Anton Dolin

Film critic
Russia

Voted for

FilmYearDirector
The Passion of Joan of Arc1927Carl Th. Dreyer
Viridiana1961Luis Buñuel
Scener ur ett äktenskap1974Ingmar Bergman
Shoah1985Claude Lanzmann
My Neighbour Totoro1988Hayao Miyazaki
ASTENICHESKY SINDROM1990Kira Muratova
Lost Highway1996David Lynch
KHROUSTALIOV, MA VOITURE!1998Alexei German
DAYEREH2000Jafar Panahi
Dogville2003Lars von Trier

Comments

The Passion of Joan of Arc

1927 France

Simply the best (silent) film about (silent) resistance

Viridiana

1961 Spain, Mexico

We should always remember this masterpiece about inherent evil in our will to do or be good

Scener ur ett äktenskap

1974 Sweden

Truth and simplicity: what else does art need?

Shoah

1985 France

A documentary should always be stronger than any feature film – but rarely is. That one definitely is.

My Neighbour Totoro

1988 Japan

A miracle. And perhaps a best film about miracle.

ASTENICHESKY SINDROM

1990 USSR

The spirit of freedom is born from Soviet lethargy.

Lost Highway

1996 USA, France

Cinema as a mystery. Unresolvable.

KHROUSTALIOV, MA VOITURE!

1998 France, Russian Federation

An impossible film about survival under dictatorship. Death of a tyrant as death of (old) cinema.

DAYEREH

2000 Iran, Italy, Switzerland

The circle of narrative used to break a vicious circle of violence and oppression. Amazing.

Dogville

2003 Denmark, Sweden, France, United Kingdom, Germany

To be less than a film. And much more than a film (theatre, literature, philosophy).