Film Comment 2013

1. Inside Llewyn Davis

USA
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Lists: Cinema Scope (7, 2013) | New York Times (Dargis / 1 - Scott, 2013)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2013) | New York (Main Slate, 2013) | Telluride (2013)

2. 12 Years a Slave

USA
Steve McQueen

Lists: New York Times (Dargis / 2 - Scott, 2013)

Festivals: New York (Film Comment Presents, 2013) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2013)

3. Before Midnight

USA
Richard Linklater

Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2013)

Festivals: Berlin (Out of Competition, 2013) | Sundance (Premieres, 2013)

4. The Act of Killing

Denmark, Norway, UK
Joshua Oppeheimer

Lists: New York Times (1 [Documentary] - Scott, 2013) | Sight & Sound (1, 2013)

Festivals: Berlin (Panorama, 2013) | Telluride (2012) | Toronto (Docs, 2012)

5. A Touch of Sin

Tian zhu ding
China, Japan
Jia Zhangke

Lists: Cinema Scope (3, 2013) | New York Times (Dargis / 5 - Scott, 2013) | Sight & Sound (6, 2013)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2013) | New York (Main Slate, 2013) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2014) | Toronto (Masters, 2013)

6. Leviathan

UK, USA, France
Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel

Lists: Cinema Scope (1, 2012)

Festivals: Berlin (Forum Expanded, 2013) | Locarno (International Competition, 2012) | New York (Main Slate, 2012) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2012)

7. Gravity

UK, USA
Alfonso Cuarón

Lists: Sight & Sound (2, 2013)

Festivals: Telluride (2013) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2013) | Venice (Out of Competition - Opening Film, 2013)

8. Computer Chess

USA
Andrew Bujalski

Lists: Cinema Scope (10, 2013)

Festivals: Berlin (Forum, 2013) | Sundance (Next, 2013)

9. Frances Ha

USA
Noah Baumbach

Lists: New York Times (7 - Scott, 2013) | Sight & Sound (5, 2013)

Festivals: Berlin (Panorama, 2013) | New York (Main Slate, 2012) | Telluride (2012) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2012)

10. Upstream Color

USA
Shane Carruth

Lists: Sight & Sound (6, 2013)

Festivals: Berlin (Panorama, 2013) | Sundance (US Dramatic Competition, 2013)

11. Museum Hours

Austria, USA
Jem Cohen

Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2012) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2012)

12. Blue is the Warmest Color

La vie d'Adèle - Chapitre 1 & 2
France
Abdellatif Kechiche

Lists: New York Times (3 - Scott, 2013) | Sight & Sound (3, 2013)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2013) | New York (Main Slate, 2013) | Telluride (2013) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2013)

13. Bastards

Les salauds
France
Claire Denis

Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2013) | New York (Main Slate, 2013) | Toronto (Masters, 2013)

14. Spring Breakers

USA
Harmony Korine

Lists: New York Times (Dargis / 10 - Scott, 2013)

Festivals: Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2013) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2012) | Venice (In Competition, 2012)

15. Like Someone in Love

Japan, France
Abbas Kiarostami

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2012) | New York (Main Slate, 2012) | Toronto (Masters, 2012)

16. Stories We Tell

Canada
Sarah Polley

Lists: New York Times (2 [Documentary] - Scott, 2013)

Festivals: Sundance (Spotlight, 2013) | Telluride (2012) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2012) | Venice (Venice Days, 2012)

17. Her

USA
Spike Jonze

Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2013)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Closing Night, 2013) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2014)

18. Nebraska

USA
Alexander Payne

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2013) | New York (Main Slate, 2013) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2014) | Telluride (2013)

19. American Hustle

USA
David O. Russell

Lists: New York Times (Dargis / 10 - Scott, 2013)

Festivals: Berlin (Berlinale Special, 2014)

20. The Grandmaster

Yi dai zong shi
Hong Kong, China
Wong Kar-wai

Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2013)

Festivals: Berlin (Out of Competition, 2013)

1. Jealousy

La jalousie
France
Philippe Garrel

Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2013)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2013) | Rotterdam (The State of Europe, 2014) | Venice (In Competition, 2013)

2. Stray Dogs

Jiao you
Taiwan
Tsai Ming-liang

Lists: Cinema Scope (6, 2013)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2013) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2013) | Venice (In Competition, 2013)

3. Nobody's Daughter Haewon

Nugu-ui ttal-do anin Haewon
South Korea
Hong Sang-soo

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2013) | New York (Main Slate, 2013)

4. Abuse of Weakness

Abus de faiblesse
France, Germany, Belgium
Catherine Breillat

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2013) | Toronto (Masters, 2013)

5. Our Sunhi

U ri Sunhi
South Korea
Hong Sang-soo

Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2013) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2014) | Toronto (Masters, 2013)

6. The Strange Little Cat

Das merkwürdige Kätzchen
Germany
Ramon Zürcher

Lists: Cinema Scope (5, 2013)

Festivals: Berlin (Forum, 2013) | Cannes (ACID, 2013) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2013)

7. A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

France, Estonia
Ben Rivers, Ben Russell

Festivals: Locarno (Signs of Life, 2013) | Rotterdam (Bright Future, 2014) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2013)

8. Story of My Death

Història de la meva mort
Spain, France
Albert Serra

Lists: Cinema Scope (8, 2013)

Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2013) | Rotterdam (The State of Europe, 2014) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2013)

9. Club Sandwich

Club sándwich
Mexico
Fernando Eimbcke

Festivals: New York (Emerging Artists, 2013) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2014) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2013)

10. Closed Curtain

Pardé
Iran
Jafar Panahi, Kamboziya Partovi

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2013) | Toronto (Masters, 2013)

11. Til Madness Do Us Part

Feng ai
Hong Kong, Japan, France
Wang Bing

Festivals: Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2014) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2013) | Venice (Out of Competition, 2013)

12. Three Interpretation Exercises

Trois exercices d'interprétation
Romania, France
Cristi Puiu

Festivals: Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2013) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2013)

13. Stemple Pass

USA
James Benning

Festivals: Berlin (Forum, 2013)

14. People's Park

USA, China
Libbie D. Cohn, J.P. Sniadecki

Festivals: Locarno (Filmmakers of the Present, 2012)

15. The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears

L'étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps
Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani

Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2013) | Toronto (Vanguard, 2013)

16. La última película

Mexico, Canada, Denmark, Philippines
Raya Martin, Mark Peranson

Festivals: Berlin (Forum Expanded, 2014) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2013)

17. Butter on the Latch

USA
Josephine Decker

Festivals: Berlin (Forum, 2014)

18. Blind Detective

Man tam
Hong Kong, China
Johnnie To

Festivals: Cannes (Midnight Projections, 2013) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2013)

19. Coast of Death

Costa da morte
Spain
Lois Patiño

Festivals: Locarno (Filmmakers of the Present, 2013) | New York (Views From the Avant-Garde, 2013) | Rotterdam (Bright Future, 2014)

20. Watermark

Canada
Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky

Festivals: Toronto (Special Presentations, 2013)