2009: Mark's Picks

FILM

CREAM O’ ‘09
01 A Serious Man
02 Up in the Air
03 Inglourious Basterds
04 Adventureland
05 The Hurt Locker
06 Sugar
07 500 Days of Summer
08 Funny People
09 Precious
10 District 9

RUNNERS
Moon
In the Loop
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Zombieland
The Men Who Stare at Goats
The Messenger
The Hangover

DUDS
Miss March
The International
Serious Moonlight
Taking Woodstock
Taken
Public Enemies
Away We Go

STILL NEED TO SEE
The White Ribbon
An Education
Avatar
The Road
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans


MUSIC and TV


MUSIC

CREAM O' '09
Bat for Lashes – Two Suns
Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs
Monsters of Folk – Monsters of Folk
Fever Ray – Fever Ray
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes – Up From Below
Bob Dylan – Together Through Life
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Eating Us
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You

RUNNERS
Sonic Youth – The Eternal
Passion Pit – Manners
The xx – XX
Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest

ROLLING STONE IS UNFAIRLY OBSESSED WITH
Bruce Springsteen – Working on a Dream
U2 – No Line on the Horizon

TV

CREAM O' '09
Mad Men
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Shark Tank
Modern Family
Bored to Death
Party Down

RUNNERS
Parks and Recreation
Hung
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

SORRY I DON’T WATCH
Battlestar Gallactica
Friday Night Lights

Best in cinema in 2009 so far

These are my picks for the best films I've seen this year. This list will probably look completely different come December, where it will receive repeated facelifts every week until January (thanks to limited releases). I can honestly say this year is already better than last. Please comment and tell us about your favorites.


























BEST FIVE

The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)
Adventureland (Greg Mottola)
Sugar (Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck)
Moon (Duncan Jones)
State of Play (Kevin Macdonald)

ALSO

Up (Pete Docter & Bob Peterson)
Star Trek (J.J. Abrams)
Drag Me to Hell (Sam Raimi)
The Brothers Bloom (Rian Johnson)
The Hangover (Todd Phillips)
Whatever Works (Woody Allen)
The Girlfriend Experience (Steven Soderbergh)

DISAPPOINTMENTS

Public Enemies (Michael Mann)
Watchmen (Zack Snyder)
Observe & Report (Jody Hill)