SKANDIES 2011

Top Tens

Matthew Butcher

01. A Separation
02. Drive
03. Brighton Rock
04. Hugo
05. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
06. The Arbor
07. Melancholia
08. The Tree of Life
09. Meek's Cutoff
10. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Dave Cowen

01. FEMINA RIDENS (1969)
02. THE WOMAN CHASER (1999)
03. MATCH YOUR MOOD WITH WESTINGHOUSE (1968)
04. WHO WANTS TO KILL JESSIE? (1966)
05. THE BED SITTING ROOM (1969)
06. BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW (2011)
07. A JOURNEY INTO BLISS (2004)
08. JULIA X 3D (2011)
09. THE SEED OF MAN (1969)
10. SYMBOL (2009)

Mike D'Angelo

01. A Separation
02. The Loneliest Planet
03. Martha Marcy May Marlene
04. Margaret
05. Miss Bala
06. House of Pleasures
07. Drive
08. The Deep Blue Sea
09. Mildred Pierce
10. This Must Be the Place

Bilge Ebiri

01. Tree of Life
02. Melancholia
03. A Separation
04. Margaret
05. Certified Copy
06. Poetry
07. General Orders No. 9
08. Adventures of Tintin
09. Hugo
10. War Horse

Veronika Ferdman

The Tree of Life
Certified Copy
Silent Souls
A Separation
Margaret
Polytechnique
House of Pleasures
Drive
R
Midnight in Paris

Bryant Frazer

01. Mildred Pierce
02. House of Pleasures
03. Certified Copy
04. A Separation
05. Meek's Cutoff
06. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
07. Margaret
08. The Tree of Life
09. Martha Marcy May Marlene
10. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Alex Fung

01. Meek's Cutoff
02. The Arbor
03. A Separation
04. The Tree Of Life
05. Margaret
06. Drive
07. Cold Weather
08. Senna
09. House Of Pleasures
10. Rapt

Skander Halim

01. Putty Hill
02. Melancholia
03. House of Pleasures
04. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
05. Moneyball
06. Drive
07. A Dangerous Method
08. 13 Assassins
09. The Arbor
10. Certified Copy

Jeremy Heilman

01. The Tree of Life
02. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
03. J. Edgar
04. Moneyball
05. Mildred Pierce
06. Bellflower
07. Take Shelter
08. Melancholia
09. The Interrupters
10. House of Tolerance

Sky Hirschkron

01. Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan)
02. Goodbye First Love (Mia Hansen-Løve)
03. The Loneliest Planet (Julia Loktev)
04. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)
05. The Zone (Joe Swanberg)
06. Green (Sophia Takal)
07. Twilight Portrait (Angelina Nikonova)nova)
08. The Deep Blue Sea (Terence Davies)
09. The Kid With a Bike (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
10. A Mysterious World (Rodrigo Moreno)

Rachel Jacobson

01. The Interrupters
02. The Tree of Life
03. Melancholia
04. Take Shelter
05. Meek's Cutoff
06. Beginners
07. The Descendants
08. Drive
09. Weekend
10. Tabloid

Muse Malade

01. Certified Copy
02. House of Pleasures
03. Mysteries of Lisbon
04. Margaret
05. A Separation
06. The Arbor
07. Martha Marcy May Marlene
08. 13 Assassins
09. Melancholia
10. Contagion

Don Marks

01. Beginners
02. Alps (Yorgos Lanthimos)
03. The Myth Of The American Sleepover
04. Take Shelter
05. Of Gods And Men
06. Super 8
07. Margaret
08. The Tree Of Life
09. Terri
10. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Jeff McCloud

01. House of Pleasures
02. Of Gods and Men
03. Certified Copy
04. Attack the Block
05. The Heart, She Holler
06. Curb Your Enthusiasm: Palestinian Chicken
07. Contagion
08. The Tree of Life
09. Film Socialisme
10. Road to Nowhere

Victor Morton

01. Of Gods and Men
02. A Separation
03. The Tree of Life
04. Certified Copy
05. Tabloid
06. Martha Marcy May Marlene
07. Melancholia
08. Tuesday After Christmas
09. The Artist
10. Project Nim

Noel Murray

01. Martha Marcy May Marlene
02. A Separation
03. Hugo
04. War Horse
05. The Future
06. Weekend
07. Certified Copy
08. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
09. The Tree Of Life
10. Rango

Nictate

01. Margaret
02. Melancholia
03. Certified Copy
04. Drive
05. A Separation
06. Shit Year
07. Leap Year
08. House of Pleasures
09. How I Ended This Summer
10. The Future

Charles Odell

01. The Tree of Life
02. Margaret
03. Of Gods and Men
04. Tabloid
05. Certified Copy
06. Contagion
07. Mildred Pierce
08. Take Shelter
09. Martha Marcy May Marlene
10. A Separation

Jason Overbeck

01. Drive
02. A Separation
03. The Tree of Life
04. The Loneliest Planet
05. Margaret
06. Moneyball
07. Melancholia
08. House of Tolerance
09. The Kid with a Bike
10. This is Not a Film

Mark Pittillo

01. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)
02. Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010)
03. Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan)
04. Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin)
05. Meek's Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt. 2010)
06. Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn)
07. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010)
08. House of Pleasures (Bertrand Bonello)
09. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick)
10. Tuesday, After Christmas (Radu Muntean, 2010)

Matt Prigge

01. House of Pleasures
02. Margaret
03. A Separation
04. Drive
05. The Tree of Life
06. Certified Copy
07. Rubber
08. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
09. Martha Marcy May Marlene
10. Tuesday After Christmas

Zach Ralston

01. Shame
02. Beginners
03. We Need to Talk About Kevin
04. Drive
05. 13 Assassins
06. Certified Copy
07. Martha Marcy May Marlene
08. The Tree of Life
09. Melancholia
10. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Peter Reiher

01. The Tree of Life
02. The Kid With a Bike
03. Le Quatro Volte
04. War Horse
05. This Is Not a Film
06. Hugo
07. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
08. A Separation
09. The Descendants
10. Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Scott Renshaw

01. Certified Copy
02. The Muppets
03. Martha Marcy May Marlene
04. We Need to Talk About Kevin
05. A Separation
06. Drive
07. Like Crazy
08. The Tree of Life
09. The Last Lions
10. Meek's Cutuff

Jim Ridley

01. The Tree of Life
02. Certified Copy
03. A Separation
04. Margaret
05. Tuesday, After Christmas
06. Martha Marcy May Marlene
07. Meek's Cutoff
08. Weekend
09. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
10. Mission Impossible — Ghost Protocol

Vadim Rizov

01. Margaret
02. Tuesday, After Christmas
03. Meek's Cutoff
04. Two Years At Sea
05. Melancholia
06. Contagion
07. The Student
08. Mildred Pierce
09. Putty Hill
10. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Josh Rothkopf

01. DRIVE
02. SHAME
03. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
04. 13 ASSASSINS
05. THE TRIP
06. CORIOLANUS
07. A SEPARATION
08. INCENDIES
09. ATTACK THE BLOCK
10. SENNA

Michael Sicinski

01. RIVER RITES (Ben Russell)
02. HOUSE OF TOLERANCE (Bertrand Bonello)
03. THE RETURN (Nathaniel Dorsky)
04. THE TREE OF LIFE (Terrence Malick)
05. RICKY (Janie Geiser)
06. EDWIN PARKER (Tacita Dean)
07. ELENA (Andrei Zvyagintsev)
08. ALMAYER'S FOLLY (Chantal Akerman)
09. LOW LIFE (Nicolas Klotz and Elizabeth Perceval)
10. SLEEPING SICKNESS (Ulrich KÃ¶hler)

Chris Stults

01. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick)
02. House of Pleasures (Bertrand Bonello)
03. The Pettifogger (Lewis Klahr)
04. The Return (Nathaniel Dorsky)
05. Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan)
06. Dreileben - Beats Being Dead (Christian Petzold)
07. Slow Action (Ben Rivers)
08. Double Pipes (Bruce McClure)
09. Mildred Pierce (Todd Haynes)
10. Tin Pressed (Dani Leventhal)

Scott Tobias

01. Meek's Cutoff
02. Certified Copy
03. A Separation
04. The Tree Of Life
05. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
06. Martha Marcy May Marlene
07. Drive
08. Weekend
09. Margaret
10. The Arbor

Daniel Waters

01. The Clock
02. Tree of Life
03. Heartbeats
04. The Artist
05. Poetry
06. A Separation
07. Bill Cunningham's New York
08. Incendies
09. Mysteries of Lisbon
10. Attack the Block

Blake Williams

01. House of Pleasures
02. Melancholia
03. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
04. Crazy Horse
05. The Future
06. Margaret
07. Moneyball
08. A Separation
09. Martha Marcy May Marlene
10. The Pettifogger

Andrew Wright

01. Melancholia
02. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
03. Margaret
04. 13 Assassins
05. Drive
06. Tree of Life
07. Take Shelter
08. Hugo
09. The Descendants
10. Stake Land