These were 21 favorite films of the year I watched, these include both Indian and International, home video or big screen, old and new, released and unreleased, feature and documentary, ticket bought or illegally downloaded…. (In random order)
Ship of Theseus, (India), Anand Gandhi, 2012
Ten, (Iran), Abbas Kiarotsami, 2002
400 Blows, (France), François Truffaut, 1959
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Miss Lovely (India), Ashim Ahlwalia, 2012
Holy Motors, France, Léos Carax, 2012
Gangs of Wasseypur, Anurag Kashyap, 2012
Superman of Malegaon, Faiza Ahmad Khan, 2008
L'Inde Fantôme (aka Phantom India), Louis Malle, 1969
Megacities, Michael Glawogger, Austria
Cheeni Kum, Balki, India, 2007
Zelig, Woody Allen, USA, 1983
The Seventh Seal, Ingmar Bergman,Sweden, 1957
The Fountain, Darren Aronofsky,USA, 2006
Drive, Nicolas Winding Refn,USA, 2011
Head On, Fatih Akin, Germany
2046, Wong Kar Wai,Hong Kong, 2004
Gandu, Qaushik Mukherjee, India, 2011
Boogie Nights, Paul Thomas Anderson, USA, 1997
Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen, USA, 2011
Cache/Hidden, Michael Haneke, France, 2005
Big Easy Express, Emmett Malloy, USA, 2012
Special Mention: India Untouched, Stalin K, India, 2007
Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson,USA 2012
Thank you moifightclub for some brilliant reccos and Peter Bradshaw for wonderful criticism.
P.S. Here is an awesome website to keep your updated on cinema from the prism of an overtly excited and tweeting addict and totem of film enthusiasm in India.
Anyone reading this who's interested in watching Q's Gandu can check it out online at GetFilmi, along with a curated selection of other great legally licensed films - including classic Hindi Cinema plus new indie and mainstream releases. Watch Gandu online in HD right now at http://getfilmi.com/film/gandu-asshole
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