Films
The Argentine (Steven Soderbergh, 2008)
Soderbergh’s four-and-a-half-hour biopic of Che Guevara turned out to be so divisive they even cut the damn film in half.
Waltz With Bashir (Ari Folman, 2008)
If this animated documentary isn’t a masterpiece, then it’s close enough to make little difference.
Choke (Clark Gregg, 2008)
From the writer of Fight Club comes this black comedy about sex addict, Victor.
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (Alex Gibney, 2008)
Hunter S. Thompson was the anarchic journalist who invented ‘gonzo’; a style of reporting marked by its subjectivism and interpolation of the writer’s personality.
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Uli Edel, 2008)
Terrorism gets a makeover, as the Baader Meinhof Complex injects some sex appeal into a subject dominated by dodgy beards and chicks with no make-up.
Man on Wire (James Marsh, 2008)
In 1974, wire-walking performance artist Philippe Petit and a band of conspirators busted into the barely finished World Trade Center complex, strung a cable between the towers and spent 45 minutes dancing on the roof of the city.
The Wackness (Jonathan Levine, 2008)
Evoking more than a hint of Larry Clark’s Kids, The Wackness follows drug bum Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) as he schleps around mid-nineties NYC chillin’ out, maxin’, relaxin’ all cool and all dealin’ some dope outside of the school.
Elite Squad (Jose Padilha, 2007)
Making City of God look like Mary Poppins is no mean feat, but Padilha pulls it off in the brutal Elite Squad.
