indieWIRE’s Critics’ Poll: Top Ten

Mathieu Amalric, Catherine Deneuve in A Christmas Tale

Best Films of 2008: indieWIRE’s Critics’ Poll

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BEST FILM
Points
Mentions

1
The Flight of the Red Balloon
495
43

2
A Christmas Tale
454
38

3
WALL-E
368
32

4
Wendy and Lucy
366
36

5
Happy-Go-Lucky
346
31

6
Paranoid Park
335
31

7
Still Life
330
31

8
Silent Light
310
26

9
Synecdoche, New York
290
25

10
Waltz with Bashir
283
27

 

Asia Argento in The Last Mistress

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BEST PERFORMANCE
Points
Mentions

1
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
548
49

2
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
514
46

3
Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy
462
46

4
Sean Penn, Milk
424
41

5
Juliette Binoche, The Flight of the Red Balloon
404
38

6
Asia Argento, Boarding Gate, Mother of Tears, The Last Mistress
152
15

7
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
120
12

8
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
114
12

9
Guillaume Depardieu, The Duchess of Langeais
104
11

10
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Synecdoche, New York
98
10

by Andre Soares | December 26, 2008   
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Best Films of 2008: indieWIRE’s Critics’ Poll

The most curious thing about indieWIRE’s 2008 poll of 105 North American film critics is that thus far only six of those critics’ top-ten films have gone on to win awards (film/director/screenplay) from US/Canada critics’ groups.
WALL-E has been the top choice in the animated feature category and was even voted the best film of 2008 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, which, spreading the wealth, also gave Waltz with Bashir their best animated feature prize. Happy-Go-Lucky took best director and best screenplay honors from, respectively, the New York and the Los Angeles critics; Still Life was chosen best foreign-language film in Los Angeles; Synecdoche, New York won a couple of best screenplay awards; while Wendy and Lucy was [...]

by Andre Soares | December 26, 2008   
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