55) Like You Know it All (2009), 56) The Time That Remains (2009) and 57) Air Doll

55) Like You Know it All (2009) Dir: Hong Sang-Soo Not Yet Released Date Seen: February 17, 2010 Rating: 4/5

56) The Time That Remains (2009) Dir: Elia Suleiman Not Yet Released Date Seen: February 17, 2010

57) Air Doll (2009) Dir: Hirokazu Koreeda Not Yet Released Date Seen: February 18, 2010 Rating: 2.5/5

This batch perfectly exemplifies why I love the risk-taking programming at "Film Comment Selects." See my capsule reviews of these three in my second dispatch on the fest for The New York Press.

258) Still Walking (2008)

258) Still Walking (2008) Dir: Hirokazu Koreeda Date Released: August 2009 Date Seen: August 19, 2009 Rating: 4/5

Exceptional because of its complex view of how a family copes with the knowledge that they're losing touch with each other as they grow older. See my review for The L Magazine.