Gran Torino (2008)

Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood, 2008) In Sergio Leone's invaluable masterpiece The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966), a very young Clint E...

Milk (2008)

Milk (Gus Van Sant, 2008) Milk , to put it simply, is a terrific film. Gus Van Sant's take on the life of Harvey Milk (immaculately play...

Doubt (2008)

Doubt (John Patrick Shanley, 2008) While film and theater bear similarities to the point that theater directors often cross-over to film and...

Australia (2008)

Australia (Baz Luhrmann, 2008) In Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996), the oft-repeated and replicated Shakespearean romance, includi...

The Thank You Girls (2008)

The Thank You Girls (Charliebebs Gohetia, 2008) The Thank You Girls is obviously an editor's film. The story is absolutely simple. A gro...

Bontoc Eulogy (1995)

Bontoc Eulogy (Marlon Fuentes, 1995) Cinema thrives in illusions. Its existence is predicated on the ability to manipulate the limited capac...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Fincher, 2008) It's easy to get swept away by one's curiosity of the unique condition of ...