This may be the personally oddest and most eclectic “Best Of” list I’ve ever compiled. Half is strongly art-house and indie minded, while the other half is not simply mainstream, it is firmly entrenched in solid blockbuster territory. How to explain it? Simple. These were my favorite films of the year. These were the ones [...]

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Of every film that came out this year, I didn’t see a single one more assured, more confident, more utterly comfortable in its own skin than Up in the Air. I didn’t see one with characters who [...]

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