The
Village Voice Film Poll is an annual polling by
The Village VoiceThe Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper in New York City, United States featuring investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts reviews and events listings for New York City...
film section of more than 100 major film critics for alternative media sources. Although the majority of the critics work for the
alt-weekliesAn alternative newspaper is a type of newspaper, usually published weekly or every other week, that eschews comprehensive coverage of general news in favor of stylized reporting, opinionated reviews and columns, investigations into edgy topics and magazine-style feature stories highlighting local...
, a number are former
Voice critics who now work for the mainstream media or have retired. It is compiled every year from top ten lists, best performance lists, and votes for other categories. The poll results are printed alongside the annotated top ten lists of
J. HobermanJim Hoberman , also known as J. Hoberman is a prominent American film critic. He is currently the senior film critic for The Village Voice, a post he has held since 1988.-Education:...
, Dennis Lim, and Michael Atkinson.
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The
Village Voice Film Poll is an annual polling by
The Village VoiceThe Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper in New York City, United States featuring investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts reviews and events listings for New York City...
film section of more than 100 major film critics for alternative media sources. Although the majority of the critics work for the
alt-weekliesAn alternative newspaper is a type of newspaper, usually published weekly or every other week, that eschews comprehensive coverage of general news in favor of stylized reporting, opinionated reviews and columns, investigations into edgy topics and magazine-style feature stories highlighting local...
, a number are former
Voice critics who now work for the mainstream media or have retired. It is compiled every year from top ten lists, best performance lists, and votes for other categories. The poll results are printed alongside the annotated top ten lists of
J. HobermanJim Hoberman , also known as J. Hoberman is a prominent American film critic. He is currently the senior film critic for The Village Voice, a post he has held since 1988.-Education:...
, Dennis Lim, and Michael Atkinson.
The 1999 poll included votes for Best Film of the Decade (
SafeSafe is a 1995 drama/thriller film written and directed by Todd Haynes, and produced by Christine Vachon...
), Best Director of the Decade (
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), and Best Film of the Century (
Citizen KaneCitizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film, and the first feature film directed by Orson Welles. It was nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories, but won only for Best Original Screenplay by Herman Mankiewicz and Welles...
)
"Best Film" Winners:
- 1999 - Being John Malkovich
Being John Malkovich is a 1999 dramedy film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze. It stars John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, and John Malkovich, who plays a fictionalized version of himself...
- 2000 - Beau travail
Beau travail is a 1999 French movie directed by Claire Denis that is loosely based on Herman Melville's novella Billy Budd. However, instead of the maritime setting of the novella, the movie takes place in Djibouti where the protagonists are soldiers in the French Foreign Legion...
- 2001 - Mulholland Dr.
Mulholland Drive is a 2001 neo-noir psychological thriller written and directed by David Lynch, and starring Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring and Justin Theroux. The surrealist film was highly acclaimed by many critics and earned Lynch the Prix de la mise en scène at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival...
- 2002 - Far from Heaven
Far from Heaven is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes and starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, and Patricia Clarkson....
- 2003 - Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation is a American comedy-drama film starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson. It was the second feature film written and directed by Sofia Coppola, after The Virgin Suicides. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Bill Murray, and Best...
- 2004 - Before Sunset
Before Sunset is an American film and the sequel to Before Sunrise . Like its predecessor, the film was directed by Richard Linklater. However, this time Linklater shares screenplay credit with both actors from the movies, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy...
- 2005 - A History of Violence
A History of Violence is a 2005 American crime/thriller film directed by David Cronenberg, and written by Josh Olson, based on the graphic novel of the same name by John Wagner and Vince Locke. The film features Viggo Mortensen as the owner of a diner who is thrust into the spotlight after killing...
- 2006 - Army of Shadows
- 2007 - There Will Be Blood
There Will Be Blood is a 2007 American drama film directed, written and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film is loosely based on the Upton Sinclair novel Oil! . It tells the story of a silver-miner-turned-oil-man on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern California's oil boom of the...
- 2008 - Wall-E
WALL-E is a 2008 computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by Andrew Stanton. It follows the story of a robot named WALL-E who is designed to clean up a waste-covered Earth far in the future...
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