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March 2021

10/10: Isabel Sandoval

March 26, 2021 03/26

The director of Lingua Franca shares her ten favorite films from the last ten years and what they've meant to her.

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Top 10: Kate Novack

March 5, 2021 03/05

The director of Hysterical Girl, shortlisted for the 93rd Academy Awards for Best Documentary Short, shares ten favorite films.

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February 2021

Top 10: Pere Portabella

February 26, 2021 02/26

The legendary Spanish filmmaker lists his ten favorite movies, or rather "a list of recommended films."

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10/10: U.S. Girls

February 19, 2021 02/19

Meghan Remy, the musician behind U.S. Girls, shares her ten (or eleven) favorite films of the last ten years.

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January 2021

10/10: Valentyn Vasyanovych

January 22, 2021 01/22

Working primarily as a cinematographer early in his career, the director of the Ukrainian feature Atlantis shares ten favorite films from the last ten years that "appreciate the visual solution."

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November 2020

Top 10: Manfred Kirchheimer

November 6, 2020 11/06

The director of Free Time, a meticulously restored and constructed 16mm documentary shot in New York between 1958 and 1960 shares his favorite films of all-time.

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October 2020

10/10: Yung Chang

October 16, 2020 10/16

The director of This is Not a Movie, a documentary on journalist Robert Fisk, and the up upcoming Wuhan Wuhan, shares his ten favorite films of the past ten years.

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July 2020

10/10: Dan Sallitt

July 17, 2020 07/17

The director of Fourteen, now playing in our Virtual Cinema, shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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November 2019

10/10: Brett Story

November 8, 2019 11/08

The filmmaker behind critically-acclaimed documentaries The Hottest August and The Prison in Twelve Landscapes shares her ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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October 2019

10/10: Paul Harrill

October 31, 2019 10/31

We asked writer-director of Light From Light lists ten films (and one television show) with his favorite performances from the last ten years.

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10/10: Ulrich Köhler

October 10, 2019 10/10

The filmmaker behind In My Room shares ten favorite films from the last ten years — in his own words, “Difficult, tough choices.”

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August 2019

10/10: Ognjen Glavonić

August 27, 2019 08/27

The director of The Load, which premiered in Director's Fortnight at Cannes shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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The directors of Los Reyes share their ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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10/10: Roberto Minervini

August 9, 2019 08/09

The director of What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? and The Other Side shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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Top 10: Mariano Llinás

August 2, 2019 08/02

The director of the 14-hour feature film La Flor, an epic globe-spanning ode to storytelling and the movies, shares his ten favorite films.

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June 2019

10/10: Peter Parlow

June 27, 2019 06/27

The director of The Plagiarists, an American filmaker, writer, musician, and stock photographer, shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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May 2019

10/10: Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

May 10, 2019 05/10

The director of Drive My Car and Asako I & II shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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December 2018

10/10: Jonathan Franzen

December 19, 2018 12/19

For our final post of the year, the award-winning author of Freedom and The Corrections shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years, along with a brief introduction.

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November 2018

10/10: Christian Petzold

November 28, 2018 11/28

The acclaimed director of Phoenix, Barbara, and the forthcoming Transit lists ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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10/10: Rachel Kushner

November 18, 2018 11/18

The author of The Mars Room and The Flamethrowers shares her 10 favorite films from the last 10 years.

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October 2018

The directors of Leviathan and Caniba share the ten best films they saw in the last ten years.

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September 2018

10/10: Kevin Jerome Everson

September 27, 2018 09/27

The multi-disciplinary artist and director whose work includes numerous acclaimed shorts and features, like Tonsler Park, Erie, and Fe26, shares the ten best films he saw in the last ten years.

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August 2018

10/10: Andrew Bujalski

August 22, 2018 08/22

The Support the Girls helmer shares ten favorites from the last ten years.

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10/10: Ricky D’Ambrose

August 10, 2018 08/10

The writer-director of Notes on an Appearance shares his ten favorite films from the last ten (or so) years.

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10/10: Agnès Godard

August 2, 2018 08/02

We asked cinematographer Agnès Godard, best-known for her work with Claire Denis, to share her ten favorite films from the last ten years. She met us halfway.

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July 2018

The director of Cocote shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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10/10: Mark Cousins

July 19, 2018 07/19

The writer and filmmaker behind the epic 15-hour documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey and the upcoming The Eyes of Orson Welles shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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May 2018

10/10: Bruce LaBruce

May 24, 2018 05/24

The director of L.A. Zombie and the upcoming The Misandrists discusses his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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10/10: Vivian Qu

May 3, 2018 05/03

The director of the upcoming Angels Wear White shares her ten eight favorite films from the last ten years.

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April 2018

10/10: Peter Tscherkassky

April 20, 2018 04/20

The director of The Exquisite Corpus and Outer Space shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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February 2018

10/10: Travis Wilkerson

February 27, 2018 02/27

The director of Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years, sort of.

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10/10: Stephen Cone

February 20, 2018 02/20

The director of Princess Cyd and Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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January 2018

10/10: Blake Williams

January 18, 2018 01/18

The director of the upcoming PROTOTYPE shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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10/10: Radu Jude

January 8, 2018 01/08

The director of Aferim! and the upcoming Sacred Hearts shares his eleven favorite films from the last ten years.

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November 2017

10/10: Bertrand Bonello

November 21, 2017 11/21

The director of Nocturama and Saint Laurent shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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October 2017

10/10: Bill Morrison

October 5, 2017 10/05

The director of Dawson City: Frozen Time, one of 2017’s most acclaimed works, shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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September 2017

10/10: Jeff Malmberg

September 27, 2017 09/27

The director of Marwencol and co-director of Spettacolo jots down his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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10/10: Sean Price Williams

September 15, 2017 09/15

The director of photography behind Good Time, Kate Plays Christine, Marjorie Prime, among numerous others, shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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August 2017

10/10: Kogonada

August 10, 2017 08/10

The director of Columbus shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years, along with five filmmakers that dominated this era.

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July 2017

10/10: Sean Baker

July 31, 2017 07/31

The director of Tangerine and the upcoming The Florida Project shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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June 2017

Top 10: Andrew Rossi

June 29, 2017 06/29

The director of Bronx Gothic and Page One: Inside the New York Times shares his favorite films from the last ten years.

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May 2017

10/10: Benjamin Crotty

May 8, 2017 05/08

The director of Fort Buchanan shares ten films released in the last ten years that left a strong impression.

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April 2017

Top 10: Feras Fayyad

April 10, 2017 04/10

The director of the Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature, Last Men in Aleppo, shares ten films that influenced his work.

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January 2017

10/10: Eduardo Williams

January 23, 2017 01/23

The director of The Human Surge shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years (with some exceptions).

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December 2016

10/10: Oliver Laxe

December 22, 2016 12/22

The director of Mimosas shares his ten eleven favorite films from the last ten years.

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November 2016

Top 10: Pietro Marcello

November 30, 2016 11/30

A great admirer of Russian and Eastern European cinema, the director of Lost and Beautiful shares his all time favorites.

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Top 10: Jean-Marie Straub

November 1, 2016 11/01

Together with his late wife and partner, Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub created a rigorous, singular and indelible cinema. These are some of his favorite films.

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October 2016

10/10: Zhao Liang

October 5, 2016 10/05

The director of Behemoth and Petition, the 2009 Cannes documentary banned by the Chinese government, shares his ten favorite films.

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September 2016

10/10: Deborah Stratman

September 21, 2016 09/21

The director of The Illinois Parables and O’er The Land shares her eleven favorite films from the last ten years.

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August 2016

10/10: Mauro Herce

August 4, 2016 08/04

The director of Dead Slow Ahead and cinematographer of Cannes Critics’ Week winner Mimosas shares his ten favorite films from the last ten years

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July 2016

10/10: Terence Nance

July 20, 2016 07/20

The director of An Oversimplification of Her Beauty lists his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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June 2016

10/10: Robert Greene

June 24, 2016 06/24

The director of Kate Plays Christine and Actress lists his ten favorite documentaries from the last ten years.

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10/10: José Luis Guerín

June 17, 2016 06/17

The director of In the City of Silvia and the new film The Academy of Muses lists his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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May 2016

10/10: Thom Andersen

May 29, 2016 05/29

The director of Los Angeles Plays Itself and The Thoughts That Once We Had lists his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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10/10: Bi Gan

May 16, 2016 05/16

The director of Kaili Blues lists his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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The director of Cemetery of Splendor and Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives lists ten favorite films.

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April 2016

10/10: Pedro Costa

April 30, 2016 04/30

The director of Vitalina Varela and Colossal Youth lists his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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10/10: Corneliu Porumboiu

April 25, 2016 04/25

The director of Police, Adjective, and The Treasure lists his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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10/10: Matías Piñeiro

April 7, 2016 04/07

The director of The Princess of France and Viola lists his ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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April 2021

10/10: Japanese Breakfast

April 16, 2021 04/16

Michelle Zauner, the musician behind Japanese Breakfast and author of the new memoir Crying in H Mart, shares her ten favorite films from the last ten years.

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