by DAVID KERN
It’s Academy Awards Week in Hollywood, which means it’s Film Week at Into the Hill. Today, its our choices for the top 20 films of last year. On Friday, come back and check out our Oscar preview, combined with our own choices in the various categories (sneak peek: I’m not a big fan of the Academy’s nominations).
Around here we wait until mid February to run our top films of the year list primarily so you all can actually go out and see most of them, unlike in January when most critics publish their lists and most of the films have yet to hit theaters widely - if at all. Also, by now, many of the more obscure, foreign, or otherwise hard to find films are now available on Netflix, some even are available to watch right there on your computer. Of course, many of the films on our list can be found on other great lists, some even in similar spots. But hopefully we’ll be able to bring some more great titles to your attention, and hey, if nothing else, it certainly can’t hurt to be reminded of the many great works of art out there.
So pull up that Netflix queue in another tab, download the necessary software and pop those kernels, ’cause its the best time of the year: it’s film season and it’s time to celebrate!
TOP 20 FILMS OF 2008:
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by DAVID KERN
ARTIST: J. Matthew Gerken, Christian Kiefer, and Jefferson Pitcher
ALBUM: Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 Presidencies
OUR RATING: 9.0
RELEASE DATE: Now Available
A while back, Sufjan Stevens famously promised to make an album for each of the 50 U.S. states. Well, more than three years later, we’ve heard two. Hail to the lucky ones in Illinois and Michigan. Read the rest of this entry »
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by DAVID KERN
FILM:Wendy and Lucy
DIRECTED BY: Kelly Reichardt
WRITTEN BY : Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt
RELEASED BY: Oscilloscope Laboratories
RUNTIME: 80 minutes
CAST: Michelle Williams (Wendy Carroll)
OUR RATING: 9.5
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They arrived from Chicago. Two of them were sisters. One worked a coffee shop. Met his wife, the pianist, and married. There was a fifth member, as well, and that made what together they called Willowfair. Read the rest of this entry »
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Compiled by SK Pitman
A few weeks back, we posted the top ten albums of 2008 as chosen by each of our staff members. Included among them were Bon Iver’s For Emma Forever Ago, Coldplay’s Viva la Vida, the Fleet Foxes’ self titled debut album and Hill favorite Matthew Perryman Jones miraculous Swallow the Sea. But there were more great albums last year than just the ones that we - and the myriad of other publications - included in our lists. Some of them follow here. We hope this list helps you further explore your musical passions and, perhaps, even helps you find a new favorite artist.
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