NEGATIVE SPACE

Das ist eine höchst subjektive, ständig aktualisierte Zusammenstellung von den Jahreslisten der deutschen, britischen, amerikanischen und französischen Filmkritiker, die sich über die letzten Jahre oder Monate - das Internetzeitalter ist eine schnelllebige Zeit - als Säulen meines beschränkten Horizonts erwiesen haben. Dazu gibt es unter anderem die Geschmäcker von so genannten 'Berühmtheiten', welche in den meisten Fällen natürlich geschätzte Regisseure sind. Und nicht zu vergessen die Abstimmungen der Kritikervereinigungen und letzten Bastionen der Cinephilie. Wenn eine wertende Rangfolge angegeben war, sind die Filme durchnummeriert. Eine gesonderte Kategorie bekommen die Cine-Menschen gestiftet, die sich zu besonderen Lieblingen entwickelt haben.

Wer fehlt: Eric Vespe, Katja Nicodemus, Jan Schulz-Ojala, Thomas Schultze, Thomas Groh, Cristina Nord, Rochus Wolff, Elvis Mitchell, Edgar Wright, Lars Nilsen, Tim Lucas, Christian Keßler, Tim League, Christian Jungen, Alan Jones, Kirk Honeycutt, Etienne Garde, Derek Elley, Damon Wise

Lieblinge:

Peter Bradshaw: The Artist, Margaret, A Separation, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Poetry, The Tree of Life, Le quattro volte, We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Skin I Live In, Bridesmaids

Todd Brown: Attack the Block, Beyond the Black Rainbow, Bullhead, Carre blanc, Klovn, The Guard, Hobo with a Shotgun, Milocrorze: A Love Story, The Sword Identity, Tyrannosaur

Michel Ciment: Melancholia, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Shame, The Strange Case of Angelica, The Tree of Life

The Ferroni Brigade: A Dangerous Method, Alps, Target, Schakale und Araber, Empusa, Evolution

Nick James: Le Havre, The Kid with a Bike, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, A Separation, The Turin Horse

Ulrich Kriest: Schlafkrankheit, Mad Circus, Portraits deutscher Alkoholiker, Die Höhle der vergessenen Träume, Unter dir die Stadt, Drei Kreuze für einen Bestseller, Das unsichtbare Mädchen, Atmen, Meek's Cutoff, A Dangerous Method

Björn Lahrmann: Copie conforme, Mysteries of Lisbon, The Turin Horse, Bridesmaids, Another Year, Arrietty, Dreileben: Komm mir nicht nach, Black Swan, The Tree of Life, Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Karina Longworth: 01. Margaret 02. Melancholia 03. Meek's Cutoff 04. The Arbor 05. The Tree of Life 06. Go Go Tales 07. City of Life and Death 08. Silver Bullets 09. L'Apollonide 10. A Dangerous Method

Todd McCarthy: The Descendants, A Dangerous Method, The Tree of Life, City of Life and Death, A Separation, Hugo, Le quattro volte, Tuesday After Christmas, Poetry, Shame, Pina, Young Adult, Margin Call, Moneyball, My Joy, Warrior, Another Earth, Rango, Bellflower, The Guard, The Artist, Bridesmaids, Jane Eyre, Like Crazy, Harry Potter 8, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Win Win, J. Edgar, Midnight in Paris, Margaret

Hans Schifferle: The Agony and ... of Phil Spector, American Translation, The Ballad of Gensis and Lady Jaye, Brownian Movement, Hanotenet, Insidious, Let Me In, The Skin I Live In, Mavro livadi, Tournee

Rüdiger Suchsland: Naokos Lächeln, Yuki & Nina, Der Name der Leute, The Tree of Life, Sucker Punch, Hanna, Das Schmuckstück, Film socialisme, Elly, La Lisiere

Quentin Tarantino: 01. Midnight in Paris 02. Rise of the Planet of the Apes 03. Moneyball 04. The Skin I Live In 05. X-Men: First Class 06. Young Adult 07. Attack the Block 08. Red State 09. Warrior 10. The Artist & Our Idiot Brother 11. The Three Musketeers

Armond White: Incendies, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Attack the Block, Paul, Film Socialisme

Filmkritiker:

Jason Anderson: 01. Uncle Boonmee 02. Le Havre 03. Meek's Cutoff 04. Take Shelter 05. Le quattre volte 06. Attack the Block 07. Poetry 08. The Tree of Life 09. Hugo 10. The Arbor

Geoff Andrew: Footnote, The Kid with a Bike, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, This Is Not a Film, True Grit

David Ansen: 01. City of Life and Death 02. Weekend 03. Mysteries of Lisbon 04. A Separation 05. The Tree of Life 06. Beginners 07. Moneyball 08. Poetry 09. Tomboy 10. The Artist

Andreas Beilharz: L'Apollonide, The Day He Arrives, Polizeiruf 110: Cassandras Warnung, Smugglers' Songs, Hollywood Fling, A Night in Nude: Salvation, Oca, Eighty Letters, The Terrorists, Century of Birthing oder Film socialisme, Hollywood Fling, Cassandras Warnung, Das rote Zimmer, Le premier venu, To Die Like a Man, Brownian Movement, Arrietty, Whores' Glory, The Hole 3D

Ty Burr: 01. Hugo 02. Drive 03. The Clock 04. The Artist 05. Le quattro volte 06. Bill Cunningham in New York 07. A Separation 08. Moneyball 09. Win Win 10. Into the Abyss

Dave Calhoun: The Turin Horse, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Pina, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Richard Corliss: 01. The Artist 02. Hugo 03. Detective Dee 04. The Tree of Life 05. War Horse 06. Super 8 07. Cave of Forgotten Dreams 08. Rise of the Planet of the Apes 09. Rango 10. Fast Five

Manohla Dargis: Abracadabra, Aurora, The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, Bridesmaids, Contagion, A Dangerous Method, J. Edgar, Le Havre, Hugo, Melancholia, Moneyball, My Joy, Mysteries of Lisbon, Of Gods and Men, Poetry, Le quattro volte, The Return, Seeking the Monkey King, The Skin I Live In, Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy, Voluptuous Sleep, Warrior

David Denby: Hugo, The Tree of Life, Margin Call, Certified Copy, A Separation, Contagion, The Descendants, J. Edgar, Source Code, Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Roger Ebert: 01. A Separation 02. Shame 03. The Tree of Life 04. Hugo 05. Take Shelter 06. Kinyarwanda 07. Drive 08. Midnight in Paris 09. Le Havre 10. The Artist

Lukas Foerster: 01. The Tree of Life 02. Les chants de Mandrin 03. Sonnensystem 04. Buenas noches, espana 05. The Mechanic 06. The Last Buffalo Hunt 07. The Turin Horse 08. Imagens de uma cidade perdida 09. Komm mir nicht nach 10. Leonardos Tränen oder 01. Certified Copy 02. Arrietty 03. The Tree of Life 04. Sonnensystem 05. Le quattro volte 06. The Mechanic 07. Die Like a Man 08. Putty Hill 09. How Do You Know 10. Le Havre

Owen Gleiberman: 01. The Tree of Life 02. The Descendants 03. Bridesmaids 04. A Separation 05. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 06. Beginners 07. Rampart 08. Crazy Stupid Love 09. The Trip 10. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Devindra Hardawar: A Separation, Attack the Block, Bridesmaids, Drive, Hanna, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Mission: Impossible 4, Young Adult, Certified Copy

J. Hoberman: 01. A Dangerous Method 02. Melancholia 03. Mysteries of Lisbon 04. Aurora 05. To Die Like a Man 06. Uncle Boonmee 07. Hugo 08. J Edgar 09. United Red Army 10. Certified Copy

Stephen Holden: 01. The Descendants 02. Of Gods and Men 03. The Tree of Life 04. Margin Call 05. Melancholia 06. We Were Here 07. Incendies 08. A Dangerous Method 09. Certified Copy 10. Moneyball

Christoph Huber: 01. United Red Army 02. The Princess of Montpensier 03. A Dangerous Method 04. Road to Nowhere 05. L'Apollonide 06. The Tree of Life 07. Super 08. Of Gods and Men 09. J. Edgar 10. Caterpillar

David Jenkins: The Tree of Life, The Turin Horse, Photographic Memory, Damsels in Distress, Nana

Daniel Kasman: 01. Film Socialisme 02. A Brighter Summer Day 03. Mysteries of Lisbon 04. United Red Army 05. Uncle Boonmee 06. The Tree of Life 07. Go Go Tales 08. Cave of Forgotten Dreams 09. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu 10. Of Gods and Men

Mark Kermode: 01. Hugo 02. The Deep Blue Sea 03. Las acacias 04. We Have a Pope 05. The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn Part 1

Rainer Knepperges: Eyyvah Eyvah 2, Die große Erbschaft, Die Stämme von Köln, Les petits mouchoirs, Bridesmaids, Midnight in Paris, Schlag auf Schlag, Louie / Season 1 & 2, Take Shelter, Recuerdos de una mañana, The Artist

Ekkehard Knörer: 01. Certified Copy 02. To Die Like a Man 03. Cave of Forgotten Dreams 04. Le premier venu 05. Habemus papam 06. Melancholia 07. Unter dir die Stadt 08. Vier Leben 09. Yuki & Nina 10. Rango 11. Film socialisme

Harry Knowles: 01. Hugo 02. Midnight in Paris 03. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 04. I Saw the Devil 05. The Grey 06. A Boy & His Samurai 07. Headhunters 08. The Tree of Life 09. We Need to Talk About Kevin 10. Attack the Block

Robert Koehler: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, This Is Not a Film, Slow Action, The Turin Horse, Bachelor Mountain oder 01. Uncle Boonmee 02. Mysteries of Lisbon 03. Agrarian Utopia 04. Margaret 05. To Die Like a Man 06. Extraordinary Stories 07. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu 08. Take Shelter 09. Poetry 10. The Mouth of the Wolf

Edmund Lee: Wu Xia, The Man Behind the Book, Buddha Mountain, Let the Bullets Fly, Starry Starry Night, Drive, The Tree of Life, Incendies, Midnight in Paris, Submarine

Anke Leweke: Melancholia, Le Havre, Schlafkrankheit, A Separation, Im Alter von Ellen, Winter's Bone, Copie conforme, Meek's Cutoff, Another Year, Das Schmuckstück

Guy Lodge: 01. Weekend 02. Margaret 03. Drive 04. Martha Marcy May Marlene 05. Alps 06. Tomboy 07. Damsels in Distress 08. We Need to Talk About Kevin 09. Elena 10. Wuthering Hights

Drew McWeeny: 01. Melancholia 02. Miss Bala 03. We Need to Talk About Kevin 04. Bellflower 05. Take This Waltz 06. Drive 07. Young Adult 08. Attack the Block 09. The Skin I Live In 10. Warrior

Olaf Möller: Brownian Movement, A Dangerous Method, The Lincoln Lawyer, Koma, Naokos Lächeln, Underwater Love, Das rote Zimmer, The Tree of Life, Unter Kontrolle, Whores' Glory

Joe Morgenstern: A Separation, The Artist, Bridesmaids, Buck, The Descendants, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, Of Gods and Men, The Tree of Life, Young Adult

Wesley Morris: 01. Margaret 02. Le quattro volte 03. Drive 04. The Interrupters 05. City of Life and Death 06. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu 07. Drei 08. Weekend 09. The Muppets 10. The Future

James Mottram: Drive, The Tree of Life, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Shame, The Artist

Adam Nayman: The Tree of Life, This Is Not a Film, Kill List, Attack the Block, The Kid with a Bike

Kim Newman: The Guard, The Artist, Melancholia, True Grit, Kill List

Christoph Petersen: 01. Unter dir die Stadt 02. Der Plan 03. Über uns das All 04. Das rote Zimmer 05. Die Abenteuer von Tim und Struppi 06. Das Labyrinth der Wörter 07. Winnie Puuh 08. Scream 4 09. Rise of the Planet of the Apes 10. Pina

Silvan Prefetzky: Black Swan, Insidious, Rango, Hanna, True Grit, Midnight in Paris, The Guard, Piranha 3D, I Saw the Devil, Super

Adam Quigley: 01. Attack the Block 02. Hanna 03. Rango 04. 13 Assassins 05. Drive 06. Mission: Impossible 4 07. Submarine 08. Contagion 09. Hobo with a Shotgun 10. Hugo

Bert Rebhandl: Mein Glück, Innocent Saturday, Morgentau, Kleinstheim, Source Code, Bibliothek Pascal, A Separation, Bridesmaids, Le Havre, Meek's Cutoff, Atmen

Katey Rich: 01. The Tree of Life 02. Meek's Cutoff 03. The Descendants 04. Take Shelter 05. Young Adult 06. The Future 07. Attack the Block 08. Weekend 09. We Need to Talk About Kevin 10. The Adventures of Tintin

Tim Robey: Weekend, The Tree of Life, A Separation, Bombay Beach, Tuesday After Christmas

Tasha Robinson: 01. The Tree of Life 02. Drive 03. Another Earth 04. The Skin I Live In 05. Being Elmo 06. Beginners 07. The Interrupters 08. Certified Copy 09. The Future 10. Amigo

James Rocchi: 01. Drive 02. Bellfower 03. Martha Marcy May Marlene 04. The Interrupters 05. A Separation 06. Shame 07. We Need to Talk About Kevin 08. The Muppets 09. Margaret 10. The Arbor

Jonathan Romney: The Artist, Miss Bala, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Target, The Turin Horse

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Disorder, Impardonnables, Mysteries of Lisbon, The Turin Horse

Simon Rothöhler: Mysteries of Lisbon, Bridesmaids, Le quattro volte, Source Code, The Clock, Polizeiruf 110: Cassandras Warnung, Nuit bleue, How Do You Know, Sierra Leone + Kanakerbraut, Schlafkrankheit, Black Swan, Sonnensystem, Führung, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, The Fighter, Man With No Name, Louie 2.0, Parks & Rec

Mark Schilling: 01. Cold Fish 02. Egoist 03. Love Strikes! 04. Cannonball Wedlock 05. Household X 06. Ending Note: Death of a Japanese Salesman 07. Post Card 08. I Wish 09. Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai 10. My Back Page

Lisa Schwarzbaum: 01. Melancholia 02. Bridesmaids 03. The Artist 04. Hugo 05. A Separation 06. The Descendants 07. Pina 08. Moneyball 09. The Interrupters 10. Beginners

A.O. Scott: Bridesmaids, A Brighter Summer Day, Cedar Rapids, A Dangerous Method, The Descendants, The Future, The Help, Incendies, Into the Abyss, Margin Call, Meek's Cutoff, Mysteries of Lisbon, Le quattro volte, The Tree of Life, Tuesday After Christmas, War Horse, Warrior, Weekend, Winnie the Pooh, Young Adult

Dana Stevens: Buck, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Certified Copy, The Clock, The Interrupters, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, A Separation, The Tree of Life, Uncle Boonmee, Weekend

Matt Singer: 01. Take Shelter 02. I Saw the Devil 03. The Interrupters 04. The Trip 05. Certified Copy 06. A Separation 07. Poetry 08. Win Win 09. Margaret 10. Bellflower

Marcus Stiglegger: 01. Winter 's Bone 02. Hanna 03. The Tree of Life 04. Unter dir die Stadt 05. Alles, was wir geben mussten 06. Last Night 07. Melancholia 08. A Dangerous Method 09. Black Swan 10. Sucker Punch - Extended Cut

Sasha Stone: 01. Hugo 02. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 03. Rise of the Planet of the Apes / Project Nim 04. Moneyball 05. Shame 06. The Descendants 07. The Artist 08. We Need to Talk About Kevin 09. Margin Call 10. Attack of the Block

Kris Tapley: 01. Margaret 02. The Tree of Life 03. Drive 04. Rampart 05. Shame 06. Martha Marcy May Marlene 07. A Separation 08. The Adventures of Tintin 09. Take Shelter 10. Rango

Amy Taubin: Melancholia, A Dangerous Method, This Is Not a Film, Contagion, J. Edgar

Anne Thompson: 01. Pina 02. Weekend 03. Melancholia 04. The Descendants 05. Rise of the Planet of the Apes 06. I Saw the Devil 07. A Dangerous Method 08. Jane Eyre 09. Win Win 10. Take Shelter

David Thomson: Pina, The Tree of Life, Senna, Poetry, The Artist

Peter Travers: 01. Drive 02. The Artist 03. The Descendants 04. Moneyball 05. Midnight in Paris 06. Hugo 07. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 08. Margin Call 09. The Tree of Life 10. War Horse & The Help & Harry Potter 8

Kenneth Turan: The Clock (#1), The Artist, City of Life and Death, Like Crazy, Midnight in Paris, Of Gods and Men, Poetry, A Separation, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Win Win

Boyd van Hoeij: 01. Nostalgie for the Light 02. A Separation 03. Mysteries of Lisbon 04. We Need to Talk About Kevin 05. Pina 06. Senna 07. Martha Marcy May Marlene 08. Weekend 09. To Die Like a Man 10. We Were Here

Scott Weinberg: 01. Martha Marcy May Marlene 02. We Need to Talk About Kevin 03. Midnight in Paris 04. Drive 05. I Saw the Devil 06. The Skin I Live In 07. The Muppets 08. 13 Assassins 09. Win Win 10. Black Death // Only Horror: 01. We Need to Talk About Kevin 02. I Saw the Devil 03. The Skin I Live In 04. Black Death 05. Attack the Block 06. Cold Fish 07. The Woman 08. Dream Home 09. The Innkeepers 10. Seconds Apart

Jochen Werner: 01. The Turin Horse 02. Unter dir die Stadt 03. The Terrorists 04. Film socialisme 05. Heaven's Story 06. Source Code 07. Good Bye 08. Habemus papam 09. Poetry 10. Elena

Alison Willmore: 01. Melancholia 02. A Separation 03. Into the Abyss 04. Take Shelter 05. Margaret 06. The Tree of Life 07. Certified Copy 08. The Arbor 09. Warrior 10. Shame

Neil Young: 01. Innocent Saturday 02. Elena 03. Rango 04. Sawdust City 05. Margaret 06. Wrinkles 07. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia 08. Dreileben - Eine Minute Dunkel 09. Animal Kingdom 10. Archipelago

Stephanie Zacharek: 01. The Artist 02. Melancholia 03. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 04. Midnight in Paris + Jane Eyre, Le Havre, Bill Cunningham: New York, Pina, Cave of the Forgotten Dreams, Drive

Samuel Zimmerman: 01. Kill List 02. Black Death 03. Attack the Block 04. The Last Circus & I Saw the Devil 05. Insidious 06. The Innkeepers 07. Martha Marcy May Marlene & We Need to Talk About Kevin 08. The Skin I Live In 09. Dream Home 10. Hobo with a Shotgun

Berühmtheiten:

Viktor Pop: 01. Nader und Simin 02. Drive 03. We Need to Talk About Kevin 04. Contagion 05. Kill List

John Waters: 01. The Skin I Live In 02. Mildred Pierce 03. Justin Bieber Never Say Never 04. Hadewijch 05. Kaboom 06. If a Tree Falls 07. The Tree of Life 08. I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive 09. We Were Here 10. Uncle Boonmee

Kritiker-Verbände:

LACC: Picture: The Descendants, Director: Terrence Malick, Actor: Michael Fassbender (alle), Actress: Yun Jung-hee (Poetry), Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer (Beginners), Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain (alle), Screenplay: A Separation, Score: Hanna, Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life), Documentary: Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Animation: Rango

Boston: Picture: The Artist, Director: Martin Scorsese (Hugo), Actor: Brad Pitt (Moneyball), Actress: Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn), Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks (Drive), Supporting Actress: Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids), Ensemble: Carnage, Screenplay: Moneyball, Music: Drive & The Artist, Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life), Documentary: Project Nim, Foreign Film: Incendies

National Board of Review: Film of the Year: Hugo, Top Ten Films: The Artist, The Descendants, Drive, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, The Ides of March, J. Edgar, Tree of Life, War Horse, Director: Martin Scorsese (Hugo), Actor: George Clooney (The Descendants), Actress: Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin), Supporting: Christopher Plummer (Beginners) & Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)

NYCC: Best Picture: The Artist, Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist), Best Screenplay: Steven Zaillian und Aaron Sorkin (Moneyball), Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation, Best Actor: Brad Pitt (Moneyball, Tree of Life), Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks (Drive), Best Actress: Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady), Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain (Tree of Life, The Help, Take Shelter), Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki (Tree of Life), Best Documentary: Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Best First Feature: Margin Call

Cine-Zentren:

Cinema Scope: 01. This Is Not a Film 02. The Turin Horse 03. L'Apollonide 04. Dreileben 05. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia 06. The Tree of Life 07. Kill List 08. It's the Earth Not the Moon 09. Sleeping Sickness 10. The Kid with a Bike

Village Voice: 01. The Tree of Life 02. A Separation 03. Melancholia 04. Certified Copy 05. Mysteries of Lisbon 06. Uncle Boonmee 07. Margaret 08. Meek's Cutoff 09. Drive 10. Take Shelter

Film Comment: 01. The Tree of Life 02. Uncle Boonmee 03. Melancholia 04. A Separation 05. A Dangerous Method 06. Mysteries of Lisbon 07. Certified Copy 08. Meek's Cutoff 09. Hugo 10. Poetry // + 01. This Is Not a Film 02. The Turin Horse 03. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia 04. The Kid with a Bike 05. The Loneliest Planet 06. Miss Bala 07. Footnote 08. Kill List 09. Sleeping Sickness 10. Play

Cahiers du Cinema: 01. Habemus Papam 02. The Strange Case of Angelica 02. The Tree of Life 04. Hors Satan 04. Essential Killing 06. Melancholia 06. Un ete brulant 08. Super 8 08. L'Apollonide 08. La derniere piste

Sight & Sound: 01. The Tree of Life 02. A Separation 03. The Kid with a Bike 04. Melancholia 05. The Artist 06. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia 06. The Turin Horse 08. We Need to Talk About Kevin 09. Le quattro volte 10. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 10. This Is Not a Film 12. Attack the Block 12. Kill List