Monday, October 11, 2010

2010

1. Certified Copy- Abbas Kiarostami
2. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
3. Exit Through the Gift Shop- Banksy
4. The Social Network- David Fincher
5. Winter’s Bone- Debra Granik
6. Another Year- Mike Leigh
7. Meek’s Cutoff- Kelly Reichardt
8. Inception- Christopher Nolan
9. Somewhere- Sofia Coppola
10. How Do You Know- James L. Brooks
11. The Ghost Writer- Roman Polanski
12. [Wisdom Teeth- Don Hertzfeldt [short]]
13. Carlos- Olivier Assayas
14. True Grit- Joel and Ethan Coen
15. Never Let Me Go- Mark Romanek
16. Cold Weather- Aaron Katz
17. Tabloid- Errol Morris
18. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World- Edgar Wright
19. Toy Story 3- Lee Unkrich
20. Black Swan- Darren Aronofsky

Ripe for re-appraisal: The Arbor (Clio Barnard), Silent Souls (Alexei Fedorchenko), The Strange Case of Angelica (Manoel de Oliveira)

Need to see: Attenberg (Athina Rachel Tsangari), The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (Andrei Ujica), Black Venus (Abdel Kechiche), Boxing Gym (Frederick Wiseman), Four Lions (Chris Morris), Guest (Jose Luis Guerin), Hahaha (Hong Sang-soo), I Wish I Knew (Jia Zhangke), A Letter to Elia (Martin Scorsese and Kent Jones), My Joy (Serge Loznitsa), Oki’s Movie (Hong Sang-soo), The Princess of Montpensier (Bertrand Tavernier), Promises Written in Water (Vincent Gallo), Unstoppable (Tony Scott), You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (Woody Allen)

Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: The King’s Speech (Tom Hooper)
BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: The King’s Speech
César Awards, Best Film: Of Gods and Men (Xavier Beauvois)
Cannes, Palme d’Or: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Venice, Golden Lion: Somewhere
Berlin, Golden Bear: Honey (Semih Kaplanoglu)
Sundance, Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic): Winter’s Bone
Toronto, Audience Award: The King’s Speech
Skandies, Best Film: Dogtooth (Yorgos Lanthimos)
Muriel Awards, Best Feature Film: The Social Network

No comments: