It has been an extraordinarily strong year for film. A peppery blend of what I regard to have been the best and what have been my favourites, here are my top-10 films released in the UK in 2011:
- Black Swan (USA, January)
- The Tree of Life (USA, July)
- We Need to Talk About Kevin (UK/USA, October)
- Blue Valentine (USA, January)
- Drive (USA, September)
- Incendies (Canada, June)
- 127 Hours (USA, January)
- The Artist (France, December)
- Take Shelter (USA, November)
- Confessions (Japan, February)
Narrowly missing out are Melancholia, Kill List, Neds, The King’s Speech and Snowtown. Oh, and Poetry. And The Skin I Live In. And True Grit and Animal Kingdom and A Separation. All of these would comfortably make the list in any “normal” year. Guilty pleasures only feel guilty because of the indie-eyebrow-raising their very mention evokes but I thoroughly enjoyed Bridesmaids and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
28th Dec 2011
And you have yet to even see Tower Heist!
A strong year for movies indeed....
Ross Bruniges, 28th Dec 2011