The best movie of last year, not released to US theaters, was Big Man Japan, a hilarious, moving, silly, deadpan, ridiculous mockumentary. Imagine if Christopher Guest made a movie about Godzilla, as if he were real, and you sort of get the idea, but it is a lot better than that description. Big Man Japan is in limited release theatrically, but it will be on DVD on July 28th for everyone who doesn’t live in a major US city. You can read about my reaction to Big Man Japan here.

Then there’s Rian Johnson’s follow-up to Brick, The Brothers Bloom, a Wes Andersonish version of David Mamet, with Mark Ruffalo and Adrien Brody as two con-men brothers who never let each other or the audience know when their game is up. You can read my review here.

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