by Ju | Apr 9, 2021 | Film, Rinus, Top 50 2011-20
5-1 the Top Films of 2011-2020 5. Leave No Trace (2018, Debra Granik, USA) This third feature film of independent filmmaker Debra Granik is a thoroughly lovable piece of work. There is not a single step out of tune in this character-focused story. Its characters are...
by Ju | Mar 31, 2021 | Film, Rinus, Top 50 2011-20
10-6 the Top Films of 2011-2020 10. Beanpole (2019, Kantamir Balagov, Russia) Beanpole by the young Russian director Kantemir Balagov (born 1991) is both beautiful and brutal. The film grants us a deep look into the wounds and traumas which war and violence cause in...
by Ju | Mar 18, 2021 | Film, Rinus, Top 50 2011-20
15-11 the Top Films of 2011-2020 15. My Happy Family (2017, Nana Ekvitimishvili, Simon Gross, Ukraine) This Georgian film is an example of storytelling through film at its very best! Thoroughly engaging from beginning to end, it draws us into family issues and...
by Ju | Mar 9, 2021 | Film, Rinus, Top 50 2011-20
20-16 the Top Films of 2011-2020 20. Mountains May Depart (2015, Zhangke Jia, China) Zhangke Jia is one of the world’s great filmmakers. Every one of his films since 2000 has asked the question ‘What is China’s rapid economic expansion doing to...
by Ju | Mar 5, 2021 | Film, Rinus, Top 50 2011-20
25-21 the Top Films of 2011-2020 25. Frantz (2016, Francois Ozon, France) Francois Ozon is a prolific French film director who has delivered film after film since his feature film debut in 1997. Among them I regard Frantz as the best one so far. Shot largely in...
by Ju | Feb 23, 2021 | Film, Rinus, Top 50 2011-20
30-26 the Top Films of 2011-2020 30. Aquarius (2016, Kleber Mendonca Filho, Brazil) During this decade the multiple awarded Brazilian writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho issued three films. Each one of them could easily have made it to this Top 50 list. In between...
