SKANDIES 2008

Top Tens

Donna Bowman

01. The Dark Knight
02. WALL-E
03. Synecdoche, New York
04. My Winnipeg
05. Transsiberian
06. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
07. The Wrestler
08. Standard Operating Procedure
09. The Edge of Heaven
10. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Matthew Butcher

01. Woman on the Beach
02. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
03. The Secret of the Grain
04. Paranoid Park
05. Silent Light
06. Summer Palace
07. Che
08. Happy-Go-Lucky
09. My Winnipeg
10. WALL-E

Dave Cowen

01. Speed Racer
02. Synecdoche, NY
03. City of Ember
04. The Fall
05. The Wrestler
06. Kabluey
07. My Winnipeg
08. Chicago 10
09. The Visitor
10. Frost / Nixon

Mike D'Angelo

01. Afterschool
02. Rachel Getting Married
03. Burn After Reading
04. Lorna's Silence
05. WALL•E
06. Revanche
07. Sita Sings the Blues
08. The Headless Woman
09. The Brothers Bloom
10. A Christmas Tale

Bilge Ebiri

01. Paranoid Park
02. The Dark Knight
03. My Winnipeg
04. Silent Light
05. Wendy and Lucy
06. Tell No One
07. Chicago 10
08. The Bank Job
09. Curious Case of Benjamin Button
10. The Liberty Kid

Bryant Frazer

01. Let the Right One In
02. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
03. Silent Light
04. Man on Wire
05. Flight of the Red Balloon
06. Stuck
07. The Dark Knight
08. Paranoid Park
09. Encounters at the End of the World
10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Alex Fung

01. Rachel Getting Married
02. Burn After Reading
03. Wall-E
04. Wendy And Lucy
05. Iron Man
06. Let The Right One In
07. Happy-Go-Lucky
08. A Girl Cut In Two
09. The Last Mistress
10. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Skander Halim

01. A Christmas Tale
02. Encounters at the End of the World
03. Waltz with Bashir
04. Sex and Death 101
05. Wendy and Lucy
06. Still Life
07. A Girl Cut in Two
08. Paranoid Park
09. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
10. The Class

Sky Hirschkron

01. Lorna's Silence (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
02. Ballast (Lance Hammer)
03. Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh)
04. Revanche (Gotz Spielmann)
05. Sarabande (Nathaniel Dorsky)
06. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman)
07. Gomorra (Matteo Garrone)
08. Boogie (Radu Muntean)
09. Burn After Reading (Joel and Ethan Coen)
10. Treeless Mountain (So Yong Kim)

Rachel Jacobson

01. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
02. Man on Wire
03. A Christmas Tale
04. Happy Go-Lucky
05. The Edge of Heaven
06. Milk
07. Let the Right One In
08. The Wrestler
09. Encounters at the End of the World
10. Paranoid Park

Muse Malade

01. The Dark Knight (Nolan)
02. Rachel Getting Married (Demme)
03. Wall-E (Stanton)
04. 4 Months, 3 Days, and 2 Weeks (Mungiu)
05. Burn After Reading (Coen)
06. The Class (Cantet)
07. In the City of Sylvia (Guerin)
08. A Christmas Tale (Desplechin)
09. Duchess of Langeais (Rivette)
10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Allen)

Don Marks

01. Synecdoche, New York
02. Still Walking
03. Funny Games
04. The Dark Knight
05. The Class
06. WALL-E
07. Four Nights With Anna
08. 35 Rhums
09. Redbelt
10. Continental, Un Film Sans Fusil

Jeff McCloud

A Christmas Tale by Arnaud Desplechin
Trypps #5 (Dubai) by Ben Russell
Horizontal Boundaries by Pat O'Neill
Mock up on Mu by Craig Baldwin
Doders win the Pennant by Manny Ramirez
Top Chef Chicago by Bravo!
Duchess of Langeais by Jacques Rivette
Hold Me Now by Michael Robinson
NBA Finals: Lakers vs. Celtics!
Skate Bang by Damon Packard

Victor Morton

01. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
02. Silent Light
03. Rachel Getting Married
04. The Class
05. The Dark Knight
06. Woman on the Beach
07. Elite Squad
08. The Wrestler
09. My Winnipeg
10. Tropic Thunder

Noel Murray

01. WALL-E
02. Burn After Reading
03. Synecdoche, New York
04. 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
05. The Dark Knight
06. Surfwise
07. Rachel Getting Married
08. Paranoid Park
09. Milk
10. My Winnipeg

Charles Odell

01. The Dark Knight
02. WALL-E
03. Paranoid Park
04. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, & 2 Days
05. Still Walking
06. My Winnipeg
07. The Wrestler
08. Rachel Getting Married
09. Let the Right One In
10. In the City of Sylvia

Mark Pittillo

01. Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas, 2007)
02. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)
03. My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, 2007)
04. Woman on the Beach (Hong Sang-soo, 2006)
05. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2007)
06. In the City of Sylvia (José Luis Guerín, 2007)
07. Funny Games (Michael Haneke, 2007)
08. Burn After Reading (Joel & Ethan Coen)
09. A Christmas Tale (Arnaud Desplechin)
10. Encounters at the End of the World (Werner Herzog, 2007)

Matt Prigge

01. A Christmas Tale
02. Silent Light
03. The Flight of the Red Balloon
04. Synecdoche, New York
05. Paranoid Park
06. Burn After Reading
07. The Duchess of Langeais
08. Woman on the Beach
09. In the City of Sylvia
10. Che

Zach Ralston

01. Synecdoche, NY
02. Rachel Getting Married
03. Paranoid Park
04. Funny Games
05. WALL*E
06. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
07. Iron Man
08. Milk
09. Quarantine
10. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Peter Reiher

In Bruges
Hunger
WALL-E
The Dark Knight

Scott Renshaw

01. Rachel Getting Married
02. My Winnipeg
03. WALL-E
04. The Wrestler
05. The Dark Knight
06. Man on Wire
07. Funny Games
08. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
09. Bigger, Stronger, Faster
10. Kung Fu Panda

Jim Ridley

Rachel Getting Married
In the City of Sylvia
Paranoid Park
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Let the Right One In
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Synecdoche, New York
The Order of Myths
Stuck
The Unforeseen

Vadim Rizov

01. A Christmas Tale
02. Gitmek: My Marlon And Brando
03. Happy-Go-Lucky
04. Of Time And The City
05. Tony Manero
06. The Order Of Myths
07. Vicky Christina Barcelona
08. The Dark Knight
09. Just Anybody
10. Tulpan

Josh Rothkopf

01. The Wrestler
02. Man on Wire
03. Happy-Go-Lucky
04. The Fall
05. Frost/Nixon
06. Rachel Getting Married
07. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
08. Paranoid Park
09. The Duchess of Langeais
10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Dan Sallitt

01. The Tracey Fragments
02. Silent Light
03. Ballast
04. Still Life
05. The Last Mistress
06. Nights and Weekends
07. Woman on the Beach
08. Before I Forget
09. The Wackness
10. Poor Boy's Game

Missy Schwartz

01. Silent Light
02. Rachel Getting Married
03. Man On Wire
04. Reprise
05. Momma's Man
06. Happy-Go-Lucky
07. 4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days
08. Ballast
09. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
019. Lou Reed's Berlin

Michael Sicinski

01. When It Was Blue (Jennifer Reeves)
02. Origin of the Species (Ben Rivers)
03. Jerichow (Christian Petzold)
04. Hunger (Steve McQueen)
05. Speechless (Scott Stark)
06. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton)
07. Liverpool (Lisandro Alonso)
08. 7915 KM (Nikolaus Geyrhalter)
09. 1859 (Fred Worden)
10. Burn After Reading (Joel and Ethan Coen)

Chris Stults

01. When It Was Blue (Jennifer Reeves)
02. Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme)
03. False Aging (Lewis Klahr)
04. Waterfront Follies (Ernie Gehr)
05. Pontypool (Bruce McDonald)
06. Burn After Reading (Joel and Ethan Coen)
07. 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis)
08. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel)
09. Ah, Liberty! (Ben Rivers)
10. Hunger (Steve McQueen)

Froilan Vispo

01. Man On Wire
WALL-E
03. The Duchess of Langeais
04. A Christmas Tale
05. The Secret of the Grain
06. Let the Right One In
07. Boarding Gate
08. Chop Shop
09. Tell No One
10. Waltz With Bashir

Daniel Waters

01. Synecdoche, New York
02. A Christmas tale
03. tell no one
04. in bruges
05. waltz with bashir
06. speed racer
07. reprise
08. the dark knight
09. my winnipeg
10. the machine girl

Andrew Wright

The Edge of Heaven
The Dark Knight
Wall-E
Encounters at the End of the World
JCVD
Let the Right One In
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Burn After Reading
Redbelt
Fear(s) of the Dark