2013 ANDIK'S BEST FILMS LIST (in alphabetical order)

 

12 Years A Slave    Steve McQueen             UK

After Tiller             Martha Shane, Lana Wilson US

American Hustle   David O. Russell             US

August: Osage Country             John Wells    US

Before Midnight             Richard Linklater             US

Bethlehem             Yuval Adler    Israel

Blue is The Warmest Color             Abdellatif Kechiche             France

Captain Philips       Paul Greengrass        US

Fifth Estate, The      Bill Condon             US

Gravity             Alfonso Cuaron             US

Her      Spike Jonze    US

Inside Llewyn Davis    Joel Coen    US

Kai Po Che / Brothers For Life             Abhishek Kapoor             India

Look of Love, The      Michael Winterbottom             US

Nebraska             Alexander Payne             US

Pandora's Promise             Robert Stone   US

Past, The             Asghar Farhadi             France

Philomena             Stephen Frears             UK

Rush     Ron Howard             US

Stranger By The Lake             Alain Guiraudie             France

Wolf of Wall Street, The             Martin Scorsese              US

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani             Ayan Mukerji             India

2013 Film Comment TOP 20 Undistributed Films

1. Jealousy Philippe Garrel, France 

2. Stray Dogs Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan 2/10

3. Nobody’s Daughter Haewon Hong Sang-soo, South Korea

4. Abuse of Weakness Catherine Breillat, France 

5. Our Sunhi Hong Sang-soo, South Korea

6. The Strange Little Cat Ramon Zürcher, Germany 8/10

7. A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness Ben Rivers & Ben Russell, Estonia/France 

8. Story of My Death Albert Serra, Spain 

9. Club Sandwich Fernando Eimbcke, Mexico 

10. Closed Curtain Jafar Panahi, Iran 

11. ’Til Madness Do Us Part Wang Bing, Hong Kong 

12. Three Interpretation Exercises Cristi Puiu, Romania/France 

13. Stemple Pass* James Benning, U.S. 

14. People’s Park Libbie D. Cohn & J. P. Sniadecki, U.S./China 

15. The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, Belgium/France/Luxembourg 3/10

16. La Ultima Película Raya Martin & Mark Peranson, Canada/Philippines 

17. Butter on the Latch Josephine Decker, U.S. 

18. Blind Detective Johnnie To, Hong Kong 

19. Coast of Death Lois Patiño, Spain 3/10

20. Watermark Jennifer Baichwal & Edward Burtynsky, Canada 

2013 Film Comment TOP 50

1. Inside Llewyn Davis - Joel & Ethan Coen (U.S./English) 9/10
2. 12 Years a Slave - Steve McQueen (U.S./English) 9/10
3. Before Midnight - Richard Linklater (U.S./English) 9/10
4. The Act of Killing - Joshua Oppenheimer (Denmark Norway U.K./Indonesian) 8/10
5. A Touch of Sin - Jia Zhang-ke (China/Mandarin)
6. Leviathan - Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel (France U.K. U.S./English) 5/10
7. Gravity - Alfonso Cuarón (U.S./English) 9/10
8. Computer Chess - Andrew Bujalski (U.S./English)
9. Frances Ha - Noah Baumbach (U.S./English) 8/10
10. Upstream Color - Shane Carruth (U.S./English) 5/10
11. Museum Hours - Jem Cohen (U.S./English)
12. Blue Is the Warmest Color - Abdellatif Kechiche (France U.K. U.S./French) 9/10
13. Bastards - Claire Denis (France/French) 7/10
14. Spring Breakers - Harmony Korine (U.S./English) 5/10
15. Like Someone in Love - Abbas Kiarostami (Japan/Japanese) 8/10
16. Stories We Tell - Sarah Polley (Canada/English) 8/10
17. Her - Spike Jonze (U.S./English) 9/10
18. Nebraska - Alexander Payne (U.S./English) 9/10
19. American Hustle - David O. Russell (U.S./English) 9/10
20. The Grandmaster - Wong Kar Wai (Hong Kong/Cantonese, Mandarin) 8/10
21. At Berkeley - Frederick Wiseman (U.S./English)
22. Beyond the Hills - Cristian Mungiu (Romania/Romanian) 8/10
23. No - Pablo Larraín (Chile/Chilean) 8/10
24. The Great Beauty - Paolo Sorrentino (Italy/Italian) 8/10
25. Blue Jasmine - Woody Allen (U.S./English) 8/10
26. All Is Lost - J.C. Chandor (U.S./English) 8/10
27. Post Tenebras Lux - Carlos Reygadas (Mexico/Spanish) 8/10
28. Something in the Air - Olivier Assayas (France/French)
29. Viola - Matías Piñeiro (Argentina/Spanish) 5/10
30. Fruitvale Station - Ryan Coogler (U.S./English) 8/10
31. To the Wonder - Terrence Malick (U.S./English) 5/10
32. Night Across the Street - Raúl Ruiz (Chile/Spanish)
33. Room 237 - Rodney Ascher (U.S./English) 7/10
34. Faust - Aleksandr Sokurov (Russia/German)
35. Let the Fire Burn - Jason Osder (U.S./English) 7/10
36. Le Pont du Nord - Jacques Rivette (France/French)
37. The Wolf of Wall Street - Martin Scorsese (U.S./English) 9/10
38. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet - Alain Resnais (France/French)
39. The Last Time I Saw Macao - João Pedro Rodrigues (Portugal/Portuguese) 5/10
40. The Past - Asghar Farhadi (Iran/French) 9/10
41. The Square - Jehane Noujaim (Egypt/Arabic) 7/10
42. The Wind Rises - Hayao Miyazaki (Japan/Japanese) 8/10
43. Drug War - Johnnie To (Hong Kong/Mandarin) 7/10
44. Cousin Jules - Dominique Benicheti (France/French)
45. Much Ado About Nothing - Joss Whedon (U.S./English) 5/10
46. Passion - Brian De Palma (France/English)
47. Short Term 12 - Destin Daniel Cretton (U.S./English) 8/10
48. Dallas Buyers Club - Jean-Marc Vallée (U.S./English) 8/10
49. Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland (U.S./English)
50. Captain Phillips - Paul Greengrass (U.S./English) 9/10