Sometimes a movie year just breaks me. As I noted around this time last year, designating an end to a movie year is matter of choice instead of obedience to the calendar. I live in a place where a year’s official releases take some time to trickle into town, especially at this time of year, when smaller films are held back in the hope of capitalizing on interest generated by award nominations. I do my best to dutifully see everything I should to be, in my view, a responsible contributor to the public discourse about film excellence, using the Oscar … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2009 — An Introduction