‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ Tops Film Comment’s Survey of Critics
CBS Films’ “Inside Llewyn Davis” topped Film Comment’s annual survey of 120 critics, journalists, film-section editors and the magazine’s staff and contributors, followed by Fox Searchlight’s “12 Years a Slave” and Sony Pictures Classics’ “Before Midnight.”
The group’s list, in order: Joel & Ethan Coen’s “Inside Llewyn Davis”; Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave”; Richard Linklater’s “Before Midnight”; Joshua Oppenheimer’s docu “The Act of Killing”; Jia Zhang-ke’s “A Touch of Sin”; Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Verena Paravel’s “Leviathan”; Alfonso Cuaron’s “Gravity”; Andrew Bujalski’s “Computer Chess”; Noah Baumbach’s “Frances Ha”; and Shane Carruth’s “Upstream Color.”
In making the announcement, the org also mentioned such titles and rankings as Spike Jonze’s “Her” (#17), Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska” (#18), David O. Russell’s “American Hustle” (#19) and “The Wolf of Wall Street” (#37).
The poll also scored films seen at festivals or special screenings that don’t yet have a U.S. distrib, with that roster led by Philippe Garrel’s “Jealousy,” Tsai Ming-liang’s “Stray Dogs”; Joaquim Pinto’s “What Now? Remind Me” Hong Sang-soo’s “Nobody’s Daughter Haewon”; Catherine Breillat’s “Abuse of Weakness”; Hong Sang-soo’s “Our Sunhi”; Ramon Zurcher’s “The Strange Little Cat”; Ben Rivers and Ben Russell’s “A Spell to Ward off the Darkness”; Albert Serra’s “Story of My Death”; and Fernando Eimbcke’s “Club Sandwich.”
The complete list of films:
1. Inside Llewyn Davis, Directors: Joel & Ethan Coen
2. 12 Years a Slave, Director: Steve McQueen
3. Before Midnight, Director: Richard Linklater
4. The Act of Killing, Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
5. A Touch of Sin, Director: Jia Zhang-ke
6. Leviathan, Directors: Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Verena Paravel
7. Gravity, Director: Alfonso Cuarón
8. Computer Chess, Director: Andrew Bujalski
9. Frances Ha, Director: Noah Baumbach
10. Upstream Color, Director: Shane Carruth
11. Museum Hours, Director: Jem Cohen
12. Blue Is the Warmest Color, Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
13. Bastards, Director: Claire Denis
14. Spring Breakers, Director: Harmony Korine
15. Like Someone in Love, Director: Abbas Kiarostami
16. Stories We Tell, Director: Sarah Polley
17. Her, Director: Spike Jonze
18. Nebraska, Director: Alexander Payne
19. American Hustle, Director: David O. Russell
20. The Grandmaster, Director: Wong Kar Wai
21. At Berkeley, Director: Frederick Wiseman
22. Beyond the Hills, Director: Cristian Mungiu
23. No, Director: Pablo Larrain
24. The Great Beauty, Director: Paolo Sorrentino
25. Blue Jasmine, Director: Woody Allen
26. All Is Lost, Director: J.C. Chandor
27. Post Tenebras Lux, Director: Carlos Reygadas
28. Something in the Air, Director: Olivier Assayas
29. Viola, Director: Matías Piñeiro
30. Fruitvale Station, Director: Ryan Coogler
31. To the Wonder, Director: Terrence Malick
32. Night Across the Street, Director: Raúl Ruiz
33. Room 237, Director: Rodney Ascher
34. Faust, Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
35. Let the Fire Burn, Director: Jason Osder
36. Le Pont du Nord, Director: Jacques Rivette
37. The Wolf of Wall Street, Director: Martin Scorsese
38. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet, Director: Alain Resnais
39. The Last Time I Saw Macao, Director: João Pedro Rodrigues
40. The Past, Director: Asghar Farhadi
41. The Square, Director: Jehane Noujaim
42. The Wind Rises, Director: Hayao Miyazaki
43. Drug War, Director: Johnnie To
44. Cousin Jules, Director: Dominique Benicheti
45. Much Ado About Nothing, Director: Joss Whedon
46. Passion, Director: Brian De Palma
47. Short Term 12, Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
48. Dallas Buyers Club, Director: Jean-Marc Vallee
49. Berberian Sound Studio, Director: Peter Strickland
50. Captain Phillips, Director: Paul Greengrass
FILMS WITHOUT DISTRIBUTION 2013
1. Jealousy, Director: Philippe Garrel
2. Stray Dogs, Director: Tsai Ming-liang
3. What Now? Remind Me, Director: Joaquim Pinto
4. Nobody’s Daughter Haewon, Director: Hong Sang-soo
5. Abuse of Weakness, Director: Catherine Breillat
6. Our Sunhi, Director: Hong Sang-soo
7. The Strange Little Cat, Director: Ramon Zurcher
8. A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness, Directors: Ben Rivers & Ben Russell
9. Story of My Death, Director: Albert Serra
10. Club Sandwich, Director: Fernando Eimbcke
11. Closed Curtain, Director: Jafar Panahi
12. Til Madness Do Us Part, Director: Wang Bing
13. Three Interpretation Exercises, Director: Cristi Puiu
14. Stemple Pass, Director: James Benning
15. People’s Park, Directors: Libbie D. Cohn & J. P. Sniadecki
16. The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears, Directors: Helene Cattet & Bruno Forzani
17. La Ultima Película, Directors: Raya Martin & Mark Peranson
18. Butter on the Latch, Director: Josephine Decker
19. Blind Detective, Director: Johnnie To
20. Coast of Death, Director: Lois Patino
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