2008 Progress Report, Part 2

The next list contains the films that were above the level of "Yeah, it was fine," but not on the level of shorts-creaming. And as for Mother of Tears, I didn't feel comfortable putting it in either the best or worst category, so she's only there by default. Oh, and please excuse the horrible cropping... I was just lazy. I'll post the other 2 lists later on.

Les Autres!

The Bank Job – dir. Roger Donaldson – UK – Lionsgate – with Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows

Mother of Tears, The [La terza madre] – dir. Dario Argento – Italy/USA – Weinstein Company – with Asia Argento, Cristian Solimeno

My Blueberry Nights – dir. Wong Kar-wai – France/Hong Kong/China – Weinstein Company – with Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman, Chan Marshall

Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead – dir. Lloyd Kaufman – USA – Troma – with Jason Yachanin, Kate Graham, Allyson Sereboff

The Ruins – dir. Carter Smith – USA – DreamWorks – with Jena Malone, Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey, Shawn Ashmore, Joe Anderson

Savage Grace – dir. Tom Kalin – USA/Spain/France – IFC Films – with Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne, Stephen Dillane, Hugh Dancy, Elena Anaya, Unax Uglade, Belén Rueda

Shotgun Stories – dir. Jeff Nichols – USA – Liberation Entertainment – with Michael Shannon

Signal, The – dir. David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Jacob Gentry – USA – Magnet Releasing – with Anessa Ramsey, AJ Bowen, Justin Welborn, Cheri Christian

Son of Rambow – dir. Garth Jennings – UK – Paramount Vantage – with Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Ed Westwick, Jules Sitruk

Stuck – dir. Stuart Gordon – USA/Canada/UK – ThinkFilm – with Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell Hornsby

Water Lilies [Naissance des pieuvres] – dir. Céline Sciamma – France – Red Envelope Entertainment/Koch Lorber – with Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachère, Adele Haenel, Warren Jacquin