Cinema Scope

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Cinema Scope
EditorMark Peranson
CategoriesFilm magazine
FrequencyQuarterly
First issue1999
Country Canada
Based in Toronto
LanguageEnglish
Website www.cinema-scope.com
ISSN 1488-7002

Cinema Scope is an English-language film magazine published in Toronto, Canada. [1]

Contents

History and profile

Cinema Scope has been published since 1999 with articles on world cinema. The magazine has compiled a list of the top 10 films of each year.

Mark Peranson, the magazine's editor, was awarded the Clyde Gilmour Award by the Toronto Film Critics Association in 2009. [2]

In Fall 2023, Peranson suggested that the 96th issue of the magazine would likely be the penultimate issue in its current format. [3] [4]

Annual Top 10 Lists

2005
#FilmDirectorCountry
1. L'Enfant Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Belgium
2. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Cristi Puiu Romania
3. Caché Michael Haneke France
4. Land of the Dead George A. Romero USA
5. Regular Lovers Philippe Garrel France
6. The Sun Alexander Sokurov Russia
7. A History of Violence David Cronenberg USA
8. Three Times Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
9. The New World Terrence Malick USA
10. Homecoming Joe Dante USA
2006
#FilmDirectorCountry
1. Syndromes and a Century Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand
2. Black Book Paul Verhoeven Netherlands
3. Colossal Youth Pedro Costa Portugal
4. A Scanner Darkly Richard Linklater USA
5. Borat Larry Charles USA
6. Opera Jawa Garin Nugroho Indonesia
7. Children of Men Alfonso Cuarón USA
8. The Host Bong Joon-ho South Korea
9. Inland Empire David Lynch USA
10. Old Joy Kelly Reichardt USA
2007
#FilmDirectorCountry
1. There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson USA
2. Zodiac David Fincher USA
3. Secret Sunshine Lee Chang-dong South Korea
4.Unas fotos en la ciudad de Sylvia José Luis Guerín Spain
5. Paranoid Park Gus Van Sant USA
6.Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind John Gianvito USA
7. My Winnipeg Guy Maddin Canada
8. Go Go Tales Abel Ferrara Italy
USA
9. La France Serge Bozon France
10. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Cristian Mungiu Romania
2008
#FilmDirectorCountry
1. Liverpool Lisandro Alonso Argentina
2. Birdsong Albert Serra Spain
3. Wendy and Lucy Kelly Reichardt USA
4. 24 City Jia Zhangke China
5. RR James Benning USA
6. Our Beloved Month of August Miguel Gomes Portugal
7. Ballast Lance Hammer USA
8.Itinéraire de Jean Bricard Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet France
9. Still Walking Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan
10. The Headless Woman Lucrecia Martel Argentina
2009
#FilmDirectorCountry
1. Police, Adjective Corneliu Porumboiu Romania
2. Everyone Else Maren Ade Germany
3. To Die Like a Man João Pedro Rodrigues Portugal
4. Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino USA
5. Sweetgrass Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Ilisa BarbashUSA
6. Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson USA
7. Trash Humpers Harmony Korine USA
8. Alamar Pedro Gonzalez-RubioMexico
9. Vincere Marco Bellocchio France
10. Mother Bong Joon-ho South Korea
2010
#FilmDirectorCountry
1. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand
2. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu Andrei Ujică Romania
3. Mysteries of Lisbon Raúl Ruiz Portugal
4. Film Socialisme Jean-Luc Godard France
5. Winter Vacation Li HongqiChina
6. The Strange Case of Angelica Manoel de Oliveira Portugal
7. I Wish I Knew Jia Zhangke China
8. Meek's Cutoff Kelly Reichardt USA
9. Attenberg Athina Rachel Tsangari Greece
10. The Ghost Writer Roman Polanski UK
2011
#FilmDirectorCountry
1. This Is Not a Film Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb Iran
2. The Turin Horse Béla Tarr Hungary
3. House of Tolerance Bertrand Bonello France
4.Dreileben Christian Petzold, Dominik Graf, Christoph Hochhäusler Germany
5. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey
6. The Tree of Life Terrence Malick USA
7. Kill List Ben Wheatley UK
8.It's the Earth Not the MoonGonçalo TochaPortugal
9. Sleeping Sickness Ulrich KöhlerGermany
10. The Kid with a Bike Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Belgium
2012
#FilmDirectorCountry
1. Leviathan Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel USA
2. Tabu Miguel Gomes Portugal
3. Holy Motors Leos Carax France
4. The Master Paul Thomas Anderson USA
5. Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino USA
6.ViolaMatías PiñeiroArgentina
7. The Last Time I Saw Macao João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da MataPortugal
8.autrement, la Molussie Nicolas Rey France
9. Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho Brazil
10. Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson USA
2013 [5]
#FilmDirectorCountry
1. L'Inconnu du lac Alain Guiraudie France
2. Norte, the End of History Lav Diaz Philippines
3. A Touch of Sin Jia Zhangke China
4. What Now? Remind Me Joaquim Pinto Portugal
5. The Strange Little Cat  [ de ] Ramon Zürcher  [ de ]Germany
6. Stray Dogs Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan
7. Inside Llewyn Davis Coen brothers USA
8. Story of My Death Albert Serra Spain
9. The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese USA
10. Computer Chess Andrew Bujalski USA
2014 [6]
#FilmDirectorCountry
1. Horse Money Pedro Costa Portugal
2. Adieu au Langage Jean-Luc Godard France
Switzerland
3. P'tit Quinquin Bruno Dumont France
4. Jauja Lisandro Alonso Argentina
Denmark
5. Phoenix Christian Petzold Germany
6. Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson USA
7. The Kindergarten Teacher Nadav Lapid Israel
8. Maidan Sergei Loznitsa Ukraine
9. Journey to the West Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan
France
10. From What Is Before Lav Diaz Philippines
2015
#FilmDirectorCountry
1. Cemetery of Splendour Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand
2. Arabian Nights Miguel Gomes Portugal
3. The Assassin Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
4. The Forbidden Room Guy Maddin
Evan Johnson		Canada
5. Right Now, Wrong Then Hong Sang-soo South Korea
6. Visit or Memories and Confessions Manoel de Oliveira Portugal
7. Lost and Beautiful Pietro Marcello Italy
8. No Home Movie Chantal Akerman Belgium
France
9. The Treasure Corneliu Porumboiu Romania
10. Kaili Blues Bi Gan China
2016
#FilmDirectorCountry
1. Toni Erdmann Maren Ade Germany
2. Sieranevada Cristi Puiu Romania
3. Nocturama Bertrand Bonello France
4. Elle Paul Verhoeven France
5. The Death of Louis XIV Albert Serra Spain
France
6. Certain Women Kelly Reichardt USA
7.The Dreamed Path Angela Schanelec Germany
8. The Human Surge Eduardo Williams Argentina
9. Aquarius Kleber Mendonça Filho Brazil
10. Silence Martin Scorsese USA
2017
#FilmDirectorCountry
1. Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch USA
2. Western Valeska Grisebach Germany
3. Zama Lucrecia Martel Argentina
4. On the Beach at Night Alone Hong Sang-soo South Korea
5. Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson USA
6. Good Time Safdie brothers USA
7.Streetscapes [Dialogue] Heinz Emigholz Germany
8. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc Bruno Dumont France
9. First Reformed Paul Schrader USA
10.PrototypeWilliam BlakeCanada
2018
#FilmDirectorCountry
1. An Elephant Sitting Still Hu Bo China
2. Le Livre d'image Jean-Luc Godard Switzerland
France
3. La Flor Mariano LlinásArgentina
4. Transit Christian Petzold Germany
5. What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? Roberto Minervini Italy
USA
6. Long Day's Journey into Night Bi Gan China
7. Happy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher Italy
8. Burning Lee Chang-dong South Korea
9. The Other Side of the Wind Orson Welles USA
10. High Life Claire Denis France
2019 [7]
#FilmDirectorCountry
1. I Was at Home, But Angela Schanelec Germany
2. Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa Portugal
3. Martin Eden Pietro Marcello Italy
4. Uncut Gems Safdie brothers USA
5. Liberté Albert Serra Spain
France
6.Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit Thomas Heise Germany
7. Parasite Bong Joon-ho South Korea
8. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino USA
9. Synonyms Nadav Lapid Israel
France
10. The Irishman Martin Scorsese USA
2020 [8]
#FilmDirectorCountry
1. Days Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan
2. The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) Anders Edström
C.W. Winter		USA
Japan
3.The Year of the DiscoveryLuis López CarrascoSpain
4.The Last City Heinz Emigholz Germany
5. Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen UK
6. The Woman Who Ran Hong Sang-soo South Korea
7. Malmkrog Cristi Puiu Romania
8. DAU. Natasha Ilya Khrzhanovsky Russia
9. City Hall Frederick Wiseman USA
10. Fauna Nicolás Pereda Mexico
2021 [9]
#FilmDirectorCountry
1. What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? Alexandre KoberidzeGeorgia
Germany
2. Memoria Apichatpong Weerasethakul Colombia
Thailand
3. Drive My Car Ryusuke Hamaguchi Japan
4. France Bruno Dumont France
5. In Front of Your Face Hong Sang-soo South Korea
6. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryusuke Hamaguchi Japan
7. Annette Leos Carax France
8. Benedetta Paul Verhoeven France
9.The Tsugua DiariesMaureen Fazendeiro
Miguel Gomes 		Portugal
France
10. The Souvenir Part II Joanna Hogg UK
2022 [10]
#FilmDirectorCountry
1. Pacifiction Albert Serra France
Spain
2. De Humani Corporis Fabrica Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Véréna Paravel 		France
Switzerland
3. Crimes of the Future David Cronenberg Canada
4.UnrestCyril SchäublinSwitzerland
5. The Novelist's Film Hong Sang-soo South Korea
6. Saint Omer Alice Diop France
7. Showing Up Kelly Reichardt USA
8. EO Jerzy Skolimowski Poland
9. Queens of the Qing Dynasty Ashley McKenzie Canada
10.The PlainsDavid EastealAustralia

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References

  1. ↑ Eugene P. Walz (January 2002). Canada's Best Features: Critical Essays on 15 Canadian Films. Rodopi. p. 377. ISBN   90-420-1598-5 . Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Chris Knight, "Toronto critics really like those Basterds". National Post , December 16, 2009.
  3. ↑ Peranson, Mark (Fall 2023). "Editor's Note". Cinema Scope. No. 96. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Stories in brief". Sight and Sound . November 2023. p. 12.
  5. ↑ "The Noteworthy: Cinema Scope Top 10, Nayman on "Showgirls", Fun City Part V". April 2, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Issue 62 Editor's Note: Top Ten of 2014". March 2015.
  7. ↑ "TOP 10 2019 @CinemaScopeMag". March 21, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Cinema Scope: Top Ten Films of 2020". March 26, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Cinema Scope: Top Ten Films of 2021". April 10, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Cinema Scope: Top Ten Films of 2022". March 24, 2023.


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