Sight & Sound 2011

1. The Tree of Life

USA
Terrence Malick

Lists: Cinema Scope (6, 2011) | Film Comment (1, 2011) | New York Times (Scott, 2011)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2011)

2. A Separation

Jodaeiye Nader az Simin
Iran
Asghar Farhadi

Lists: Film Comment (4, 2011)

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2011) | New York (Main Slate, 2011) | Telluride (2011) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2011)

3. The Kid with a Bike

Le gamin au vélo
Belgium, France, Italy
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

Lists: Cinema Scope (10, 2011) | Film Comment (7, 2012 / 4 - Undistributed, 2011)

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

4. Melancholia

Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany
Lars von Trier

Lists: Film Comment (3, 2011) | New York Times (Dargis, 2011)

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

5. The Artist

France
Michel Hazanavicius

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

6. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da
Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Lists: Cinema Scope (5, 2011) | Film Comment (8, 2012 / 3 - Undistributed, 2011) | New York Times (Dargis, 2012)

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

6. The Turin Horse

A torinói ló
Hungary, France, Germany, Switzerland
Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky

Lists: Cinema Scope (2, 2011) | Film Comment (6, 2012 / 2 - Undistributed, 2011)

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2011) | New York (Main Slate, 2011) | Telluride (2011) | Toronto (Masters, 2011)

8. We Need to Talk About Kevin

UK, USA
Lynne Ramsay

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2011) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2011)

9. Le quattro volte

Italy, Germany, Switzerland
Michelangelo Frammartino

Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2010) | Film Comment (14, 2011 / 8 - Undistributed, 2010) | New York Times (Dargis / Scott, 2011)

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

10. This Is Not a Film

In film nist
Iran
Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

Lists: Cinema Scope (1, 2011) | Film Comment (4, 2012 / 1 - Undistributed, 2011) | New York Times (4 [Documentary] - Scott, 2012)

Festivals: Cannes (Special Screening, 2011) | New York (Main Slate, 2011) | Toronto (Masters, 2011)

10. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

UK, France, Germany
Tomas Alfredson

Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2011)

Festivals: Venice (In Competition, 2011)