2009 has been a bit of a nostalgia point all year long because it marks 10 years removed from one of the finest years of cinema ever. There has already been commentary regarding a number of 1999’s releases. We remembered the death of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick back in March and his final release, “Eyes Wide Shut,” a few months later in July.
There was also our introductory installment of The Lists: a remembrance of the films of 1999 from last year, in case you missed it. That covers a lot of my feelings of the movie year that was.
One film I look back on fondly is David O. Russell’s “Three Kings.” It was the beginning of the fall. The film was in theaters along with another film I and a number of my film school friends wanted to see, something called “American Beauty” with Kevin Spacey. We decided to make a double feature out of it and Russell was up first.