2009 en Films | [Best of]

Have you sinned today?

::I:: Love Exposure (Ai no mukidashi)
[Dir. Shion Sono]

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Tweet: [I just have to expose my love for Love Exposure once more: Best film of the year. | #fantasticfest.] | 4:06 PM Sep 27th from web

[2008's #1: Ex Drummer [Dir. Koen Mortier]
[2007's #1: No Country For Old Men . Dir. The Coen Brothers]
[2006's #1: El Laberinto del Fauno. Dir. Guillermo del Toro]
[2005's #1: A History of Violence. Dir. David Cronenberg.]
[2004's #1: Before Sunset Dir. Richard Linklater]
[2003's #1: Irréversible. Dir. Gaspar Noé]

Don't you worry, Ellie. We'll get our house over there.

::II:: Up
[Dir. Pete Docter & Bob Peterson]

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Tweet: [just returned from seeing UP in 3-D with Luba and Ellen. First time Luba actually enjoys a movie—screaming in joy "balloons" to the screen.] | 12:48 AM Jun 6th from web

[2008's #2: Let The Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) [Dir. Tomas Alfredson]
[2007's #2: 13 Tzameti. Dir. Géla Babluani.]
[2006's #2: Brick. Dir. Rian Johnson.]
[2005's #2: Batman Begins. Dir. Christopher Nolan.]
[2004's #2: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Dir. Michel Gondry]
[2003's #2: Kill Bill (Part 1). Dir. Quentin Tarantino]

If I were you, I must never pule an asthma flair dame. They have as much phlegm chest, so they are completely dry pussy

::III:: Fatso
[Dir. Arild Fröhlich]

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Tweet: [Tiene la estructura mágica tipo Amélie, con planos cuidados y una sintonía extrema en dirección totalmente opuesta. El anti-romance mágico.] | 7:30 AM Jun 19th from web

[2008's #3: WALL·E [Dir. Andrew Stanton]
[2007's #3: EMPATE: The Beautiful Beast. Dir. Karim Hussain | À l’intérieur. (Inside) Dir. Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury].
[2006's #3: EMPATE: Children of Men.. Dir. Alfonso CuarónMunich.. Dir. Steven Spielberg.]
[2005's #3: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Dir. Shane Black.]
[2004's #3: The Machinist Dir. Brad Anderson]
[2003's #3: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Dir. Peter Jackson]

There are a lot of attitudes going on here... don't let me get one, too.

::IV:: Fantastic Mr. Fox
[Dir. Wes Anderson]

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Tweet: [Who's about to watch Fantastic Mr. Fox and will have the most fun at it right about now? The Funk Soul Brother (me). That's who.] | 8:14 PM Dec 19th from web

[2008's #4: The Dark Knight [Dir. Christopher Nolan.]
[2007's #4: There Will Be Blood.. Dir. P.T. Anderson.]
[2006's #4: The Proposition. Dir. John Hillcoat.]
[2005's #4: EMPATE: 9 Songs. Dir. Michael Winterbottom | Brokeback Mountain.. Dir. Ang Lee]
[2004's #4: Garden State Dir. Zach Braff]
[2003's #4: Lost in Translation. Dir. Sofia Coppola]

How can someone become a vampire? Can you catch it through sex? Can you turn me into one?

::V:: Thrist (Bakjwi)
[Dir. Chan-wook Park]

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Tweet: [Hulk debió intentar el Hulk-jump romance con Betty Ross; pero ni Ang Lee, ni Louis Leterrier fueron visionarios como lo fue Park Chan-wook.] | 1:54 AM Dec 20th from web

[2008's #5:The Wrestler [Dir. Darren Aronofsky]
[2007's #5: Nan er ben se [Invisible Target]. Dir. Benny Chan.]
[2006's #5:The Departed. Dir. Martin Scorsese.]
[2005's #5: Land of the Dead. Dir. George A. Romero ]
[2004's #5: Spiderman 2. Dir. Sam Raimi]
[2003's #5: Cidade de Deus. [City of God]. Dir. Fernando Meirelles]

You surely agree with me that I can't leave your offense unpunished if we want to keep on living in mutual respect.

::VI:: The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band)
[Dir. Michael Haneke]

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Tweet: [Los encuadres parecen cromos de calendario, impecables, limpios y poéticos, que grande es la dupla Haneke-Berger en Das weiße Band.] | 8:47 PM Dec 20th from web

[2008's #6: Chocolate [Dir. Prachya Pinkaew.]
[2007's #6: Los Cronocrímenes.. Dir. Nacho Vigalondo.]
[2006's #6:Naisu No Mori: The First Contact. Dir. Katsuhito Ishii, Hajime Ishimine, Shunichiro Miki.]
[2005's #6: Sin City. Dir. Robert Rodríguez]
[2004's #6: Hero. Dir. Yimou Zhang]
[2003's #6: Cabin Fever. Dir. Eli Roth]

I need your help.

::VII:: Private Eye (Geu-rim-ja sal-in)
[Dir. Park Dae-Min]

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Tweet: [Si Sherlock Holmes está la mitad de buena que Private Eye de Park Dae-Min: ganamos todos. Historia de detectives al arranque del Siglo XX.] | 3:52 PM Sep 29th from web

[2008's #7: The Fall [Dir. Tarsem Singh]
[2007's #7: Cashback. Dir. Sean Ellis.]
[2006's #7: Babel. Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu]
[2005's #7: Wolf Creek Dir. Greg McLean]
[2004's #7: The Incredibles Dir. Brad Bird]
[2003's #7: In America Dir. Jim Sheridan]

Ahhh! BINGO! What fun! But, I digress. Where were we?

::VIII:: Inglourious Basterds
[Dir. Quentin Tarantino]

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Tweet: [The movie is great, my only problem (& it isn't realy) is Quentin's taste for melodrama. He has a passion over unromantic issues.] | 8:19 AM Aug 22nd from web

[2008's #8: Gran Torino Dir. Clint Eastwood | Slumdog Millionaire [Dir. Danny Boyle]
[2007's #8: El Orfanato. Dir. J. A. Bayona.]
[2006's #8 Isolation. Dir. Billy O’Brien.]
[2005's #8: The Constant Gardener. Dir. Fernando Meirelles]
[2004's #8 The Brown Bunny. Dir. Vincent Gallo]
[2003's #8: School of Rock. Dir. Richard Linklater]

He was an honest man, and he didn't deserve any of what happened to him.

::IX:: District 9
[Dir. Neill Blomkamp]

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Tweet: [District 9 me gustó mucho, más que Avatar (aunque Avatar crece en mi—la quiero ver otra vez). ¿Qué tal Neill Blomkamp para Dune? Yo digo sí.] | 2:52 PM Dec 19th from web

[2008's #9: The Good, the Bad, the Weird (Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom) [Dir. Ji-woon Kim]
[2007's #9: Ils (Them). Dir. David Moreau & Xavier Palud.]
[2006's #9: EMPATE: Don’t Come Knocking. Dir. Win Wenders | Notes on a Scandal. Dir. Richard Eyre]
[2005's #9: Syriana. Dir. Stephen Gaghan]
[2004's #9: The Dreamers. Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci ]
[2003's #9: 28 Days Later. Dir. Danny Boyle]

Chaos reigns.

::X:: Antichrist
[Dir. Lars von Trier]

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Tweet: [Luego de ver el trailer de Antichrist sentí mi estómago revuelto. Igual es por no cenar, pero culparé a Lars von Trier, just for fun.] | 11:46 PM Apr 14th from web

[2008's #10: Synecdoche, New York [Dir. Charlie Kaufman]
[2007's #10: Ratatouille. Dir. Brad Bird & Jan Pinkava.]
[2006's #10:Apocalypto. Dir. Mel Gibson]
[2005's #10: Good Night and Good Luck. Dir. George Clooney ]
[2004's #10: Kill Bill Volume 2. Dir. Quentin Tarantino ]
[2003's #10: Identity. Dir. James Mangold]

I'm like a time bomb tic tic tic till your heart goes bomb.

::XI:: Dirty Mind: The Rise and Fall of Tony T
[Dir. Pieter Van Hees]

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Tu y yo a la fiesta…
Tweet: [Completamente embriagado de Love Exposure, de lo mejor que he visto, ahora sentado esperando a que inicie Dirty Mind | #fantasticfest.] | 6:31 PM Sep 27th from web

[2008's #11: JCVD [Dir. Mabrouk El Mechri]
[2007's #11: The Last Winter. Dir. Larry Fessenden.]
[2006's #11: EMPATE:Tideland. Dir. Terry Gilliam | Slither. Dir. James Gunn
[2005's #11: Hostel. Dir. Eli Roth]
[2004's #11: n/a]
[2003's #11: n/a]

Sort this out before you go.

::XII:: Breathless (Ddongpari)
[Dir. Yang Ik-Joon]

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Tweet: [sentado esperando a que arranque Breathless porque la proyección de Yatterman sufrió conflictos de subtitulaje. #fantasticfest.] | 6:54 PM Sep 26th from web

[2008's #12: Tropic Thunder [Dir. Ben Stiller.]
[2007's #12: Hot Fuzz.. Dir. Edgar Wright.]
[2006's #12: The Woods.. Dir. Lucky McKee.]
[2005's #12: Danny the Dog Dir. Louis Leterrier]
[2004's #12: n/a]
[2003's #12: n/a]

Can you put a price on your dreams?

::XIII:: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
[Dir. Terry Gilliam]

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Tweet: [The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus: la esperaba y no la esperaba, la imaginaba y no la imaginaba; una grata sorpresa aquí, en el cielo. ] | 1:04 AM Sep 28th from web

[2008's #13: Iron Man [Dir. Jon Favreau]
[2007's #13: EMPATE: Jack Ketchum’s The Girl Next Door.. Dir. Gregory Wilson / Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead.. Dir. Sidney Lumet.]
[2006's #13: EMPATE: The Living and The Dead.. Dir. Simon Rumley / The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.. Dir. Tommy Lee Jones.]
[2005's #13: The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things Dir. Asia Argento]
[2004's #13: n/a]
[2003's #13: n/a]

I mean we have some disagreements but I hardly think I'm Sid Vicious.

::XIV:: (500) Days of Summer
[Dir. Marc Webb]

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Tweet: [A Ellen le pareció buen detalle el hecho de que Joseph Gordon-Levitt usará una playera de London Calling en (500), como el vestido de Luba.] | 10:47 AM Mar 22nd from web

[2008's #14: Vicky Cristina Barcelona [Dir. Woody Allen]
[2007's #14: Juno. Dir. Jason Reitman.]
[2006's #14: The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes.. Dir. Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay]
[2005's #14: King Kong Dir. Peter Jackson]
[2004's #14: n/a]
[2003's #15: n/a]

You should not be here.

::XV:: Avatar
[Dir. James Cameron]

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Tweet²: [James Cameron acaba de cogerse mis ojos durante 3 horas, ahora me siento sucio, cansado. Al menos fue amable; ojalá llame mañana. #Avatar.] | 3:13 AM Dec 18th from web
|| [Sí, se descaró. Así, me tomó de los párpados y me la paseó a gusto. Eyefuckineando rude(o); pero lo traiciona su chiclocentro de ternura.] || 3:17 AM Dec 18th from web

[2008's #15: Forgetting Sarah Marshall [Dir. Nicholas Stoller]
[2007's #15: Mirageman. Dir. Ernesto Díaz Espinoza.]
[2006's #15: The Prestige.. Dir. Christopher Nolan]
[2005's #15: Broken Flowers Dir. Jim Jarmusch]
[2004's #15: n/a]
[2003's #15: n/a]

Let's catch our breath.

::XVI:: A Town Called Panic (Panique au village)
[Dir. Stéphane Aubier et Vincent Patar]

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Tweet: [A Town Called Panic was a riot, the kind of films I want my kids watching. I sat next to a couple of kids who loved it. | #fantasticfest] | 1:13 PM Sep 27th from web

[2008's #16: The Midnight Meat Train [Dir. Ryûhei Kitamura]
[2007's #16: Grindhouse.. Dir. Quentin Tarantino / Robert Rodríguez / Eli Roth / Rob Zombie / Edgar Wright.]
[2006's #16: EMPATE: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.. Dir. Larry Charles / Cavite.. Dir. Neill Dela Llana, Ian Gamazon]
[2005's #16: The Squid and the Whale Dir. Noah Baumbach]
[2004's #16: n/a]
[2003's #16: n/a]

What would you like us to do, Charlie Bronson?

::XVII:: Bronson
[Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn]

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Tweet: [Bien puede tratarse de los mejores dibujos hechos con excrementos que jamás se hicieron en una prisión. Pero no me considero un experto.] | 1:00 AM Apr 21st from web

[2008's #17: Martyrs [Dir. Pascal Laugier]
[2007's #17: 300. Dir. Zack Snyder.]
[2006's #17: Calvaire.. Dir. Fabrice Du Welz]
[2005's #17: Green Street Hooligans Dir. Lexi Alexander]
[2004's #17: n/a]
[2003's #17: n/a]

Putting my life on the line is not just the only thing I can do; is the right thing.

::XVIII:: Hunger
[Dir. Steve McQueen]

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Tweet: [Bien puede tratarse de los mejores dibujos hechos con excrementos que jamás se hicieron en una prisión. Pero no me considero un experto.] | 1:00 AM Apr 21st from web

[2008's #18: Kærlighed på film (Just Another Love Story) [Dir. Ole Bornedal]
[2007's #18: Eastern Promises.. Dir. David Cronenberg.]
[2006's #18: Hatchet.. Dir. Adam Grenn]
[2005's #18: The Dark Hours Dir. Paul Fox]
[2004's #18: n/a]
[2003's #18: n/a]

You look like a radioactive tampon.

::XIX:: Moon
[Dir. Duncan Jones]

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Tweet: [Sam Rockwell. Es funny, cae bien y no es la primera vez que lo veo en una nave espacial. Su eclecticismo es Crispin Glover versión punk.] | 12:51 AM Dec 22nd from web

[2007's #19: Pineapple Express [Dir. David Gordon Green]
[2007's #19: Lars and the Real Girl.. Dir. Craig Gillespie.]
[2006's #19: EMPATE: Starfish Hotel.. Dir. John Williams] / Capote.. Dir. Bennett Miller]
[2005's #19: The Aristocrats Dir. Paul Provenza]
[2004's #19: n/a]
[2003's #19: n/a]

Come home, my son... when you are ready.

::XX:: Merantau
[Dir. Gareth Evans]

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Tweet: [After a slow start, Merantau takes off & kicks ass Silat style. It's uneven and I wish the drama didn't bother me that much.] | fantasticfest] | 9:19 PM Sep 24th from web

[2008's #20: The Foot Fist Way [Dir. Jody Hill]
[2007's #20: Control. Dir. Anton Corbijn.]
[2006's #20: The Last King of Scotland.. Dir. Kevin McDonald]
[2005's #20: March of the Penguins Dir. Luc Jacquet]
[2004's #20: n/a]
[2003's #20: n/a]

Well, I'll be passing through.

::XXI:: The Horseman
[Dir. Steven Kastrissios]

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Tweet: [Qué fuerte está The Horseman, eh. Mira... como embate con alzaprima a la cara. Es inesperado, muy violento y te da poca opción de resistir.] | 1:38 AM Apr 13th from web

[2007's #21: Repo! The Genetic Opera [Dir. Darren Lynn Bousman]
[2007's #21: Diary of the Dead.. Dir. George A. Romero.]
[2006's #21: Little Miss Sunshine.. Dir. Valerie Farris y Jonathan Dayton]
[2005's #21: n/a]
[2004's #21: n/a]
[2003's #21: n/a]

Lo importante es terminarla, las películas hay que terminarlas aunque sea a ciegas.

::XXII:: Los Abrazos Rotos
[Dir. Pedro Almodóvar]

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Tweet: [Ella se describe ante al ciego y luego él se acerca a palparla, gran plan de ataque. Anotado y archivado; del libro de Harry Caine.] | 5:23 PM Nov 8th

[2006's #22: Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist [Dir. Peter Sollett]
[2007's #22: Bosque de Sombras. Dir. Koldo Serra.]
[2006's #22: Severance. Dir. Christopher Smith]
[2005's #22: n/a]
[2004's #22: n/a]
[2003's #22: n/a]

Take out the nunchucks.

::XXIII:: Crazy Racer (Fēngkuáng de Sàichē—疯狂的赛车)
[Dir. Hao Ning]

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Tweet: [Mi favorita de anoche fue Crazy Racer: acción y comedia hecha en China al estilo early Guy Ritchie only better.] | 10:19 AM Sep 30th from web

[2008's #23: Transsiberian [Dir. Brad Anderson.]
[2007's #23: Offscreen.. Dir. Christoffer Boe.]
[2006's #23: The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai. Dir. Mitsuru Meike]
[2005's #23: n/a]
[2004's #23: n/a]
[2003's #23: n/a]

Un pueblo que no sabe leer ni escribir, es un pueblo fácil de engañar.

::XXIV:: Che, El Argentino
[Dir. Steven Soderbergh]

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Tweet: [sin tuimentario.]

[2008's #24: Tokyo! [Dir. Joon-ho Bong, Leos Carax, Michel Gondry.]
[2007's #24: I’m Not There. Dir. Todd Haynes.]
[2006's #24: Bug. Dir. William Friedkin]
[2005's #24: n/a]
[2004's #24: n/a]
[2003's #24: n/a]

Are you sure you want to do this?

::XXV:: Sweet Karma
[Dir. Andrew Thomas Hunt]

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Tweet: [Aquí anda la actriz de Sweet Karma, ganó un premio en #fantasticfest, está muy linda y esta es su primera película, creo.] | 1:01 PM Sep 30th from web

[2008's #25: Sauna. Dir. Antti-Jussi Annila]
[2007's #25: EMPATE: Gau ngao gau [Dog Bite Dog] Dir. Pou-Soi Cheang. / Spiral. Dir. Adam Green y Joel Moore.]
[2006's #25: Batalla en el Cielo. Dir. Carlos Reygadas]
[2005's #25: n/a]
[2004's #25: n/a]
[2003's #25: n/a]

Was it you, the baby from Eraserhead?

::XXVI:: In The Loop
[Dir. Armando Iannucci]

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Tweet: [Me voy a ver si me dejan entrar a ver In the Loop. Necesito reírme.] | 6:24 AM Aug 13th from web

[2008's #26: n/a]
[2007's #26: n/a]
[2006's #26: Hard Candy. Dir. David Slade]
[2005's #26: n/a]
[2004's #26: n/a]
[2003's #26: n/a]

No. You're hiding in plain sight.

::XXVII:: Watchmen
[Dir. Zack Snyder]

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Tweet: [Recién leí Watchmen, me gustó, me lo dio todo. La película la veo como un complemento. No cambiará mi opinión sobre el cómic, ni lo superará.] | 7:14 PM Mar 13th from web

[2008's #27: n/a]
[2007's #27: n/a]
[2006's #27: Renaissance. Dir. Christian Volckman.]
[2005's #27: n/a]
[2004's #27: n/a]
[2003's #27: n/a]

Just look at that parking lot.

::XXVIII:: A Serious Man
[Dir. The Coen Brothers]

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Tweet: [A Serious Man: open to interpretation (like jewish folk tales), it's there for you to take what you need out of it. | #fantasticfest] | 1:13 PM Sep 30th from web

[2008's #28: n/a]
[2007's #28: n/a]
[2006's #28: V for Vendetta. Dir. James McTeigue.]
[2005's #28: n/a]
[2004's #28: n/a]
[2003's #28: n/a]

You probably think this world is a dream come true... but you're wrong.

::XXIX:: Coraline
[Dir. Henry Selick]

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Tweet: [lo de ayer fue eso de la premiere de Coraline en 3-D con Henry Selick en la sala; me salí antes de la sesión de preguntas y respuestas.] | 9:38 AM Jan 26th from web

[2008's #29: n/a]
[2007's #29: n/a]
[2006's #29: EMPATE: Venus Drowning. Dir. Andrew Parkinson. | The Descend. Dir. Neil Marshall.]
[2005's #29: n/a]
[2004's #29: n/a]
[2003's #29: n/a]

It is the snake inside you

::XXX:: Black
[Dir. Pierre Laffargue]

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Tweet: [ah, y te lo tengo que decir todo sobre lo que vi en SXSW: Ong Bak 2, Lesbian Vampire Killers, Black, Eggshells, Grace... So far, so good!] | 12:00 PM Mar 20th from web

[2008's #30: n/a]
[2007's #30: n/a]
[2006's #30: The Hamster Cage. Dir. Larry Kent.]
[2005's #30: n/a]
[2004's #30: n/a]
[2003's #30: n/a]