They might be a month too early but the Toronto International Film Festival Cinematheque has just released a list of the best films of the 2000s as chosen by a survey of film curators, festival programers, and historians. Top of the list is the Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Syndromes and a Century, followed by two films by Jia Zhangke – Platform and Still Life, Claire Denis’ Beau Travail and Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood For Love. Off to compile my own list which will certainly contain at least one film from the apocalyptic subgenre (probably Children of Men or Cloverfield).
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Or Temps du Loup? It’s actually a really strong list, though for me Import/Export is a glaring omission. Just sayin…
I didn’t love Temps du Loup actually, although I didn’t see it in an ideal environment. I liked Syndromes and a Century but didn’t love it. I’d raise Silent Light a bit, maybe add The White Ribbon and replace Royal Tenenbaums with Borat and try to squeeze in Superbad and maybe Sin City. I’d never even heard of Import/Export.
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