As an exercise, we decided to compile lists for our favorite films, DVDs, and discoveries from the past year. Being that listmaking is a largely ephemeral exercise, one characterized (for us) by ample second-guessing, we decided to display the results of our tally with some transparency. The results below are compiled from submissions from our contributors, with emphasis given to individual films that received mentions on multiple lists. This should not be construed as an officialized exhibition of our favorites from the past year, but rather an illustration of the gamut of our tastes.
Selections made by Simon Augustine, Adam Balz, David Carter,
Leo Goldsmith, Eva Holland, Jenny Jediny, Ian Johnston,
Evan Kindley, Andrew Schenker, Stephen Snart, & Rumsey Taylor
Results:
- 3:10 to Yuma
- American Gangster
- Antonio Gaudi
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
- Bottle Rocket
- Breathless
- Budd Boetticher Box Set
- The Dark Knight: Blu Ray edition
- Frederick Wiseman series
- The Furies
- The Godfather: The Coppola Restorations
- Kenji Mizoguchi's Fallen Women (Eclipse)
- Georges Melies: First Wizard of Cinema (Flicker Alley)
- Hiroshi Shimizu Collection Vol 1
- Hitchcock Premier Collection
- How She Move
- Inside
- Into The Wild
- Irma Vep
- Judex/Nuits Rouges
- Juno
- Kiju Yoshida sets (Carlotta Films)
- Lars and the Real Girl
- The Lawrence Jordan Album
- The Last Life: Restored Deluxe Edition
- The Last Winter
- Lost Highway
- Mad Men (season 1)
- The Minoru Kawasaki Collection
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
- Mizoguchi Twinpacks (Masters of Cinema)
- Murnau, Borzage, and Fox
- Perils of The New Land (Flicker Alley)
- Pierrot le fou
- Privilege
- REC
- The Red Balloon
- Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
- Saturday Night Live (Third Season and Fourth Seasons)
- September Dawn
- Silent Ozu (Eclipse)
- Still Life (BFI)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Blu Ray
- Touch of Evil 50th Anniversary Edition
- Tropic Thunder
- Vampyr (Criterion)
- Vertigo: Universal Legacy Series
- Visions of Hell: the Films of Jim VanBebber
- The Wayward Cloud
- White Dog
Legend:
- One mention
- Two mentions
- Three mentions
- Four+ mentions