2010
Intro
The following films appeared on year-end lists in Cinema Scope, Film Comment, The New York Times, and Sight & Sound. Selection for the Berlin, Cannes, Locarno, New York, Rotterdam, Sundance, Telluride, Toronto, and Venice film festivals is noted.
Films
127 Hours
USA, UK
Danny Boyle
Lists: New York Times (Dargis / 7 - Scott, 2010)
Festivals: Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2010)
Another Year
UK
Mike Leigh
Lists: Film Comment (14, 2010) | Sight & Sound (3, 2010)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Telluride (2010) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2010)
The Arbor
UK
Clio Barnard
Lists: Sight & Sound (5, 2010)
Around a Small Mountain
36 vues du Pic Saint Loup
France
Jacques Rivette
Lists: Film Comment (18, 2010 / 6 - Undistributed, 2009)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2009)
Attenberg
Greece
Athina Rachel Tsangari
Lists: Cinema Scope (9, 2010)
Festivals: Rotterdam (Bright Future, 2011) | Sundance (Spotlight, 2011) | Toronto (Discovery, 2010) | Venice (In Competition, 2010)
Aubade
USA
Nathaniel Dorsky
Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Rotterdam (Nathaniel Dorsky, 2011) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2010)
Black Swan
USA
Darren Aronofsky
Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Rotterdam (Out of Fashion, 2011) | Toronto (Gala Presentations, 2010) | Venice (In Competition - Opening Film, 2010)
Black Venus
Vénus noire
France
Abdellatif Kechiche
Lists: Film Comment (17 - Undistributed, 2010)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Venice (In Competition, 2010)
Boxing Gym
USA
Frederick Wiseman
Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2010) | New York (Special Events, 2010) | Toronto (Real to Reel, 2010)
Carlos
France, Germany
Olivier Assayas
Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2010) | Film Comment (1, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis / 3 - Scott, 2010) | Sight & Sound (4, 2010)
Festivals: Cannes (Out of Competition, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Telluride (2010)
Cold Weather
USA
Aaron Katz
Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2010)
Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2010)
Compline
USA
Nathaniel Dorsky
Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Rotterdam (Nathaniel Dorsky, 2011) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2010)
Curling
Canada
Denis Côté
Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2010)
Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011) | Toronto (Visions, 2010)
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
Singularidades de uma rapariga loura
Portugal, France, Spain
Manoel de Oliveira
Lists: Film Comment (13, 2010 / 5 - Undistributed, 2009)
Festivals: Berlin (Berlinale Special, 2009) | New York (Main Slate, 2009) | Toronto (Masters, 2009)
Enter the Void
France
Gaspar Noé
Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2009) | Sundance (Spotlight, 2010) | Toronto (Vanguard, 2009)
Everyone Else
Alle anderen
Germany
Maren Ade
Lists: Cinema Scope (2, 2009) | Film Comment (9, 2010 / 3 - Undistributed, 2009) | New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2009) | New York (Main Slate, 2009)
Exit Through the Gift Shop
UK, USA
Banksy
Lists: New York Times (10 - Scott, 2010)
Festivals: Berlin (Out of Competition, 2010) | Sundance (Spotlight, 2010)
The Fighter
USA
David O. Russell
Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
A Film Unfinished
Shtikat haarchion
Germany, Israel
Yael Hersonski
Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Berlin (Panorama, 2010) | Sundance (World Cinema Documentary Competition, 2010)
Get Out of the Car
USA
Thom Andersen
Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Locarno (Out of Competition, 2010) | New York (Views from the Avant-Garde, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum Shorts, 2011) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2010)
The Ghost Writer
France, Germany, UK
Roman Polanski
Lists: Cinema Scope (10, 2010) | Film Comment (4, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2010)
Greenberg
USA
Noah Baumbach
Lists: Film Comment (10, 2010) | New York Times (6 - Scott, 2010)
Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2010)
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
USA
Damien Chazelle
Lists: Film Comment (20 - Undistributed, 2009) | New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
I Am Love
Io sono l’amore
Italy
Luca Guadagnino
Lists: Sight & Sound (6, 2010)
Festivals: Berlin (Culinary Cinema, 2010) | Sundance (Spotlight, 2010) | Toronto (Visions, 2009) | Venice (Horizons, 2009)
I Wish I Knew
Hai shang chuan qi
China
Jia Zhangke
Lists: Cinema Scope (7, 2010) | Film Comment (13 - Undistributed, 2010)
Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2010) | Locarno (Jia Zhangke Tribute, 2010) | Toronto (Masters, 2010)
Inception
USA, UK
Christopher Nolan
Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Inside Job
USA
Charles Ferguson
Lists: Film Comment (7, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis / 1 - Scott, 2010)
Festivals: Cannes (Special Screenings, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Telluride (2010) | Toronto (Real to Reel, 2010)
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
USA
Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg
Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Sundance (US Documentary Competition, 2010)
The Kids Are All Right
USA
Lisa Cholodenko
Lists: Film Comment (16, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis / 5 - Scott, 2010)
Festivals: Berlin (Out of Competition, 2010) | Sundance (Premieres, 2010)
Last Train Home
Gui tu lie che
Canada, China
Lixin Fan
Lists: New York Times (Dargis / 8 - Scott, 2010)
Festivals: Sundance (World Cinema Documentary Competition, 2010)
A Loft
USA
Ken Jacobs
Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: New York (Views from the Avant-Garde, 2010) | Venice (Horizons, 2010)
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1
L'ennemi public n°1
France
Jean-François Richet
Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Toronto (Gala Presentations, 2008)
Mother
Madeo
South Korea
Bong Joon-ho
Lists: Cinema Scope (10, 2009) | Film Comment (11, 2010 / 12 - Undistributed, 2009)
Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2009) | New York (Main Slate, 2009) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2010) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2009)
Ne change rien
Portugal, France
Pedro Costa
Lists: Film Comment (20, 2010 / 9 - Undistributed, 2009)
Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2009) | New York (Main Slate, 2009) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2010)
Oki's Movie
Ok-hui-ui yeonghwa
South Korea
Hong Sang-soo
Lists: Film Comment (11 - Undistributed, 2010)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Rotterdam (Return of the Tiger, 2011) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2010) | Venice (Horizons, 2010)
Our Beloved Month of August
Aquele querido mês de Agosto
Portugal
Miguel Gomes
Lists: Film Comment (19, 2010)
Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2008)
Pastourelle
USA
Nathaniel Dorsky
Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: New York (Views from the Avant-Garde, 2010) | Rotterdam (Tiger Awards Shorts Competition, 2011) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2010)
A Prophet
Un prophète
France
Jacques Audiard
Lists: Film Comment (5, 2010 / 2 - Undistributed, 2009) | New York Times (Dargis, 2010) | Sight & Sound (1, 2009 / 8, 2010)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2009) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2010) | Sundance (Spotlight, 2010) | Telluride (2009) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2009)
The Robber
Der räuber
Germany, Austria
Benjamin Heisenberg
Lists: Film Comment (20 - Undistributed, 2010)
Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010)
Robinson in Ruins
UK
Patrick Keiller
Lists: Film Comment (16 - Undistributed, 2010)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Rotterdam (Return of the Tiger, 2011) | Venice (Horizons, 2010)
Ruhr
Germany
James Benning
Lists: Film Comment (12 - Undistributed, 2010)
Festivals: New York (Views from the Avant-Garde, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2010) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2010)
Secret Sunshine
Milyang
South Korea
Lee Chang-dong
Lists: New York Times (Dargis / 9 - Scott, 2010)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2007) | New York (Main Slate, 2007) | Telluride (2007) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2007)
Shutter Island
USA
Martin Scorsese
Lists: Film Comment (17, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Berlin (Out of Competition, 2010)
El Sicario, Room 164
France, USA
Gianfranco Rosi
Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2010)
Festivals: Rotterdam (Bright Future, 2011) | Venice (Horizons, 2010)
The Social Network
USA
David Fincher
Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2010) | Film Comment (2, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis, 2010) | Sight & Sound (1, 2010)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Opening Night, 2010)
Somewhere
USA
Sofia Coppola
Lists: New York Times (4 - Scott, 2010)
Festivals: Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011) | Venice (In Competition, 2010)
The Strange Case of Angelica
O estranho caso de Angélica
Portugal, Spain, France, Brazil
Manoel de Oliveira
Lists: Cinema Scope (6, 2010) | Film Comment (15, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011) | Toronto (Masters, 2010)
Sweetgrass
USA
Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Lists: Cinema Scope (5, 2009) | Film Comment (17 - Undistributed, 2009) | New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Berlin (Forum, 2009) | New York (Main Slate, 2009)
Tabloid
USA
Errol Morris
Lists: Film Comment (19 - Undistributed, 2010)
Festivals: Telluride (2010) | Toronto (Real to Reel, 2010)
The Tillman Story
USA
Amir Bar-Lev
Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Sundance (US Documentary Competition, 2010)
Tiny Furniture
USA
Lena Dunham
Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Toy Story 3
USA
Lee Unkrich
Lists: Film Comment (12, 2010) | New York Times (2 - Scott, 2010)
True Grit
USA
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Berlin (Out of Competition, 2011)
Unstoppable
USA
Tony Scott
Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2010)
Vincere
Italy
Marco Bellocchio
Lists: Cinema Scope (9, 2009) | Film Comment (8 - Undistributed, 2009) | New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2009) | New York (Main Slate, 2009) | Telluride (2009) | Toronto (Masters, 2009)
White Material
France
Claire Denis
Lists: Film Comment (3, 2010 / 4 - Undistributed, 2009) | New York Times (Dargis, 2010) | Sight & Sound (6, 2009)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2009) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2010) | Toronto (Masters, 2009) | Venice (In Competition, 2009)
Wild Grass
Les herbes folles
France
Alain Resnais
Lists: Film Comment (8, 2010 / 1 - Undistributed, 2009) | New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2009) | New York (Main Slate - Opening Night, 2009) | Toronto (Masters, 2009)
Winter Vacation
Han jia
China
Li Hongqi
Lists: Cinema Scope (5, 2010)
Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011)
Winter's Bone
USA
Debra Granik
Lists: Film Comment (6, 2010) | Sight & Sound (6, 2010)
Festivals: Berlin (Forum, 2010) | Sundance (US Dramatic Competition, 2010)