Sight & Sound’s Best Films of 2011

Come December, you can catch me at a movie theatre. Sight & Sound magazine have revealed their top ten list, which comes from 100 different critics, who all submitted their personal top five.  The Tree of Life was the landslide favorite of the critics, more than doubling it's first runner up in first place votes.  Off top, it is probably my first choice too.  Award season is always interesting and often controversial, but the list below should prepare you a little bit.

1. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick)
2. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)
3. The Kid With a Bike (Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne)
4. Melancholia (Lars von Trier)
5. The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)
(tie) 6. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
(tie) 6. The Turin Horse (Béla Tarr)
8. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay)
9. Le Quattro Volte (Michelangelo Frammartino)
(tie) 10. This Is Not a Film (Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmash)
(tie) 10. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson)

for those questioning where the more populist, less arthouse flavor is, James revealed that Attack the Block and Kill List both narrowly missed the list