Top Tens, etc
2012 Top Ten
(UK releases and world-premieres)
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1. #? Elena (Zvyagintsev, Russia 2011) : 9/10 [25/28]
2. # Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Ceylan, Turkey 2011) : 8/10 [22]
3. # Project X (Nourizadeh, USA 2012) : 8/10 [21]
4. # Damsels In Distress (Stillman, USA 2011) : 7/10 [20]
5. # Le Havre (Kaurismäki, France 2011) : 7/10 [20]
6. # Barbara (Petzold, Germany 2012) : 7/10 [20]
7. Augustine (Winocour, France 2012) : 7/10 [20]
8. Refrain (Djaïdani, France 2012) : 7/10 [19]
9. # Moonrise Kingdom (Anderson, USA 2012) : 7/10 [19]
10. # Corman’s World – Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
….. (Stapleton, USA 2011) : 7/10 [19]
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[Comprising feature-length films which either had their world premiere in 2012, or else were released - or will be released - for the first time in the UK during 2012 (latter are marked with #)]
then
7/10 [19/28]
All Divided Selves (Fowler, UK 2012); # Avengers Assemble (Whedon, USA 2012, aka The Avengers); Parabeton – Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete (Emigholz, Ger 2012); 10. # 21 Jump Street (Lord & Miller, USA 2012)
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7/10 [18/28]
# The Cabin in the Woods (Goddard, USA 2012 – original rating 20/28); # The Kid with a Bike (Dardenne bros, Belgium 2011); # Planet of Snail (Yi, S.Korea 2011); Tomorrow (Gryazev, Russia 2012)
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7?/10 [18?/28]
# Clone (Fliegauf, Ger/Hun/Fr 2010, aka Womb)
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6/10 [17+/28]
# Faust; Nightfall; # Two Years At Sea
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6/10 [17/28]
Beasts of the Southern Wild; # Chronicle; Condition; # Dark Horse; The Delay; # The Grey; # Hadewijch; # Headhunters; In Another Country; # Into the Abyss – A Tale of Death, a Tale of Life; # Khodorkovsky; # Killer Joe; Paradise: Love; # Safe House; # Silent Souls; This Is Not a Film; # Wild Bill; Winter Nomads
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6/10 [16+/28]
Tabu
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6/10 [16/28]
# The Bird; # Bombay Beach; # Coriolanus; # The Descendants; # The Forgiveness of Blood; # Martha Marcy May Marlene; # Michael; A Night Too Young; # Nostalgia for the Light; # Oliver Sherman; # The Raid; # Rampart; Rust and Bone; Student; # The Turin Horse; The Wall; # Wrath of the Titans
also 2012 UK-release
6/10 Blank City [15]; Dreams of a Life [15]; John Carter [15]; Patience (After Sebald) [15]; Shame [15]; Sing Your Song [15]; This Must Be the Place [15]
5/10 Blackthorn [14]; Carnage [14]; A Dangerous Method [14]; Goodbye, First Love [14]; The Snows of Kilimanjaro [14]; A Useful Life [14]
5/10 Carancho [13]; Himizu [13]; The Iron Lady [13]
5/10 Contraband [12]; War Horse [12]
4/10 Act of Valor [11]; Haywire [11]; Safe [11]; Trishna [11]
4/10 Goon [10]
3/10 Tezz [8]
3/10 Café de Flore [7]
2/10 W.E. [5]
Performances (in confirmed UK releases)
LM : Ricardo Darín (Carancho); Thomas Doret (The Kid with a Bike); Michael Fassbender (Shame); Michael Fuith (Michael); Woody Harrelson (Rampart); Matthew McConaughey (Killer Joe); Sam Shepard (Blackthorn); Muhammet Uzuner (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia); André Wilms (Le Havre)
LF : Selma Blair (Dark Horse); Greta Gerwig (Damsels in Distress); Eva Green (Clone aka Womb); Nina Hoss (Barbara); Nadezhda Markina (Elena); Julie Sokolowski (Hadewijch); Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
SM : Taner Birsel (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia); Bob Balaban (Moonrise Kingdom); Vincent Cassel (A Dangerous Method); Brian Cox (Coriolanus); Yılmaz Erdoğan (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia); Heinz Lieven (This Must Be the Place); Viggo Mortensen (A Dangerous Method); Liev Schreiber (Goon); Andrei Smirnov (Elena); Christoph Waltz (Carnage)
SF : Nicole Beharie (Shame); Gina Gershon (Killer Joe); Sindi Lacej (The Forgiveness of Blood); Elena Liodova (Elena); Molly Parker (Oliver Sherman); Vanessa Redgrave (Coriolanus)
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2011 TOP TEN
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..1… Innocent Saturday
(V Subbotu. Russia/Germany/Ukraine 2011)
Aleksandr Mindadze :25/28: (= 9/10)
..2… Elena
(Russia 2011 #>) Andrei Zvyagintsev :25:
..3… small roads
(USA 2011) James Benning :23: (= 8/10)
..4… Sawdust City
(USA 2011) David Nordstrom :23:
..5… Rango
(USA 2011 #) Gore Verbinski :23:
..6… Margaret
(USA 2008/11 #) Kenneth Lonergan :22: (= 8/10)
..7… Wrinkles
(Arrugas. Spain 2011) Ignacio Ferreras :22:
..8… Once Upon a Time In Anatolia
(Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da. Turkey etc 2011 #>) Nuri Bilge Ceylan :22:
..9… Dreileben – One Minute of Darkness
(Dreileben – Eine Minute dunkel. Germany 2011 TV)
Christoph Hochhäusler :22:
..10… Animal Kingdom
(Australia 2009/10 #) David Michôd :22:
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then
{22/28} (8/10): # Archipelago
{21/28} (8/10): # The Future; # Kaboom
{20/28} (7/10): Adalbert’s Dream; # Ballast, Damsels In Distress, Fightville, # Hobo With a Shotgun; #> Le Havre; # Moneyball; #Nader and Simin, A Separation (aka A Separation) ; # Source Code, # 13 Assassins, # Tomboy; Twenty Cigarettes, # Win Win, # Wuthering Heights
{19+??/28} : Vikingland
{19/28}: # The Artist, # Attack the Block, Barzakh, # Cold Weather, Dreileben – Beats Being Dead (TV), Eighty Letters, Familiar Ground, # Hugo; # Kill List, The Last Buffalo Hunt, The Last Dogs of Winter, Mildred Pierce (TV mini); The Night Watchman, # Le Quattro Volte, # Melancholia,Pescador, # Red Hill, Rose and Jasmine, 7 Sins Forgiven, Stopped On Track; Swirl, #Viva Riva!, Volcano, # Weekend, Without
.Comprising feature-length films which either had their world premiere in 2011, or else were released for the first time in the UK during 2011 (latter are marked with #; films scheduled for UK release in 2012 are marked #>).
Top performances of 2011 : categorised lists (UK new-releases only)
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UK releases in 2011
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8/10 {23/28} Rango.
8/10 {22} Animal Kingdom. Archipelago. Margaret.
8/10 {21} The Future. Kaboom.
7/10 {20} Ballast. A Separation (aka Nader and Simin, A Separation). Source Code. 13 Assassins. Hobo With a Shotgun. Win Win.Wuthering Heights. Moneyball. Tomboy.
7/10 {19} The Artist. Attack the Block. Cold Weather. Hugo. Kill List. Le Quattro Volte (aka The Four Times ). Melancholia. Red Hill. Viva Riva!. Weekend.
7/10 {18} Incendies. True Grit. X-Men: First Class. Transformers – Dark of the Moon.
6/10 {17} Las Acacias. Cave of Forgotten Dreams. Fast Five. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. How I “Ended” This Summer. Limitless. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Senna. Snowtown. Super 8. Tabloid. Take Shelter.
6?/10 {17?} Black Swan.
6/10 {16} The Eagle. The Fighter. Fright Night. Heartbeats. My Week with Marilyn. Page One – Inside the New York Times. The Peddler. Submarine. The Troll Hunter. Tyrannosaur.
6/10 {15} The Guard. Jane Eyre. The Light Thief. Midnight In Paris. Post Mortem. Thor. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Your Highness.
5+/10 {14+} The Deep Blue Sea. Putty Hill.
5/10 {14} Amer. Farewell. Lemmy. Sweetgrass. The Tree of Life.
5/10 {13} Black Pond. Countdown to Zero. The Green Hornet. Immortals. The King’s Speech. Poetry. Texas Killing Fields.
5/10 {12} Battle Los Angeles. Paul. The Skin I Live In. Unknown.
4/10 {11} Beginners. Drive. I Am Number Four. The Ides of March. Killer Elite. Meek’s Cutoff. Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The Three Musketeers. Warrior. We Have A Pope (Habemum Papam)
4/10 {10} Conviction. Miss Bala. Sherlock Holmes – A Game of Shadows. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.
4/10 {9} Travellers.
3?/10 {8?} Attenberg.
3/10 {8} Tower Heist.
3/10 {7} Our Day Will Come. This Our Still Life (aka Louyre)
3/10 {6} The Hangover Part II. We Need To Talk About Kevin.
2/10 {5} Blitz.
1/10 {2} Another Earth.
2011 world premieres
9/10 {25/28} Elena. Innocent Saturday.
8/10 {23/28} Rango. Sawdust City. small roads.
8/10 {22/28} Dreileben – One Minute of Darkness (TV). Margaret. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia. Wrinkles.
8/10 {21/28} The Future.
7/10 {20/28} Adalbert’s Dream. Damsels In Distress. Fightville. Hobo With a Shotgun. Moneyball. Nader and Simin, a Separation (aka A Separation). Tomboy. Twenty Cigarettes. Win Win. Wuthering Heights.
7+??/10 {19+??/28} Vikingland.
7/10 {19/28} The Artist. Attack the Block. Barzakh. Dreileben – Beats Being Dead (TV). Eighty Letters. Familiar Ground. Kill List. The Last Buffalo Hunt. The Last Dogs of Winter. Melancholia. Mildred Pierce (TV mini); The Night Watchman. Pescador. Rose and Jasmine. 7 Sins Forgiven. Swirl. Volcano. Weekend. Without.
7/10 {18/28} Avé. Battle of the Queens. The Color Wheel. Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel. The Education. Intro. Mama Illegal. A Mysterious World. X-Men: First Class. Stories That Only Exist When Remembered. Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
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2010 TOP TEN
1. The Christening (Poland 2010) Marcin Wrona :[23/28]: (=8/10)
2. The Lord’s Ride (France 2010) Jean-Charles Hue :23:
3. Finisterrae (Spain 2010) Sergio Caballero :23:
4. In the Shadows (Germany 2010) Thomas Arslan :22: (=8/10)
5. # Involuntary (Sweden 2008) Ruben Östlund :22:
6. # Monsters (UK 2010) Gareth Edwards :22:
7. #> Animal Kingdom (Australia 2009/10) David Michôd :22:
8. # The Disappearance of Alice Creed (UK 2009) J Blakeson :22:
9. #> Archipelago (UK 2010) J Hogg :22:
10. # My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (USA/Ger 2009) Werner Herzog :22:
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Comprising feature-length films which either had their world premiere in 2010, or else were released for the first time in the UK during 2010 (latter are marked with #; 2011 releases are marked with #>.)
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ARCHIVE
Previous years’ top tens, etc .
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Best in recent years (23+ out of 28)
2011 : Innocent Saturday [25]; Elena [25]; Rango [23]; Sawdust City [23]; small roads [23].
2010 : The Christening [23]; Finisterrae [23]; The Lord’s Ride [23].
2009 : The Wrestler [27]; Symbol [26]; District 9 [24]; The Wolf’s Mouth [23], Green Waters [23].
2008 : René [24]; Revolutionary Road [24]; Wall-E [24]; Stella [23], Import Export [23].
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