Hou Hsiao-hsien's Flight of the Red Balloon was named the best film in indieWIRE's Critics Poll; Hou also was named best director. Though both of those wins were certainly welcome and exciting, most of the other winners went to predictable choices: Mickey Rourke, Heath Ledger, Charlie Kaufman, Man on Wire and Ballast. Look deeper though and you'll find a lot of wonderful picks, like Asia Argento for Boarding Gate, The Last Mistress and Mother of Tears. Here's the full list.
23 December 2008
Results of indieWIRE's 2008 Critics Poll
Hou Hsiao-hsien's Flight of the Red Balloon was named the best film in indieWIRE's Critics Poll; Hou also was named best director. Though both of those wins were certainly welcome and exciting, most of the other winners went to predictable choices: Mickey Rourke, Heath Ledger, Charlie Kaufman, Man on Wire and Ballast. Look deeper though and you'll find a lot of wonderful picks, like Asia Argento for Boarding Gate, The Last Mistress and Mother of Tears. Here's the full list.
I think that's the best Top 20 of any major publication that I've seen, although I question the inclusion of the 2006 film Still Life. I know it didn't get distribution in the US until this year, but I think there should be some sort of limit, even though this isn't nearly as absurd as everyone putting Army of Darkness in their Top 10s a couple of years ago.
ReplyDeleteOfficially, Still Life wasn't released in the US until this year, so technically it's fair game.
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