So it is the last day of 2011, for some it might even already by 2012 (and by the time most read this it will be) and I decided to compile my lists of favorite films, performances, directors, etc. of the year. Please feel free to comment, good or bad, on any or all my picks but just remember they are MY picks.
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Worst Films:
1) “Hall Pass” (dir. Bobby and Peter Farrelly)
2) “Super” (dir. James Gunn)
3) “The Change Up” (dir. David Dobkin)
4) “Battle: Los Angeles” (dir. Jonathan Liebesman)
5) “Crazy, Stupid, Love” (dir. Glenn Ficarra and John Requa)
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Best Score or Song:
1) “Theme Suite” by Roger Neill, Dave Palmer, Brian Reitzell (“Beginners”)
2) “Brandon” by Harry Escott (“Shame”)
3) Rivers by Alexandre Desplat (“The Tree of Life”)
4) Nightcall by Kavinsky (“Drive”)
5) “It’s a Process” by Mychael Danna (“Moneyball”)
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Best Screenplay:
1) “Midnight in Paris” (Woody Allen)
2) “The Tree of Life” (Terrence Malick)
3) “The Artist” (Michel Hazanavicius)
4) “A Separation” (Asghar Farhadi)
5) “Moneyball” (Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin)
6) “Beginners” (Mike Mills)
Best Cinematography:
1) “The Tree of Life” (Emmanuel Lubezki)
2) “Meek’s Cutoff” (Chris Blauvelt)
3) “Melancholia” (Manuel Alberto Claro)
4) “Hugo” (Bob Richardson)
5) “The Artist” (Guillaume Schiffman)
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Best Directors:
1) Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
2) Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
3) Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
4) Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)
5) Abbas Kiarostami (Certified Copy)
6) Steve McQueen (Shame)
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Best Supporting Actress:
1) Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life)
2) Sareh Bayat (A Separation)
3) Carey Mulligan (Shame)
4) Melanie Laurent (Beginners)
5) Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
6) Leila Hatami (A Separation)
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Best Supporting Actor:
1) Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
2) Albert Brooks (Drive)
3) Brad Pitt (The Tree of Life)
4) Shahab Hosseini (A Separation)
5) Jeremy Irons (Margin Call)
6) Corey Stoll (Midnight in Paris)
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Best Actress:
1) Olivia Colman (Tyrannosaur)
2) Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
3) Rooney Mara (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo)
4) Juliette Binoche (Certified Copy)
5) Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia)
6) Jeong-hie Yun (Poetry)
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Best Actor:
1) Michael Fassbender (Shame)
2) Peter Mullan (Tyrannosaur)
3) Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
4) Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
5) Ryan Gosling (Drive)
6) Peyman Maadi (A Separation)
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Best Films 25-11:
25) “The Trip” (dir. Michael Winterbottom)
24) “Submarine” (dir. Richard Ayoade)
23) “Like Crazy” (dir. Drake Doremus)
22) “Jane Eyre” (dir. Cary Fukunaga)
21) “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” (dir. David Fincher)
20) “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (dir. Rupert Wyatt)
19) “Melancholia” (dir. Lars von Trier)
18) “Hanna” (dir. Joe Wright)
17) “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
16) “Martha Marcy May Marlene” (dir. Sean Durkin)
15) “Meek’s Cutoff” (dir. Kelly Reichardt)
14) “13 Assassins” (dir. Takashi Miike)
13) “Moneyball” (dir. Bennett Miller)
12) “Poetry” (dir. Chang-dong Lee)
11) “Le Quattro Volte” (dir. Michaelangelo Frammartino)
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Best Films 10-1:
10) “Tyrannosaur” (dir. Paddy Considine)
9) “Midnight in Paris” (dir. Woody Allen)
8) “The Artist” (dir. Michel Hazanavicius)
7) “Certified Copy” (dir. Abbas Kiarostami)
6) “Hugo” (dir. Martin Scorsese)
5) “A Separation” (dir. Asghar Farhadi)
4) “Shame” (dir. Steve McQueen)
3) “Drive” (dir. Nicolas Winding Refn)
2) “Beginners” (dir. Mike Mills)
1) “The Tree of Life” (dir. Terrence Malick)
Through the Shattered Lens 