agentorange [Celluloid 12.16.09] movie news



Looking over the team's top-five of 2009 lists today it struck me what a diverse year for genre cinema it was. Oh sure, there are certain titles that managed to make it onto almost everyone's lists (MOON and Antichrist being two clear winners), but, put together, the titles run the gamut of film styles - like the best film festival program you could image.

I certainly didn't think I'd see films like The Hangover bumping up against The Road, or a double bill of Ursula Meiers' French oddity, Home, and Stingray Sam, but it's all just too cool of a mash-up to ignore and I may have to program a little private festival of some of these titles for viewing over the holidays.

But anyway, sit back, grab a drink, peruse the lists and refresh your memory of all the films you should be netflixing, buying or borrowing in the new year. Oh yeah, and be sure to drop us your own personal 2009 best-of lists in the comments section.

Read all the top five lists after the break.



Quiet Earth

5. Antichrist (review, trailer)

4. Home (review, trailer)

3. A song of Good (review, trailer)

2. Deusynlige (Troubled Water) (review, trailer)

1. Tout est Parfait (Everything is Fine) (trailer)


Agent Orange

5. Pandorum (review, trailer)

4. District 9 (review, trailer)

3. Sleep Dealer (review, trailer)

2. Moon (review, trailer)

1. The Box (review, trailer)


Projectcyclops

5. Antichrist

4. Moon

3. Tony (review, trailer)

2. Pintu Terlarang (The Forbidden Door) (review, trailer)

1. Fish Tank (review, trailer)


Bob Doto

5. The Exploding Girl (review)

4. The Road (review, trailer)

3. The Girlfriend Experience (review, trailer)

2. Stingray Sam (review, trailer)

1. Moon


Hal Macdermot

5. District 9

4. Sleep Dealer

3. Moon

2. Left Bank (Linkeroever) (review, trailer)

1. Trash Humpers (review, trailer)


Rick McGrath

5. Shinboru (Symbol) (review, trailer)

4. PVC-1 (review, trailer)

3. Enter The Void (review)

2. 1 (review, trailer)

1. The Road (Rick's review)


Anglebender

5. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (review, trailer)

4. Antichrist

3. The Time Traveler's Wife

2. Moon

1. The Road


Ben Austwick

5. The Hangover

4. Let the Right One In (review)

3. Antichrist

2. Drag me to Hell (trailer)

1. Enter the Void (review)


Marina Antunes

5. Downloading Nancy (trailer)

4. The Hurt Locker

3. Polytechnique

2. Two Lovers

1. Redland (review, trailer)


Crystal Ferret

5. Embodiment of Evil (trailer)

4. Antichrist

3. Thirst (review, trailer)

2. District 9

1. Dogtooth (review, trailer)


Joseph Proimakis

5. Moon

4. Soul Kitchen

3. A Serious Man (trailer)

2. Enter the Void

1. Dogtooth / Strella

Marina (2 years ago) Reply

What this list tells me: that I have a lot of great films to watch before the new years starts. Great year indeed!

Anonymous (2 years ago) Reply

What this list tells me : "my favourite film was the one i reviewed lalala i write for quietearth"

Nathan (2 years ago) Reply

No love for Pontypool?

Mike White (2 years ago) Reply

I think Pontypool could be counted as 2008 since in was at the Toronto Film Fest that year.

Marina (2 years ago) Reply

I saw PONTYPOOL last year so it didn't manage to get on this year's list. It's a great selection - good call Nathan.

rickmcgrath (2 years ago) Reply

anonymous: you think these flicks play every night in all theaters? the genre flicks I saw this year were all fest-shown or "screeners" I received thanx to QE. You are quite the critical commentator... why not join us as a reviewer?'

projectcyclops (2 years ago) Reply

Hmm, my list is backwards... Some great choices here, interesting lists.

Agent Orange (2 years ago) Reply

Sorry PC. Fixed.

Kurt (2 years ago) Reply

Liking all the Love for ENTER THE VOID. (And the lone mention for the charming Soul Kitchen)

I anxiously await getting my grubby little hand on the Stanislaw Lem adaptation "1"

Anonymous (2 years ago) Reply

Upon reading the list I decided to watch Antichrist and I´m still wondering how come the movie is in the top 5 of so many reviewers. Boring, unscary, thriving too much to look artsy, easy the worst movie of the year in my opinion. Looking forward to Moon though.

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