REEL REVIEWS 2008 FILM AWARDS: THE EARLY HEAT

BEST CONTEMPORARY FILM
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (2007; Cristian Mongiu, Romania/France)

BEST CLASSIC FILM
Mouchette (1967; Robert Bresson, France)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood (2007; Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky (2008; Mike Leigh, U.K.)

BEST DIRECTING OF A FILM
Cristian Mongiu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days

BEST WRITING OF A FILM
Cristian Mongiu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days

TEN BEST FILMS OF 2008 (SO FAR)
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
Happy-Go-Lucky
Secret Sunshine (2007; Chang-dong Lee, South Korea)
The Chaser (2008; Hong-jin Na, South Korea)
Shanghai Dreams (2005; Xiaoshuai Wang, People's Republic of China)
After This, Our Exile (2006; Patrick Tam, Hongkong/Malaysia)
Michael Clayton (2007; Tony Gilroy, U.S.A.)
WALL-E (2008; Andrew Stanton, U.S.A.)
Paranoid Park (2007; Gus Van Sant, U.S.A./France)
Elite Squad (2007; Jose Padilho, Brazil)