un Dia Menos (One Day Less)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>Documentary Fortnight  2011 International Festival of Nonfiction Films and Media</i>) <dd><b>El Ambulante (The Peddler)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>Documentary Fortnight  2011 International Festival of Nonfiction Films and Media</i>) <dd><b>Peace</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>Documentary Fortnight  2011 International Festival of Nonfiction Films and Media</i>) <Dd><b>El Velador</b> (previewed at <i>2011 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Love During Wartime</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#lwd">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Impunity</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#imp">notes</a>.) <dd><b>Familia</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/crimeafter.html">Crime After Crime </a> (first briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff11.html">2011 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#crime">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><b>Tabloid</b> <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/interr.html">The Interrupters</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#interr">notes</a>.) (See <a href="http://MavensNest.net/Wire.html">The Wire</a> for the references.) <dd><a href="http://www.unfinishedspaces.com/">Unfinished Spaces</a> (seen at <a href="http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2011">2011 DocuWeeks</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Bedford">Mothers of Bedford</a> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <br><br><u>Best of the Young-Folks-in-Competition DOCS :</u> <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/louder.html">Louder Than A Bomb</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2010">2010 DocuWeeks</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#bomb">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <Dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/recommended/to-be-heard">To Be Heard</a> (previewed at 2010 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#heard">notes</a>.) <br><br><u>Educational Runners-Up (DOCS you can learn from despite gaps and/or flaws):</u> <dd><b>Into Eternity</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at 2010 <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Orgasm Inc.</b> <dd><b>My Perestroika</b> (briefly reviewed at 2010 <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf10.html">New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>I Wish I Knew (Hai shang chuan qi)</b> (previewed at 2011 <i>Film Comments Selects</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Cave of Forgotten Dreams</b> (briefly reviewed in <a href="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/the-best-of-2011">best of year</a>- scroll down) <dd><b>Nostalgia For The Light (Nostalgia de la luz)</b> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/blackpower.html">The Black Power Mix Tape 1967-1975</a> (previewed at <i>2011 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <Dd><b>Donor Unknown</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Cinema Komunisto</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2011 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Jiro Dreams of Sushi</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2011 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Carrier</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt5.html">Final Roundup</a> of the 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#carr">note</a>.) <dd><b>Semper Fi: Always Faithful</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt5.html">Final Roundup</a> of the 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>This Is My Land& Hebron</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Hebron">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>You Don t Like The Truth 4 Days Inside Guantánamo</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) <dd><b>Love Crimes Of Kabul</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#LKabul">note</a>.) <dd><b>12 Angry Lebanese</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) <dd><b>Project Nim</b> (downgraded because I m against undocumented reconstructed scenes) <dd><b>The Death Of Pinochet (La Muerte De Pinochet)</b> (previewed at 2011 <i>LatinBeat</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Magic Trip: Ken Kesey s Search for A Kool Place</b> (downgraded because I m against undocumented reconstructed scenes) <dd><b>Iron Crows</b> <dd><a href=" http://www.themexicansuitcase.com/">The Mexican Suitcase</a> (seen at <a href="http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2011">2011 DocuWeeks</a>) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/tiniest.html">The Tiniest Place (El Lugar Mas Pequeño)</a> (seen at <a href="http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2011">2011 DocuWeeks</a>) <dd><b>Tahrir: Liberation Square</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/featured/new-york-film-festival-2011-part-2">2011 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://www.scenesofacrime.com/">Scenes Of A Crime</a> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://www.flatdaddydocumentary.com/">Flat Daddy</a> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <dd><b>Perdida (Lost in Time)</b> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <dd><b>Ingrid Betancourt - Six Years In The Jungle</b> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#silent">Standing Silent</a> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.blazingthetrailfilm.com/">Blazing The Trail: The O'Kalems In Ireland</a> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <dd><dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Weiss">In Heaven, Underground The Weissensee Jewish Cemetery (Im Himmel, unter der Erde - Der jüdische Friedhof Weißensee)</a> <Dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/under-fire-journalists-in-combat">Under Fire: Journalists In Combat</a> <br><br><u>Runners-Up: BIO DOCS you can learn from despite gaps and/or glosses:</u> <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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) (Context/Part 2 is <b>Lost Bohemia</b> previewed at 2010 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <dd><b>Tape (Jiao Dai)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>Documentary Fortnight  2011 International Festival of Nonfiction Films and Media</i>) <dd><b>Gnarr</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Wire.html#gnarr">notes</a>.) <dd><a href="http://beingelmo.com/">Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey</a> (seen at <a href="http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2011">2011 DocuWeeks</a>) <dd><a href="http://www.yellowaffair.com/web/guest/product?productId=5150486">A Bitter Taste of Freedom</a> (seen at <a href="http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2011">2011 DocuWeeks</a>) <dd><a href="http://www.dyingtodoletterman.com/">Dying to do Letterman</a> (seen at <a href="http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2011">2011 DocuWeeks</a>) <dd><b>Buck</b> <dd><b>Roger Corman s World</b>previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Vito</b> (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://www.dandelion-films.com/lemon_project.php">Lemon</a> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://www.http://calvetmovie.com/">Calvet</a> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <dd><b>Charlotte Rampling: The Look</b> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.imcarolynparker.com/">I m Carolyn Parker: The Good, The Mad And The Beautiful</a> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.withgreatpower.biz/">With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story</a> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <dd><b>Garbo The Spy</b> <Dd><A HREF="http://www.kinolorber.com/khodorkovsky/">Khodorkovsky</a> <br><br><u>Most Depressing Documentary:</u> <dd><b>Katka</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>Documentary Fortnight  2011 International Festival of Nonfiction Films and Media</i>) <br><br><u><b>Best COMIC RELIEF from Depressing DOCS Despite Nonsense:</u></b> <Dd><b>Cedar Rapids</b> <dd><b>Super</b> <dd><b>The Trip</b> (kudos to Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon) <Dd><b>Hospitalité (Kantai)</b> (previewed at <i>2011 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Midnight in Paris</b> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#midnight">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><b>Bridesmaids</b> (kudos to writer/actress Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy) <dd><b>The Trollhunter (Trolljegeren)</b> <br><br><u><b>BEST REVIVALS IN NEW PRINTS</u></b> <dd><b>Went the Day Well?</b> <dd><b>Summer a.k.a. The Green Ray (Le Rayon Vert)</b> (though I really only caught the green in the 6 preview minutes of Marie Rivière s <b>A Few Moments With Eric Rohmer (En Compagnie d'Eric Rohmer)</b> at <a href="http://bam.org/view.aspx?pid=466">BAMcinématek</a> s 25th anniversary celebration) (My comparative <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#sleep">notes</a>.) <dd><b>Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle)</b> (My comparative <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#sleep">notes</a>.) <dd><b>A Brighter Summer Day (Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian</b> in <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> s <i>A Rational Mind: The Films Of Edward Yang</I> <dd><b>Danube Waves (Valurile Dunrii)</b> in <i>2011 Annual Romanian Film Festival in New York</I> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="www.icrny.org">Romanian Cultural Institute of NY</a> <br><br>And thanks for theatrical showings for my first-time viewings on big screens of: <dd><b>J'Accuse</b> in MoMA's <i>An Auteurist History of Film</i>; <b>The Constant Factor (Constans)</b> in MoMA's <i>Krzysztof Zanussi Revisited</i>; <b>The Life Of Oharu (Saikaku ichidai onna)</b> and <b>Flowing (Nagareru)</b> in Film Forum's <i>5 Japanese Divas</i>; <b>Mud and Soldiers (Tsuchi to heitai)</b>), <b>Intimidation (Aru kyohaku)</b> and (according to my colleague Kyoko Hirano, not my first  pink film but my first  romano porno ) <b>The Woman with Red Hair (Akai kami no onna)</b> in <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center NY Film Festival</a> s <i>Velvet Bullets and Steel Kisses: Celebrating the Nikkatsu Centennial</I>; <b>The Children Were Watching</b> and <b>In The Chair</b> (really TV documentaries) in <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a> s <i>Tribute To Richard Leacock</I>. <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.com/">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 Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>A Prophet (Un prophète)</b> (kudos to Tahar Rahim and Niels Arestrup) <dd><b>La Pivellina</b> (previewed at <i>2010 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Micmacs (Micmacs à tire-larigot)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Lola</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The White Meadows (Keshtzar haye sepid)</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.com/">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.com/">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.com/">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>) <dd><b>The Social Network</b> (even though Jesse Eisenberg doesn't spin his pen right) (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Black Venus (Vénus noire)</b> (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Another Year</b> (kudos to Lesley Manville) (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>127 Hours</b> (kudos to James Franco, Danny Boyle s direction, Anthony Dod Mantle s cinematography and music by A.R. Rahman) <dd><b>The Fighter</b> (kudos to Christian Bale and Melissa Leo) <dd><b>Medal of Honor (Medalia de onoare)</b> (seen at 2010 Annual Romanian Film Festival of the <A HREF="http://www.icrny.org/d8-1-Romanian_cinema_rising.html">Romanian Cultural Institute of NY</a>) (kudos to Victor Rebengiuc) <dd><b>First of All, Felicia (Felicia, înainte de toate)</b> (seen at 2010 Annual Romanian Film Festival of the <A HREF="http://www.icrny.org/d8-1-Romanian_cinema_rising.html">Romanian Cultural Institute of NY</a>) (kudos to Ozana Oancea) <br><br><u>Runners-Up: Movies that Stick with me Despite My Gripes </u><br> <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.com/">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.com/">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.com/">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.com/">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">2010 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.html">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.com/">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.com/">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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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) <dd><b>Morenita</b> (seen at 2010 <A HREF="http://nylatinofilm.com/">New York International Latino Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Silent Souls (Ovsyanki)</b> (kudos to the music and landscape) (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Aurora</b> (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)</b> <dd><b>The Last Circus (Balade Triste)</b> (previewed at <i>2010 Spanish Cinema Now</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>The King's Speech</b> (kudos to Colin Firth) <dd><b>Biutiful</b> (kudos to Javier Bardem) <dd><b>Rabbit Hole</b> (kudos to Nicole Kidman) <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 Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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>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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.com/">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 Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (kudos to Vincent Cassel) (briefly reviewed in <a href="http://www.film-forward.com/best2010.html">best of year</a>- scroll down) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/lebanon.html">Lebanon</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#leb">notes</a>.) <dd><b>The Robber (Der Räuber)</b> (kudos to Andreas Lust and the percussion) (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Carlos</b> (actually the 330 minute TV mini-series) (kudos to Édgar Ramírez and director Olivier Assayas) <dd><b>True Grit</b> (kudos to Roger Deakins' cinematography) <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 integral score, 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>) <dd><b>The Town</b> <dd><b>Unstoppable</b> (just for the fun of it) <dd><b>The American</b> (kudos to George Clooney and cinematographer Martin Ruhe) <dd><b>Vengeance (Fuk sa)</b> (kudos to director Johnny To) <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 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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (kudos to Hye-ja Kim) <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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#red">notes</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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Disappearance of Alice Creed</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> s 2010 <i>Latin Beat</i>) <dd><b>Black Swan</b> <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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.com/">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 VILLAIN</u></b> <dd>Jacki Weaver as "Grandma Smurf Cody" in <a href="http://www.film-forward.com/animalkingdom.html">Animal Kingdom</a> (and Ben Mendelsohn is suitably creepy) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#animal">notes</a>.) <br><br><u><b>BEST FEMINIST FABLES</b></u> <dd><b>Lourdes</b> (kudos to Sylvie Testud) <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.com/">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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>The Tempest</b> (kudos to Helen Mirren as the sorceress "Prospera", Ben Whishaw as "Ariel", Djimon Hounsou as "Caliban", scenery, score and song tune setting of Shakespeare lyrics by Elliot Goldenthal  but boo to the insipid young couple) (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Meek's Cutoff</b> (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/secretsunshine.html">Secret Sunshine (Milyang)</a> <br><br>Runners-Up: BEST FEMINIST FABLES: <Dd><b>Habana Eva</b> (seen at 2010 <A HREF="http://nylatinofilm.com/">New York International Latino Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Vision (Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen)</b> <dd><b>Tiny Furniture</b> <dd><b>Made in Dagenham</b> <Dd><b>Hadewijch</b> (previewed at <i>2009 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</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.com/">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.com/">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.com/">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 Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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.com/">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.com/">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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (kudos to Jung Jae-Yeong and Jung Rye-Won) <dd><b>Carmo, Hit The Road</b> <dd><b>Blue Valentine</b> (also best anti-romance) (kudos to Michelle Willliams and Ryan Gosling, director Derek Cianfrance, DP Andrij Pareekh and the editing) <dd><b>Undertow (Contracorriente)</b> (kudos to Cristian Mercado) <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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Ondine</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Lucky Life</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>some boys don't leave</b> (short screened at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Here and There (Tamo i ovde)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#salt">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#salt">note</a>.) <Dd><b>Jack Goes Boating</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-ROMANCES</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.com/">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.com/">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.com/">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/thegirl.html">The Girl (Flickan)</A> (previewed at <i>Northern Exposures: Social Change and Sexuality in Swedish Cinema</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>My Queen Karo</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Kisses</b> (thanks for the subtitles!) <dd><b>Udaan</b> (meaning "flight", as in the song lyric about letting the bird fly) <dd><b>Let Me In</b> <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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> <dd><b>The Trotsky</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#trot">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) (My colleague James Van Maanen <A HREF="http://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2010/12/dvdstreaming-with-trotsky-jacob-tierney_31.html">followed up on my recommendation</a> to enjoy it On Demand.) <dd><b>My Brothers</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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>) <dd><b>Easy A</b> <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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt5.html">There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#drugs">notes</a>.) <dd><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/raavan.html">Raavan</A> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/brannue.html">Bran Nue Dae</A> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#bran">notes</a>.) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nowhereboy.html">Nowhere Boy</A> (kudos to Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas and Anne-Marie Duff <br><br><u>Runners-Up: BEST MOVIE MUSICAL NUMBERS</u>: <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/guyand.html">Guy And Madeline On A Park Bench</A> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <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.com/">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> <dd><b>Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole</b> (kudos to the Brit and Aussie voice actors, especially Helen Mirren) <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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>My Dog Tulip</b> (I'm a cat person) <dd><b>The Illusionist</b> <dd><b>Tangled in 3D</b> (kudos to Donna Murphy's "Mother Knows Best") <dd><b>Summer Wars (Sama Wozu)</b> (saw the English-language version) <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.com/">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.com/">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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>, with <i>Herb and Dorothy</i>) <dd><b>Last Train Home</b> (previewed at at <i>2010 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#babies">notes</a>.) <dd><b>Earth Made of Glass</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Sons Of Perdition</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/budrusrachel.html">Budrus</a> (also briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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> (My <a href="http://mavensnest.net/WTC.html#restrepo">commentary</a> on the film's poster re: 9/11.) <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>) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.marwencol.com/">Marwencol</a> <dd><b>Armadillo</b> (previewed at 2010 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/rabbitala.html">Rabbit à la Berlin (Królik po berlinsku)</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>2010 Academy-Nominated Documentary Shorts</i>) <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.com/">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.com/">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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.com/">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><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/wasteland.html">Waste Land (Lixo extgraordinário)</a> (previewed at 2010 <i>Premiere Brazil!</i> series at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#waste">notes</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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> s <i>Latin Beat</i>) <dd><b>The Autobiography of Nikolae Ceaucescu (Autobiogrfia lui Nikolae Ceaucescu)</b> (bit confusing for Americans not knowledgeable about Romanian history) (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><b>Catfish</b> <br><br><u>Best of the Cute-Kids-in-Competition DOCS :</u> <Dd><A HREF="http://www.boysofsummerfilm.com/">Boys Of Summer</a> (seen at 2010 <A HREF="http://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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#racing">notes</a>.) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/whizkids.html">Whiz Kids</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#whiz">notes</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  2010 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><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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#Poland">notes</a>.) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/johannesburg.html">Have You Heard From Johannesburg</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#Jburg">notes</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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> and <A HREF="http://africanfilmny.org/">African Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Gerrymandering</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries: There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Other City</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#Nesh">notes</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) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/insidejob.html">Inside Job</a> (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#job">notes</a>.) <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.com/">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.com/">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.com/">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>) <dd><b>Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould</b> <dd><b>Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff</b> (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <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  2010 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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Looking for Eric</b> <dd><b>Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale</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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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>) <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#moloch">notes</a>.) <dd><b>Robinson in Ruins</b> (too fictional to be considered a documentary) (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <br><br><u><b>Runners-Up: BEST SCENERY</u></b> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/altiplano.html">Altiplano</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/redhill.html">Red Hill</a> <dd><b>Hemingway s Garden Of Eden</b> <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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><b>Enter the Void</b> (but I saw the U.S. release that wasn't the director's cut) <br><br><u><b>BEST COOKING </u></b> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/todaysspecial.html">Today s Special</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#special">notes</a>.) <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.com/">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 Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/onthebowery.html">On The Bowery/The Perfect Team: The Making Of <i>On The Bowery</i></a> <dd><b>Pale Flower (Kawaita hana)</b> (briefly reviewed with <b>Silence (Chinmoku)</b> as part of <i>Elegant Elegies: The Films of Masahiro Shinoda</i> along with <i>Fernando de Fuentes Mexican Revolution Trilogy</i>: <b>Prisoner 13 (El prisionero trece)</b>, <b>My Buddy Mendoza (El Compadre Mendoza)</b> and <b>Let s Go with Pancho Villa (Vamanos con Pancho Villa)</b> at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff10master.html">2010 New York Film Festival Masterworks</a> of the <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nuremberg.html">Nuremberg</a> (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#nurem">notes</a>.) <br><br>Thanks for theatrical showings for my first-time viewings on big screens of: <dd><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.com/">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.com/">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.com/">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">2009 Film Comments Selects</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> (kudos to director/adapter Max Färberböck and actors Nina Hoss and Yevgeni Sidikhin) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/seraphine.html">Séraphine</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/rendez-vous09.html">2009 Rendez-Vous With French Cinema</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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>2009 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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">2009 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <Dd><b>Departures (Okuribito)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a> and in <a href="http://www.film-forward.com/best2009.html">best of year - scroll down</a>) <Dd><b>About Elly (Darbareye Elly)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Pandora s Box (Pandoranin Kutusu)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009Tribeca 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 <i>Jew Süss</i> (Harlan - Im Schatten Von <i>Jud Süss</i>)</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://www.film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">2009 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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.com/">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">2009 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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">2009 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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.com/">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 2009 <i>New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <Dd><b>The Swimsuit Issue (Allt flyter)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (see with the real-life version <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/men-who-swim/">Men Who Swim</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#size">A Matter of Size (Sipur Gadol)</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (pair it with <b>Gordos</b>, previewed at <i>2009 Spanish Cinema Now</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><b>Vegas: Based on a True Story</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Queen To Play (Joueuse)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>My Dear Enemy (Meotjin haru)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Original</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Eclipse</b> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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">2009 Open Roads: New Italian Cinema </a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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> <dd><b>Getting Home (Luo ye gui gen)</b> (seen in <A HREF="http://www.globalfilm.org/about_global_lens.htm">2009 Global Lens</a> series at MoMA) <dd><b>The Photograph (Luo ye gui gen)</b> (seen in <A HREF="http://www.globalfilm.org/about_global_lens.htm">2009 Global Lens</a> series at MoMA) <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">2009 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3: Family Ties Around the World</a>, of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>, and briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.jewishnh.org/reporter/2011/dec.pdf">The NH Jewish Film Buzz</a>, at page 21) <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://www.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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Fear Me Not (Deb Du Frygter)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Brave Men (Galantuomini)</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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Hierro</b> (previewed at <i>2009 Spanish Cinema Now</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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://www.film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">2009 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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>2009 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Stella">Stella</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/rendez-vous09.html">2009 Rendez-Vous With French Cinema</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</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.com/">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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009Tribeca Film Festival</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://film-forward.com/history/rendez-vous09.html">14th Rendez-Vous With French Cinema</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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 2009 New Directors/New Films of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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://www.film-forward.com/soulpower.html">Soul Power</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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">2009 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 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>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) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#skin">notes</a>.) <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://www.film-forward.com/999.html">$9.99</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.com/">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.com/">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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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">2009 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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>2009 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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.com/">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">2009 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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 2009 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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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://www.film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">2009 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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://www.film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">2009 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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://www.film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">2009 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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://www.film-forward.com/mustread.html">Must Read After My Death</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/beachesof.html">The Beaches of Agnès (Les Plages d Agnès)</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/rendez-vous09.html">14th Rendez-Vous With French Cinema</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/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.com/">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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 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://www.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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (plus the sad follow-up <i>Silencing the Song: An Afghan Fallen Star</i>) <Dd><b>Sweet Crude</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org">DocuWeeks</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.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://www.film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">18th New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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://www.film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">18th New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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.com/">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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <Dd><b>Only When I Dance</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">8th Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <Dd><b>Team Qatar</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.com/">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://www.film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">18th New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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://www.film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">18th New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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://www.film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">18th New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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.com/">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.com/">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.com/">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: <dd><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 Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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.com/">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://www.film-forward.com/best2008.html">scroll down for my capsule review</a>) (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival)</a>) <Dd><b>Strangers</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.com/">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 Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><b>Paris</b> (seen at <i>Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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.com/">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.com/">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><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#noel">A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël)</a> <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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#class">notes</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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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 Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <Dd><A HREF="http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/">Sita Sings the Blues</a> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.com/">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.com/">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.com/">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.com/">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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.com/">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 (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#dark">note</a>.) <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.com/">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.com/">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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#water">notes</a>.) <Dd><b>Brothers in Arms</b> (seen at <i>NY African Film Festival</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.com/">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.com/">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://www.film-forward.com/waltzwith.html">Waltz With Bashir (Valse im Bashir)</a> (also a Best Animation) (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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://www.film-forward.com/movingmidway.html">Moving Midway</a> (previewed at <i>New Directors/New Films</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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.com/">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.com/">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.html">The Wire</a> and vocalizations by Angélique Kidjo) (missed it with the heroines in their colorful native garb at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><b>Fire Under the Snow</b> (missed it at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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: <dd><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.com/">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.com/">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.com/">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.com/">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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival//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: <dd><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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#lange">note</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: <dd><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://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#36">36 Righteous Ones (Los 36 Justos)</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff11.html">2011 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#36">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <Dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/51birchs.html">51 Birch Street</a> (emendations coming after 4/18/2007) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">2009 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/the-other-israel-festival-2011">77 Steps</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">2011 Other Israel Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#steps">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><b>100 Voices: A Journey Home</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#100">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <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.com/">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>Belle Épine</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf11.html">2011 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#belle">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <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>Black Bus</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff11.html">2011 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#bus">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/brideflight.html">Bride Flight (Bruidsvlucht)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#flight">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#flight">note</a>.) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/budrusrachel.html">Budrus</a> (also briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/casinojack10.html">Casino Jack</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#casino">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <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://film-forward.com/new-york-film-festival/a-dangerous-method">A Dangerous Method</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#method">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/the-other-israel-festival-2011">David and Kamal</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">2011 Other Israel Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#DandK">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/debt.html">The Debt</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#debt">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/the-other-israel-festival-2011">Dolphin Boy</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">2011 Other Israel Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#dolphin">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <img src="new.gif"> <DD><b>Dressing America: Tales From The Garment Center</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#garment">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><b>Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie</b> (briefly reviewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#downey">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <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><b>The Flat (Ha-Dira)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#flat">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>The Flood (Mabul)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#flood">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <Dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#role">Le Grand Rôle</a> <Dd><b>Hit So Hard: The Life and Near-Death Story of Drummer Patty Schemel</b> (briefly reviewed at <i>2011 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#hitso">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/humanresource.html">The Human Resources Manager (Shlichuto Shel Hamemune Al Mashabei Enosh)</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff11.html">2011 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#humanmgr">note</a>.) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#mgr">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/in-darkness">In Darkness (W Ciemnosci)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#indark">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Iraq  n Roll</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#Iraq">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Joann Sfar Draws From Memory</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#Sfar">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Lea and Darija</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#Lea">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/leavesgrass.html">Leaves of Grass</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#grass">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <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://www.film-forward.com/louder.html">Louder Than A Bomb</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2010">2010 DocuWeeks</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#bomb">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Love During Wartime</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#lwd">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Mahler on the Couch (Mahler auf der Couch)</b></A> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff11.html">2011 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#Mahler">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Mary Lou (Tamid oto chalom) (</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#Mary">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>My Father Evgeni</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#Evgeni">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <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://film-forward.com/foreign/the-other-israel-festival-2011">Naomi (Hitpartzut X)</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">2011 Other Israel Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Naomi">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/otherwoman.html">The Other Woman</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#other">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/overyour.html">Over Your Cities The Grass Will Grow</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#over">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#private">Partly Private</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/the-other-israel-festival-2011">A Place Of Her Own</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">2011 Other Israel Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#place">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/tribeca-film-festival/portrait-of-wally">Portrait of Wally</a> (previewed at the 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#wally">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/the-other-israel-festival-2011">The Promise  Part 1</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">2011 Other Israel Film Festival</a>) (a TV mini-series) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#promise">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>The Rabbi s Cat (Le chat du rabbin)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/film-festival/new-directorsnew-films-2012">2012 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#cat">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Rabies (Kalevet)</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#rabies">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/budrusrachel.html">Rachel</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Rachel">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><b>Renée</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#renee">note</a>.) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#renee">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>Restoration (Boker tov adon Fidelman)</b> (kudos to Sasson Gabai) (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#rest">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/rjyiddish.html">Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff11.html">2011 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#RJYid">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#salt">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#salt">note</a>.) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/sarahs.html">Sarah s Key (Elle S'appelait Sarah)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#skey">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/fiction.html#skey">notes</a>.) <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://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#7minutes">Seven Minutes in Heaven (Sheva Dakot Be gan Eden)</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3: Family Ties Around the World</a>, of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>, and briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.jewishnh.org/reporter/2011/dec.pdf">The NH Jewish Film Buzz</a>, at page 21) <dd><b>Sexy Baby</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#sexy">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/featured/there-was-once">There Was Once& </a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#once">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>This Is My Land& Hebron</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Hebron">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://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#vaser">Vasermil</a> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.jewishnh.org/reporter/2011/dec.pdf">The NH Jewish Film Buzz</a>, at page 21) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/vidalsassoon.html">Vidal Sassoon: The Movie</a> (also briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries: There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#vidal">note</a>.) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#sass">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><b>Welcome To Kutsher s: The Last Catskills Resort</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#kutsh">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <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) <br><br><u>COMMENTARY:</u><br> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#50">50/50</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#400">400 Miles to Freedom </a> (previewed at 2012 New York Jewish Film Festival of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <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#allgood">All Good Things</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#asLil">As Lilith</a> (previewed at 2011 New York Jewish Film Festival of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#autism">Autism: The Musical</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#bach">Bachelor Days Are Over (Pourquoi tu pleures?)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#begin">Beginners</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#bottle">A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (Une bouteille à la mer</a> (previewed at <i>2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</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#ties">Breaking Home Ties</a> (new print previewed at <i>2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</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#dogs">Dogs: The Rise and Fall of an All-Girl Bookie Joint</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#elusive">Elusive Justice: The Search for Nazi War Criminals</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://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#position">First Position</a> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Yoni">Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story</a> (previewed at <i>2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of 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> <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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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> (previewed at <i>2009 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#balloons">Girl With Black Balloons</a> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</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#Gloria">Gloria: In Her Own Words</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><b>Heart of Auschwitz (Le coeur d'Auschwitz)</b> (seen at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s 2012 <i>Canadian Front</i> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#coeur">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <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#turbine">The Human Turbine (Ha Turbina ha Enosheet)</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">2011 Other Israel Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#glour">Inglourious Basterds</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#IrenaS">Irena Sendler: In The Name of Their Mothers</a> <dd><dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Weiss">In Heaven, Underground The Weissensee Jewish Cemetery (Im Himmel, unter der Erde - Der jüdische Friedhof Weißensee)</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#hoover">J. Edgar</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#letters">Letters Home</a> (previewed at <i>2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#lost">Lost Love Diaries (Yomanei Haahava Haavudim)</a> (previewed at <i>2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#low">Low Life (Les Amants de Low Life)</a> (previewed at 2012 <i>Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Marg">Margaret</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#midnight">Midnight in Paris</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#mfine">Mighty Fine</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Miral">Miral</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#diaries">The Moth Diaries</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Bedford">Mothers of Bedford</a> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</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#Austral">My Australia (Moja Australia)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#myweek">My Week with Marilyn</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#names">The Names of Love (Le nom des gens)</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#strings">No Strings Attached</a> plus <b>Friends with Benefits</b> <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#peep">Peep World</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#Phnom">Phnom Penh Lullaby</a> (seen at <a href="http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2011">2011 DocuWeeks</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#crown">The Queen Has No Crown</a> (previewed at <i>2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</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://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#remem">Remembrance (Die verlorene Zeit</a> (previewed at <i>2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#romant">The Romantics</a> <dd><b>Room 514 (Heder 514)</b> (previewed at the 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#514">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#secrets">The Secrets (Ha-Sodot)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#shiva">The Seven Days (Shiva)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#unseen">Shoah: The Unseen Interviews</a> (previewed at <i>2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</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#silent">Standing Silent</a> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</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#waltz">Take This Waltz</a> (previewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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#3prom">Three Promises</a> (previewed at <i>2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#trot">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) (My colleague James Van Maanen <A HREF="http://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2010/12/dvdstreaming-with-trotsky-jacob-tierney_31.html">followed up on my recommendation</a> to enjoy it On Demand.) <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><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#white">White: A Memoir in Color</a> (previewed at <i>2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html# wood">The Woodmans</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#wrist">Wristcutters: A Love Story</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#xmen1st">X-Men: First Class</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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.) <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://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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"> <dd><b>You Don t Like The Truth 4 Days Inside Guantánamo</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) <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><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://www.film-forward.com/beachesof.html">The Beaches of Agnès (Les Plages d Agnès)</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/rendez-vous09.html">Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2009</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#Jane">notes</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.com/">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/bhutto.html">Bhutto</a> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/featured/a-bird-of-the-air">A Bird Of The Air</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://www.film-forward.com/brideflight.html">Bride Flight (Bruidsvlucht)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#flight">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/flight.html#carr">note</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><b>The Carrier</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt5.html">Final Roundup</a> of the 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#carr">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/history/rendez-vous09.html">Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2009</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Goodbye (Bé omid é didar)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/film-festival/new-directorsnew-films-2012">2012 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#choc">Chocolat</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#circle">The Circle (Dayereh)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/circum.html">Circumstance </a> (previewed at <i>2011 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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/closetoh.html">Close To Home (Karov La Bayit</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/crimeafter.html">Crime After Crime </a> (first briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff11.html">2011 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#crime">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <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.com/">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><b>Familia</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) <img src="new.gif"> <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.com/">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/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> <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://www.film-forward.com/thegirl.html">The Girl (Flickan)</A> (previewed at <i>Northern Exposures: Social Change and Sexuality in Swedish Cinema</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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">2010 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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/hedge.html">The Hedgehog (Le Hérisson)</A> (previewed at <i>2010 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/highergr.html">Higher Ground</a> <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><b>Huan Huan</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/film-festival/new-directorsnew-films-2012">2012 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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://film-forward.com/costume-drama/hysteria">Hysteria</a> (previewed at the 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#hyst">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/illegal.html">Illégal</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/janeeyre.html">Jane Eyre<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.com/">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://film-forward.com/history/rendez-vous09.html">Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2009</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/biopic/the-lady">The Lady</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#lady">notes</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://www.film-forward.com/lifeabove.html">Life, Above All</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#lilja">Lilja 4-ever</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/sparrows.html">Little Sparrows</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><b>Love Crimes Of Kabul</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#LKabul">note</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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <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://www.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://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <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><b>The Price of Sex</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#price">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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#prin">The Princess and the Warrior (Der Krieger und Die Kaiserin)</a> <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>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/puzzle.html">Puzzle (Rompecabezas)</a> <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/featured/sarah-palin-you-betcha">Sarah Palin: You Betcha!</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#secretary">Secretary</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/secretsunshine.html">Secret Sunshine (Milyang)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#seeing">Seeing Other People<a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/seraphine.html">Séraphine</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/rendez-vous09.html">14th Rendez-Vous With French Cinema</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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://film-forward.com/star-reviews/sleeping-beauty">Sleeping Beauty</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://film-forward.com/history/thesleep.html">The Sleeping Beauty (La Belle Endormie)</a> (previewed at <i>2011 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#sleep">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/history/rendez-vous09.html">Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2009</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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://film-forward.com/foreign/tomboy">Tomboy</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#tomboy">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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.com/">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://film-forward.com/history/rendez-vous09.html">Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2009</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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://www.film-forward.com/whistleb.html">The Whistleblower</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#oleander">White Oleander</a> <dd><b>The World Before Her</b> (briefly reviewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/chicks.html#before">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/history/rendez-vous09.html">Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2009</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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.com/">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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <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><b>12 Angry Lebanese</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) <img src="new.gif"> <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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#babies">notes</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.com/">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.com/">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.com/">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) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#blind">notes</a>.) <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><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/budrusrachel.html">Budrus</a> (also briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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 Burning Season</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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://www.film-forward.com/citylife.html">City Of Life And Death (Nanjing! Nanjing!)</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> <dd><b>Curling</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf11.html">2011 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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/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.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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><b>Donor Unknown</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#lange">notes</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://www.film-forward.com/eventherain.html">Even The Rain (También La Lluvia)</a> (previewed at <i>2010 Spanish Cinema Now</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#Poland">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Garapa</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Generation P</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/film-festival/new-directorsnew-films-2012">2012 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Give Up Tomorrow</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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><b>Good Times, Wonderful Times</b> (1964, restored) along with <b>Man s Peril: The Making of <i>Good Times, Wonderful Times</i></b> (on Milestone s DVD release of <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/onthebowery.html">On The Bowery</a>) <dd><b>Granito: How To Nail A Dictator</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) <img src="new.gif"> <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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#Jburg">note</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><b>High Tech, Low Life</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#tech">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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><b>Impunity</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#imp">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/in-darkness">In Darkness (W Ciemnosci)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#indark">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Into the Cold</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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> <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://www.film-forward.com/korkoro.html">Korkoro (Liberté)<a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#kork">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#jima">note</a>.) <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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</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>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#moloch">notes</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/enemy.html">My Enemy s Enemy</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Mysteries of Lisbon (Mistérios de Lisboa)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff10pt3.html">2010 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</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> (<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/nuremberg.html">Nuremberg</a> (previewed at <i>2010 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#nurem">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#city">notes</a>.) <dd><b>Our School (Scoala Noastra)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt5.html">Final Roundup</a> of the 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.com/">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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/paradise-lost-3-purgatory">Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory</a> (previewed at 2011<i>New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Patience (After Sebald)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/featured/new-york-film-festival-2011-part-2">2011 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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://film-forward.com/star-reviews/the-pruitt-igoe-myth-an-urban-myth">The Pruitt Igoe Myth: An Urban History</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Wire.html#Pruitt">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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/rabbitala.html">Rabbit à la Berlin (Królik po berlinsku)</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a> s <i>2010 Academy-Nominated Documentary Shorts</i>) with Loss (Vaters Land) <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.com/">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><i>Shoah</i> addenda: <i><b>Sobibor, Oct. 14, 1943, 4 p.m.</i></b> and <i><b>The Karski Report</i></b>, with revival of Claude Lanzmann in <i><b>Our Nazi</i></b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/fcselects11.html">2011 Film Comments Selects</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>The Siege (La Toma)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) <img src="new.gif"> <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">2009 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#sylvia">Sylvia</a> <dd><b>Tahrir: Liberation Square</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/featured/new-york-film-festival-2011-part-2">2011 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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><b>This Is My Land& Hebron</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Hebron">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/star-reviews/this-is-not-a-film">This Is Not A Film (In film nist)</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#notfilm">notes</a>.) (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</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://www.film-forward.com/timethat.html">The Time That Remains</a> <img src="new.gif"> <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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#water">notes</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> >) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#wait">note</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://www.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>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/wayback.html">The Way Back</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/masterpiece.html#war">War Zone</a> <dd><b>Which Way Home</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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/Lilith.html#36">36 Righteous Ones (Los 36 Justos)</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff11.html">2011 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#36">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <img src="new.gif"> <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.com/">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.com/">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><b>Booker s Place: A Mississippi Story</b> (briefly reviewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#booker">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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><b>Broke</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#broke">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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><b>Burn</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#capote">Capote</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/casinojack10.html">Casino Jack</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#casino">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/casinojack.html">Casino Jack And The United States Of Money</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#Jack">notes</a>.) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#cast">Cast Away</a> <dd><b>Cave of Forgotten Dreams</b> (briefly reviewed in <a href="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/the-best-of-2011">best of year</a>- scroll down) <img src="new.gif"> <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://www.film-forward.com/madoff.html">Chasing Madoff</a> <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://film-forward.com/history/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.com/">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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <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>Downeast</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Earth Made of Glass</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</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.com/">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://www.film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">2009 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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>) <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://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#feather">notes</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) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/firstgrader.html">The First Grader</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/israeli/footnote">Footnote (Hearat Shulayim)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#footn">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) <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.com/">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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Gnarr</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Wire.html#gnarr">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/good08.html">Good</a> <dd><b>The Good Life (Det gode liv)</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</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>Grandma, A Thousand Times (Teta, Alf Marra)</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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.com/">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://www.film-forward.com/heyboo.html">Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and <i>To Kill A Mockingbird</i></a> <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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/humanresource.html">The Human Resources Manager (Shlichuto Shel Hamemune Al Mashabei Enosh)</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff11.html">2011 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#humanmgr">note</a>.) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#mgr">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/the-hunter">The Hunter</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#hunter">notes</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><b>Incessant Visions: Letters From An Architect</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#visions">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#iris">Iris</a> <dd><a href="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/the-island-president">The Island President</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#island">notes</a>.) (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#Carter">notes</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><b>Lost Angels</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#lost">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#embrace">Lost Embrace (El Abrazo partido)</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/loot.html">Loot</a> <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://www.film-forward.com/lovelystill.html">Lovely, Still</a> <img src="new.gif"> <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.com/">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>) <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> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/neshoba.html">Neshoba: The Price Of Freedom</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#Nesh">notes</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> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/oldjoy.html">Old Joy</a> (emendations coming after 3/27/2007) <dd><b>Omar Killed Me (Omar m a tuer)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/film-festival/new-directorsnew-films-2012">2012 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#clearday">On A Clear Day</a> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/once-upon-a-time-in-anatolia">Once Upon A Time In Anatolia (Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#Anatolia">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.com/">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.com/">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><b>Revenge of the Electric Car</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>The Revisionaries</b> (briefly reviewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grandpaspit.html#revision">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/robertjay">Robert Jay Lifton: Nazi Doctors</a> <img src="new.gif"> <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><b>Semper Fi: Always Faithful</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt5.html">Final Roundup</a> of the 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#lies">Separate Lies</a> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/a-separation">A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)</a> (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#spang">Spanglish</a> <Dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/stillwalk.html">Still Walking (Aruitemo Aruitemo)</a> (also briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a> and in <a href="http://www.film-forward.com/best2009.html">best of year - scroll down</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://www.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.com/">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://film-forward.com/foreign/tyrannosaur">Tyrannosaur</a> (previewed at <i>2011 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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://film-forward.com/star-reviews/under-fire-journalists-in-combat">Under Fire: Journalists In Combat</a> <img src="new.gif"> <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><b>Wavumba</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/grownup.html#Kunstler">notes</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><b>100 Voices: A Journey Home</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#100">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) plus the sad follow-up <i>Silencing the Song: An Afghan Fallen Star</i>) <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><b>Andrew Bird: Fever Year</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/featured/new-york-film-festival-2011-part-2">2011 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#ant">note</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://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries: There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#russes">Ballet Russes</a> <dd><b>Ballroom Dancer</b> (briefly reviewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/documentary/bombay-beach">Bombay Beach</A> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#bombay">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/boy">Boy</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/brannue.html">Bran Nue Dae</A> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#bran">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/star-reviews/chico-rita">Chico & Rita</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#Chico">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#chorus">The Chorus (Les Choristes)</a> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/come-back-africa-1959">Come Back, Africa</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Africa">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#company">The Company</a> <dd><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/concert.html">Le Concert</A> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#concert">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/control.html">Control</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#wet">note</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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#dark">note</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.com/">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>George Harrison: Living In The Material World</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/featured/new-york-film-festival-2011-part-2">2011 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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.com/">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><b>God Bless Ozzy Osbourne</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt5.html">Final Roundup</a> of the 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</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://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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#great">note</a>.) <dd><b>El Gusto</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/guyand.html">Guy And Madeline On A Park Bench</A> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/gypsycar.html">Gypsy Caravan: When The Road Bends& </A> (emendations coming after 12/15/2007) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#road">note</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><b>Hit So Hard: The Life and Near-Death Story of Drummer Patty Schemel</b> (briefly reviewed at <i>2011 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#hitso">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://film-forward.com/documentary/music/how-to-grow-a-band">How To Grow A Band</a> <img src="new.gif"> <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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#loud">note</a>.) <dd><b>Iraq  N Roll</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#Iraq">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/john-mellencamp-its-about-you">It s About You</a> My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#John">notes</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><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/last-days-here">Last Days Here</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Last Play at Shea</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries: There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#laurel">Laurel Canyon</a> <dd><b>Lea and Darija</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#Lea">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#songs">note</a>.) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#madhot">Mad Hot Ballroom</a> <b>Mahler on the Couch (Mahler auf der Couch)</b></A> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff11.html">2011 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#Mahler">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Mama Africa</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt5.html">Final Roundup</a> of the 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#marH">Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School</a> <dd><b>Mary Lou (Tamid oto chalom) (</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#Mary">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/the-miners-hymns">The Miners' Hymns</a> (plus <b>The Great Flood</b> and <b>Decasia</b>) (also <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#miners">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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>My Song Goes Round The World</b> (revival briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</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.com/">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/persiancats.html">No One Knows About Persian Cats (Kasi Az Gorbehaye Irani Khabar Nadareh)</a> (see 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) <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.com/">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>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nowhereboy.html">Nowhere Boy</A> <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>Once Upon A Lullabye</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#lull">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Only When I Dance</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Paris 36 (Faubourg 36)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/rendez-vous09.html">Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2009</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/passione.html">Passione</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#pass">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/perfectage.html">The Perfect Age Of Rock  N Roll</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#perfect">Notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#phantom">Phantom of the Opera</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/philochs.html">Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune </a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Ochs">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/piano.html">The Piano In A Factory (Gang De Qin)</a> <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/documentary/pina">Pina</a> (previewed in 3D at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#phc">A Prairie Home Companion</a> <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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</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/rejoice.html">Rejoice And Shout</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#rejoice">notes</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://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries: There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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://www.film-forward.com/saintmisbehavin.html">Saint Misbehavin : The Wavy Gravy Movie</a> <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt5.html">There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#drugs">notes</a>.) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#slip">A Slipping Down Life</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/smalltown.html">Small Town Murder Songs<a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>'s <i>2011 Canadian Front</i>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#small">notes</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://www.film-forward.com/soulpower.html">Soul Power</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival)</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/sound-of-noise">Sound Of Noise (Brzmienie Halasu)</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#low">Sweet and Lowdown</a> <Dd><b>Talihina Sky: The Story Of Kings Of Leon</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt5.html">Final Roundup</a> of the 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/talktome.html">Talk To Me</a> (emendations coming after 1/11/2008)</i> <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/blowfly.html">The Weird World Of Blowfly</a> <img src="new.gif"> <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) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/moviemusic.html#wet">notes</a>.) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/whatwedo.html">What We Do Is Secret</a> <dd><b>When The Drum Is Beating</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt5.html">Final Roundup</a> of the 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <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.com/">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> <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/featured/american-teacher">American Teacher</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#astoria">Astoria</a> <img src="new.gif"> <Dd><b>The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) (Context/Part 2 is <b>Lost Bohemia</b> previewed at 2010 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/blackpower.html">The Black Power Mix Tape 1967-1975</a> (previewed at <i>2011 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <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><b>Catching Hell</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt5.html">Final Roundup</a> of the 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/daddylong.html">Daddy Longlegs</a> <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> <b>Dressing America: Tales From The Garment Center</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#garment">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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><b>Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie</b> (briefly reviewed at 2012 <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#downey">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <img src="new.gif"> <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><b>Foreign Parts</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyff10pt3.html">2010 New York Film Festival</a> of<A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/gasland.html">Gasland</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Gerrymandering</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries: There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Gimme The Loot</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/film-festival/new-directorsnew-films-2012">2012 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#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://film-forward.com/documentary/how-much-does-your-building-weigh-mr-foster">How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#Foster">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>If A Tree Falls: A Story Of Earth Liberation Front</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#tree">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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://www.film-forward.com/insidejob.html">Inside Job</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#job">notes</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><b>The List</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#list">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#love">Love</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/loveetc.html">Love Etc.</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#etc">notes</a>.) <dd><b>Love Hate Love</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt5.html">Final Roundup</a> of the 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/recommended/magrin-call">Margin Call</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#margin">note</a>.) (previewed at <i>2011 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</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><b>New York Thanks You</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt5.html">Final Roundup</a> of the 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#fine">One Fine Day</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/onthebowery.html">On The Bowery/The Perfect Team: The Making Of <i>On The Bowery</i></a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/orthodox.html">Orthodox Stance</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/otherwoman.html">The Other Woman </a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#other">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><b>An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/film-festival/new-directorsnew-films-2012">2012 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#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://film-forward.com/tribeca-film-festival/portrait-of-wally">Portrait of Wally</a> (previewed at the 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#wally">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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><b>Renée</b> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#renee">note</a>.) (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#renee">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <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><b>Sexy Baby</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribecas-award-winning-docs">Award-Winning Docs</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#sexy">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <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> <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://film-forward.com/recommended/to-be-heard">To Be Heard</a> (previewed at 2010 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#heard">notes</a>.) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/todaysspecial.html">Today s Special</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#special">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/history/wasteland.html">Waste Land (Lixo extgraordinário)</a> (previewed at 2010 <i>Premiere Brazil!</i> series at <A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#waste">notes</a>.) <dd><b>Welcome To Kutsher s: The Last Catskills Resort</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#kutsh">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/nyny.html#whiz">notes</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.com/">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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#animal">notes</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>) <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.com/">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><b>Dreileben: Beats Being Dead (Etwas Besseres als den Tod), Don t Follow Me Around (Komm mir nicht nach), One Minute of Darkness (Eine Minute Dunkel)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/featured/new-york-film-festival-2011-part-2">2011 New York Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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://www.film-forward.com/fiftydead.html">Fifty Dead Men</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.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) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#beat">note</a>.) <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://film-forward.com/documentary/incendiary-the-willingham-case">Incendiary: The Willingham Case</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#incend">note</a>.)<img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/star-reviews/into-the-abyss">Into the Abyss</a> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.docnyc.net/">Doc NYC Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#abyss">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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>Mesrine: Part 1 (Mesrine, L instinct de mort Mesrine)</b> and <b>Part 2 (Mesrine, L ennemi public no. 1)</b> (previewed at <i>2009 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema</i> at <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (briefly reviewed in <a href="http://www.film-forward.com/best2010.html">best of 2010 - scroll down</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.com/">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://film-forward.com/foreign/the-other-israel-festival-2011">Naomi (Hitpartzut X)</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">2011 Other Israel Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Naomi">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <img src="new.gif"> <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://www.film-forward.com/redhill.html">Red Hill</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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#red">notes</a>.) <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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 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) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#atones">note</a>.) <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><b>Benji</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#benji">note</a>.)<img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#best">The Best Man</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/betrayal.html">The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)</a> <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><b>Better This World</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#better">note</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://film-forward.com/star-reviews/bully">Bully</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#bully">notes</a>.) (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/BuriedLand.html">Buried Land</A> (seen at 2010 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#bust">note</a>.) <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><dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/colors.html">The Colors Of The Mountain (Los Colores De La Montaña)</a> <img src="new.gif"> <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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#dans">note</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><b>Donoma</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/film-festival/new-directorsnew-films-2012">2012 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#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.com/">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.com/">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.com/">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><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/the-forgiveness-of-blood">The Forgiveness Of Blood (Falja E Gjakut)</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#blood">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Freetime Machos</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries:</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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.com/">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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#water">notes</a>.) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#holy">The Holy Girl (La Niña santa)</a> <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/the-other-israel-festival-2011">Homecoming</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">2011 Other Israel Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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.com/">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/ifiwantto.html">If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle (Eu Cand Vreau Sa Fluier, Fluier)</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://www.film-forward.com/interr.html">The Interrupters</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#interr">notes</a>.) (Why <a href="http://MavensNest.net/Wire.html">The Wire</a> references.) <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://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries: There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#likeus">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Keep Surfing</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#keepsurf">note</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> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#leb">notes</a>.) <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.com/">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://www.film-forward.com/louder.html">Louder Than A Bomb</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2010">2010 DocuWeeks</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#bomb">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <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><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/dhobighat.html">Mumbai Diaries (Dhobi Ghat)<a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#Mumbai">note</a>.) <dd><b>My Dear Enemy (Meotjin haru)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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 woman.) <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://www.film-forward.com/mythamer.html">The Myth Of The American Sleepover</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#sleep">notes</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><b>On The Mat</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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.com/">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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">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><b>Planet of Snail</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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://www.film-forward.com/budrusrachel.html">Rachel</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Rachel">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/racingdreams.html">Racing Dreams</a> (also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#racing">notes</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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#salt">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#salt">note</a>.) <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://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3: Family Ties Around the World</a>, of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>, and briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.jewishnh.org/reporter/2011/dec.pdf">The NH Jewish Film Buzz</a>, at page 21) <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.com/">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://film-forward.com/foreign/the-other-israel-festival-2011">Shout</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">2011 Other Israel Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><b>Splinters</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt5.html">Final Roundup</a> of the 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <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>The Team</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hrwff11.html">2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival</a>, dedicated in memory to my activist dad) <dd><b>Team Qatar</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt2.html">Part 2: The Kids Are Alright</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#tiger">Tigerland</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#thumb">Thumbsucker</a> <dd><b>Town of Runners</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/foreign/turn-me-on-dammit">Turn Me On, Goddamit (Få meg på, for faen!)</a> (previewed at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#turn">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <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://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries: There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/unsettle.html">Unsettled</a> (emendations coming after 11/8/2008) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#unsettle">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><b>Unmade Beds</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.com/">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/uptheyan.html">Up The Yangtze</a> (emendations coming after 11/1/2008) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#virgin">Virgin Suicides</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/wackness.html">The Wackness</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#wack">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#cat">When the Cat's Away (Chacun cherche son chat)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/winterwar.html">Winter In Wartime (Oorlogswinter)<a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#winter">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Winter Vacation (Han Jia)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf11.html">2011 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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/wonderfultown.html">Wonderful Town</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#womanis">Woman Is the Future of Man (Yeojaneun namjaui miraeda)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/teens.html#mama">Y tu mamá también</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/zerobridge.html">Zero Bridge</a> <img src="new.gif"> <br><br><A NAME=popcorn><b><A HREF="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html"><b>POPCORN EATERS</b></b></A><br> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#40">The 40 Year Old Virgin</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#alex">Alexander</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#outlaws">American Outlaws</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#given">Any Given Sunday</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#apres">Après vous...</a> <dd><b>The Artist</b> (briefly reviewed in <a href="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/the-best-of-2011">best of year</a>- scroll down) (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#assault">Assault on Precinct 13</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#aviator">The Aviator</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#bandits">Bandits</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#grendel">Beowulf & Grendel</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#fish">Big Fish</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#sky">Bigger Piece of Sky</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#hawk">Black Hawk Down</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#bourne">The Bourne Identity</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#bourne2">The Bourne Supremacy</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/boxinggym.html">Boxing Gym</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#box">notes</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#catch">Catch Me If You Can</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#4charlie">Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#chick">Chicken Run</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#cold">Cold Mountain</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#cooler">The Cooler</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#cristo">The Count of Monte Cristo</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#crimen">Crimen ferpecto</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#dudley">Dudley Do-Right</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#8">Eight Below</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#elling">Elling</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#enemy">Enemy at the Gates</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#erin">Erin Brockovich</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#fight">Fight Club</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#nemo">Finding Nemo</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#finnev">Finding Neverland</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#fire">Firewall</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#flight">Flight of the Phoenix</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#flight">Flightplan</a> <dd><b>The Fly (Mukha)</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.com/">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.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#4bros">Four Brothers</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#four">Four Feathers</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/freakonomics.html">Freakonomics</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#lights">Friday Night Lights</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#gift">The Gift</a> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-2011">The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#dragon">note</a>.) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/girltattoo.html">The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Flickan Som Lekte Med Elden)</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/hornetsnest.html">The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest (Luftslottet Som Sprängdes)</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/girlwhoplayed.html">The Girl Who Played With Fire (Män Som Hatar Kvinnor)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#glory">Glory Road</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#Lenin">Goodbye, Lenin!</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#fingers">Greenfingers</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/grocerss.html">The Grocer s Son (Le Fils de l épicier)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#endings">Happy Endings</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#happy">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#hart">Hart's War</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#head">Head On (Gegen die Wand)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#heist">The Heist</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#lovesme">He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (À la folie... pas du tout)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#hero">Hero (Ying xiong)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#hidalgo">Hidalgo</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#holes">Holes</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#castle">Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#iceage">Ice Age</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#huck">I Heart Huckabees</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#stories">Intimate Stories (Historias mínimas)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#job">The Italian Job</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#joy">Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#arthur">King Arthur</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#koh">Kingdom of Heaven</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#knight">A Knight's Tale</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#49">Ladder 49</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/lassie.html">Lassie</a> (emendations coming after 3/1/2007) <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#sam">The Last Samurai</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#bagger">The Legend of Bagger Vance</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#made">Made</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#gottado">A Man's Gotta Do</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#past">Man Without A Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#penguins">March of the Penguins (La Marche de l'empereur)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#zorro">The Mask of Zorro</a> <dd><b>Masquerades (Mascarades)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#stick">Matchstick Men</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#millions">Millions</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#mms">Mr. & Mrs. Smith</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#murderb">Murderball</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#numb">Murder By Numbers</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#mm">Mystery Men</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#nanny">Nanny McPhee</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#nappy">Napoleon Dynamite</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#kelly">Ned Kelly</a> <dd><b>Newsmakers (Goryachie novosti)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival)</a>) (Russian remake of <a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/noir.html#news">Breaking News (Dai si gein)</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>North (Nord)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/notquite.html">Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story Of Ozploitation!</A> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#oliver">Oliver Twist</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.netpopcorn.html#12">Ocean's 12</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/opaldrea.html">Opal Dream</a> (emendations coming after 4/22/2007)</i> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#range">Open Range</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#water">Open Water</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#patriot">The Patriot</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/peepli.html">Peepli Live</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#peepli">notes</a>.) <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#storm">The Perfect Storm</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#booth">Phone Booth</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#pearl">Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#prince">Prince of Egypt</a> <dd><b>Rabies (Kalevet)</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#rabies">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#recruit">The Recruit</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#redeye">Red Eye</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#dorado">The Road to El Dorado</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#robots">Robots</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#rookie">The Rookie</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#run">Run Lola Run (Lola rennt)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#jury">Runaway Jury</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#save">Saving Private Ryan</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#schizo">Schizo (Shiza)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#biscuit">Seabiscuit</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#shark">Shark Tale</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#snatch">Snatch</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#state">State and Main</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#stolen">Stolen Summer</a> <dd><b>The Swimsuit Issue (Allt flyter)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (see with the real-life version <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/men-who-swim/">Men Who Swim</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#lives">Taking Lives</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#tarz">Tarzan</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/tencanoe.html">Ten Canoes</a> (emendations coming after 11/1/2007) <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#thank">Thank You for Smoking</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#thin">Thin Red Line</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#tom">Thomas Crown Affair</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#3kings">Three Kings</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#tit">Titanic</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#togetherchin">Together (He ni zai yi qi)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#toy2">Toy Story 2</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#tris">Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#troy">Troy</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#leash">Unleashed</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#up">Up and Down (Horem pádem)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#van">The Van</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#village">The Village</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#were">Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#warrior">The Warrior</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#warriors">Warriors of Heaven and Earth (Tian di ying xiong)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#wed">Wedding Crashers</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#beneath">What Lies Beneath</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#nine">The Whole Nine Yards</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#fastest">The World's Fastest Indian</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/popcorn.html#blind">Zatôichi: The Blind Swordsman</a> <br><br><A NAME=randj><b><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html"><b>ROMEO AND JULIET ACROSS THE ETHNIC DIVIDE</b></b></A> <dd><b>35 Shots of Rum (35 Rhums)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/rendez-vous09.html">2009 Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2009</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/the-other-israel-festival-2011">77 Steps</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">2011 Other Israel Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#steps">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/adoration.html">Adoration</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#adorat">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.com/">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><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/altiplano.html">Altiplano</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Amreeka</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.com/">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/arbor.html">The Arbor</a> (also briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt4.html">Recommended Documentaries</a> at<A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#arbor">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Artificial Paradises</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#dust">Ask the Dust</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#dust">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><b>Autumn (Sonbahar)</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.com/">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/badday.html">Bad Day To Go Fishing (Mal Día Para Pescar)</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/bandsvis.html">The Band s Visit (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret)</a> (emendations coming after 2/7/2008) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/barneysversion.html">Barney s Version</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#barney">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#country">Beautiful Country</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#bee">Bee Season</a> <Dd><b>Belle Épine</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf11.html">2011 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#belle">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#beckham">Bend It Like Beckham</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#bes">Besieged</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#honor">Beyond Honor</a> <dd><b>Beyond the Ocean (Les oiseaux du ciel)</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.com/">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/randj.html#greek">Big Fat Greek Wedding</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><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/bottleshock.html">Bottle Shock</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#bottle">notes</a>.) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/bubble.html">The Bubble (Ha- Buah)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#bubble">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><b>Burning in the Sun</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.com/">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/randj.html#clouds">Christmas in the Clouds</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#crazy">crazy/beautiful</a> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/new-york-film-festival/a-dangerous-method">A Dangerous Method</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#method">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) (previewed at <i>2011 New York Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/darkmatt.html">Dark Matter</a> (emendations coming after 10/11/2008) (previewed at the <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> <i>9th Film Comment Selects</i>) <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/the-other-israel-festival-2011">David and Kamal</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">2011 Other Israel Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#DandK">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/deathinlove.html">Death In Love</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#death">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/disgrace.html">Disgrace</a> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/the-other-israel-festival-2011">Dolphin Boy</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">2011 Other Israel Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#dolphin">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><b>Eden Is West (Eden à l ouest)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/rendez-vous09.html">Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2009</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/familylaw.html">Family Law (Derecho de familia)</a> (emendations coming after 5/8/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#stone">The Family Stone</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/flyingco.html">Flying: Confessions Of A Free Woman</a> (emendations coming after 1/4/2008) (a TV mini-series, not a movie) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#fond">Ae Fond Kiss</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/forgiveness.html">Forgiveness (Mechilot)</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/formyfather.html">For My Father (Sof Shavua B'tel Aviv)</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#formy">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/fratrici.html">Fratricide (Brudermord)</a> (emendations coming after 2/23/2007) <dd><b>Frontier Blues</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.com/">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/fugitive.html">Fugitive Pieces</a> (emendations coming after 11/2/2008) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#fugi">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/giftstalin.html">The Gift To Stalin (Podarok Stalinu)<a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#Stalin">note</a>.) (Also briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/nyjff09.html">2009 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#zucker">Go for Zucker! (Alles auf Zucker!)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/greenberg.html">Greenberg</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#hool">Green Street Hooligans</a> <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.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#heights">Heights</a> <dd><b>Here and There (Tamo i ovde)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#holy">The Holy Land</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>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#hotel">Hotel Rwanda</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/incendies.html">Incendies</a> (previewed at <i>2011 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#shoes">In Her Shoes</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/iraabby.html">Ira & Abby</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#ira">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <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> in <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) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#japanese">Japanese Story<a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/jerichow.html">Jerichow</a> <dd><b>Joann Sfar Draws From Memory</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#Sfar">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#june">Junebug</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#kings">Kings and Queen (Rois et Reine)</a> <dd><b>The Kite (Patang)</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#lastlife">Last Life in the Universe (Ruang rak noi nid mahasan)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/leavesgrass.html">Leaves of Grass</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#grass">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#lila">Lila Says (Lila dit ça)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#littlef">Little Fish</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/littletraitor.html">The Little Traitor </a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#littlet">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) (Seen at <A HREF="http://ny.israelfilmfestival.com/the-festival/">2008 Israel Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/liveandb.html">Live And Become (Va, Vis Et Deviens)</a> (View it with its non-fiction counterpart <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#Idan">Black On White: The Idan Raichel Project</a>, as seen at the 2008 NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival.) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#live">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><a HREF="http://film-forward.com/star-reviews/london-river">London River</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#LondonR">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#alibra">Looking for Alibrandi</a> <dd><b>Love During Wartime</b> (<A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt3.html">briefly reviewed</a> at 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#lwd">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>The Loving Story</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff11pt5.html">Final Roundup</a> of the 2011 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Majority (Çogunluk)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf11.html">2011 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>Man Without A Cell Phone (Bidoun Mobile)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/ndnf11.html">2011 New Directors/New Films</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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/marymax.html">Mary and Max</A> (seen at <i>2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#size">A Matter of Size (Sipur Gadol)</a> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt1.html">Part 1 Recommendations</a> of <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#fockers">Meet the Fockers</a>/<b>Little Fockers</b> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/memoryth.html">The Memory Thief</a> (emendations coming after 11/9/2008) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#thief">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd>Mendy: A Question of Faith (<a href="http://www.film-forward.com/mendy.html">DVD review  scroll down</a>) (emendations coming after 9/13/2007) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#merchant">Merchant of Venice</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/miriam.html">Miriam</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#martha">Mostly Martha (Bella Martha)</a> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/movingmidway.html">Moving Midway</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>My Father Evgeni</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/the-2012-new-york-jewish-film-festival">2012 New York Jewish Film Festival</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#Evgeni">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <img src="new.gif"> <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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#newW">The New World</a> <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) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#outsider">The Outsider</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#petite">La Petite Jerusalem (Little Jerusalem)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#pillow">Pillow Book</a> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/the-other-israel-festival-2011">A Place Of Her Own</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">2011 Other Israel Film Festival</a>) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#place">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#prime">Prime</a> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/the-other-israel-festival-2011">The Promise  Part 1</a> (previewed at <A HREF="http://www.otherisrael.org/">2011 Other Israel Film Festival</a>) (a TV mini-series) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#promise">commentary</a> on the Jewish women) <img src="new.gif"> <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.com/">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) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#purple">Purple Butterfly (Zi hudie)</a> <dd>Quinceañera (<a href="http://www.film-forward.com/quincean.html">DVD review  scroll down</a>) <dd><b>Queen To Play (Joueuse)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff09pt3.html">Part 3 Family Ties Around The World</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2009 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/rachelgetting.html">Rachel Getting Married</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#curves">Real Women Have Curves</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#doors">Red Doors</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#romeo">Romeo and Juliet</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#rosen">Rosenstrasse</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#shrek">Shrek</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#shrek2">Shrek 2</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/skin.html">Skin</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#skin">notes</a>.) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#snow">Snow Falling on Cedars</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#some">Something New</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#snew">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/spokenword.html">Spoken Word</a> (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#word">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/surfwise.html">Surfwise</a> (emendations coming after 11/8/2008) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#surfw">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#syrian">The Syrian Bride</a> <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/tickling.html">Tickling Leo</a> (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#leo">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) (For background clarification, see <a href="http://www.film-forward.com/killingk.html">Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#toll">The Tollbooth</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#suite">À Tout de Suite (Right Now)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#trans">Transamerica</a> <dd><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/Ultimatum.html">Ultimatum</A> (seen at <i>2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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#ultimat">commentary</a> on the Jewish women.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/underthebombs.html">Under The Bombs (Sous les bombes)</a> <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.com/">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.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#vaser">Vasermil</a> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://www.jewishnh.org/reporter/2011/dec.pdf">The NH Jewish Film Buzz</a>, at page 21) <dd><A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/vidalsassoon.html">Vidal Sassoon: The Movie</a> (also briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/history/tff10pt5.html">Recommended Documentaries: There's No Business Like the Celebrity Business</a> at <A HREF="http://www.http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">2010 Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#vidal">note</a>.) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#sass">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><b>The Virgin, the Copts and Me (La Vierges, les Coptes et Moi)</b> (briefly reviewed in <A HREF="http://film-forward.com/documentary/tribeca-film-festival-2012-documentaries">Documentaries</a> at 2012 <A HREF="http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/">Tribeca Film Festival</a>) (My additional <a href="http://mavensnest.net/randj.html#copts">note</a>.) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://film-forward.com/foreign/where-do-we-go-now">Where Do We Go Now? (Et Maintenant On Va Où?)</a> (previewed at <i>2012 New Directors/New Films</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">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/whitewedding.html">White Wedding</a> <img src="new.gif"> <dd><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/withinwhirlwind.html">Within the Whirlwind</A> (seen at <i>2010 New York Jewish Film Festival</i> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/">The Jewish Museum</a>) <img src="new.gif"> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/witnesse.html">The Witnesses (Les Témoins)</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/wondrous.html">Wondrous Oblivion</a> (emendations coming after 4/3/2007) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/worldunseen.html">The World Unseen</a> <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/yearmypa.html">The Year My Parents Went On Vacation (O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias)</a> (emendations coming after 8/15/2008) (<i>So, nu</i>: my <a href="http://mavensnest.net/Lilith.html#yearmy">commentary</a> on the Jewish woman) <br><br> <A NAME=crowe><b><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/crowe.html"><b>And then there's RUSSELL CROWE</b></b></A> <br><br> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#mind">A Beautiful Mind</a> (with background info) <dd><a href="http://www.film-forward.com/braboys.html">Bra Boys</a> (emendations coming after 10/11/2008) <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#break">Breaking Up</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#christ">Brides of Christ</a> (OK, an episode of a TV mini-series, not a movie) <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#cman">Cinderella Man</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#cross">The Crossing</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#eff">Efficiency Expert</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#moment">For the Moment</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/croweglad.html">Gladiator</a> (with various appreciations of it as a "Chick Flick") <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#agy">A Good Year</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#heaven">Heaven's Burning</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#insider">The Insider</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#conf">L.A. Confidential</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowemandc.html">Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World</a> -- (with marketing analyses)<br> (<a href="http://www.m80teams.com/?TDo4NjU=">You can buy the two DVD set with deleted scenes and swimming views of Crowe.)</a> <br> <img src="master_banner_468x60_v2.jpg"> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#alaska">Mystery, Alaska</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#noway">No Way Back</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#proof">Proof</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#oflife">Proof of Life</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#quick">The Quick and the Dead</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#romp">Romper Stomper</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#rough">Rough Magic</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#brumby">The Silver Brumby: King of the Wild Stallions</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#state">State of Play</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#sum">The Sum of Us</a> <dd><a href="http://www.mavensnest.net/crowefilms.html#virtu">Virtuousity</a> <br><br> <A NAME=scifi><b><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html"><b>SCI-FI and FANTASY from A DISTAFF POV</b></b></A><br> <dd><A HREF="http://www.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.com/">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><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#later">28 Days Later. . .</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#anti">Antitrust</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#ai">Artificial Intelligence</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#batman">Batman Begins</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#blair">Blair Witch Project</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#future">Bright Future (Akarui mirai)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#grimm">The Brothers Grimm</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#narnia1">The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#code">Code 46</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#cube">Cube</a> <dd><b>Cold Souls</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.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>/<A HREF="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/past.html/">MoMA</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#darko">Donnie Darko</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#elektra">Elektra</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#5th">Fifth Element</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#final">The Final Cut</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#frequency">Frequency</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#earthto">From the Earth to the Moon</a> (a TV mini-series, not a movie) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#gat">Gattaca</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#green">The Green Mile</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#potter">Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#potter2">Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#potter3">Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#potter4">Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#hell">Hellboy</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#hitch">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy </a> <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.com/">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/scifi.html#hulk">The Hulk</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#impost">Imposter</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#incred">The Incredibles</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#irobot">I, Robot</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#iron">Iron Giant</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#iron">Iron Island (Jazireh ahani)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#island">The Island</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#bill">Kill Bill, Volume 1</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#bill2">Kill Bill, Volume 2</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#kong">King Kong</a> <dd><b>Un lac</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/fcselects10.html">2010 Film Comment Selects</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#land">Land of the Dead</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#last">Last Night</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#lotr">Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#towers">Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#king">Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#matrix">The Matrix</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#reload">The Matrix Reloaded</a> (with a response to <i>Wall Street Journal</i> commentary) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#revol">The Matrix Revolutions</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#report">Minority Report</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#watch">Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#thing">No Such Thing</a> <dd><b>Nucingen House (La maison Nucingen)</b> (briefly reviewed at <A HREF="http://www.film-forward.com/fcselects10.html">2010 Film Comment Selects</a> of <A HREF="http://www.filmlinc.com/">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a>) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#check">Paycheck</a><dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#pitch">Pitch Black</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#apes">Planet of the Apes</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#post">The Postman</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#primer">Primer</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#puzzle">Puzzlehead</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#robot">Robot Stories</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#seren">Serenity</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#vamp">Shadow of the Vampire</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#shaun">Shaun of the Dead</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#signs">Signs</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#sleepy">Sleepy Hollow</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#solaris">Solaris</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#sw">Star Wars: Episode I -Phantom Menace</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#clones">Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#sith">Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#taken">Taken</a> (a TV mini-series, not a movie) <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#term">Terminator</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#T3">Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#thomas">Thomas In Love (Thomas est amoureux)</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#machine">Time Machine</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#vend">V for Vendetta</a> <dd><A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/valhalla.html">Valhalla Rising</A> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#van">Van Helsing</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#woth">War of the Worlds</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#xmen">X Men</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#xmen2">X2: X Men United</a> <dd><a href="http://mavensnest.net/scifi.html#zath">Zathura</a> <br><br> <br><br><A HREF="http://earthwize.org/wordpress/directortalk/">Recommended interviews: Director Talk.</A><br><br> </b>As George Kaufman said about the Marx Brothers' performing his play <i>Animal Crackers</i>, hold on I recognized some of my words in <i>The New York Times</i> on 1/29/2006:<br> To the Editor Re <i>Is Foreign Film the New Endangered Species?</i> [1/22/2006]: <dd><A HREF="http://blogs.indiewire.com/anthony/">Anthony Kaufman</a> s article didn't present the views of us patrons. The no-guts-no-glory distributors seem to base their decisions on a few [sic - I said one or two] weeks of screenings in Manhattan; outside Manhattan, we have to jump the one week the films do appear. Then there are the inadequately translated subtitles, which are hard to read. In <a href="http://mavensnest.net/noir.html#cache">Caché (Hidden)</a> there are frustrating scenes with white-on-white letters. No wonder foreign-film fans give up in favor of Netflix. <Dd>Nora Lee Mandel, Forest Hills, N.Y.<br><br> <center><i>At this very moment thousands of people are surfing the Web looking for genetic material so their children will be nothing like me. . . .In a world in which Brad Pitt is average, say farewell to loneliness, sublimation and nerds witty bids for attention. In a world in which everyone is smart, good-looking and pleasant, everyone will be fit to perform in hit movies, but no one will be fit to review them.</i> <br>-- David Brooks, <I>The New York Times</i>, 6/15/2007<br> <br> </center> <A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/television.html">To Mandel Maven's Nest Television Remote Patrol</A> <br><br> <A HREF="http://mavensnest.net/radio.html">To Mandel Maven's Nest Music Tips: Radio Not Just For Listening</A> <br><br> <A HREF="http://mavensnest.net">To the Mandel/Shultz Maven's Nest</A><br><br> Comments, corrections, additions, questions welcome! Contact Nora Lee at <A Href="mailto:mandelshultz@yahoo.com">mandelshultz@yahoo.com</A><br><br> Copyright (c) 2012<br><br> <br><br> </body></html>