Critic Picks His Best Films of 2009
Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › February 15, 2010
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This may be the oddest and most eclectic "Best Of? list I've ever compiled. Half is strongly art-house and indie-minded, while the other half is firmly entrenched in solid blockbuster territory. How to explain it? Simple. Among the films I first viewed in 2009, these are my favorites. These are the ones that lingered with me longest, that I couldn't wait to revisit. After all, what is a "Best Of? list but an inventory of personal favorites? Still, there is a certain sponginess to this list and some of the entries will flip-flop, as they have been doing in my mind for several weeks.
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Critic Picks His Best Films of 2009
The Book of Job has always been a disturbing and controversial presence within Scripture for devout believers and curious bystanders alike. Job was never far from Joel and Ethan Coen's minds when they set out to make "A Serious Man," essentially a modern retelling of the Book of Job and, by extension, an examination of humankind's relationship to omnipotence. They give their audience only two options: Either God doesn't exist and we're wasting our lives trying to please him in a world ruled by randomness, or ...
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