December 12, 2011

Top 10 Films of 2011

1. "A Separation" (Asghar Farhadi, Iran)

2. "Shame" (Steve McQueen, UK)

3. "The Descendants" (Alexander Payne, USA)

4. "Drive" (Nicolas Winding Refn, USA)

5. "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" (David Fincher, USA)

6. "Secrets Objects" (Lee Young-Mi, South Korea)

7. "Crazy Horse" (Frederick Wiseman, USA)

8. "Chico And Rita" (Fernando Trueba, Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, Spain)

9. "Super" (James Gunn, USA)

10. "Madrid 1987" (David Trueba, Spain)


Other great films:

Albert Nobbs (Ireland)
Apres le sud (France)
The Bang Bang Club (South Africa)
Bullhead (Belgium)
Cafe de Flore (Canada)
Caged (Holland)
Ces amours-la (France)
Coteau rouge (Canada)
Elles (Poland)
Eternal Ashes (Venezuela)
Febre do Rato (Brazil)
Funkytown (Canada)
Le Gamin au velo (Belgium)
Gerry (Canada)
Laurentie (Canada)
Loverboy (Romania)
Marecages (Canada)
Miss Bala (Mexico)
Mlyn i krzyz (Poland)
Nuit #1 (Canada)
Polisse (France)
Q (France)
She Monkeys (Sweden)
Sleeping Beauty (Australia)
The Slut (Israel)
Snowtown (Australia)
Tilt (Bulgaria)
Truth Of Lie (Germany)
Uwiklanie (Poland)
Une Vie de chat (France)
W ciemnosci (Poland)
X (Australia)

Short Top 3:

1. "J'aurais pu etre une pute" (Baya Kasmi, France)

2. "Tabula rasa" (Matthew Rankin, Canada)

3.  "As A Whistle" (Phillip Lee Duncan, USA)


Other great shorts:

Beast (Hungary)
Chers amis (Canada)
Hotel Desire (Germany)
Munted (New Zealand)
The Shore (UK)
Ti-Minou Gros-Minet (Canada)

Top 3 Music Videos:

1. "Countdown" (Adria Petty, Beyonce)

2.  "Otis" (Spike Jonze, Kanye West, Jay-Z)

3. "We Found Love" (Melina Matsoukas, Rihanna)


Other great music videos:

Changes
Judas
You And I

Top Commercial:

"The Force" (Lance Acord, Volkswagen)


TV Top 5:

1. "Game Of Thrones: Season 1" (HBO)



4. "Downton Abbey: Season 2" (ITV)

5. "Homeland: Season 1" (HBO)


Other great TV shows:


Cartoon Top 3:

1. "Muybridge's Strings" (Kōji Yamamura, Japan)

2. "A Morning Stroll" (Grant Orchard, UK)

3. "Breakfast On The Grass" (Mari Pakkas, Estonia)


Other great cartoons:

Ballad Of Nessie

Weak films of 2011:

17 filles (France)
Las Acacias (Argentina)
The Adjustment Bureau
Adventure (Hungary)
Young Adult

Weak shorts:

All That You Loved
Amor Azul
Awake
Bento Monogatari
Beyond Man
Bill Please
Bip Bip
Blink
Les Bons termes selon Dewey
Brain Juice
Breathing
Bred In Captivity
Brother's Keeper
Cafe Cleopatre
Celia
Close To Her
De quel sommeil reviendrons-nous ?
Despertar
Dulce
Eka utshite - N'oublie pas
Entre deux etats
L'Ete indien
Exilio e transhumancia
Faraway
Les Fausses notes
The Fruit Machine
Going
Le Grand Cycle
Hit Me
Hotel Alpha Mike
I'll Be Waiting Outside
Les Interdits
L'Invite
It's Nobody's Fault
Jardiniers clandestins
Je les aime encore
The Kidnapping
Landing
Leben Lassen
Liz
Looking Up
Mise a pied
Moving Slowly
Noeud papillon
No Words Came Down
Pas de deux
Pentecost (Ireland)
La Piece
La Queue du peloton
Raju (Germany)
Recits d'hyperinflation
Release
Rising Son
Ryan And Ally
Shades Of Grey On The Silver Screen
She's A Soul Man
Smoulder
La Statege
Strike 3
Suburban Swingers
Tuba Atlantic (Norway)
Vodka canneberge
Wiggle Your Toes

Weak cartoons:

The Ame Seller (Canada)
Dimanche (Canada)
Door (Canada)
The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr Morris Lessmore
La Luna
Les Petites chimeres (Canada)
Riviere au Tonnerre (Canada)
Wild Life (Canada)

Weak TV shows:

Black Mirror: Season 1 (UK)