Ask me what my top film of 2008 was. Simple. Abdellatif Kechiche’s The Secret of the Grain (see here). Ask me what my number 2 film of the year is. Simple. Steve McQueen’s Hunger (see here). Climb up a couple of spots on my top 20 of the year, and Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah is slotted at my number 6 spot.
After announcing that they would pact together on Arnaud Desplechin’s “A Christmas Tale,” Matteo Garrone’s “Gomorrah,” and Steven Soderbergh’s “Che,” it looks like Criterion and IFC Films have 7 more titles are in the oven. Apart from my number 1 and 2 picks, Criterion will make special editions for recently released Jan Troell’s Everlasting Moments, Olivier Assayas’ Summer Hours, Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s Still Walking, and will go back in the vault to launch special editions of Alfonso Cuaron’s Y Tu Mama Tambien and Christopher Nolan’s Following.
