Accounting For Taste

The New York Times 2011

Intro

The following films appeared on The New York Times best of 2011 lists from Manohla Dargis and A.O Scott.

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Films

Manohla Dargis

Abracadabra

USA
Ernie Gehr

Festivals: New York (Views from the Avant-Garde, 2011)

Aurora

Romania
Cristi Puiu

Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2010) | Film Comment (5 - Undistributed, 2010)

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

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu

Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceaușescu
Romania
Andrei Ujica

Lists: Cinema Scope (2, 2010) | Film Comment (13, 2011 / 7 - Undistributed, 2010) | Sight & Sound (8, 2010)

Festivals: Cannes (Out of Competition, 2010) | New York (Special Events, 2010) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011) | Toronto (Visions, 2010)

Bridesmaids

USA
Paul Feig

Contagion

USA
Steven Soderbergh

Festivals: Venice (Out of Competition, 2011)

A Dangerous Method

UK, Canada, Germany
David Cronenberg

Lists: Film Comment (5, 2011)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Gala, 2011) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2012) | Telluride (2011) | Toronto (Gala Presentations, 2011) | Venice (In Competition, 2011)

Hugo

USA
Martin Scorsese

Lists: Film Comment (9, 2011)

Festivals: New York (Work-In-Progress, 2011) | Rotterdam (Regained, 2012)

J. Edgar

USA
Clint Eastwood

Le Havre

Finland, France, Germany
Aki Kaurismäki

Lists: Film Comment (12, 2011)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2011) | Locarno (Piazza Grande, 2011) | New York (Main Slate, 2011) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2012) | Telluride (2011) | Toronto (Masters, 2011)

Melancholia

Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany
Lars von Trier

Lists: Film Comment (3, 2011) | Sight & Sound (4, 2011)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2011) | New York (Main Slate, 2011) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2011)

Moneyball

USA
Bennett Miller

Festivals: Toronto (Gala Presentations, 2011)

My Joy

Schastye moe
Ukraine, Germany, Netherlands
Sergei Loznitsa

Lists: Film Comment (14 - Undistributed, 2010)

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

Of Gods and Men

Des hommes et des dieux
France
Xavier Beauvois

Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2010) | Film Comment (18 - Undistributed, 2010)

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

Poetry

Shi
South Korea
Lee Chang-dong

Lists: Film Comment (10, 2011 / 3 - Undistributed, 2010) | Sight & Sound (8, 2010)

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

Le quattro volte

Italy, Germany, Switzerland
Michelangelo Frammartino

Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2010) | Film Comment (14, 2011 / 8 - Undistributed, 2010) | Sight & Sound (9, 2011)

Festivals: Berlin (Culinary Cinema, 2011) | Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Telluride (2010) | Toronto (Visions, 2010)

The Return

USA
Nathaniel Dorsky

Lists: Film Comment (18 - Undistributed, 2011)

Festivals: New York (Views from the Avant-Garde, 2011) | Rotterdam (Spectrum Shorts, 2012) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2011)

Seeking the Monkey King

USA
Ken Jacobs

Festivals: New York (Views from the Avant-Garde, 2011)

The Skin I Live In

La piel que habito
Spain
Pedro Almodóvar

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2011) | New York (Main Slate - Gala, 2011) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2011)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

UK, France, Germany
Tomas Alfredson

Lists: Sight & Sound (10, 2011)

Festivals: Venice (In Competition, 2011)

Voluptuous Sleep

USA
Betzy Bromberg

Festivals: New York (Views from the Avant-Garde, 2011)

Warrior

USA
Gavin O'Connor

A.O. Scott

Bridesmaids

USA
Paul Feig

A Brighter Summer Day [1991]

Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian
Taiwan, Japan
Edward Yang

Lists: Film Comment (17, 2011)

Cedar Rapids

USA
Miguel Arteta

Festivals: Sundance (Premieres, 2011)

A Dangerous Method

UK, Canada, Germany
David Cronenberg

Lists: Film Comment (5, 2011)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Gala, 2011) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2012) | Telluride (2011) | Toronto (Gala Presentations, 2011) | Venice (In Competition, 2011)

The Descendants

USA
Alexander Payne

Lists: Film Comment (15, 2011)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Closing Night, 2011) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2012) | Telluride (2011) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2011)

The Future

Germany, USA
Miranda July

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2011) | Sundance (Premieres, 2011)

The Help

USA
Tate Taylor

Incendies

Canada, France
Denis Villeneuve

Festivals: Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2011) | Sundance (Spotlight, 2011) | Telluride (2010) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2010) | Venice (Venice Days, 2010)

Into the Abyss

USA, UK, Germany
Werner Herzog

Festivals: Telluride (2011) | Toronto (Real to Reel, 2011)

Margin Call

USA
J.C. Chandor

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2011) | Sundance (Premieres, 2011)

Meek's Cutoff

USA
Kelly Reichardt

Lists: Cinema Scope (8, 2010) | Film Comment (8, 2011 / 4 - Undistributed, 2010)

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

Mysteries of Lisbon

Mistérios de Lisboa
Portugal, France
Raúl Ruiz

Lists: Cinema Scope (3, 2010) | Film Comment (6, 2011 / 6 - Undistributed, 2010)

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

Le quattro volte

Italy, Germany, Switzerland
Michelangelo Frammartino

Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2010) | Film Comment (14, 2011 / 8 - Undistributed, 2010) | Sight & Sound (9, 2011)

Festivals: Berlin (Culinary Cinema, 2011) | Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2010) | New York (Main Slate, 2010) | Telluride (2010) | Toronto (Visions, 2010)

The Tree of Life

USA
Terrence Malick

Lists: Cinema Scope (6, 2011) | Film Comment (1, 2011) | Sight & Sound (1, 2011)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2011)

Tuesday, After Christmas

Marti, dupã Crãciun
Romania
Radu Muntean

Lists: Film Comment (10 - Undistributed, 2010)

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

War Horse

USA
Steven Spielberg

Warrior

USA
Gavin O'Connor

Weekend

UK
Andrew Haigh

Festivals: Rotterdam (Bright Future, 2012)

Winnie the Pooh

USA
Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall

Young Adult

USA
Jason Reitman

Festivals: Berlin (Berlinale Special, 2012)