>3. Goodbye Solo –
>clips and other stuff:
>http://www.noruzfilms.com/trailers.html
>Love his 2 previous flicks, and this sounds great.

I saw Chop Shop about three months ago or so, and it's proven to be one of those movies that every time I think about it my reaction to it only keeps getting stronger and stronger (in the right direction). Anyway, I finally got around to moving Man Push Cart near the top of my queue, and I figure if that one and GS can deliver like people say they do, then that's about as successful a start to any American (does dude consider himself that?) film director's career in a good while.

>6. Funny people -
>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1201167/

Right. The Produced-By-Judd-Apatow-only banner took a couple hits this past year, but as writer-director he's still 2-2 for me (and then F&G of course was a HOF-level contribution). I'm just curious how dark he plans to make Funny People.

>10. Gomorrah -
>http://www.ifcfilms.com/viewFilm.htm?filmId=1196
>’08 qualifying run, but limited ’09 release.

Yeah, looking forward to it in '09, but I was under the impression that it would be considered an '08 film.

>11. The Taking of Pelham 123 -
>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1111422/
>The original is one of the greatest heist flicks, IMHO.

Yup. How good Peter Stone's adaptation is often goes unnoticed (Stone in general should probably be more well known).

>43. Killshot -
>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443559/
>Rourke, Lane, Thomas Jane, and Elmore Leonard.

It's finally, finally getting released?

>4. Revanche –
>5. Of Time and the City –
>7. Silent Light –
>9. Lorna’s silence –
>13. Manure –
>16. Brief Interviews With Hideous Men -
>18. Bruno -
>26. The Missing Person –
>27. An Education -
>28. Tokyo Sonata –
>29. Don’t Let Me Drown –
>30. Moon
>36. Broken Embraces -
>39. O’Horten -
>40. Knowing -
>41. Julie & Julia -
>42. Taking Woodstock –
>45. The Goods: the Don Ready Story –
>46. Two Lovers – trailer:

The rest of these are exactly what I hoped this post would bring about: a bunch of stuff that wasn't even on my radar now taking up a spot. I'm on pace to see more films from 2008 than I did from 2007 (despite whatever difference in quality there might have been), and now I have a good start on what to look for in '09. Thank you, sir.