Wednesday 3 September 2014

Top Ten: 1999


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Sicilia! [Danièle Huillet & Jean-Marie Straub, 1999]:


Pola X [Leos Carax, 1999]:


The Spousals of God [João César Monteiro, 1999]:


Farewell, Home Sweet Home! [Otar Iosseliani, 1999]:


L'humanité [Bruno Dumont, 1999]:


The Wind Will Carry Us [Abbas Kiarostami, 1999]:


All About My Mother [Pedro Almodóvar, 1999]:


Eyes Wide Shut [Stanley Kubrick, 1999]:


Audition [Takashi Miike, 1999]:


Beau Travail [Claire Denis, 1999]:

Above, arranged in order of preference, my personal top-ten best films of the year (from what I've seen), accurate at the time of writing.

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