Zero Eight

The Usual Suspects/The Unhearalded...

“In Bruges”/Martin McDonagh

“Slumdog Millionaire” (Danny Boyle/Loveleen Tandan)

“Burn After Reading”/The Coen Brothers

“Redbelt”/David Mamet

“4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” (“4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile”)/Cristian Mungiu

“Cassandra’s Dream”("Le Rêve de Cassandre")/Woody Allen

“Appaloosa”/Ed Harris

“Mamma Mia!”/Phyllida Lloyd

“Roman de Gare”/Claude Lelouche

“The Visitor”/Tom McCarthy


















Also...
"Savage Grace"/Tom Kalin
"Man on Wire"/James Marsh
“Stop-Loss”/Kimberly Peirce
"Waltz with Bashir"/Ari Folman
“Love Songs” (”Les Chansons d'amour”)/Christophe Honoré
“Towelhead”/Alan Ball
“Tell No One” (”Ne le dis à personne”)/Guillaume Canet
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”/David Fincher
“Milk”/Gus Van Sant
“A Christmas Tale” (”Un conte de Noël”)/Arnaud Desplechin
“Marley & Me”/David Frankel
“Flight of the Red Balloon” (”Le Voyage du ballon rouge”)/Hsiao-hsien Hou
“Wall-E”/Andrew Stanton
“Twilight”/Catherine Hardwicke
“Noise”/Henry Bean
"Smother"/Vince Di Meglio
“Chris & Don. A Love Story”/Tina Mascara and Guido Santi
“The Bank Job”/Roger Donaldson
“Role Models”/David Wain
“Priceless” (“Hors de prix“)/Pierre Salvadori
“Flash of Genius”/Marc Abraham
“Funny Games”/Michael Heneke
"The Secret Life of Bees"/Gina Prince-Bythewood
“Gran Torino”/Clint Eastwood
“RocknRolla”/Guy Ritchie
“Frozen River”/Courtney Hunt


And The Thesps...

Colin Ferrell - lead actor for "In Bruges" (with an able, invaluable assist from Brendan Gleeson, thank you) and "Cassandra's Dream"

Melissa Leo - lead actress for "Frozen River"

Aaron Eckhart - supporting actor for "Towelhead" and "The Dark Knight"

Dakota Fanning - supporting actress for "The Secret Life of Bees" and "Hounddog"













And a few more...
Josh Brolin/“W.”
Josh Brolin/“Milk”
Sean Penn/“Milk”
Richard Jenkins/“The Visitor”
Julianne Moore/"Savage Grace"
Misty Upham/“Frozen River”
Jane Lynch/“Role Models”
Greg Kinnear/“Flash of Genius”
Summer Bishil/"Towelhead"
Peter Macdissi/"Towelhead"
Anna Faris/"The House Bunny"
Diane Keaton/"Smother"
Clint Eastwood/“Gran Torino”
Viola Davis/"Doubt"
Dev Patel/“Slumdog Millionaire”
Emily Moritmer/“Redbelt”
Fanny Ardant"Roman de Gare”
Clyde/"Marley and Me"
Kevin Costner /"Swing Vote"
Madeline Carroll /"Swing Vote"
Mickey Rourke /"The Wrestler"
Marisa Tomei /"The Wrestler"
Sally Potter /"Happy Go Lucky"
Anamaria Marinca/“4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”
Laura Vasiliu/“4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”
Vlad Ivanov/“4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”
Michelle Williams/"Wendy and Lucy"
Justin Long/“Zack and Miri Make a Porno”
Rosemarie DeWitt/“Rachel Getting Married”
Brad Pitt/“Burn After Reading” and Brad Pitt as "Benjamin Button"

Note in Passing: - In the "Way Too Much of a Good Thing" category, there's Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road." He's in two scenes. In the first, he seemingly strolls in from nowhere and effectively takes the movie hostage. He's riveting. In the second, however, Shannon becomes a major annoyance, his actorly tricks becoming obvious and self-conscious.

You can't wait until the scene is over and he's off screen.

(Artwork: Memorable images (for me, at least) from the film year 2008)