링컨센터 필름소사이어티에서 발행하는 '필름 코멘트(Film Comment)'가 2023 베스트 영화 20을 발표했다. 개봉작 베스트 1위는 토드 헤인즈 감독, NYFF61 개막작이었던 'May December', 2위는 켈리 레이차트 감독의 '쇼잉 업(Showing Up)', 3위는 마틴 스콜세지 감독의 '플라워 킬링 문(Killers of the Flower Moon)'이 올랐다. 

 

May December, Showing Up, and Killers of the Flower Moon top the list of films released this year

The Human Surge 3, Eureka, and Close Your Eyes top the undistributed films list

 

 

New York, NY (December 15, 2023) - The results of Film Comment’s annual end-of-year survey were revealed at a special live event last night at Film at Lincoln Center, with Todd Haynes’s May December, Kelly Reichardt’s Showing Up, and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon claiming the top ranks among films released in the U.S. in 2023. Of the films that screened at festivals worldwide but have not yet announced stateside distribution, Eduardo Williams’s The Human Surge 3, Lisandro Alonso’s Eureka, and Víctor Erice’s Close Your Eyes received top rankings.

 

The poll was voted on by more than 100 Film Comment contributors and colleagues from around the globe, including Jamsheed Akrami (scholar and filmmaker), Dessane Lopez Cassell (Seen), Erika Balsom (scholar and critic), Richard Brody (The New Yorker), Maya S. Cade (Black Film Archive), Edo Choi (The Museum of the Moving Image), Monica Castillo (The Paley Center for Media), Bilge Ebiri (New York magazine and Vulture), Jean-Michel Frodon (critic), Lovia Gyarkye (The Hollywood Reporter), Malcolm Harris (author, Palo Alto), Molly Haskell (critic), J. Hoberman (critic), Radu Jude (filmmaker), Beatrice Loayza (critic), Kevin B. Lee (Locarno Film Festival), Dennis Lim (Film at Lincoln Center), Cristina Nord (Berlinale Forum), Adam Piron (filmmaker and critic), Inney Prakash (critic and programmer, Prismatic Ground), B. Ruby Rich (Film Quarterly), Jonathan Romney (FC contributing editor), Dash Shaw (cartoonist and animator), Gavin Smith (critic), Imogen Sara Smith (critic), Amy Taubin (FC contributing editor), Manu Yáñez Murillo (Otros Cines Europa), Genevieve Yue (scholar and critic), and more.

 

The top 20 films of 2023 were unveiled at the live event with critics Amy Taubin and Bilge Ebiri, moderated by Film Comment’s Co-Editors, Devika Girish and Clinton Krute; the lively discussion is now available on the Film Comment Podcast. The complete lists of released and undistributed films are included below.

 

“It speaks to the ongoing vitality of cinema as an art form, as well as the discernment of our critics in the year of ‘Barbenheimer,’ that this year’s top films represent some of the most boundary-pushing, complex movies of recent times—three new classics from contemporary masters,” said Krute.

 

“It’s invigorating to see so many independent films that boldly deny the conventions of narrative and nonfiction cinema—including Cyril Schäublin’s Unrest, Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós’s Dry Ground Burning, and Alain Gomis’s Rewind & Play—land in the Top 20, not to mention the wonderfully inventive gems in our undistributed list,” said Girish. “It’s reassuring for the future of not only cinema, but also criticism to see these titles emerge as the consensus picks of more than 100 critics!”

 

Film Comment’s Top 20 Films Released in 2023

 

1. May December Todd Haynes, U.S.

2. Showing Up Kelly Reichardt, U.S.

3. Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese, U.S.

4. Fallen Leaves Aki Kaurismäki, Finland

5. Pacifiction Albert Serra, France/Spain/Germany/Portugal

6. Anatomy of a Fall Justine Triet, France

7. Afire Christian Petzold, Germany

8. The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer, U.K./U.S./Poland

9. Unrest Cyril Schäublin, Switzerland

10. Our Body Claire Simon, France

11. Dry Ground Burning Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós, Brazil

12. Passages Ira Sachs, France

13. Trenque Lauquen Laura Citarella, Argentina

14. Orlando, My Political Biography Paul B. Preciado, France

15. De Humani Corporis Fabrica Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor, France/Switzerland/U.S.

16. Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros Frederick Wiseman, France/U.S.

17. Youth (Spring) Wang Bing, France/Luxembourg/Netherlands

18. Asteroid City Wes Anderson, U.S.

19. Rewind & Play Alain Gomis, France/Germany

20. The Boy and the Heron Hayao Miyazaki, Japan

 

 

Film Comment’s Top 10 Undistributed Films of 2023

 

1. The Human Surge 3 Eduardo Williams, Argentina/Portugal/Netherlands/Taiwan/Brazil/Hong Kong/Sri Lanka/Peru

2. Eureka Lisandro Alonso, Argentina/France/Portugal

3. Close Your Eyes Víctor Erice, Spain

4. ALLENSWORTH James Benning, U.S.

5. Gush Fox Maxy, U.S.

6. Nowhere Near Miko Revereza, U.S./Philippines

7. The Plough Philippe Garrel, France

8. La práctica Martín Rejtman, Argentina/Chile/Germany/Portugal

9. About Thirty Martín Shanly, Argentina

10. Samsara Lois Patiño, Spain

 

The complete list of films and participants can be found on FilmComment.com.

 

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