Here are the Top Five Japanese and Top Five Foreign Films From Kinema Junpo’s Annual List of Best Films:
Japanese Films:
1) Kono-Sekai-No-Katasumini (animation) この世界の片隅に
2) Shin Godzilla シン・ゴジラ
3) Fuchi-Ni-Tatsu 淵に立つ
4) Distraction Babies ディストラクション・ベイビーズ
5) Nagai-Iiwake 永い言い訳
Foreign Films:
1) Sully
2) Carol
3) Bridge of Spies
4) Trumbo
5) Mountains May Depart( by Chinese director Jia Zhangke)
See here for the rest:
http://www.kinenote.com/main/kinejun_best10/
“…I would love to have gotten the call for Inside Llewyn Davis (not to take anything away from the soundtrack that exists). I just love the movie and its subject matter is very close to my heart. My musical consciousness pretty much dawned on 8th & MacDougal as a pre-teen and I’ve been fascinated with Greenwich Village history for most of my life. I loved Dylan’s Chronicles, Van Ronk’s Mayor of MacDougal Street, Richie Havens’ autobiography, you name it. The whole bohemian coffee house / winter in the city mood captured in the film was just fantastic. As a singer/songwriter in the tradition of the 60’s Village folk guys myself, I’d love to complete that connection. With Llewyn Davis, the Coen brothers rather quietly made a big film that says a lot very well, a true sleeper…”
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