Cinema Scope 2014
Intro
The following films appeared on the Cinema Scope best of 2014 list.
Source: Editor’s Note: Top Ten of 2014
Films
1. Horse Money
Cavalo dinheiro
Portugal
Pedro Costa
Lists: Film Comment (15, 2015) | Sight & Sound (3, 2014 / 19, 2015)
Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2014) | New York (Main Slate, 2014) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2015) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2014)
2. Goodbye to Language
Adieu au langage
France
Jean-Luc Godard
Lists: Film Comment (2, 2014) | New York Times (Dargis, 2014) | Sight & Sound (2, 2014)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2014) | Locarno (Out of Competition, 2014) | New York (Main Slate, 2014) | Toronto (Masters, 2014)
3. Li'l Quinquin
P'tit Quinquin
France
Bruno Dumont
Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2014) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2014)
4. Jauja
Argentina, USA, Netherlands, France, Mexico
Lisandro Alonso
Lists: Film Comment (16, 2015) | Sight & Sound (9, 2014)
Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2014) | New York (Main Slate, 2014) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2015) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2014)
5. Phoenix
Germany
Christian Petzold
Lists: Film Comment (8, 2015) | Sight & Sound (13, 2015)
Festivals: Berlin (LOLA at Berlinale, 2015) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2015) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2014)
6. Inherent Vice
USA
Paul Thomas Anderson
Lists: Film Comment (9, 2014) | New York Times (Dargis, 2014) | Sight & Sound (9, 2015)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Centerpiece, 2014) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2015)
7. The Kindergarten Teacher
Haganenet
Israel, France
Nadav Lapid
Lists: Film Comment (8 - Undistributed, 2014) | New York Times (7 - Dargis, 2015)
Festivals: Cannes (Critics' Week, 2014)
8. Maidan
Ukraine
Sergei Loznitsa
Festivals: Cannes (Special Screenings, 2014) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2014)
9. Journey to the West
Xi You
France, Taiwan
Tsai Ming-liang
Lists: Film Comment (12 - Undistributed, 2014)
Festivals: Berlin (Panorama, 2014) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2014)
10. From What Is Before
Mula sa kung ano ang noon
Philippines
Lav Diaz
Lists: Film Comment (5 - Undistributed, 2014)
Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2014) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2015) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2014)
Special Mentions
Amour Fou
Austria, Luxembourg, Germany
Jessica Hausner
Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2014) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2015) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2014)
Boyhood
USA
Richard Linklater
Lists: Film Comment (1, 2014) | New York Times (Dargis, 2014 / 1 - Scott, 2014) | Sight & Sound (1, 2014)
Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2014) | Sundance (Premieres, 2014)
Episode of the Sea
Netherlands
Lonnie van Brummelen; Siebren de Haan; the inhabitants of Urk, Netherlands
Festivals: Toronto (Wavelengths, 2014)
Force Majeure
Turist
Sweden
Ruben Östlund
Lists: Film Comment (14, 2014)
Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2014) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2015) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2014)
Two Days, One Night
Deux jours, une nuit
Belgium, France, Italy
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Lists: Film Comment (11, 2014) | New York Times (Runner Up - Scott, 2014) | Sight & Sound (16, 2014)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2014) | New York (Main Slate, 2014) | Telluride (2014) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2014)