January 2009
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Best of 2008
Paranoid Park Van Sant’s other movie from this year was the fourth and most accessible in a brilliant run of fiercely indie contemplations on death (following Gerry, Elephant and Last Days). I simply adored it. Felt very much like a music video ode to youthful excitement and confusion without being a commercial for something. Nostalgia, poetry and meditative serenity rush from the screen...