The year-end Fave Five brigade continues with director Nicholas Jasenovec, who picked up a screenwriting award at Sundance this year for the comedy Paper Heart, starring Charlyne Yi and Michael Cera. The 30-year-old director will return to Park City in January to debut his short film Para Fuera, a documentary portrait of noted cardiologist Dr. Richard J. Bing on his 100th birthday. So what were Nicholas's five favorites of 2009? Read on!
Adventureland
"Great performances from the entire cast (especially Martin Starr) and a fantastic soundtrack. I really related to Greg Mottola's honest, personal film."
Drag Me To Hell
"The most fun I had in the theater all year. It was great to see Sam Raimi return to the genre and style of his early films."
Inglourious Basterds
"My favorite Tarantino film in years. I'm glad I didn't read the script ahead of time and was able to experience it fresh. A close second for most fun theater experience."
The Hurt Locker
"Jeremy Renner was incredible. It was such an intense film, but I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of humor in the story as well."
Dead Man's Bones Halloween Show
"The only non-movie on my list, but I think they're pretty cinematic. I'm still disappointed I couldn't get a ticket to the Marionette Theatre shows."