Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Dir. Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen, 2015) 8. A Touch of Sin (Dir. Jia Zhangke, 2013) 5. The rest of the rankings are as follows: 4. Eastwood–almost uniquely in 21st-century Hollywood–most assuredly does." Scott: "You sometimes hear that that they don’t make them the way they used to, but Mr. I immediately chased down everything he had done." 3. I mean, I basically couldn’t stop crying at the beauty and the enormous feat of capturing the innocence of being a child. Hayao Miyazaki, 2002)ĭel Toro: "As a young adult, I saw My Neighbor Totoro and it moved me to tears. Anderson drew from two traditions to make the film: classical Hollywood cinema and European art film."Ģ. The New York Times Guide to the Best 1000 Movies Ever Made: An Indispensable Collection of Original Reviews of Box-Office Hits and Misses (Film Critics of. Not many films do that."ĭargis: "It’s still fascinating to see how Mr. Comics critics, retailers, creators and fans were rocked this morning by a sudden shakeup in The New York Times’ best seller lists. But every time I watch it, I find it outruns all my thoughts. Jamie McKelvie and Matthew Wilson/Marvel Comics. I never tire of thinking about There Will Be Blood. Scott: "It is stranger than any of its themes, mightier than its influence and bigger than any of the genres it explores… That opening sequence lasts almost 15 minutes before the first line of dialogue is uttered, and it sets the table (or stirs the milkshake) for the many bravura set pieces that follow, like the explosion of the drilling rig midway through. The film offers a profound and deeply unsettling vision of the country, but it’s also a testament to one of this nation’s sublime achievements: the movies." He embodies the best of the United States only to become the very worst of it. 'There Will Be Blood' Credit: Miramax Films Dargis: "Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood is a 21st-century masterpiece about love, death, faith, greed and all the oil and blood gushing through the American 20th century.
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"We decided to rank, with some help from cinema savants on Facebook, the top 25 movies that are destined to be the classics of the future," wrote Dargis and Scott.Īlthough the list features a majority of American directors- Steven Spielberg, Paul Thomas Anderson, Clint Eastwood, the Coen brothers, and Kelly Reichardt, to name a few-the top 10 films represent a more global perspective, with entries from Hayao Miyazaki (Japan), Cristi Puiu (Romania), Jia Zhangke (China), and Olivier Assayas (France).īelow, we've listed the full rankings, along with pertinent quotes from the top three choices. Scott led the effort, with input from Facebook users and various filmmakers and actors, including Kathryn Bigelow, Guillermo del Toro, Ava DuVernay, Barry Jenkins, Richard Linklater, Robert Pattinson, and Michelle Williams. New York Times Chief Film Critics Manohla Dargis and A.O. The results are as eclectic as they are satisfying. Today, the New York Times ranked the 25 best movies of the 21st century. NYT's rankings of the best movies of the 21st century are both satisfying and surprising (especially #25).