10/10: Ben Rivers

Ben Rivers, the director of Mare's Nest, whichs opens in theaters this week, shares two lists of his ten favorite films from the past ten years.

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(in alphabetical order)

1. By The Time It Gets Dark (Anocha Suwichakornpong, 2016)

2. The Crack-Up (Jonathan Schwartz, 2017)

3. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (Radu Jude, 2023)

4. I Was at Home, But... (Angela Schanelec, 2019)

5. Last Things (Deborah Stratman, 2023)

6. A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (Lav Diaz, 2016)

7. Pacifiction (Albert Serra, 2022)

8. Staying Vertical (Alain Guiraudie, 2016)

9. Twin Peaks (David Lynch, 2017)

10. Vitalina Varela (Pedro Costa, 2019)

I don't really like top tens, so here is another top ten.

1. Altiplano (Malena Szlam, 2018)

2. Burning (Lee Chang-dong, 2018)

3. Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg, 2022)

4. Evil Does Not Exist (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2023)

5. The Human Surge 3 (Eduardo Williams, 2023)

6. Mandy (Panos Cosmatos, 2018)

7. A Night of Knowing Nothing (Payal Kapadia, 2021)

8. Sleep Has Her House (Scott Barley, 2017)

9. Trenque Lauquen (Laura Citarella, 2022)

10. Unrest (Cyril Schäublin, 2022)