Film Comment 2010

1. Carlos

France, Germany
Olivier Assayas

Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 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)

2. The Social Network

USA
David Fincher

Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis, 2010) | Sight & Sound (1, 2010)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Opening Night, 2010)

3. White Material

France
Claire Denis

Lists: 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)

4. The Ghost Writer

France, Germany, UK
Roman Polanski

Lists: Cinema Scope (10, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis, 2010)

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2010)

5. A Prophet

Un prophète
France
Jacques Audiard

Lists: 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)

6. Winter's Bone

USA
Debra Granik

Lists: Sight & Sound (6, 2010)

Festivals: Berlin (Forum, 2010) | Sundance (US Dramatic Competition, 2010)

7. Inside Job

USA
Charles Ferguson

Lists: New York Times (Dargis / 1 - Scott, 2010)

Festivals: Cannes (Special Screenings, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Telluride (2010) | Toronto (Real to Reel, 2010)

8. Wild Grass

Les herbes folles
France
Alain Resnais

Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2010)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2009) | New York (Main Slate - Opening Night, 2009) | Toronto (Masters, 2009)

9. Everyone Else

Alle anderen
Germany
Maren Ade

Lists: Cinema Scope (2, 2009) | New York Times (Dargis, 2010)

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2009) | New York (Main Slate, 2009)

10. Greenberg

USA
Noah Baumbach

Lists: New York Times (6 - Scott, 2010)

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2010)

11. Mother

Madeo
South Korea
Bong Joon-ho

Lists: Cinema Scope (10, 2009)

Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2009) | New York (Main Slate, 2009) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2010) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2009)

12. Toy Story 3

USA
Lee Unkrich

Lists: New York Times (2 - Scott, 2010)

13. Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl

Singularidades de uma rapariga loura
Portugal, France, Spain
Manoel de Oliveira

Festivals: Berlin (Berlinale Special, 2009) | New York (Main Slate, 2009) | Toronto (Masters, 2009)

14. Another Year

UK
Mike Leigh

Lists: Sight & Sound (3, 2010)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Telluride (2010) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2010)

15. The Strange Case of Angelica

O estranho caso de Angélica
Portugal, Spain, France, Brazil
Manoel de Oliveira

Lists: Cinema Scope (6, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis, 2010)

Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011) | Toronto (Masters, 2010)

16. The Kids Are All Right

USA
Lisa Cholodenko

Lists: New York Times (Dargis / 5 - Scott, 2010)

Festivals: Berlin (Out of Competition, 2010) | Sundance (Premieres, 2010)

17. Shutter Island

USA
Martin Scorsese

Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2010)

Festivals: Berlin (Out of Competition, 2010)

18. Around a Small Mountain

36 vues du Pic Saint Loup
France
Jacques Rivette

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2009)

19. Our Beloved Month of August

Aquele querido mês de Agosto
Portugal
Miguel Gomes

Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2008)

20. Ne change rien

Portugal, France
Pedro Costa

Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2009) | New York (Main Slate, 2009) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2010)

1. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Lung Boonmee raluek chat
Thailand, UK, France, Germany
Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Lists: Cinema Scope (1, 2010) | Sight & Sound (2, 2010)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Toronto (Masters, 2010)

2. Film Socialisme

Switzerland
Jean-Luc Godard

Lists: Cinema Scope (4, 2010) | Sight & Sound (8, 2010)

Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011) | Toronto (Masters, 2010)

3. Poetry

Shi
South Korea
Lee Chang-dong

Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2011) | Sight & Sound (8, 2010)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011) | Telluride (2010) | Toronto (Masters, 2010)

4. Meek's Cutoff

USA
Kelly Reichardt

Lists: Cinema Scope (8, 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)

5. Aurora

Romania
Cristi Puiu

Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis, 2011)

Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011)

6. Mysteries of Lisbon

Mistérios de Lisboa
Portugal, France
Raúl Ruiz

Lists: Cinema Scope (3, 2010) | New York Times (Scott, 2011)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011) | Toronto (Masters, 2010)

7. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu

Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceaușescu
Romania
Andrei Ujica

Lists: Cinema Scope (2, 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)

8. Le quattro volte

Italy, Germany, Switzerland
Michelangelo Frammartino

Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 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)

9. Certified Copy

Copie conforme
France, Italy
Abbas Kiarostami

Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2010)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010)

10. Tuesday, After Christmas

Marti, dupã Crãciun
Romania
Radu Muntean

Lists: New York Times (Scott, 2011)

Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011)

11. Oki's Movie

Ok-hui-ui yeonghwa
South Korea
Hong Sang-soo

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Rotterdam (Return of the Tiger, 2011) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2010) | Venice (Horizons, 2010)

12. Ruhr

Germany
James Benning

Festivals: New York (Views from the Avant-Garde, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2010) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2010)

13. I Wish I Knew

Hai shang chuan qi
China
Jia Zhangke

Lists: Cinema Scope (7, 2010)

Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2010) | Locarno (Jia Zhangke Tribute, 2010) | Toronto (Masters, 2010)

14. My Joy

Schastye moe
Ukraine, Germany, Netherlands
Sergei Loznitsa

Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2011)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2010)

15. Nostalgia for the Light

Nostalgia de la luz
Chile, France, Germany
Patricio Guzmán

Lists: Sight & Sound (8, 2010)

Festivals: Cannes (Special Screenings, 2010) | Toronto (Masters, 2010)

16. Robinson in Ruins

UK
Patrick Keiller

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Rotterdam (Return of the Tiger, 2011) | Venice (Horizons, 2010)

17. Black Venus

Vénus noire
France
Abdellatif Kechiche

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Venice (In Competition, 2010)

18. Of Gods and Men

Des hommes et des dieux
France
Xavier Beauvois

Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis, 2011)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Telluride (2010) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2010)

19. Tabloid

USA
Errol Morris

Festivals: Telluride (2010) | Toronto (Real to Reel, 2010)

20. The Robber

Der räuber
Germany, Austria
Benjamin Heisenberg

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010)