updating 2010

Alright, time to update my 2010 list. Previous list HERE.

1. Meek's Cutoff
2. Cold Weather
3. Blue Valentine
4. Winter's Bone
5. Black Swan
6. 180° South
7. True Grit
8. Never Let Me Go
9. Tiny Furniture
10. The Oath
11. Catfish

Honorable Mention: 

• Last Night
• Let Me In
• Gasland
• The Social Network

I'm removing Prodigal Sons and Alamar because I'm no longer going to consider them 2010 films. Also, I have yet to decide if I'm considering Meek's Cutoff a 2010 or 2011 film. For that reason I've included an 11th title.  

Oddly enough, that 11th title included is a film that I'm severely demoting. Upon subsequent viewings and the reading of numerous reviews and interviews, I don't find Catfish to be as compelling as I once did. I think it still has important things to say about our culture and I'd highly recommend it. However, I am finding other films from last year to be more important, better made, etc, etc. Perhaps spending so much time trying to justify the vaulted #2 position I originally afforded it has backfired.   

I'm still stubbornly keeping Never Let Me Go on the list. 

In 2011 I've seen 18 films, which makes a Top Ten difficult. I'll probably post it anyway and then continue to modify it over the first few weeks/months of 2012 as I catch up with more films.