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Flickchart Top 20 of 2010 Led by Inception, Scott Pilgrim

Flickchart is a film buff's addictive time-waster that's a best-to-avoid for me. Sure enough, I'm lured to check out the site's Top 20 of 2010 chart, compiled from some 49 million rankings from Flickchart users all over the world. Surprise: Inception is number one, followed by Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. (They also have a best animated films of 2010 chart, which does not include The Illusionist in its top ten. Humph.)

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December 29, 2010 6:05 AM
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The National Film Registry Names 25 New Films

The National Film Registry added 25 films this year deemed to be "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."

By Anne Thompson
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December 28, 2010 8:37 AM
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E Film Critics' Top Ten Quote Whores

E Film Critic's Erik Childress continues to wage war against critics who he deems "whores." They consistently deliver the film quotes that the studios love to include in their ads. Finally, I don't know who most of these people are.

By Anne Thompson
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December 23, 2010 1:44 AM
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Alliance of Women Film Journalists Nominees

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has posted its nominees for the 2010 AWFJ EDA Awards (full list is below). Nominated for Best Film are Black Swan, Inception, The King's Speech, The Social Network and Winter's Bone. Oddly, The Kids Are All Right received 16 nominations-- but not best picture. Helen Mirren (RED) got five.

By Anne Thompson
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December 22, 2010 11:23 AM
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The Social Network Tops Village Voice/LA Weekly Critics Poll

Lo and behold, The Social Network tops yet another critics list--the Village Voice/LA Weekly Year-End Poll--by a good margin, followed by Carlos, Winter's Bone and The Ghost Writer. Olivier Assayas won best director for Carlos, followed by The Social Network's David Fincher, Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan) and Roman Polanski (The Ghost Writer). The Social Network's Aaron Sorkin won for best screenplay, followed by Maren Ade (Everyone Else), Robert Harris and Roman Polanski (The Ghost Writer) and Todd Solondz (Life During Wartime).

By Anne Thompson
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December 22, 2010 2:02 AM
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Mark Lisanti Makes You Work for His Ten Best List

Writer Mark Lisanti makes you work for his Ten Best List. You want titles? Name them yourself. Here are four (easy ones) from his no-particular-order list:

By Sophia Savage
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December 21, 2010 6:23 AM
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Film Comment Year-End Best List

One good thing about year-end best lists from such places as Film Comment--posted below-- is that you can be reminded of the arcane fest films you missed, no matter if you've probably seen more movies than most. Already on my screener pile (thanks Fredell) is Claire Denis's White Material, which came in third on this list. Many of my ten bests rank high here, including Carlos, The Social Network, The Ghost Writer, Winter's Bone, Inside Job and Toy Story 3. (I put A Prophet on my list last year.) And I put True Grit, The King's Speech, and Fish Tank on my ten-best as well.

By Anne Thompson
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December 18, 2010 10:15 AM
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Toronto Film Festival's Essential 100 List

OK cinephiles. Who among you has seen all 100 on the Toronto International Film Festival's Essential 100? The full list is pasted below. True confession: I have seen all but the following 11, which I shame-facedly reveal below:

By Anne Thompson
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December 17, 2010 8:50 AM
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2010 Ten Best List

I've been feverishly catching up on screeners, knowing that I had to declare my ten best list on Friday's Oscar Talk. I filed my votes at the Village Voice and indieWIRE critics polls. And I filed my nominations for the Broadcast Film Critics Association, which announced Monday. It turns out that my number ten choice, Fish Tank, had a qualifying run in 2009. So I replaced it with The Ghost Writer. So here goes:

By Anne Thompson
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December 13, 2010 11:33 AM
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Oscar Talk: 2010 Ten Best Lists, from "Another Year" to "Winter's Bone"

On Oscar Talk this week, as promised, Kris Tapley and I count down, defend and debate our rather diverse and distinctive top ten films of 2010. While we both include The Social Network and Toy Story 3, we agree to disagree on one of my faves, Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right and Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island, which Kris admires. Notable omissions from both lists: 127 Hours, Rabbit Hole, Blue Valentine, Get Low, The Town, Inception, The Fighter and The Ghost Writer.