Reeling's Top 10 Movies of 2011

Reeling's Top 10 of 2011

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Laura Clifford

1) The Artist
2) Moneyball
3) Martha Marcy May Marlene
4) The Tree of Life
5) Poetry
6) City of Life and Death
7) A Dangerous Method
8) 50/50
9) Drive
10) Win Win

Best Animation: Chico & Rita, The Adventures of Tintin, Rango, Winnie the Pooh, A Cat in Paris, Arthur Christmas.

Best Documentary: Nostalgia for the Light, These Amazing Shadows, Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, Senna, Pina.

Also notable: Aurora, Meek's Cutoff, Of Gods and Men

Have not seen: Hugo, Margaret, Mysteries of Lisbon, Tuesday, After Christmas; The Turin Horse

1) Martha Marcy May Marlene
2) Aurora
3) Poetry
4) The Artist
5) Moneyball
6) 50/50
7) City of Life and Death / Incendies
8) Drive / Hanna
9) A Dangerous Method
10) Margaret

Best Animation: Chico & Rita, Rango, Winnie the Pooh

Best Documentary: Nostalgia for the Light, Pina, The Arbor

Also notable: Pina, Le Quattro Volte, Win Win, Of Gods and Men, Meek's Cutoff, A Separation, Certified Copy, Jane Eyre,
Le Havre, and The Tree of Life.

Have not seen: Mysteries of Lisbon, Tuesday, After Christmas; The Turin Horse

Special kudos to ... Michael Fassbender for a year of diverse performances (Jane Eyre, X-Men: First Class, Shame, A Dangerous Method)...Jessica Chastain for same (The Tree of Life, The Help, the best scene in problematic The Debt, Take Shelter, Coriolanus), Alan Rickman's tremendous contribution to the Harry Potter series and for The Harvard Film Archive's terrific alternative and retrospective programming.

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