Starring: the bromance. With: the political biopic, economic-crisis cinema, guilty-pleasure musicals, superheroes, Swedish vampires, and more! Plus: local critics’ and filmmakers’ top flicks picks.
>>BFFFs!
2008: the year of living dude-tastically
By Cheryl Eddy
>>Don’t look back
Movies that saw hard times coming
By Max Goldberg
>>Top tendencies
Signs of life (and a death) in American cinema
By Johnny Ray Huston
>>Pop hope
Politics as entertainment –shot by shot, shoe, or screen
By Kimberly Chun
>>Tuneless, yet tempting
Assessing the year’s mu-suck-als
By Louis Peitzman
>>Play it again
Notable releases kept our Blu-Rays less than blue
By Matt Sussman
>>Is that your final answer?
Slumdog Millionaire explores class and corruption
By Kevin Langson
>>Horrible! Overlooked! Best!
A Guardian cinemaniac counts down his 2008 hours in the dark
By Dennis Harvey
>>Reel leaders
Top flick picks from critics and filmmakers
Lists, lists, lists