2011: The Year In Film (Arsaib's Top 35)

By: Arsaib

I. (in alphabetical order)

CENTURY OF BIRTHING
Lav Diaz

THE DAY HE ARRIVES
Hong Sang-soo

DREILEBEN: BEATS BEING DEAD
Christian Petzold

DREILEBEN: DON’T FOLLOW ME AROUND
Dominik Graf

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
David Fincher

THE KID WITH A BIKE
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

MARGARET
Kenneth Lonergan

ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA
Nuri Bilge Ceylan

A SEPARATION
Asghar Farhadi

THIS IS NOT A FILM
Mojtaba Mirtahasebi & Jafar Panahi

THE TREE OF LIFE
Terrence Malick

THE TURIN HORSE
Tarr Béla & Hranitzky Ágnes

II. (in alphabetical order)

ABENDLAND
Nikolaus Geyrhalter

BUENAS NOCHES, ESPANA
Raya Martin

A BURNING HOT SUMMER
Philippe Garrel

CRAZY HORSE
Frederick Wiseman

THE DEEP BLUE SEA
Terence Davies

FAUST
Aleksandr Sokurov

FOOTNOTE
Joseph Cedar

HOUSE OF TOLERANCE
Bertrand Bonello

OUTSIDE SATAN
Bruno Dumont

PLAY
Ruben Östlund

A SIMPLE LIFE
Ann Hui

WHORE’S GLORY
Michael Glawogger

III. (in alphabetical order)

LAS ACACIAS
Pablo Giorgelli

CORRESPONDENCE: JONAS MEKAS – J.L. GUERIN
Jonas Mekas & José Luis Guerin

THE DESCENDANTS
Alexander Payne

DREILEBEN: ONE MINUTE OF DARKNESS
Christoph Hochhäusler

4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH
Abel Ferrara

GOODBYE FIRST LOVE
Mia Hansen-Løve

IT MAY BE THAT BEAUTY HAS REINFORCED OUR RESOLVE – MASAO ADACHI
Philippe Grandrieux

IT’S THE EARTH NOT THE MOON
Gonçalo Tocha

J. EDGAR
Clint Eastwood

PINA
Wim Wenders

SLEEPING SICKNESS
Ulrich Köhler

UNDER CONTROL
Volker Sattel

• 01
  Century of Birthing
  Lav Diaz
• 02
  The Day He Arrives
  Hong Sang-soo
• 03
  Dreileben: Beats Being Dead
  Christian Petzold
• 04
  Dreileben: Don't Follow Me Around
  Dominik Graf
• 05
  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  David Fincher
• 06
  The Kid with a Bike
  Jean-Pierre Dardenne
• 07
  Life Without Principle
  Johnnie To
• 08
  Margaret
  Kenneth Lonergan
• 09
  Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
  Nuri Bilge Ceylan
• 10
  A Separation
  Asghar Farhadi
• 11
  This Is Not a Film
  Mojtaba Mirtahasebi
• 12
  The Tree of Life
  Terrence Malick
• 13
  The Turin Horse
  Béla Tarr
• 14
  Abendland
  Nikolaus Geyrhalter
• 15
  Buenas noches, España
  Raya Martin
• 16
  A Burning Hot Summer
  Philippe Garrel
• 17
  Crazy Horse
  Frederick Wiseman
• 18
  The Deep Blue Sea
  Terence Davies
• 19
  Faust
  Aleksandr Sokurov
• 20
  Footnote
  Joseph Cedar
• 21
  House of Tolerance
  Bertrand Bonello
• 22
  Outside Satan
  Bruno Dumont
• 23
  Play
  Ruben Östlund
• 24
  A Simple Life
  Ann Hui
• 25
  Whores' Glory
  Michael Glawogger
• 26
  Las acacias
  Pablo Giorgelli
• 27
  Correspondence: Jonas Mekas - JL Guerín
  José Luis Guerín
• 28
  The Descendants
  Alexander Payne
• 29
  Dreileben: One Minute of Darkness
  Christoph Hochhäusler
• 30
  4:44 Last Day on Earth
  Abel Ferrara
• 31
  Goodbye First Love
  Mia Hansen-Løve
• 32
  It May Be That Beauty Has Reinforced Our Resolve – Masao Adachi
  Philippe Grandrieux
• 33
  It's the Earth Not the Moon
  Gonçalo Tocha
• 34
  J. Edgar
  Clint Eastwood
• 35
  Pina
  Wim Wenders
• 36
  Sleeping Sickness
  Ulrich Köhler
• 37
  Under Control
  Volker Sattel