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201 |
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202 |
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203 |
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Exit
Through the Gift Shop |
|
Banksy (188) |
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2010, 86m, Col, UK, Documentary-Comedy |
| Andre, Wendy
Asher, Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Deborah Guetta, Thierry Guetta,
Rhys Ifans (narrator), Space Invader, Jay Leno, Zeus |
|
"An exhilarating hall-of-mirrors look at what happens when
global art fame turns anonymous, artists become objects, fans
turn into artists, and the whole
what's-sincere-and-what's-a-sham spectacle is more fun than art
was ever supposed to be." - Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly |
|
Selected by A.O.
Scott, David Denby, Owen Gleiberman, David Fear, Matt Singer. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
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Downfall |
|
Oliver
Hirschbiegel
(195) |
 |
| • Der
Untergang
(original title) |
|
2004, 156m, Col, Germany-Austria-Italy, War-Drama |
| Bruno Ganz,
Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane
Kohler, Heino Ferch, Christian Berkel, Matthias Habich, Thomas
Kretschmann, Michael Mendl |
| "A
riveting re-creation of three world-changing collapses: those of
the Nazi party, of militarized Germany as a whole, and of the
Führer who guided them into self-destructive ruin." -
David Sterritt,
Christian Science Monitor |
|
Selected by
Philip
Kemp, Frank Darabont, Richard
Schickel, Stephen Holden, Saul Austerlitz. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
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|
O Brother,
Where Art Thou? |
|
Joel Coen
and Ethan Coen (185) |
 |
| 2000, 107m, Col,
USA-France, Crime-Adventure-Comedy |
| George
Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, John
Goodman, Michael Badalucco, Holly Hunter, Stephen Root, Chris
Thomas King, Wayne Duvall |
|
"It is, all in all, a
rambunctious and inspired ride in which the
Coen brothers' voracious fascination
with the arcana of American popular culture and their whiz-kid
inventiveness reach new heights of whimsy." - A.O. Scott,
New York Times |
|
Selected by Joseph McBride,
Cameron Crowe, Scott Tobias, Charles Taylor, Gregory Solman. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
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204 |
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205↑ |
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206 |
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Irréversible |
|
Gaspar Noé (186) |
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| 2002, 97m, Col,
France, Crime-Drama-Horror |
| Monica
Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Jo Prestia, Philippe
Nahon, Stephane Drouot, Jean-Louis Costes, Michel Gondoin,
Mourad Khima, Gaspar Noe |
| "It would be easy and
convenient to dismiss Irreversible as blatant sensationalism.
But Noe's bruising film is too artfully crafted to write off as
exploitation." -
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone |
|
Selected by
Stuart Gordon,
John Waters,
Ian Christie, Ty Burr, Gerald Peary. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
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|
28 Days Later... |
|
Danny Boyle
(225) |
 |
|
2002, 113m, Col, UK, Thriller-Science Fiction-Horror |
| Cillian
Murphy, Naomie Harris, Megan Burns, Brendan Gleeson, Christopher
Eccleston, Alex Palmer, Bindu de Stoppani, Jukka Hitunen, David
Schneider, Toby Sedgwick |
|
"At once an
old-fashioned freakout and an environmental cautionary tale
(mess with Mother Nature and she'll mess with you right back),
the film combines two genre standbys -- lethal contagion and the
undead -- and gives them a wicked, contemporary spin." -
Manohla Dargis,
Los Angeles Times |
|
Selected by
Manohla
Dargis, Wesley Morris, Shawn Levy, Thomas Caldwell, Cynthia
Fuchs. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
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|
Hotel Rwanda |
|
Terry George (190) |
 |
| 2004, 121m, Col,
UK-USA-South Africa-Italy, War-Drama |
| Don Cheadle,
Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Desmond Dube, David O'Hara,
Cara Seymour, Fana Mokoena, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Tony Kgoroge, Mosa
Kaiser |
| "It is a powerful portrait
of a slightly befuddled man who, when inhuman demands were
placed on him, found within himself an unexpected response." -
Richard Schickel, Time |
|
Selected by Roger Ebert,
Richard Roeper, Mick LaSalle, Charles Taylor, Desson Thomson. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
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207 |
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208 |
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209 |
|
The Hours |
|
Stephen Daldry (191) |
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|
2002, 114m, Col, USA, Drama |
| Nicole
Kidman, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Stephen Dillane, Miranda
Richardson, George Loftus, John C. Reilly, Ed Harris, Jack
Rovello, Allison Janney |
|
"Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore bring dignity
and Oscar-worthy performances to The Hours, a lovingly
crafted meditation on death, loss and literature." - Andrew O'Hehir, Salon |
|
Selected by David Sterritt, Kenneth Turan, Mick LaSalle, Stephen
Holden, Andrew O'Hehir. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
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|
Persepolis |
|
Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi
(201) |
 |
| 2007,
95m, Col-BW, France-USA, Animated-Comedy-Drama |
| Chiara
Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon
Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes, Francois Jerosme, Sophie Arthuys,
Jean-Francois Gallotte, Arie Elmaleh, Mathias Mlekuz |
|
"Cinematic poetry in black and white. It also is a deeply
affecting tale of the power of resilience and an unflagging
sense of humor through the worst of situations." -
Claudia Puig, USA Today |
|
Selected by
Tom Charity, Jim Emerson, Sam Adams, Melissa Anderson, David
D'Arcy. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
|
| Two Lovers |
|
James Gray
(193) |
 |
| 2008, 110m,
Col, USA-France, Drama-Romance |
| Joaquin
Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Moni Moshonov, Isabella
Rossellini, John Ortiz, Bob Ari, Julie Budd, Elias Koteas,
Shiran Nicholson |
| "As in a good
European film, shots are allowed to breathe. The focus is on
character and human emotion. At the same time, the movie shows
an American concern for pace and story development. The result
is the best of both worlds." - Mick LaSalle, San Francisco
Chronicle |
| Selected by
Tom Charity, F.X. Feeney, Karina Longworth, Charles Taylor,
Keith Uhlich. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
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210 |
|
211 |
|
212↑ |
|
Bloody
Sunday |
|
Paul Greengrass
(194) |
 |
|
2001, 110m, Col, UK-Ireland, Historical-Drama |
| James
Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Gerard McSorley,
Kathy Kiera Clarke, Allan Gildea, Gerard Crossan, Mary Moulds,
Carmel McCallion, Christopher Villiers |
|
"For the viewer, the miracle of Bloody Sunday is that
firm moral judgment can exist side by side with a wild and
bitter exhilaration in the sheer physicality of violence." -
David Denby, The New Yorker |
|
Selected by Michael Atkinson, Peter Keough, Gavin Smith, Kenneth Turan, Scott
Foundas. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
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|
Morvern Callar |
|
Lynne Ramsay (205) |
 |
| 2002, 97m, Col,
UK-Canada, Drama |
| Samantha
Morton, Kathleen McDermott, Jim Wilson, Raife Patrick Burchell,
Dan Cadan, Carolyn Calder, Steven Cardwell, Bryan Dick, Andrew
Flannigan, Dolly Wells |
| "A work of astonishing
delicacy and force, a tone poem about the Frankenstein jolts
that all of us, at one time or another, have to live through." -
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon |
|
Selected by David Thomson, Elvis Mitchell, Ella Taylor, Mark Olsen,
Charles Taylor. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
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|
Melancholia |
|
Lars von Trier
new
|
 |
|
2011, 135m, Col, Denmark-Sweden-France-Germany-Italy,
Drama-Science Fiction |
| Kirsten
Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgard, Brady Corbet,
Cameron Spurr, Charlotte Rampling, Jesper Christensen, John
Hurt, Stellan Skarsgard, Udo Kier |
| "For
all the tyrannical disdain he's shown other filmmakers over the
years, von
Trier once again demonstrates a mastery of classical
technique, extracting incredibly strong performances from his
cast while serving up a sturdy blend of fly-on-the-wall
naturalism and jaw-dropping visual effects." -
Peter Debruge,
Variety |
|
Selected by J. Hoberman, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Anne Thompson,
Stephanie Zacharek, Karina Longworth. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
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213 |
|
214 |
|
215↑ |
|
Kinsey |
|
Bill Condon (196) |
 |
|
2004, 118m, Col, Germany-USA-UK, Drama-Biography |
| Liam Neeson,
Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton,
John Lithgow, Tim Curry, Oliver Platt, Dylan Baker, Julianne
Nicholson |
| "A
stupendously moving film. Neeson nails Kinsey's rock-hard
decency and fragile ego, and Linney abets him beautifully: There
isn't an actress in movies right now who's more simply alive." -
David Edelstein, Slate |
|
Selected by Owen Gleiberman, David Ehrenstein, Richard Schickel,
A.O. Scott, Stephen Holden. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
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|
Femme Fatale |
|
Brian De Palma
(206) |
 |
|
2002, 110m, Col, France, Thriller-Crime |
| Antonio
Banderas, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Peter Coyote, Eriq Ebouaney,
Edouard Montoute, Rie Rasmussen, Thierry Fremont, Gregg Henry,
Eva Darlan, Sandrine Bonnaire |
|
"Here, the message is the moviemaking and the unparalleled
joy you get from a film that can carry you off so completely,
making you forget about everything save for the beautiful lies
in front of you." -
Manohla Dargis,
Los Angeles Times |
|
Selected by Armond White, Bill Krohn, Gavin
Smith, Adrian Martin,
Manohla Dargis. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
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|
Star Spangled to Death |
|
Ken Jacobs
new
|
 |
| 2004, 402m, Col-BW, USA,
Avant-Garde |
|
Jack Smith, Jerry Sims, Gib Taylor, Bill
Carpenter, Cecilia Swan, Ken Jacobs |
|
"Whether or not this is the final version of Star Spangled
to Death, it stands as a rare living, breathing example of
American avant-garde filmmaking, a species unfortunately well on
its way to extinction." - Dave Kehr,
The New York Times |
|
Selected by David
Ehrenstein, Edward Crouse, Daryl Chin, Robert
Koehler, Scott Foundas. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
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216 |
|
217 |
|
218 |
|
Nobody
Knows |
|
Hirokazu Koreeda
(199) |
 |
| • Dare mo
shiranai (original title) |
|
2003, 141m, Col, Japan, Drama |
| Yuya Yagira,
Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu, Hanae Kan, You, Kazumi
Kushida, Yukiko Okamoto, Sei Hiraizumi, Susumu Terajima |
|
"Unfolds with such leisurely, terrible beauty, it takes a while
to realize that what we are witnessing is the children's long
slide into beggary, exacerbated by the slow torture of faint
hope." - Ella Taylor, LA Weekly |
|
Selected by
Jia Zhangke, David Edelstein, Daryl Chin, Michael Koresky,
Ed Gonzalez. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
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|
Rachel
Getting Married |
|
Jonathan Demme
(200) |
 |
|
2008, 113m, Col, USA, Drama-Romance |
| Anne
Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin, Tunde Adebimpe, Mather
Zickel, Anna Deavere Smith, Anisa George, Robyn Hitchcock, Roger
Corman, Debra Winger |
|
"A friend asked: "Wouldn't you love to attend a wedding
like that?" In a way, I felt I had. Yes, I began to feel
absorbed in the experience. A few movies can do that, can slip
you out of your mind and into theirs." - Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times |
|
Selected by
Mike D'Angelo, Ed Gonzalez, Noel Murray, Matt Singer, Nathan
Rabin. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
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|
Los Angeles
Plays Itself |
|
Thom Andersen (202) |
 |
| 2003, 169m, Col,
USA, Documentary |
| Encke King |
| "Los Angeles may be the most
photographed city in the world, but it has never have been
captured with such complex layers of meaning and fascination as
in Thom Andersen's remarkable Los Angeles Plays Itself." -
Robert Koehler, Variety |
|
Selected by Berenice Reynaud,
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Daryl Chin, Ed Halter, Saul Austerlitz. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
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219 |
|
220 |
|
221 |
|
Casino Royale |
|
Martin Campbell
(217) |
 |
|
2006, 144m, Col-BW, UK-USA-Czech Republic-Germany,
Action-Adventure-Thriller |
| Daniel
Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright,
Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino, Simon Abkarian, Isaach De
Bankole, Jesper Christensen |
| "Relaunches
the series by doing something I wouldn't have thought possible:
It turns Bond into a human being again -- a gruffly charming yet
volatile chap who may be the swank king stud of the Western
world, but who still has room for rage, fear, vulnerability,
love." -
Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekley |
|
Selected by
Michael Wilmington, Owen Gleiberman, Molly Haskell, Michael
Phillips, William Arnold. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
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|
Dogtooth |
|
Giorgos Lanthimos
(218) |
 |
| • Kynodontas
(original title) |
|
2009, 97m, Col, Greece, Drama |
| Christos
Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Aggeliki Papoulia, Christos
Passalis, Mary Tsoni, Anna Kalaitzidou, Alexander Voulgaris |
|
"Dogtooth is like a car crash. You cannot look away.
The Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos tells his story with
complete command of visuals and performances. His cinematography
is like a series of family photographs of a family with
something wrong with it." - Roger Ebert, Chicago
Sun-Times |
|
Selected by Anthony
Lane, Michael Atkinson, J.R. Jones, Joshua Rothkopf, Karina
Longworth. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
|
|
Minority
Report |
|
Steven Spielberg (203) |
 |
| 2002, 144m, Col,
USA, Thriller-Science Fiction-Action |
| Tom Cruise,
Max von Sydow, Steve Harris, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton,
Lois Smith, Tim Blake Nelson, Neal McDonough, Patrick
Kilpatrick, Jessica Capshaw |
| "This film is such a
virtuoso high-wire act, daring so much, achieving it with such
grace and skill. Minority Report reminds us why we go to the
movies in the first place." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times |
|
Selected by Peter Keough,
James Berardinelli, Mike Clark, Chris Chang, William Arnold. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
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222 |
|
223 |
|
224 |
|
21 Grams |
|
Alejandro González Iñárritu (207) |
 |
| 2003, 125m, Col,
Germany-USA, Drama |
| Sean Penn,
Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melissa
Leo, Clea Duvall, Danny Huston, Eddie Marsan, Paul Calderon,
Annie Corley |
| "What gives the film a formalist
kick is that the story unfolds piecemeal as a series of
nonlinear moments. What gives it soul are the three lead actors
who pull the pieces together with devastating power." -
Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times |
|
Selected by
Jonathan Romney, Gerald Peary, Manohla Dargis, Mick LaSalle, Elvis Mitchell. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
|
|
Tarnation |
|
Jonathan Caouette (208) |
 |
| 2003, 88m, Col-BW,
USA, Documentary |
| Renee
Leblanc, Jonathan Caouette, Adolph Davis, Rosemary Davis, David
Sanin Paz, Michael Cox, Dagon James, Joshua Williams, David
LeBlanc, Stacey Mowery |
| "Harrowing, extremely
disturbing at times, but brought to the screen in dazzling
pop-art images that make the movie's grim content very much
worth watching." -
David Sterritt, Christian Science Monitor |
|
Selected by
Guy Maddin, Kenneth Turan,
A.O. Scott, Ella Taylor, Lou Lumenick. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
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|
A Prairie Home
Companion |
|
Robert
Altman (219) |
 |
| 2006, 105m, Col,
USA, Comedy-Drama-Musical |
| Woody
Harrelson, L.Q. Jones, Tommy Lee Jones, Garrison Keillor, Kevin
Kline, Lindsay Lohan, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly, Meryl
Streep, Lily Tomlin |
|
"Not since
Woody Allen's
Radio Days has
anyone created such a cinematic Valentine to the wonderfully
imaginative medium of radio as A Prairie Home Companion." -
Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter |
|
Selected by Joseph
McBride, Richard Combs, Michael
Wilmington, Molly Haskell, Kent Jones. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
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225 |
|
226 |
|
227 |
|
Offside |
|
Jafar Panahi (211) |
 |
| 2006,
93m, Col, Iran, Comedy-Drama-Sports |
| Sima
Mobarak-Shahi, Safdar Samandar, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi,
Golnaz Farmani, Mahnaz Zabihi, Nazanin Sediq-zadeh, Mohammad
Kheir-abadi, Masoud Kheymeh-kabood, Mohammed-Reza Gharebaghi |
|
"The masterly
Panahi concocts a spellbinding, often corrosively
and/or warmly funny story in which love of both country and
sport tries to, but doesn't quite, transcend dogmatic and
ingrained difference." -
Glenn Kenny, Premiere |
|
Selected by
J. Hoberman, Dennis Lim, David D'Arcy, Bilge Ebiri, Ed Gonzalez. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
|
|
Hero |
|
Zhang Yimou
(212) |
 |
| • Ying xiong
(original title) |
|
2002, 99m, Col, Hong Kong-China, Drama-Action |
| Jet Li,
Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Daoming Chen, Donnie Yen,
Liu Zhong Yuan, Zheng Tia Yong, Yan Qin, Chang Xiao Yang |
| "Hero
is a movie that lives up to all the nobility of its title, a
gift to movie audiences who cherish the opportunity to be
transported to a heretofore unimagined world and absorbed
totally into what happens there." - Chris Kaltenbach, Baltimore
Sun |
|
Selected by Richard Corliss, David Edelstein, Charles Taylor,
Chris Kaltenbach, Mark Jenkins. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
|
|
Chicken Run |
|
Peter Lord & Nick Park (213) |
 |
| 2000, 84m, Col,
USA-UK, Animated-Family-Comedy |
| Phil
Daniels, Lynn Ferguson, Mel Gibson, Tony Haygarth, Jane Horrocks,
Miranda Richardson, Julia Sawalha, Timothy Spall, Imelda
Staunton, Benjamin Whitrow |
| "Never loses its priceless
stamp of individuality. Reduced to its essence, this is a joke
told by a person, not a corporation--and that makes all the
difference." -
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times |
|
Selected by Kenneth Turan,
Desson Howe, A.O. Scott, Lisa Schwarzbaum, David Chute. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
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228 |
|
229 |
|
230 |
|
The Sun |
|
Aleksandr Sokurov
(215) |
 |
| • Solntse (original title) |
|
2005, 115m, Col, Russia-Italy-France-Switzerland,
Drama-Historical |
| Issei
Ogata, Robert Dawson, Kaori Momoi, Shiro Sano, Shinmei Tsuji,
Taijiro Tamura, Georgi Pitskhelauri, Hiroya Morita, Toshiaki
Nishizawa, Naomasa Musaka |
| "This
2005 masterpiece by Russian filmmaker
Alexander
Sokurov transforms the story of Emperor Hirohito at
the close of World War II into a melancholy meditation on power
and its loss." -
Fred Camper,
Chicago Reader |
|
Selected by Amy
Taubin, David Sterritt, Phillip Lopate, Kent Jones, J. Hoberman. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
|
|
Tie Xi Qu: West of
the Tracks |
|
Wang Bing
(209) |
 |
|
2003, 551m, Col, China, Documentary |
| "Wang's
monumental documentary is a poetic summation of the death throes
of the heavy industries (copper smelting, sheet metal
production, cable manufacture) in Shenyang, North-east China." -
Tony Rayns,
Time Out |
|
Selected by Ying
Liang, Berenice Reynaud, Dennis Lim, Jean-Michel Frodon, Thom
Andersen. |
|
Amazon
The New York Times |
|
|
|
Monsters, Inc. |
|
Peter Docter / David Silverman / Lee Unkrich (228) |
 |
| 2001, 95m, Col,
USA, Animated-Family-Comedy |
| John
Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn,
Jennifer Tilly, Bob Peterson, John Ratzenberger, Frank Oz,
Daniel gerson |
| "Shrek is a scintilla
funnier, Toy Story 2 a hair's breadth more poignant, but
MI
is every bit as imaginative and lovable as these other
contemporary animation classics." - Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer |
|
Selected by Frank Darabont, Michael Wilmington, Carrie Rickey, Richard
Corliss, Elvis Mitchell. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
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231↑ |
|
232 |
|
233 |
|
Another Year |
|
Mike
Leigh
new
|
 |
|
2010, 130m, Col, UK, Comedy-Drama |
| Jim
Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen, Oliver Maltman, Peter
Wight, David (2) Bradley, Martin Savage, Karina Fernandez,
Michele Austin, Philip Davis |
| "Getting
a small cohort of humanity dead right is an impressive artistic
achievement, but
Mike Leigh's beautifully modulated English drama
Another Year advances even farther." -
Kyle Smith, The New York Post |
|
Selected by Owen
Gleiberman, Philip French, David Fear, Keith Uhlich, Stephen
Holden. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
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|
Black Hawk
Down |
|
Ridley
Scott (214) |
 |
| 2001, 144m, Col,
USA, War-Drama-Action |
| Josh
Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Jason Isaacs, William
Fichtner, Eric Bana, Sam Shepard, Ewen Bremner, Gabriel Casseus,
Ioan Gruffudd |
| "Rivets our interest for
its entire lengthy running time. And it does this without any of
the usual war movie clichés, false heroics, barracks-humor
nonsense or grandstanding absurdities." -
William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
|
Selected by
Bruce
Beresford, Richard Schickel,
Kenneth Turan, Roger Ebert, Richard Corliss. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
|
|
Collateral |
|
Michael Mann
(220) |
 |
|
2004, 120m, Col, USA, Thriller-Crime-Action |
| Tom Cruise,
Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Bruce
McGill, Irma P. Hall, Barry Shabaka Henley, Richard T. Jones,
Javier Bardem |
|
"As a result of
Mann's
craftsmanship and concern, Collateral crackles with energy and
purpose, a propulsive film with character on its mind and
confident men and women on both sides of the camera." - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times |
|
Selected by
Arnaud Desplechin, Richard Schickel, Manohla Dargis, Mike Clark, Ella
Taylor. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
|
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|
234 |
|
235 |
|
236↑ |
|
Crash |
|
Paul Haggis (216) |
 |
| 2004, 113m, Col,
Germany-USA-Australia, Drama-Crime |
| Sandra
Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William
Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Ludacris, Thandie
Newton, Ryan Phillippe |
| "Not just one of the best
Hollywood movies about race, but, along with Collateral, one
of the finest portrayals of contemporary Los Angeles life
period." - Ella Taylor, LA Weekly |
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Selected by Richard Schickel,
Roger Ebert, Kevin Thomas, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Howard Feinstein. |
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Amazon
Metacritic |
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Flags of
Our Fathers |
|
Clint Eastwood
(222) |
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2006, 132m, Col, USA, War-Drama-Action |
| Ryan
Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey,
John Slattery, Barry Pepper, Jamie Bell, Paul Walker, Robert
Patrick, Neal McDonough |
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"To an extent, Flags of Our Fathers
is to the WWII movie what
Eastwood's
Unforgiven was to the western -- a stripping-away of
mythology until only a harsher, uncomfortable reality remains."
- Scott Foundas, Village Voice |
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Selected by Richard Combs, Philip French, Kent Jones, Michael Wilmington, Kirk Honeycutt. |
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Amazon
Metacritic |
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Old
Joy |
|
Kelly Reichardt
re-entry
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2005, 73m, Col, USA, Drama |
| Daniel
London, Will Oldham, Tanya Smith, Robin Rosenberg, Keri Moran,
Autumn Campbell, Steve Doughton, Lucy, Matt McCormick, Darren
Prolsen |
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"It's in all the moments where little happens that
Reichardt is
most amazing, investing even a gas-station pit stop with perfect
emotional pitch." - Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly |
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Selected by Scott Tobias, Ed Halter, Brian Miller, Melissa
Anderson, Godfrey Cheshire. |
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Amazon
Metacritic |
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239 |
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Slumdog
Millionaire |
|
Danny Boyle
(233) |
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2008, 120m, Col, UK, Crime-Drama-Romance |
| Dev Patel,
Anil Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla, Rajendranath Zutshi, Jeneva Talwar,
Freida Pinto, Irfan Khan, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Ayush
Mahesh Khedekar, Sunil Kumar Agrawal |
| "Slumdog
Millionaire dives headfirst into something greater than a
subculture - the enormous unchronicled culture of India's
mega-slums - and achieves even more sweeping impact." -
Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun |
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Selected by Kevin
B. Lee, Travis Crawford, Peter Brunette, Kim Voynar, David
Poland. |
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Amazon
Metacritic |
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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India |
|
Ashutosh Gowariker
(248) |
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2001, 223m, Col, India, Drama-Musical-Romance |
|
Aamir Khan, Gracy
Singh, Rachel Shelley, Paul Blackthorne, Suhasini Mulay,
Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Raghuvir Yadav, Rajendra Gupta, Rajesh
Vivek, Shri Vallabh Vyas |
| "The
sunny, funny, toe-tapping Lagaan is the answer to those
who ask why they don't make movies like they used to: They do,
but in India." - Jami Bernard, New York Daily News |
|
Selected by Ed Halter, Robert Horton, Andy Klein, Travis
Crawford, Shoma A. Chatterji. |
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Amazon
Metacritic |
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Wallace &
Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit |
|
Nick Park & Steve Box (237) |
 |
| • Wallace &
Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (alternative title) |
| 2005, 85m, Col,
UK-USA, Animated-Adventure-Comedy |
| Peter
Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Peter Kay, Nicholas
Smith, Liz Smith, John Thomson, Mark Gatiss, Vincent Ebrahim,
Geraldine McEwan |
| "This latest and biggest
installment is a whimsical success of a very high order: The
pace never lags, the invention is incessant, and it makes you
want to have a bite of cheese afterward." -
Ed Park, Village Voice |
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Selected by Kenneth Turan,
A.O. Scott, David Edelstein, Tom Charity, Donna Bowman. |
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Amazon
Metacritic |
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240↑ |
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241 |
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242 |
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Margaret |
|
Kenneth Lonergan
new
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|
2011, 150m, Col, USA, Drama |
| Anna Paquin,
Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo, Jean Reno, Matthew Broderick, J. Smith
Cameron, Allison Janney, Jeannie Berlin, Kieran Culkin,
Sarah Steele |
| "And
though not all of Lonergan's conceits work on a scene-by-scene
basis (an upper-crust womanizer played by Jean Reno skews a bit
too close to caricature), the film has a cumulative
power-solidified by a devastating opera-house finale-that's
staggering. This is frayed-edges filmmaking at its finest." -
Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York |
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Selected by Richard
Brody, Glenn Kenny, Peter Bradshaw, Scott Tobias, Ed Gonzalez. |
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Amazon
Metacritic |
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Maria Full
of Grace |
|
Joshua Marston (221) |
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|
2003, 100m, Col, USA-Colombia-Ecuador, Drama-Crime |
| Catalina
Sandino Moreno, Yenny Paola Vega, Jhon Alex Toro, Guilied Lopez,
Patricia Rae, Virginia Ariza, Rodrigo Sanchez Borhorquez,
Charles Albert Patino, Wilson Guerrero, Johanna Andrea Mora |
|
"Moreno, with her wide, watchful eyes, owns the camera - and the
film. Her performance is perfectly natural and profoundly
moving. Maria Full of Grace is a remarkable picture, full
of suspense and discovery." - Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer |
|
Selected by John Anderson, Owen Gleiberman, Richard Schickel,
Stephen Holden, Kevin Thomas. |
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Amazon
Metacritic |
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Monsoon
Wedding |
|
Mira Nair (226) |
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| 2001, 114m, Col,
USA-Italy-Germany-France, Romance-Drama |
| Naseeruddin
Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shetty, Vijay Raaz, Tilatama Shome,
Vasundhara Das, Parvin Dabas, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Kamini
Khanna, Roshan Seth |
| "Has an engaging warmth and
an effortless sense of life. It also has an instinct for the
humanity and universality of situations that are comic, romantic
and quite seriously dramatic by turns." -
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times |
|
Selected by Nick
Broomfield, Carrie Rickey,
David Ansen, Stuart Klawans, Karen Durbin. |
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Amazon
Metacritic |
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243↑ |
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244 |
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245↑ |
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The Life
Aquatic with Steve Zissou |
|
Wes
Anderson
re-entry
|
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| 2004, 118m, Col,
USA, Drama-Comedy-Adventure |
|
Bill Murray, Owen
Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff
Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, Bud Cort, Seu Jorge |
| "An exquisitely evocative
movie that elevates rueful melancholia to a superpower." -
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times |
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Selected by David Ehrenstein,
David Sterritt, Steven Rea, Carina Chocano, Mike D'Angelo. |
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Amazon
Metacritic |
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High
Fidelity |
|
Stephen Frears
(224) |
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|
2000, 113m, Col, USA-UK, Comedy |
| John
Cusack, Iben Hjelje, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Joan
Cusack, Tim Robbins, Lili Taylor, Natasha Gregson Wagner,
Catherine Zeta-Jones |
|
"With its knowing take on men, messed-up romance and music, it's
like one long, hook-filled pop song for the eyes." - Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer |
|
Selected by Roger Ebert, Desson Howe, Jay Carr, Keith
Phipps, David Chute. |
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Amazon
Metacritic |
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |
|
Tomas
Alfredson
new
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2011, 127m, Col, France-UK-Germany, Thriller |
| Gary Oldman,
Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, John Hurt,
Simon McBurney, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Benedict Cumberbatch,
Toby Jones |
| "This
superb remake has the inevitable look of a period piece, a
smoke-filled rendering of things past. However, thanks to Tomas
Alfredson's direction, a taut screenplay, and a uniformly
brilliant cast, the film also retains its contemporary
relevance." - Rick Groen, The Globe and Mail |
|
Selected by Peter
Bradshaw, Kenneth Turan, Keith Phipps, Sam Adams, Michael
Phillips. |
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Amazon
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247 |
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248 |
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Gerry |
|
Gus Van Sant
(223) |
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|
2001, 102m, Col, USA, Drama |
| Casey
Affleck, Matt Damon |
|
"The movie is on some level a stunt, but it has the fervent,
sun-dazed pull of an authentic experience unfolding in real
time, with glints of drama, comedy, and terror mixed into the
almost-but-not-quite tedium." - Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly |
|
Selected by
Berenice Reynaud, Michael Atkinson, Keith Uhlich, Scott Tobias,
Keith Phipps. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
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I Am
Love |
|
Luca
Guadagnino
(229) |
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| • Io sono
l'amore (original title) |
|
2009, 119m, Col, Italy, Drama |
| Tilda
Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Alba Rohrwacher,
Pippo Delbono, Diane Fleri, Maria Paiato, Marisa Berenson, Waris
Ahluwalia, Gabriele Ferzetti |
|
"I Am Love fuses the past with the changing future
in a marvelous traditional narrative without a shred of the
sloppy trends of contemporary filmmaking." - Rex Reed,
New York Observer |
|
Selected by Anthony
Lane, Michael Atkinson, Andrew O'Hehir, Ann Hornaday, Chuck
Wilson. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
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Woman on
the Beach |
|
Hong Sang-soo
(227) |
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| • Haebyonui
yoin (original title) |
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2006, 100m, Col, South Korea, Drama-Comedy |
| Ban-ya Choi,
Hyun-jung Go, Chan Jung, Seung-woo Kim, Tae-woo Kim, Hyeon-gang
Ko, Ki-woo Lee, Seong-kun Mun, Tae-kyung Oh, Seon-mi Song |
|
"Woman On The Beach is a stripped-down, witty
explication of how we all get stymied by the impulses and
options inherent in the simple act of living." - Noel
Murray, The A.V. Club |
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Selected by
Phillip Lopate, Richard Brody, Kent Jones, Berenice Reynaud, Kevin B. Lee. |
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Amazon
Metacritic |
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Unknown
Pleasures |
|
Jia Zhangke
(230) |
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| • Ren xiao
yao (original title) |
| 2002, 112m, Col,
Japan-France-Korea-China, Drama-Comedy |
| Wei Wei
Zhao, Qiong Wu, Qing Feng Zhou, Hong Wei Wang, Ru Bai, Xi An
Liu, Shou Lin Xu, Ren Ai Jun, Dao Xiao, Zi Ying |
|
"Unknown Pleasures suggests
a coolly formalist reinvention of neorealism. The film is both
distanced and immediate -- a fiction with the force of
documentary." - J. Hoberman, Village Voice |
|
Selected by Dennis Lim,
Berenice Reynaud, Chris Fujiwara, Gavin Smith, Kent Jones. |
|
Amazon
Metacritic |
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Crimson
Gold |
|
Jafar Panahi
(232) |
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| • Talaye
sorkh (original title) |
|
2003, 96m, Col, Iran, Drama |
| Hossain
Emadeddin, Kamyar Sheisi, Azita Rayeji, Shahram Vaziri, Pourang
Nakhaei, Kaveh Najmabadi, Saber Safaei, Yadollah Samadian, Ramin
Rastad, Ehsan Amani |
|
"Iranian director
Jafar Panahi's
Crimson Gold is an anti-blockbuster--a deceptively modest
undertaking that brilliantly combines unpretentious humanism and
impeccable formal values." - J. Hoberman, Village Voice |
|
Selected by John Anderson, Chris Chang, Robert Koehler, Wesley
Morris, Godfrey Cheshire. |
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Amazon
Metacritic |
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