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Last call for Top 10 lists

3:23 PM / Podcast / 9 Comments

The Movie Matters "Top 10 Films of 2012" podcast is being recorded this Sunday, meaning that tomorrow, Saturday 26th January, will be the final day for submissions of your Top 10 lists. If you'd like to submit a list and have it read out on the show, please post it as a comment here or on my original post from December.

Thanks!

Movie Matters [Mono] #1 - The Eye

5:31 PM / Podcast / 2 Comments

The New Year brings with it the first in a string of single-host episodes as we launch the all-new Movie Matters [Mono] series. Intended as an enrichment opportunity for our podcast and an optional piece of extra content for you our lovely listeners, these Movie Matters [Mono] shows will feature a solo host introducing and reviewing a single film. So join Lee as he hosts the first-ever Movie Matters [Mono] instalment by meeting the haunting gaze of the Pang Brothers' THE EYE (2002).

All feedback and comments regarding the idea of Movie Matters [Mono] and this opening episode most welcome and appreciated.

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The music sampled in this podcast is all from THE EYE by Orange Music.

Created, edited and with music selection by Lee Howard

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2010 and 2011 revisited

1:57 PM / Cinema / 4 Comments

Happy New Year, everyone!

It's a little early for me to be unveiling my Top 10 films of 2012 (I'll be saving that for the Movie Matters "best of 2012" special, to be recorded in the not too distant future), but in the meantime I thought it would be fun to look at my Top 10 lists from the previous two years and see to what extent, if at all, they've changed since I initially put them together.

Top 10 of 2010

Originally:

1. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (USA, David Fincher)
2. TOY STORY 3 (USA, Lee Unkrich)
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (Sweden/Denmark/Germany/Norway, Niels Arden Oplev)
4. THE GHOST (France/Germany/UK, Roman Polanski)
5. SPLICE (Canada/France/USA, Vincenzo Natali)
6. PONYO (Japan, Hayao Miyazaki)
7. THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (USA, John Musker and Ron Clements)
8. WHIP IT (USA, Drew Barrymore)
9. AMER (France/Belgium, Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani)
10. VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE (UK, Jake West)

As of January 2013:

1. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (USA, David Fincher)
2. TOY STORY 3 (USA, Lee Unkrich)
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (Sweden/Denmark/Germany/Norway, Niels Arden Oplev)
4. MONSTERS (UK, Gareth Edwards) * NEW! *
5. THE TOWN (USA, Ben Affleck) * NEW! *
6. THE GHOST (France/Germany/UK, Roman Polanski)
7. PONYO (Japan, Hayao Miyazaki)
8. SPLICE (Canada/France/USA, Vincenzo Natali)
9. THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (USA, John Musker and Ron Clements)
10. WHIP IT (USA, Drew Barrymore)

(Two films added, two dropped, five moved positions.)

Top 10 of 2011

Originally:

1. BLACK SWAN (USA, Darren Aronofsky)
2. ANGELS OF EVIL (Italy/France/Romania, Michele Placido)
3. SUPER 8 (USA, J.J. Abrams)
4. THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Spain, Pedro Amaldóvar)
5. THE ARTIST (France/Belgium/USA, Michel Hazanavicius)
6. DRIVE (USA, Nicolas Winding Refn)
7. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (France/UK/Germany, Tomas Alfredson)
8. 127 HOURS (USA/UK, Danny Boyle)
9. FAIR GAME (USA/UAE, Doug Liman)
10. HANNA (USA/UK/Germany, Joe Wright)

As of January 2013:

1. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (France/UK/Germany, Tomas Alfredson)
2. BLACK SWAN (USA, Darren Aronofsky)
3. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (UK/USA, Lynne Ramsay) * NEW! *
4. ANGELS OF EVIL (Italy/France/Romania, Michele Placido)
5. SUPER 8 (USA, J.J. Abrams)
6. DRIVE (USA, Nicolas Winding Refn)
7. THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (USA, George Nolfi) * NEW! *
8. PERFECT SENSE (UK/Sweden/Denmark/Ireland, David Mackenzie) * NEW! *
9. THE ARTIST (France/Belgium/USA, Michel Hazanavicius)
10. THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Spain, Pedro Amaldóvar)

(Three films added, three dropped, nine moved positions.)

2011 was a particularly turbulent year, stemming mainly from my overall disappointment with the line-up of films and the real struggle I had even finding ten titles that I felt legitimately belonged in a Top 10 list - my #2 choice wasn't even added until the night before we recorded our podcast and unveiled our lists! Consequently, quite a few fringe cases ended up being either bumped further down the list or off it entirely as, over the course of 2012, I saw more of the previous year's output. The big surprise was TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, which I found improved immeasurably on a second (and third) viewing, going from a film I originally wasn't sure about including at all to my #1 film of the year.

What about you guys? Do you find that your Top 10 lists from the last few years have changed significantly, or have they remained fairly static?