my year in film, 2009

Roughly alphabetically by title:

  • 4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days), directed by Cristian Mungiu
  • 35 rhums (35 Shots of Rum), dir. Claire Denis
  • 36 vues du Pic Saint Loup (Around a Small Mountain), dir. Jacques Rivette
  • 42nd Street, dir. Lloyd Bacon
  • 7915 km, dir. Nikolaus Geyrhalter
  • Los abrazos rotos (Broken Embraces), dir. Pedro Almodóvar
  • Adam’s Rib, dir. George Cukor
  • Age of Consent, dir. Michael Powell
  • Al di là delle nuvole (Beyond the Clouds), dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
  • Les amants (The Lovers), dir. Louis Malle
  • Amor pedestre (Love Afoot), dir. Marcel Fabre
  • An Education, dir. Lone Scherfig
  • Anvil! The Story of Anvil, dir. Sacha Gervasi
  • ¡Átame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!), dir. Pedro Almodóvar
  • Avatar, dir. James Cameron
  • Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (The Baader Meinhof Complex), dir. Uli Edel
  • Baby Face, dir. Alfred E. Green
  • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, dir. Werner Herzog
  • The Bad Seed, dir. Mervyn LeRoy
  • Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten (Ballad of the Little Soldier), dir. Werner Herzog
  • Berlin Alexanderplatz, dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Berlin Alexanderplatz, dir. Phil Jutzi
  • Boom, dir. Joseph Losey
  • The Breakfast Club, dir. John Hughes
  • Brüno, dir. Larry Charles
  • Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, dir. John Krasinski
  • By Candlelight, dir. James Whale
  • Cerný Petr (Black Peter), dir Miloš Forman 
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade, dir. Tony Richardson
  • La cifra impar (Odd Number), dir. Manuel Antin
  • Cold Souls, dir. Sophie Barthes
  • Cortázar (Celestial Clockwork), dir. Tristán Bauer
  • Dames, dir. Ray Enright
  • Des pieds et des mains (Feet and Hands), dir. Jacques Feyder & Gaston Ravel
  • Desk Set, dir. Walter Lang
  • Detour, dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
  • Les diaboliques, dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
  • District 9, dir. Neill Blomkamp
  • Il divo, dir. Paolo Sorrentino
  • The Divorcée, dir. Robert Z. Leonard
  • Donald Judd’s Marfa, Texas, dir. Christopher Felver
  • Dracula, dir. Tod Browning
  • L’École des facteurs, dir. Jacques Tati
  • ゆきゆきて、神軍 (The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On), dir. Kazuo Hara
  • Entre les murs (The Class), dir. Laurent Cantet
  • Excelsior, dir. Luca Comerio
  • Fados, dir. Carlos Saura
  • Fait-divers (A Collection of Facts), dir. Claude Autant-Lara
  • Fantômas – À l’ombre de la guillotine, dir. Louis Feuillade
  • Fast, Cheap & out of Control, dir. Errol Morris
  • La flor de mi secreto (The Flower of My Secret), dir. Pedro Almodóvar
  • Food, Inc., dir. Robert Kenner
  • Footlight Parade, dir. Lloyd Bacon
  • Frauennot – Frauenglück (Misery and Fortune of Women), dir. Sergei M. Eisenstein & Grigori Aleksandrov
  • A Free Soul, dir. Clarence Brown
  • The Gang’s All Here, dir. Busby Berkeley
  • Gasherbrum – Der leuchtende Berg (The Dark Glow of the Mountains), dir. Werner Herzog
  • Gods and Monsters, dir. Bill Condon
  • Gold Diggers in Paris, dir. Busby Berkeley
  • Gold Diggers of 1933, dir. Mervyn LeRoy
  • Gold Diggers of 1935, dir. Busby Berkeley
  • Gold Diggers of 1937, dir. Lloyd Bacon
  • Gomorra, dir. Matteo Garrone
  • Hallelujah, I’m a Bum!, dir. Lewis Milestone
  • The Hangover, dir. Todd Phillips
  • Hapax Legomenon I: (nostalgia), dir. Hollis Frampton
  • Hapax Legomenon II: Poetic Justice, dir. Hollis Frampton
  • Hapax Legomenon III: Critical Mass, dir. Hollis Frampton
  • Hapax Legomenon IV: Traveling Matte, dir. Hollis Frampton
  • Hapax Legomenon V: Ordinary Matter, dir. Hollis Frampton
  • Hapax Legomenon VI: Remote Control, dir. Hollis Frampton
  • Hapax Legomenon VII: Special Effects, dir. Hollis Frampton
  • Happy-Go-Lucky, dir. Mike Leigh
  • Hollywood Hotel, dir. Busby Berkeley
  • The Impatient Maiden, dir. James Whale
  • In a Lonely Place, dir. Nicholas Ray
  • In the Loop, dir. Armando Iannucci
  • The Informant!, dir. Steven Soderbergh
  • The Invisible Man, dir. James Whale
  • It Happened One Night, dir. Frank Captra
  • Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, dir. Chantal Akerman
  • Jerichow, dir. Christian Petzold
  • Jungfrukällan (The Virgin Spring), dir. Ingmar Bergman
  • Kika, dir. Pedro Almodóvar
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman, dir. Hector Babenco
  • Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in), dir. Tomas Alfredson
  • La ley del deseo (Law of Desire), dir. Pedro Almodóvar
  • Libeled Lady, dir. Jack Conway
  • Love Story 2050, dir. Harry Baweja 
  • Die Macht der Bilder: Leni Riefenstahl (The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl), dir. Ray Müller
  • Made in U.S.A., dir. Jean-Luc Godard
  • Massnahmen gegen Fanatiker (Precautions against Fanatics), dir. Werner Herzog
  • Medicine for Melancholy, dir. Barry Jenkins
  • Mentiras piadosas (Made Up Memories), dir. Diego Sabanés
  • Model Shop, dir. Jacques Demy
  • Mon oncle, dir. Jacques Tati
  • La mujer sin cabeza (The Headless Woman), dir. Lucrecia Martel
  • Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown), dir. Pedro Almodóvar
  • My Dinner with Andre, dir. Louis Malle
  • My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?, dir. Werner Herzog
  • Night Nurse, dir. William A. Wellman
  • The Nightmare before Christmas, dir. Henry Selick
  • Nosotros, los pobres, dir. Ismael Rodríguez
  • Now, Voyager, dir. Irving Rapper
  • Of Time and the City, dir. Terrence Davies
  • The Old Dark House, dir. James Whale
  • Olympia, dir. Leni Riefenstahl
  • Out of the Past, dir. Jacques Tourneur
  • La passion de Jeanne d’Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc), dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
  • Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, dir. Tim Burton
  • Le plaisir, dir. Max Ophuls
  • Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea, dir. Chris Metzler & Jeff Springer
  • Plastic Bag, dir. Ramin Bahrani 
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice, dir. Tay Garnett
  • Pretty in Pink, dir. Howard Deutch
  • The Public Enemy, dir. William A. Wellman
  • Pull My Daisy, dir. Robert Frank & Alfred Leslie
  • ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!! (What Have I Done to Deserve This?), dir. Pedro Almodóvar
  • ¡Que viva México!, dir. Grigori Aleksandrov & Sergei M. Eisenstein
  • Rebel without a Cause, dir. Nicholas Ray
  • Red-Headed Woman, dir. Jack Conway
  • Return to Oz, dir. Walter Murch
  • Revolutionary Road, dir. Sam Mendes
  • Ricky, dir. François Ozon
  • Romance sentimentale, dir. Sergei M. Eisenstein
  • Salesman, dir. Albert Maysles, David Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin
  • Sarabande & Winter, dir. Nathaniel Dorsky
  • A Serious Man, dir. Joel & Ethan Coen
  • Singin’ in the Rain, dir. Stanley Donen
  • Sinners in Paradise, dir. James Whale
  • Sixteen Candles, dir. John Hughes
  • Standard Operating Procedure, dir. Errol Morris
  • Stramilano, dir. Corrado D’Errico
  • Taking Off, dir Miloš Forman
  • Thaïs, dir. Anton Giulio Bragaglia
  • The Third Generation (Die dritte Generation), dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • The Times of Harvey Milk, dir. Rob Epstein
  • The Toe Tactic, dir. Emily Hubley
  • The Wrestler, dir. Darren Aronofsky
  • Theater of War, dir. John Walter
  • Tokyo!, dir. Michel Gondry, Leos Carax & Bong Joon-Ho
  • Tony Manero, dir. Pablo Larrain
  • Tout la mémoire du monde, dir. Alain Resnais
  • Two-Lane Blacktop, dir. Monte Hellman
  • Uncle Buck, dir. John Hughes
  • Up in the Air, dir. Jason Reitman
  • Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot (Mr. Hulot’s Holiday), dir. Jacques Tati
  • Valerie a týden divů (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders), dir. Jaromil Jireš 
  • Vampyr, dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
  • Varsity Show, dir. William Keighley
  • Velocità, dir. Tina Cordero, Guido Martina & Pippo Oriani
  • Vivre sa vie, dir. Jean-Luc Godard
  • Waterloo Bridge, dir. James Whale
  • Wendy and Lucy, dir. Kelly Reichardt
  • Where the Boys Are, dir. Henry Levin
  • Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, dir. Mike Nichols
  • Wife Versus Secretary, dir. Clarence Brown
  • Wonder Bar, dir. Lloyd Bacon
  • Wristcutters: A Love Story, dir. Goran Dukić
  • Y tu mamá también, dir. Alfonso Cuarón
  • Year One, dir. Harold Ramis
  • You Can’t Take It with You, dir. Frank Capra
  • Zazie dans le métro, dir. Louis Malle
  • Ziegfeld Follies, dir. Lemuel Ayers et al.

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