Friday, August 7, 2009

The Official 2009 in Film Post, Part 1

This is more for myself than it is for the twelve people that will unfortunately stumble across this blog.

First, the films that I plan on seeing:

Theater (if Possible) Tier:
Thirst (Park Chan-Wook)
I Come with the Rain (Tran Ahn Hung)
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen)
Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese)
The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke)
Red Cliff (John Woo)

Possibly Theater, Probably DVD Tier:
The Limits of Control (Jim Jarmusch)
Funny People (Judd Apatow)
Antichrist (Lars von Trier)
Capitalism: A Love Story (Michael Moore)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson)
Ponyo (Hayao Miyazaki)
Taking Woodstock (Ang Lee)
The Informant! (Steven Soderbergh)
Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze)
Sherlock Holmes (Guy Ritchie)
Broken Embraces (Pedro Almodovar)
Avatar (James Cameron)

Not gonna hold my breath for a local Theatrical Release Tier:
Written By (Wai Ka Fai) Mother (Bong Joon-Ho)
Vengeance (Johnny To)
Storm Warriors (Pang Brothers)
True Legend (Yuen Woo-Ping)
Air Doll (Hirokazu Koreeda)

Waiting for DVD/Already Missed in Theaters Tier:
Blood: The Last Vampire (Chris Nahon)
New York, I Love You (Shunji Iwai, other people)
Whatever Works (Woody Allen)
Tetro (Francis Ford Coppola)
Paper Heart (??)
Ninja Assassin (James McTeigue)
Public Enemies (Michael Mann)
Drag Me to hell (Sam Raimi)
Up! (Pete Docter... eh... Pixar)
The Girlfriend Experience (Steven Soderbergh)
The Brothers Bloom (Rian Johnson)
The International (Tom Tykwer)
Coraline (Henry Selick)

Stuff I might watch if someone else wants to:
Adventureland (Greg Mottola)
I Love You, Man (John Hamburg)
The Hangover (Todd Phillips)
Knowing (Alex Proyas)
Sunshine Cleaning (Christine Jeffs)

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