{"id":4507,"date":"2011-09-19T00:52:03","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T05:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blakewilliams.net\/blog\/?p=4507"},"modified":"2011-11-22T01:25:30","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T06:25:30","slug":"tiff-2011-heirarchy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blakewilliams.net\/blog\/2011\/09\/tiff-2011-heirarchy\/","title":{"rendered":"TIFF 2011 Hierarchy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a ranking of all of the feature films (40+ min.) I have seen that played in TIFF 2011. Many of them I saw during TIFF (Sept. 8-18), and many more I saw somewhere else. Let the key be your guide. I’ll start doing capsules again when the TIFF Cinematheque season resumes on October 1.<\/span>
\n 
\n 
\nKey<\/span>
\n– Saw at TIFF Proper (between Sept. 8-18)<\/span>
\n– Saw at Cannes<\/strong>
\n– Saw at TIFF pre-festival press screening<\/em>
\n– Saw via a DVD screener
\n 
\n 
\n\"\"
\n 
\n 
\nTier 1<\/span>
\nHouse of Tolerance – Bertrand Bonello (8.4)<\/span><\/strong>
\nMelancholia \u2013 Lars von Trier (8.3)<\/strong>
\n <\/p>\n

Tier 2<\/span>
\nOnce Upon A Time in Anatolia \u2013 Nuri Bilge Ceylan (7.9)<\/strong><\/em>
\nCrazy Horse – Frederick Wiseman (7.6)<\/span>
\nA Separation \u2013 Asghar Farhadi (7.4)<\/em>
\nMartha Marcy May Marlene \u2013 Sean Durkin (7.4)<\/strong>
\nThe Deep Blue Sea – Terence Davies (7.3)<\/span>
\nThe Loneliest Planet – Julia Loktev (7.2)<\/span>
\nDrive \u2013 Nicolas Winding Refn (7.2)<\/strong>
\nThe Turin Horse – B\u00e9la Tarr (7.1)<\/span>
\nElena \u2013 Andrey Zvyagintsev (7.1)<\/strong>
\nGoodbye First Love – Mia Hansen-L\u00f8ve (7.0)<\/span>
\n <\/p>\n

Tier 3<\/span>
\nThis is Not a Film \u2013 Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (6.9)
\nPlay \u2013 Ruben \u00d6stlund (6.9)<\/strong>
\nDamsels in Distress – Whit Stillman (6.7)<\/span>
\nLow Life – Nicolas Klotz & Elisabeth Perceval (6.6)<\/span>
\nThe Silver Cliff \u2013 Karim A\u00efnouz (6.6)<\/strong>
\nInto the Abyss – Werner Herzog (6.6)<\/span>
\nThe Kid with a Bike \u2013 Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne (6.5)<\/strong>
\nThat Summer – Philippe Garrel (6.5)<\/span>
\nWhore\u2019s Glory – Michael Glawogger (6.5)<\/span>
\nALPS – Yorgos Lanthimos (6.4)<\/span>
\nPorfirio \u2013 Alejandro Landes (6.4)<\/strong>
\nA Mysterious World – Rodrigo Moreno (6.4)<\/span>
\nCentury of Birthing – Lav Diaz (6.3)<\/span>
\nOutside Satan \u2013 Bruno Dumont (6.3)<\/strong>
\nAlmayer\u2019s Folly – Chantal Akerman (6.3)<\/span>
\nPina – Wim Wenders (6.3)<\/span>
\nPeople Mountain People Sea – Cai Shangjun (6.2)<\/span>
\nAmy George \u2013 Yonah Lewis & Calvin Thomas (6.2)<\/em>
\nGood Bye \u2013 Mohammad Rasoulof (6.2)<\/strong>
\nTwenty Cigarettes – James Benning (6.1)<\/span>
\nKiller Joe – William Friedkin (6.0)<\/span>
\nThe Cat Vanishes \u2013 Carlos Sorin (6.0)
\n <\/p>\n

Tier 4<\/span>
\nKeyhole \u2013 Guy Maddin (5.9)<\/em>
\nThe Skin I Live In- Pedro Almod\u00f3var (5.9)<\/strong>
\nBack to Stay – Milagros Mumenthaler (5.8)<\/span>
\nPariah \u2013 Dee Rees (5.8)<\/em>
\nMushrooms \u2013 Vimukthi Jayasundara (5.8)<\/strong>
\nLand of Oblivion – Michale Boganim (5.8)<\/span>
\nDreileben \u2013 Beats Being Dead \u2013 Christian Petzold (5.7)<\/strong>
\nCut – Amir Naderi (5.7)<\/span>
\nLife Without Principle – Johnnie To (5.7)<\/span>
\nHistorias Que So Existem Quando Lembradas – Julia Murat (5.6)<\/span>
\nDreileben \u2013 One Minute of Darkness \u2013 Christoph Hochh\u00e4usler (5.6)<\/strong>
\nThe Ides of March \u2013 George Clooney (5.6)<\/em>
\nSleeping Beauty \u2013 Julia Leigh (5.5)<\/strong>
\nA Dangerous Method \u2013 David Cronenberg (5.5)<\/em>
\nHabemus Papam \u2013 Nanni Moretti (5.3)
\nMiss Bala \u2013 Gerardo Naranjo (5.2)<\/strong>
\nLena \u2013 Christophe Van Rompaey (5.2)
\nDreileben \u2013 Don\u2019t Follow Me Around \u2013 Dominik Graf (5.1)<\/strong>
\nFaust – Alexander Sokurov (5.0)<\/span>
\nCrane World – Pablo Trapero (5.0)<\/span>
\nCaf\u00e9 de Flore \u2013 Jean-Marc Vall\u00e9e (5.0)<\/em>
\nMichael \u2013 Markus Schleinzer (5.0)<\/strong>
\nNuit #1 – Anne \u00c9mond (5.0)<\/span>
\nLe Havre \u2013 Aki Kaurism\u00e4ki (5.0)<\/em>
\n <\/p>\n

Tier 5<\/span>
\nFable of the Fish – Adolfo Borinaga Alix Jr. (4.9)<\/span>
\nBreathing \u2013 Karl Markovics (4.9)<\/strong>
\nTake This Waltz \u2013 Sarah Polley (4.8)<\/em>
\nKill List – Ben Wheatley (4.8)<\/span>
\nRestless \u2013 Gus Van Sant (4.8)
\nOslo, August 31 \u2013 Joachim Trier (4.7)<\/strong>
\nBeauty – Oliver Hermanus (4.7)<\/span>
\nTwixt – Francis Ford Coppola (4.6)<\/span>
\nSamsara – Ron Fricke (4.6)<\/span>
\nInvasion – Hugo Santiago (4.5)<\/span>
\nShame \u2013 Steve McQueen (4.5)
\nHeadhunters \u2013 Morten Tyldum (4.5)<\/em>
\nCarr\u00e9 blanc – Jean-Baptiste Leonetti (4.4)<\/span>
\nThe Cardboard Village – Ermanno Olmi (4.3)<\/span>
\nThe Artist \u2013 Michel Hazanavicius (4.3)<\/strong>
\nFatherland – Nicol\u00e1s Prividera (4.2)<\/span>
\nBons\u00e1i – Cristi\u00e1n Jim\u00e9nez (4.2)<\/span>
\n388 Arletta Ave. \u2013 Randall Cole (4.1)<\/em>
\nTwilight Portrait – Angelina Nikonova (4.0)<\/span>
\nDark Horse – Todd Solondz (4.0)<\/span>
\nBeloved \u2013 Christophe Honor\u00e9 (4.0)<\/strong>
\n <\/p>\n

Tier 6<\/span>
\nVolcano \u2013 R\u00fanar R\u00fanarsson (3.8)<\/strong>
\nYoung Pines – Ute Aurand (3.8)<\/span>
\nWe Need to Talk About Kevin \u2013 Lynne Ramsay (3.7)<\/strong>
\nThink of Me \u2013 Bryan Wizemann (3.7)<\/em>
\nChicken with Plums – Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud (3.6)<\/span>
\nThe Student – Santiago Mitre (3.4)<\/span>
\nWuthering Heights – Andrea Arnold (3.0)<\/span>
\n <\/p>\n

Tier 7<\/span>
\nThe Other Side of Sleep \u2013 Rebecca Daly (2.8)
\nFootnote \u2013 Joseph Cedar (2.7)<\/strong>
\nLove and Bruises – Lou Ye (2.6)<\/span>
\n <\/p>\n

Tier 8<\/span>
\nDoppelg\u00e4nger Paul \u2013 Dylan Akio Smith & Kris Elgstrand (1.6)
\nArirang \u2013 Kim Ki-Duk (1.5)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a ranking of all of the feature films (40+ min.) I have seen that played in TIFF 2011. Many of them I saw during TIFF (Sept. 8-18), and many more I saw somewhere else. Let the key be your guide. I’ll start doing capsules again when the TIFF Cinematheque season resumes on October 1. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blakewilliams.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blakewilliams.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blakewilliams.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blakewilliams.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blakewilliams.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4507"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/blakewilliams.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4515,"href":"http:\/\/blakewilliams.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4507\/revisions\/4515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blakewilliams.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blakewilliams.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blakewilliams.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}