Hear: Okkervil River - Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe

Okkervil River - Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe

Hear: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Over And Over Again [Lost And Found]

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Over And Over Again [Lost And Found]

Hear: Greater Pacific - Distance

Greater Pacific - Distance

Hear: The Smashing Pumpkins - Try, Try, Try

The Smashing Pumpkins - Try, Try, Try

Hear: Björk - Vökuró

Björk - Vökuró

Hear: Girls - Heartbreaker

Girls - Heartbreaker

Hear: Wilco - You And I

Wilco - You And I

Hear: Iron & Wine - Naked As We Came

Iron & Wine - Naked As We Came

Hear: LoneLady - Intuition

LoneLady - Intuition

Hear: Bonobo - Stay The Same

Bonobo - Stay The Same [feat. Andreya Triana]

Hear: Sam Amidon - Climbing High Mountains

Sam Amidon - Climbing High Mountains

Hear: The Civil Wars - To Whom It May Concern

The Civil Wars - To Whom It May Concern

Hear: Nikka Costa - Some Kind Of Beautiful

Nikka Costa - Some Kind Of Beautiful

Hear: Genesis - Eleventh Earl Of Mar

Genesis - Eleventh Earl Of Mar

Hear: Gravediggaz - Burn Baby Burn

Gravediggaz - Burn Baby Burn

Hear: Halloween, Alaska - Dance By Accident

Halloween, Alaska - Dance By Accident

Hear: The Raveonettes - D.R.U.G.S.

The Raveonettes - D.R.U.G.S.

Hear: Donovan Woods - Put On Cologne

Donovan Woods - Put On Cologne

Hear: Jónsi - Ævin Endar

Jónsi - Ævin Endar

Hear: Shout Out Louds - Hard Rain

Shout Out Louds - Hard Rain

Hear: Prefab Sprout - We Let The Stars Go

Prefab Sprout - We Let The Stars Go

Hear: The Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon

The Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon

Hear: Tanita Tikaram - Wonderful Shadow

Tanita Tikaram - Wonderful Shadow [Acoustic]

Hear: David Berkeley - All Those Ashes

David Berkeley - All Those Ashes

Hear: A.A. Bondy - I Can See The Pines Are Dancing

A.A. Bondy - I Can See The Pines Are Dancing

See: 2011 - Best Films

TOP 40

Perfect Sense
Black Swan
Warrior
Beginners
The Interrupters
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Waiting For Superman
Moneyball
Catfish
Rango
The Fighter
Hesher
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Everything Must Go
The Next Three Days
Win Win
Margin Call
Tyrannosaur
Rampart
True Grit
50/50
It's Kind Of A Funny Story
Exporting Raymond
I Saw The Devil
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Hanna
13 Assassins
Another Year
127 Hours
Welcome To The Rileys
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
The Trip
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Sleeping Beauty
The Ides Of March
Super 8
Midnight In Paris
Like Crazy
The Lincoln Lawyer
American: The Bill Hicks Story


TEN PERFORMANCES THAT MADE THE YEAR [MALE/FEMALE]

Jeff Bridges - True Grit
Peter Mullan - Tyrannosaur
Daniel Henshall - Snowtown
John Goodman - Red State
Woody Harrelson - Rampart
Jeremy Irons - Margin Call
Brad Pitt - Moneyball
Christian Bale - The Fighter
Bruce Greenwood - Meek's Cutoff
James Franco - 127 Hours

Tilda Swinton - We Need To Talk About Kevin
Natalie Portman - Black Swan
Emily Browning - Sleeping Beauty
Mia Wasikowska - Jane Eyre
Kristen Wiig - Bridesmaids
Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene
Brit Marling - Another Earth
Kirsten Stewart - Welcome To The Rileys
Amy Adams - The Fighter
Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine


MOMENTS IN TIME [spoilers!]

Perfect Sense
Das große Fressen: Kurz vor dem Verlust des Geschmackssinns wird die ganze Welt von einer Heißhungerattacke erfasst - Eva Green verspeist einen Blumenstrauß.
Black Swan
Die finale Tanz/Transformations-Sequenz. "Perfect".
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Der abendliche phony call zwischen Steve Carrell und Julianne Moore.
The Trip
Steve Coogan und Rob Brydon duellieren sich als Michael Caine-Impressionisten. Lustigste Szene des Jahres, vor der Flugzeugszene in BRIDESMAIDS.
The Adjustment Bureau
Die wilde "Türen-Jagd" durch New York.
The Tree Of Life
Die ausufernde creation of earth-Introsequenz.
Drive
Die den Film eröffnende Autoflucht.
Rango
Die melancholische Sequenz, in der Rango über den nächtlichen Highway trottet. Unglaublich gute Verbindung von Bildern und Filmmusik (die allerdings von Danny Elfman "geborgt" wurde und sich daher nicht auf dem OST findet).
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Tilda Swinton flüchtet sich vor den pausenlosen, peinigenden Schreien ihres Babys in die wohltuende (akustische) Umarmung eines Preßlufthammers.
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Shooting practice.
Blue Valentine
Ryan Gosling intoniert spontan "You Always Hurt The One You Love".
Super
Libby gets smoked.
Incendies
Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin rettet sich mit einem Glaubensbekenntnis selbst das Leben. Als Einzige.
Margin Call
Das angespannte emergency meeting mit dem frisch eingeflogenen Firmenchef.
Kill List
Der nächtliche Fackelzug im Wald... und das, was nachfolgt.
127 Hours
James Franco und seine zwei Begleiterinnen wagen den "Sprung".
Sleeping Beauty
Die zweite Schlafsitzung (!).
Warrior
Tom Hardy findet seinen seit Jahren trockenen Vater sturzbetrunken im Hotelzimmer vor und lässt für einen Moment seine tough guy-Deckung fallen.
I Saw The Devil
Der 360°-Kampf im Taxi.
Melancholia
The magic cave.
Beginners
Das "stumme Date" zwischen Ewan McGregor und der bezaubernden Melanie Laurent.
Somewhere
Stephen Dorff beobachtet Elle Fanning minutenlang bei ihrer Eislauf-Kür - und realisiert im Anschluß, dass er deutlich zu wenig über seine Tochter weiß.
Red State
Michael Parks' Kapellen-Ansprache.
Meek's Cutoff
Das auf seltsame Art spannende Herablassen der Planwagen einen Abhang hinunter.
The Mill & The Cross
Das "lebende Gemälde" der ersten Einstellung.


BEST ACTION BEATS

Fast Five
Die unglaublich krachige Verfolgungsjagd mit Tresor im Schlepptau. TRANSFORMERS my ass.
Killer Elite
Das Duell Statham/Owen im Hospital - schnell und kompromisslos, wie in besten BOURNE-Tagen.
Rango
Nochmal Verfolgung, diesmal inkl. Planwagen, Canyon und Fledermausbombern.
13 Assassins
Eigentlich ja die kompletten letzten 45 Minuten, aber das "hundert Schwerter"-Segment gefällt daraus am Besten.
Hanna
Der schnörkellose Fight in der Unterführung, in dem Eric Bana vier Schergen des Gegners ausknipst.


Schmerzhafteste Versäumnisse: TAKE SHELTER und MARGARET.

Hear: Bobby Darin - I'm Beginning To See The Light

Bobby Darin - I'm Beginning To See The Light

Hear: Lamb - Sweet

Lamb - Sweet

Hear: 2011 - Best Songs

Die verlängerte Spitze des Eisbergs:


001 James Vincent McMorrow - We Don't Eat
002 Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
003 Daughter - Candles
004 Peter Gabriel - Wallflower [New Blood] [with Melanie Gabriel]
005 The Staves - Winter Trees
006 Korey Dane - Blue [Kids On The Weekend] [with Tess Shapiro]
007 Spectrals - Get A Grip
008 The Middle East - Deep Water
009 Matthew Ryan - Song For A Friend
010 Cataldo - Rock Of Calvary
011 Matt Corby - Coloured Stones And Walls
012 Harlan Pepper - Great Lakes
013 The Mountain Goats - Damn These Vampires
014 Feist - Anti-Pioneer
015 Down Like Silver - Lazy Snow
016 Palpitation - New Mexico
017 Elbow - Lippy Kids
018 Corinne Bailey Rae - I Wanna Be Your Lover [Prince Cover]
019 The Civil Wars - To Whom It May Concern
020 Ren Harvieu - Through The Night
021 Cowboy Junkies - West Of Rome
022 The Antlers - Putting The Dog To Sleep
023 Jeniferever - Dover
024 Mazzy Star - Common Burn
025 Crooked Still - The Peace Of Wild Things/Dayblind
026 Loney, Dear - Young Hearts
027 Tara Masterson Hally - Lingering
028 Laura Marling - Rest In The Bed
029 Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Pictures
030 Pickering Pick - Like A River
031 Help Stamp Out Loneliness - Angelyne
032 Twintapes - Painting Ocean Dreams
033 Vanish Valley - Stumbling Man
034 Jonquil - Mexico
035 Farewell Milwaukee - Morning Stars
036 Horsecollar - Christopher
037 Caroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps - Scholarships
038 Destroyer - Kaputt
039 Skint & Demoralised - 43 Degrees
040 Arthur Alligood - Piece Me Together
041 Ryan Tanner - Peaceful Mind
042 The Streets - Without Thinking
043 Bell X1 - Hey Anna Lena
044 Alessi's Ark - Wire
045 Owen - I Believe
046 The Morning Clouds - A Walk Home
047 Bare Bones - Stop Shakin'
048 Donovan Woods - Put On Cologne
049 Booker T. Jones - Representing Memphis [with Sharon Jones & Matt Berninger]
050 Armistice - Mission Bells
051 Snailhouse - Sentimental Gentleman
052 Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell - Winter Got Lost
053 Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know [feat. Kimbra]
054 We Cut Corners - A Pirate's Life
055 North Highlands - Steady Steady
056 Active Child - Hanging On
057 Natalie Walker - Uptight
058 Small Houses - Late July
059 Steffaloo - On Fire
060 Jesse Rifkin & Will Stratton - Unholy Ghost
061 Rae Morris - Oldest Of New
062 Ryan Adams - Kindness
063 Rocketship Park - Stuck With Me
064 Robin Pecknold - I'm Losing Myself [feat. Ed Droste]
065 Jon Bell - Some Kind Of Hurry
066 Balloon Magic - Waking Up
067 Jonsi - Ævin Endar
068 Carol Anne McGowan - Carrigeen
069 Alev Lenz - Dance
070 The Sea And Cake - Up On The North Shore
071 Greater Pacific - Distance
072 The Apartments - Black Ribbons [Spring Mix]
073 Burlap To Cashmere - Love Reclaims The Atmosphere
074 Gruff Rhys - Sensations In The Dark
075 Hannah Miller - Foolish Pride
076 City And Colour - Northern Wind
077 Low Roar - Just A Habit
078 The Bravest Ghost - Soul To Sell
079 Arran Arctic - All That I Can Do
080 The Parson Red Heads - Seven Years Ago
081 The Tallest Man On Earth - Weather Of A Killing Kind
082 Uncles - M4W
083 Outfit - Two Islands
084 Lianne La Havas - No Room For Doubt [feat. Willy Mason]
085 Tony Bennett - Speak Low [feat. Norah Jones]
086 Wolf Ram Heart - Viewgirls
087 Rue Royale - Guide To An Escape
088 Red Shoe Diaries - Fossil Fuels
089 The Felice Brothers - Refrain
090 Halloween, Alaska - Dance By Accident
091 Keren Ann - You Were On Fire
092 Trophy Wife - Canopy Shade
093 Radiohead - Codex
094 Arborea - Spain
095 Heirlooms Of August - A Flower My Love Grows
096 Work Drugs - Rad Racer
097 Beach Fossils - Calyer
098 Lana Del Rey - Video Games
099 Balto - The Railyard
100 The War On Drugs - Brothers


Großartiges Jahr.