Slant. "2008: Year in Film."

"[W]ith a few notable exceptions, both Hollywood and indiewood largely ceded groundbreaking terrain to foreign and nonfiction filmmakers," writes Nick Schager, introducing Slant's "Year in Film" collection of lists. Following an overview of notable developments since the last go round, he puts Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York at the top of his list.

Ed Gonzalez's #1 is Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married, a "Dogme film with an Altmanesque soul." And there are lists, too, from Bill Weber (Still Life) and Andrew Schenker (The Duchess of Langeais).

Update, 12/20: Andrew Schenker annotates his list.

Posted by dwhudson at December 15, 2008 12:45 PM