Toronto Film Festival 2010: The Rundown

Well, I've managed to see a total of 35 cinematic features at this year's TIFF, and quite a few good ones. This year I have divided my selections into five groups. Merde Cinema, The Banal, Of Interest, Recommended and Best of Fest.

Merde Cinema:

1. Film Socialism (2010) Dir. Jean Luc Godard – France

The Banal, The Blah, the Banausic:

1. The Strange Case of Anjelica (2010) Dir. Manoel De Oliveira – Portugal

2. The Ward (2010) Dir. John Carpenter – US

3. 22^nd of May (2010) Dir. Koen Mortier - Belgium

4. The Sleeping Beauty (2010) Dir. Catherine Breillat – France

5. Heartbeats (2010) Dir. Xavier Dolan – Canada

6. Red Nights (2010) Dir. Julien Carbon & Laurent Courtiaud – France/Hong Kong

Of Interest:

1. Trust (2010) Dir. David Schwimmer – US

2. Bad Faith (2010) Dir. Kristian Petri – Sweden

3. Monsters (2010) Dir. Gareth Edwards - UK

4. Julia’s Eyes (2010) Dir. Guillem Morales – Spain

5. What’s Wrong With Virginia (2010) Dir. Dustin Lance Black - US

6. Kaboom (2010) Dir. Gregg Arakki - US

7. A Night For Dying Tigers (2010) Dir. Terry Miles – Canada

Recommended:

1. Cold Fish (2010) Dir. Sion Sono – Japan

2. At Ellen’s Age (2010) Dir. Pia Marais - Germany

3. In A Better World (2010) Dir. Susanne Bier – Denmark

4. The Housemaid (2010) Dir. Im Sang-Ho – South Korea

Best of Fest:

1. Black Swan (2010) Dir. Darren Aronofsky - US

2. Dirty Girl (2010) Dir. Abe Sylvia – US

3. Incendies (2010) Dir. Denis Villeneuve – Canada

4. Potiche (2010) Dir. Francois Ozon – France

5. Special Treatment (2010) Dir. Jeanne Labrune - France

6. Three (2010) Dir. Tom Tykwer - Germany

7. Insidious (2010) Dir. James Wan - US

8. Buried (2010) Dir. Rodrigo Cortes - US

9. Love Crime (2010) Dir. Alain Corneau – France

10. Our Day Will Come (2010) Dir. Romain Gavras – France

11. Essential Killing (2010) Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski - Poland

12. Good Neighbours (2010) Dir. Jacob Tierney – Canada

13. Beginners (2010) Dir. Mike Mills – US

14. Blue Valentine (2010) Dir. Derek Cianfrance – US

15. Beautiful Boy (2010) Dir. Shawn Ku - US

16. Rabbit Hole (2010) Dir. John Cameron Mitchell - US

17. The Big Picture (2010) Dir. Eric Lartigau - France