27 Dec, 08

Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Flight of the Red Balloon, starring Juliette Binoche, emerged as the critics’ favorite in the 2008 edition of indieWire’s annual poll of over 100 North American film critics.

Lance Hammer’s Ballast was named best first feature of the year, and Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York emerged as the year’s best screenplay. Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) and Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) were singled out as best performance and best supporting performance. Arnaud Desplechin’s A Christmas Tale made it to second place in both film and screenplay categories. Lucrecia Martel’s The Headless Woman, Hong Sang-Soo’s Night and Day, and Pablo Larrain’s Tony Manero topped the list of favorite unreleased films.


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