Cinema Scope 2018

1. An Elephant Sitting Still

Da xiang xi di er zuo
China
Hu Bo

Lists: Film Comment (13, 2019)

Festivals: Berlin (Forum, 2018) | Locarno (Histoire(s) du Cinema, 2018) | Toronto (Discovery, 2018)

2. The Image Book

Le livre d'image
Switzerland, France
Jean-Luc Godard

Lists: Film Comment (18, 2019) | Sight & Sound (11, 2018)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2018) | New York (Main Slate, 2018) | Toronto (Masters, 2018)

3. La flor

Argentina
Mariano Llinás

Lists: Film Comment (2 - Undistributed, 2018 / 12, 2019)

Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2018) | New York (Main Slate, 2018) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2018)

4. Transit

Germany, France
Christian Petzold

Lists: Film Comment (4, 2019) | New York Times (7 - Dargis, 2019)

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2018) | New York (Main Slate, 2018) | Toronto (Masters, 2018)

5. What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?

Italy, USA, France
Roberto Minervini

Lists: Film Comment (1 - Undistributed, 2018)

Festivals: New York (Spotlight on Documentary, 2018) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2018) | Venice (In Competition, 2018)

6. Long Day's Journey Into Night

Di qiu zui hou de ye wan
China, France
Bi Gan

Lists: Film Comment (14, 2019)

Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2018) | New York (Main Slate, 2018) | Rotterdam (Bright Future, 2019) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2018)

7. Happy as Lazzaro

Lazzaro felice
Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany
Alice Rohrwacher

Lists: Film Comment (9, 2018) | New York Times (5 - Dargis / 2 - Scott, 2018) | Sight & Sound (9, 2018 / 18, 2019)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2018) | New York (Main Slate, 2018)

8. Burning

Beoning
South Korea
Lee Chang-dong

Lists: Film Comment (2, 2018) | New York Times (2 - Dargis, 2018) | Sight & Sound (3, 2018)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2018) | New York (Main Slate, 2018) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2018)

9. The Other Side of the Wind

USA
Orson Welles

Lists: Film Comment (8, 2018) | Sight & Sound (14, 2018)

Festivals: New York (Special Events, 2018) | Telluride (2018) | Venice (Out of Competition, 2018)

10. High Life

Germany, France, USA, UK, Poland
Claire Denis

Lists: Film Comment (7, 2019) | Sight & Sound (11, 2019)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2018) | Rotterdam (Signatures, 2019) | Toronto (Gala Presentations, 2018)

Asako I & II

Netemo sametemo
Japan, France
Hamaguchi Ryosuke

Lists: Film Comment (16, 2019)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2018) | New York (Main Slate, 2018) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2019) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2018)

Ash Is Purest White

Jiang hu er nü
China, France
Jia Zhangke

Lists: Film Comment (8, 2019)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2018) | New York (Main Slate, 2018) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2019) | Toronto (Masters, 2018)

The Grand Bizarre

USA
Jodie Mack

Lists: Film Comment (8 - Undistributed, 2018)

Festivals: Locarno (Signs of Life, 2018) | New York (Projections, 2018) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2018)

In My Room

Germany, Italy
Ulrich Köhler

Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2018) | New York (Main Slate, 2018) | Rotterdam (Perspectives, 2019) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2018)

L. COHEN

USA
James Benning

Festivals: Berlin (Forum Expanded, 2018) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2018)