J. Hoberman's Annual Best Films Lists
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As the other list isn't updated since 2012. I created this updated one (some missing films from old list were added too).
Notes:
- Lists since 1977
- In 1978, two lists were released (Narrative and Non-narrative ones). Both were added
- Golden Eighties aka Window Shopping, Chantal Akerman (1986) was named twice (1983 and 1992 lists). Actually, the first reference could be the film Les années 80 (1983), but I'm not sure.
- Allemagne 90 neuf zéro, Jean-Luc Godard (1991) was named twice (1992 and 1995 lists)
- Honorable mentions from multiple years weren't added
- Leviathan, Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Verena Paravel (2012) was named twice (2012 and 2013 lists)
- The Americans TV series was named twice (2014 and 2018 lists)
- #5. Mexico at Midnight: Film Noir From Mexican Cinema’s Golden Age (series at New York’s Museum of Modern Art) source: https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/1533 (from 2015 list)
- #7. Ten documentary shorts, Vittorio De Seta: source: https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2019/films/ten-documentary-shorts-by-vittorio-de-seta/ (from 2019 list)
- No list was released in 2020
Missing in IMDB:
#10. We Imitate; We Break-Up, Ericka Beckmann (1977) (from 1978 non-narrative list)
#7. Triscuits, Amy Sillman (2010) (from 2013 list) (https://vimeo.com/166613623)
#9. Continuous Variation, Manuel De Landa (2015) (from 2015 list)
#7. Aproposessexstreetmarket, Ernie Gehr (2018) (from 2021 list)
#7. Circling Essex Crossing, Ernie Gehr (2018) (from 2021 list)
#8. Paths of Fire II, Neelon Crawford (1976) (from 2021 list)
Not properly an entry:
#05. Game Six, 1986 World Series [TV sport] (from 1986 list)
#02. The Carl Stalling Project [sound recording] (from 1990 list)
#9. Panoramas of the Moving Image, Ernie Gehr (2005) (video installation) (from 2007 list)
#1. Werner Schroeter retrospective at MOMA (from 2012 list)
#4. Il Cinema Ritrovato XVI (annual festival in Bologna) (from 2012 list)
#4. Oskar Fischinger: Space Light Art, Whitney Museum exhibition (multimedia projections) (from 2012 list)
#10. Clint Eastwood on YouTube (from 2012 list)
#8. “Video” column, NYTimes, by Dave Kehr (from 2013 list)
#6. The Marx Brothers TV Collection [DVD box set] (from 2014 list)
#7. Die Farbe, Sigmar Polke (Film Installation) (from 2014 list)
#10. Walkers: Hollywood Afterlives in Art and Artifact at Museum of the Moving Image, New York (memorabilia exhibition) (from 2016 list)
#5. The Kavanaugh Hearing (from 2018 list)
#5. Jordan Belson exhibit at Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (paintings exhibition) (from 2019 list)
#4. On the Royal Road: The Burgher King, Elfriede Jelinek (book) (from 2021 list)
Souces:
1977-2005: https://www.mistdriven.com/critics/hoberman.html
2006: https://www.villagevoice.com/2006/12/26/hobermans-top-10/
2007: https://www.villagevoice.com/2007/12/25/j-hobermans-top-10-films-of-2007/
2008: https://www.villagevoice.com/2008/12/31/j-hobermans-top-10-of-2008/
2009: https://www.villagevoice.com/2009/12/22/j-hobermans-favorite-films-of-2009/
2010: https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/j-hobermans-top-10-movies-of-2010/Content?oid=2492695
2011-2021: https://www.yearendlists.com/list_authors/j-hoberman-e42284d6-b54b-4332-8742-e2f1f26f4273
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Symphony for a Sinner
1979, in 0 top lists Check -
39 new
Tally Brown, New York
1979, in 0 top lists Check -
40 new
Spying
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
66 new
Untitled, Part One
1983, in 0 top lists Check -
68 new
Verdammte Stadt
1982 — a.k.a. Fucking City, in 0 top lists Check -
87 new
The Story of Chaim Rumkowski and the Jews of Lodz
1982, in 0 top lists Check -
99 new
¡Patakín! quiere decir ¡fábula!
1985, in 0 top lists Check -
111 new
Transes, Reiter auf dem toten Pferd
1982, in 0 top lists Check -
121 new
Bástyasétány hetvennégy
1974, in 0 top lists Check -
138 new
A dokumentátor
1988, in 0 top lists Check -
154 new
Miao jie huang hou
1990 — a.k.a. Queen of Temple Street, in 0 top lists Check -
185 new
Sady skorpiona
1992 — a.k.a. Gardens of Scorpions, in 0 top lists Check -
249 new
Shivrei T'munot Yerushalayim
1998 — a.k.a. Fragments: Jerusalem, in 0 top lists Check -
311 new
The Decay of Fiction
2002, in 0 top lists Check -
335 new
Razzle Dazzle
2007, in 0 top lists Check -
372 new
Seeking the Monkey King
2011, in 0 top lists Check -
380 new
Tabu
2012, in 7 top lists Check -
382 new
Dupa dealuri
2012 — a.k.a. Beyond the Hills, in 2 top lists Check -
383 new
Leviathan
2012, in 5 top lists Check -
396 new
Norte, hangganan ng kasaysayan
2013 — a.k.a. Norte, the End of History, in 4 top lists Check -
428 new
The VVitch: A New-England Folktale
2015 — a.k.a. The Witch, in 4 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 7, 2022; source