Cinema Scope 2010
Intro
The following films appeared on the Cinema Scope best of 2010 list.
Source: Cinema Scope Top Ten of 2010
Films
1. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Lung Boonmee raluek chat
Thailand, UK, France, Germany
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Lists: Film Comment (2, 2011 / 1 - Undistributed, 2010) | Sight & Sound (2, 2010)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Toronto (Masters, 2010)
2. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceaușescu
Romania
Andrei Ujica
Lists: Film Comment (13, 2011 / 7 - Undistributed, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis, 2011) | Sight & Sound (8, 2010)
Festivals: Cannes (Out of Competition, 2010) | New York (Special Events, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011) | Toronto (Visions, 2010)
3. Mysteries of Lisbon
Mistérios de Lisboa
Portugal, France
Raúl Ruiz
Lists: Film Comment (6, 2011 / 6 - Undistributed, 2010) | New York Times (Scott, 2011)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011) | Toronto (Masters, 2010)
4. Film Socialisme
Switzerland
Jean-Luc Godard
Lists: Film Comment (11, 2011 / 2 - Undistributed, 2010) | Sight & Sound (8, 2010)
Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011) | Toronto (Masters, 2010)
5. Winter Vacation
Han jia
China
Li Hongqi
Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011)
6. The Strange Case of Angelica
O estranho caso de Angélica
Portugal, Spain, France, Brazil
Manoel de Oliveira
Lists: 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)
7. I Wish I Knew
Hai shang chuan qi
China
Jia Zhangke
Lists: Film Comment (13 - Undistributed, 2010)
Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2010) | Locarno (Jia Zhangke Tribute, 2010) | Toronto (Masters, 2010)
8. Meek's Cutoff
USA
Kelly Reichardt
Lists: Film Comment (8, 2011 / 4 - Undistributed, 2010) | New York Times (Scott, 2011)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Rotterdam (Return of the Tiger, 2011) | Sundance (Spotlight, 2011) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2010) | Venice (In Competition, 2010)
9. Attenberg
Greece
Athina Rachel Tsangari
Festivals: Rotterdam (Bright Future, 2011) | Sundance (Spotlight, 2011) | Toronto (Discovery, 2010) | Venice (In Competition, 2010)
10. The Ghost Writer
France, Germany, UK
Roman Polanski
Lists: Film Comment (4, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis, 2010)
Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2010)
Special Mentions
Aurora
Romania
Cristi Puiu
Lists: Film Comment (5 - Undistributed, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis, 2011)
Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011)
Carlos
France, Germany
Olivier Assayas
Lists: 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)
Certified Copy
Copie conforme
France, Italy
Abbas Kiarostami
Lists: Film Comment (7, 2011 / 9 - Undistributed, 2010)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010)
Cold Weather
USA
Aaron Katz
Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2010)
Curling
Canada
Denis Côté
Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011) | Toronto (Visions, 2010)
Of Gods and Men
Des hommes et des dieux
France
Xavier Beauvois
Lists: Film Comment (18 - Undistributed, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis, 2011)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Telluride (2010) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2010)
Le quattro volte
Italy, Germany, Switzerland
Michelangelo Frammartino
Lists: Film Comment (14, 2011 / 8 - Undistributed, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis / Scott, 2011) | Sight & Sound (9, 2011)
Festivals: Berlin (Culinary Cinema, 2011) | Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Telluride (2010) | Toronto (Visions, 2010)
El Sicario, Room 164
France, USA
Gianfranco Rosi
Festivals: Rotterdam (Bright Future, 2011) | Venice (Horizons, 2010)
The Social Network
USA
David Fincher
Lists: Film Comment (2, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis, 2010) | Sight & Sound (1, 2010)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Opening Night, 2010)
Unstoppable
USA
Tony Scott