Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out New York

Joshua Rothkopf is senior film critic at Time Out New York, where he has worked since 2004. His film writing has appeared in publications including Penthouse, Details, The Village Voice, The Chicago Reader and In These Times, where he was chief film critic from 1999 to 2003.

Links: Time Out New York Film


Best of the Decade Critics Survey 2000s »

Best of the Decade »

1) Mulholland Dr.

2) Zodiac

3) Lilya 4-Ever

4) 25th Hour

5) Brokeback Mountain

6) American Psycho

7) Yi Yi

8) 24 Hour Party People

9) Kings and Queen

10) Before Sunset

Comment

After editing Time Out New York's massive decade project (link: http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/film/80947/the-tony-top-50-movies-of-the-decade), I'm a little exhausted by the topic. But to sum up: dark films for dark days.

Annual Critics Survey 2009 »

Best Film »

1) A Serious Man

2) Still Walking

3) Two Lovers

4) Star Trek

5) The Hurt Locker

6) Anvil! The Story of Anvil

7) Summer Hours

8) The House of the Devil

9) Somers Town

10) Funny People

Best Lead Performance »

1) Michael Sheen, The Damned United

2) Matt Damon, The Informant!

3) Tilda Swinton, Julia

4) Tom Hardy, Bronson

5) Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia

Best Supporting Performance »

1) Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles

2) Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air

3) Marcia Gay Harden, Whip It

4) Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker

5) Alfred Molina, An Education

Best Director »

1) James Gray, Two Lovers

Best Documentary »

1) Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Best Screenplay »

1) Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man

Best First Feature »

1) Sacha Gervasi, Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Best Undistributed Film »

1) Videocracy

2) Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

Comment

Given this is indieWIRE, let's tip our hat to the most successful independent film of the year (or of any year): "Paranormal Activity." Still, why does that fact seem to be bothering so many people? It's not like "Precious" wasn't a horror film too, just a less effective one.

Films

A Room and a Half B

A Serious Man A

A Single Man C+

Antichrist F

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans B-

Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos) B

Life During Wartime B

The Men Who Stare at Goats C-

The Road A-

Trash Humpers D-

Up in the Air B

Whip It B+

White Material B-
Recent criticWIRE Ratings
A-
Mars
Andrew Grant, Like Anna Karina's Sweater
A
Four Lions
Andrew Grant, Like Anna Karina's Sweater
C
Tiny Furniture
Andrew Grant, Like Anna Karina's Sweater
A-
Audrey the Trainwreck
Vadim Rizov, IFC.com
A-
Winter’s Bone
David Hudson, The Auteurs
C
Tiny Furniture
Vadim Rizov, IFC.com
B
Audrey the Trainwreck
David Hudson, The Auteurs
B
Skeletons
David Hudson, The Auteurs
B-
Daddy Longlegs
Karina Longworth, LA Weekly
B-
Cyrus
Karina Longworth, LA Weekly
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