posted by Ivy Moylan
I am compiling a list of all of the films released in 2010 and gathering what our staff’s favorite films were. I hope to have all of this posted on the blog next week. But in the meantime, what films awed and inspired you or just plain entertained you last year? There were some big duds, but some highlights as well. I haven’t fully thought out my list but I know that The Oath and Micmacs will both be on it. And since the Brattle shows both the old and the new, if you saw and older movie for the first time in 2010 and it blew you away, post that too!
I don’t watch many contemporary movies but I did make special trips out to watch Black Swan and The Fighter which I really enjoyed. I also really loved The Town especially since I fell in love with The Friends of Eddie Coyle earlier in the year. I saw It’s a Wonderful life at the Brattle which was a real treat for me! My new favorite of the year is Ocean’s 11 (1960). I hope you guys will consider showing it in the future. It’s one I’d love to see on the big screen. I went to your Noir 100 and saw Murder, My Sweet, The Big Sleep (both of which I own) and new-to-me The Sleeping City. Superb! I enjoyed watching the Elia Kazan documentar A Letter to Elia and one of my favorite noirs Panic in the Streets at the Brattle. And really early in the year we saw Chinatown at the Brattle too. All very memorable experiences.
I hope to visit the Brattle a lot more than I did in 2010!