{"id":7183,"date":"2009-12-03T05:28:42","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T05:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=7183"},"modified":"2010-01-28T09:02:55","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T09:02:55","slug":"sight-and-sounds-top-films-of-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/12\/03\/sight-and-sounds-top-films-of-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Sight and Sound’s Top Films of 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sight<\/a>British film magazine Sight and Sound<\/a><\/strong> have published their top 10 films of 2009.<\/p>\n

They asked 60 critics for their favourites of the past year and the titles that appeared the most were then selected for their January 2010 issue.<\/p>\n

Here is the final list (with some ties):<\/p>\n

1. Un Proph\u00e8te<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Jacques Audiard, France)
=2. The Hurt Locker<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Kathryn Bigelow, USA)
=2. 35 Shots of Rum<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Claire Denis, France)
4. The White Ribbon<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Michael Haneke, Austria-Germany)
5. Let the Right One In<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Tomas Alfredson, Sweden)
=6. Up<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Pete Docter, USA)
=6. White Material<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Claire Denis)
=8. Bright Star<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Jane Campion, UK-Australia)
=8. Antichrist<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Lars Von Trier, Denmark-Germany-Sweden-France-Italy)
10. Inglorious Basterds<\/a><\/strong> (Dir. Quentin Tarantino, USA)<\/p>\n

With the exception of Antichrist (a sloppy, faux-controversial work<\/a>) I find it hard to argue with the selection here.<\/p>\n

As is often the case, the list can be a little out of sync with US and foreign release dates (Un Proph\u00e8te\u00a0doesn’t open in the UK until January 22nd) although that hasn’t affected this year’s selection too much.<\/p>\n

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> Sight and Sound<\/a> (Follow them on Twitter<\/a> or become a fan on Facebook<\/a>)
> Wikipedia on 2009 in film<\/a>
> Every film that came out in the UK in 2009
<\/a>>\u00a0My favourite films of 2008<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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