Comments on: My Favorite Films Of 2010: Oli Lyttelton https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 05:00:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: dudu https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/#comment-106668 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:22:04 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-121089/#comment-106668 @ Oliver: so you can change \’homeland\’ to \’american\’… it doesn\’t change anything about your list.

Here are some suggestions:

Poetry
Honey
Of Gods and Men
Hahaha
Uncle Boonmee
Another Year
I Wish I Knew
Nostalgia for the Light
Les amours imaginaires
On Tour
Aurora
Carlos
Film socialisme
Silent Souls
Outrage
The Four Times
White Material
Certified Copy
Mysteries of Lisbon
A Town Called Panic
The Illusionist
Animal Kingdom
Tuesday, after Christmas
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
To Die Like a Man
Surviving Life
The Forgotten Space
Budrus
Revolución
Hadewijch
Shuga
Kosmos
My Joy

And let me say that I agree with you about Enter the Void and I Am Love. I\’ll also add The Secret in Their Eyes, Four Lions and Lebanon to the worse films I\’ve seen in 2010.

]]> By: Drew https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/#comment-106676 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:22:04 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-121089/#comment-106676 LOVE THIS.

]]> By: dudu https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/#comment-106675 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:22:04 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-121089/#comment-106675 90% homeland production. Just sayin\’…

]]> By: Michael https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/#comment-106674 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:22:04 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-121089/#comment-106674 Yeah good job spotlighting mediocre-to-decent American films in a year where foreign films were breaking new ground and really making an impact.

]]> By: Hiya https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/#comment-106673 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:22:04 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-121089/#comment-106673 You guys are quite harsh. It\’s his favorite movies of the year, who cares if there aren\’t that many foreign films. Get over it.

]]> By: rourke https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/#comment-106672 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:22:04 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-121089/#comment-106672 i genuinely want to hear your top ten, dudu.

]]> By: Michael https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/#comment-106671 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:22:04 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-121089/#comment-106671 It wouldn\’t be a problem if this year weren\’t such a great one for foreign films and everyone in America is wasting their time lauding the thoroughly average Black Swan.

]]> By: Oliver Lyttelton https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/#comment-106670 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:22:04 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-121089/#comment-106670 Dudu & Michael, you keep banging the same drum, but without naming any of the films that you think I should be putting in instead. Suggest away — there are bound to be some gems that I missed — but it\’s not very constructive otherwise.

In my view, and the view of most of us here, most of the foreign films I saw were a little disappointing (Enter The Void, I Am Love etc), and we\’re not going to put in films we don\’t like to fill a quota.

]]> By: Oliver Lyttelton https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/#comment-106669 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:22:04 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-121089/#comment-106669 PS, in fact, I\’m at 0% of \’homeland prouductions\’ on my list, because I\’m British, not American. Which you\’d know if you\’d read the piece.

]]> By: Edward Davis https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/#comment-106667 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:22:04 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-121089/#comment-106667 half those films are 2011 films. Certified Copy, etc. (Great film, it\’s a 2011 one by the U.S. release date standards we follow).

Also, a lot of those are kinda dull to ok at best.

]]> By: dudu https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/#comment-106666 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:22:04 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-121089/#comment-106666 @ Edward Davis: I can give you another set of films including The Portuguese Nun, Mother, Polytechnique or The Father of My Children, but this time you\’re probably gonna say they\’re from 2009.
The fluctuating release date between Europe/US is often used as a common excuse for missing out on these films.

\”kinda dull to ok at best\” is a very relative notion, I must say.

]]> By: Kevin Jagernauth https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/#comment-106665 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:22:04 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-121089/#comment-106665 dudu, have you actually seen any of those films? A good chunk of them have been festival plays only. Also what is your top ten of the year?

]]> By: Kevin Jagernauth https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/#comment-106659 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:22:03 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-121089/#comment-106659 I looked into my crystal ball and my 2011 list is going to be 63.45% Estonian flims. Hope that will meet everyone\’s approval.

]]> By: Kathleen Walsh https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/#comment-106664 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:22:03 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-121089/#comment-106664 Playlist readers are usually quite smart and informed, and have high standards and taste in film, and for that, I am grateful. But NONE of you know how to read a GODDAMN headline. It says \”My Favorite Films of 2010: Oli Lyttleton,\” it does not read, \”The BEST EVER of all movies released in 2010,\” or \”My Favorite Films of 2010: Dudu.\” If you have a problem with the lack of international cinema representation, go write your own fucking Top 10 list. If Oli wanted to put Grown Ups and Eclipse in his Faves of 2010 list, it wouldn\’t fucking matter because it\’s his fucking favorites. You PEOPLE.

]]> By: Edward Davis https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/#comment-106663 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:22:03 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-121089/#comment-106663 you probably mean, subjective just like a top 10 list is. Look, criticism is welcome, i just think anyone who wants to affirmatively actionate or actively campaign for foreign films or american films or documentaries… it\’s just not what we do.

Every writer has their taste and their going to truthfully put down what they liked. If you don\’t enjoy it, so be it, but karping on that they should be adding more foreign films is silly. They should just list what they liked.

]]> By: dudu https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/#comment-106662 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:22:03 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-121089/#comment-106662 @ Kevin: I\’ve only seen 20 of them, so I don\’t feel my top ten would be very accurate.

]]> By: Stephen https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/#comment-106661 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:22:03 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-121089/#comment-106661 \”Any critic who could, with a straight face, populate a ten-best list either primarily or exclusively with American films released in one of the worst years in recent memory for homegrown filmmaking at all levels either wasn’t watching enough movies or watching movies well enough.\” –first sentence of Reverse Shot\’s year-end list – sorry to pile on but going through all of the various year-end lists from the people who write for this blog (which I love and which is by far my favorite movie blog) was pretty disappointing

]]> By: Edward Davis https://staging2.theplaylist.net/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-20110104/#comment-106660 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:22:03 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/my-favorite-films-of-2010-oli-lyttelton-121089/#comment-106660 the notion that one should try and surprise and or impress anyone with a top 10 list is an absurd one, generally made by kids. Everyone groan\’s when top 10 lists look the same and then they covet something different, but contrarianism for the sake of contrarianism is juvenile.

Look at our underrated lists if it makes you feel better, because that\’s prolly what Reverse Shot did in their top 10. It\’s silly to just be different because you think you should stand out.

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