Julian Graffy
Emeritus Professor of Russian Literature and Film, University College London
UK
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Eternal Return (Vechnoe vozvrashchenie) | 2012 | Kira Muratova |
| Leviathan | 2014 | Andrey Zvyagintsev |
| GRUZ 200 | 2007 | Aleksei Balabanov |
| Dawson City: Frozen Time | 2016 | Bill Morrison |
| Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles | 1975 | Chantal Akerman |
| The Battle of Algiers | 1966 | Gillo Pontecorvo |
| Au hasard Balthazar | 1966 | Robert Bresson |
| Ugetsu Monogatari | 1953 | Kenji Mizoguchi |
| All That Heaven Allows | 1955 | Douglas Sirk |
| Army of Shadows | 1969 | Jean-Pierre Melville |
Comments
Choosing a top 10 and not immediately wanting to tinker with it gets harder with every passing year. So here are ten films, watched and re-watched over the last decade, which I didn’t include in earlier polls, 10 very different ways of making a cinematic masterwork.