2009 TOP 10

By: Rod Lebowsk​i

Ah, 2009. Or, as I like to call it, The Year Of The Talking Fox. Speaking of which, I won’t defend ANTICHRIST other than “it affected me” (and that scene where She imagines herself crossing the bridge is the most Tarkovski I’ve ever seen this side of Tarkovski). I guess there’s not much controversy to the rest of the list, but anyone who says DOGTOOTH is too on-the-nose with its themes is getting a punch to the keyboard.*

*You see, because in the movie “keyboard” means a body part.

• 01
  Dogtooth
  Giorgos Lanthimos
• 02
  Inglourious Basterds
  Quentin Tarantino
• 03
  Hadewijch
  Bruno Dumont
• 04
  Everyone Else
  Maren Ade
• 05
  Up
  Pete Docter
• 06
  Antichrist
  Lars von Trier
• 07
  Valhalla Rising
  Nicolas Winding Refn
• 08
  Duplicity
  Tony Gilroy
• 09
  Fantastic Mr. Fox
  Wes Anderson
• 10
  Police, Adjective
  Corneliu Porumboiu