Cameron Bailey
CEO, TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival)
Canada
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Vertigo | 1958 | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles | 1975 | Chantal Akerman |
| In the Mood for Love | 2000 | Wong Kar Wai |
| Cléo from 5 to 7 | 1962 | Agnès Varda |
| Touki Bouki | 1973 | Djibril Diop Mambéty |
| Yi Yi | 1999 | Edward Yang |
| The Matrix | 1999 | The Wachowskis |
| Moonlight | 2016 | Barry Jenkins |
| Man with a Movie Camera | 1929 | Dziga Vertov |
| Beau travail | 1998 | Claire Denis |
Comments
Vertigo
Cinema's highest achievement in male confession.
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Quiet, remorseless and somehow more relevant with every passing year.
In the Mood for Love
Horny melancholy has never looked better.
Cléo from 5 to 7
Anger and generosity make for a difficult balance, but maybe the most important one. Merci, Agnès.
Touki Bouki
Feels like completely free cinema. Continues to give life.
Yi Yi
A tapestry with infinite colours.
The Matrix
Cinema's most transformative text?
Moonlight
A balm.
Man with a Movie Camera
A kind of bible.
Beau travail
So much love in every frame.
Further remarks
Grateful for the opportunity to contribute.
Making no apologies for any and all gaps.
Making no apologies for a complete lack of historical coherence.
Going with pure personal passion for the films.
Starting from an acknowledgement of the cataclysmic shifts in how we talk about cinema between 2012 and now.
Grateful for those shifts.