Accounting For Taste

Cinema Scope 2013

Intro

The following films appeared on the Cinema Scope best of 2013 list.

Source: Editor’s Note: The Cinema Scope Top Ten of 2013

Films

1. Stranger by the Lake

L'inconnu du lac
France
Alain Guiraudie

Lists: Film Comment (6, 2014) | Sight & Sound (9, 2013)

Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2013) | New York (Main Slate, 2013) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2014) | Sundance (Spotlight, 2014) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2013)

2. Norte, the End of History

Norte, hangganan ng kasaysayan
Philippines
Lav Diaz

Lists: Film Comment (15, 2014) | Sight & Sound (9, 2013)

Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2013) | Locarno (Jury Films, 2013) | New York (Main Slate, 2013) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2014) | Toronto (Masters, 2013)

3. A Touch of Sin

Tian zhu ding
China, Japan
Jia Zhangke

Lists: Film Comment (5, 2013) | New York Times (Dargis / 5 - Scott, 2013) | Sight & Sound (6, 2013)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2013) | New York (Main Slate, 2013) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2014) | Toronto (Masters, 2013)

4. What Now? Remind Me

E Agora? Lembra-me
Portugal
Joaquim Pinto

Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2013) | New York (Motion Portraits [Documentary], 2013) | Rotterdam (The State of Europe, 2014)

5. The Strange Little Cat

Das merkwürdige Kätzchen
Germany
Ramon Zürcher

Lists: Film Comment (6 - Undistributed, 2013)

Festivals: Berlin (Forum, 2013) | Cannes (ACID, 2013) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2013)

6. Stray Dogs

Jiao you
Taiwan
Tsai Ming-liang

Lists: Film Comment (17, 2014 / 2 - Undistributed, 2013)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2013) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2013) | Venice (In Competition, 2013)

7. Inside Llewyn Davis

USA
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Lists: Film Comment (1, 2013) | New York Times (Dargis / 1 - Scott, 2013)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2013) | New York (Main Slate, 2013) | Telluride (2013)

8. Story of My Death

Història de la meva mort
Spain, France
Albert Serra

Lists: Film Comment (8 - Undistributed, 2013)

Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2013) | Rotterdam (The State of Europe, 2014) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2013)

9. The Wolf of Wall Street

USA
Martin Scorsese

Lists: New York Times (10 - Scott, 2013) | Sight & Sound (11, 2014)

10. Computer Chess

USA
Andrew Bujalski

Lists: Film Comment (8, 2013)

Festivals: Berlin (Forum, 2013) | Sundance (Next, 2013)

Special Mentions

Jealousy

La jalousie
France
Philippe Garrel

Lists: Film Comment (1 - Undistributed, 2013)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2013) | Rotterdam (The State of Europe, 2014) | Venice (In Competition, 2013)

Manakamana

USA, Nepal
Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez

Lists: Film Comment (19, 2014) | New York Times (Dargis, 2013 / 2014)

Festivals: Locarno (Filmmakers of the Present, 2013) | New York (Motion Portraits [Documentary], 2013) | Rotterdam (Bright Future, 2014) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2013)

The Missing Picture

L'image manquante
Cambodia, France
Rithy Panh

Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2014)

Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2013) | New York (Main Slate, 2013) | Telluride (2013) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2013)

Redemption

Portugal, Germany, Italy, France
Miguel Gomes

Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2013)

Festivals: Rotterdam (The State of Europe, 2014) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2013) | Venice (Out of Competition, 2013)

The Three Disasters

Les trois désastres
France
Jean-Luc Godard

Festivals: Cannes (Critics' Week, 2013)