There’s always lots to do at the end of the year. Reflect back on the year that’s past, plan for the year ahead, write “Best of…” lists and think about…actually I think that about covers it.

Karina’s been doing a bit of all of that.

In an interview with Filmmaker Magazine she talks about how she is tearing herself up inside over the probable career paths of today’s independent filmmakers. She’s optimistic about how things are going in general but is concerned most of all that things don’t seem to be moving very fast.

Karina and the rest of the SpoutBlog team have also built a good bunch of year-end lists that I wanted to highlight here:

• Karina’s Favorite Films of 2008
• The Most Disappointing Movies of 2008
• Best Undistributed Movies of 2008
• Most Misunderstood Films of 2008

As is par for the course on SpoutBlog, these lists tend to go beyond the traditional “Best of” category and provide an interesting take on highlighting some of 2008’s bigger and smaller releases.