Best Documentaries
The Beaches of Agnes (Varda, France)
Collapse (Smith, USA)
The Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi (Olds, USA)
Food, Inc. (Kenner, USA)
Good Hair (Stilson, USA) (pictured)
La Danse (Wiseman, USA)
Oblivion (Honigmann, Peru)
Rip! A Remix Manifesto (Gaylor, Canada)
Tyson (Toback, USA)
Zombie Girl (Marshall and Johnson, USA)
Best undistributed docs: Cooking History, Shadow Billionaire, Bloody Mondays Strawberry Pies.
Best Narratives
A Serious Man (Coens, USA)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Herzog, USA)
Hunger (McQueen, Ireland)
Hurt Locker (Bigelow, USA)
Hump Day (Shelton, USA)
Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino, USA)
The Messenger (Moverman, USA)
Moon (Jones, UK)
Pontypool (McDonald, Canada) (pictured)
Snijeg/Snow (Begic, Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Also enjoyed: The Orphan, Il Divo, Whip It, Drag Me to Hell, Police Adjective.
Discoveries of 2009, not from 2009: Larisa Shepitko's Wings (1966) and Ascent (1977) released by Criterion's Eclipse series, both undeniable masterpieces, totally unknown to me before this year.
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