{"id":89987,"date":"2013-03-13T22:12:04","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T04:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/?page_id=89987"},"modified":"2014-05-25T15:18:33","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T21:18:33","slug":"overstreets-favorite-films-2013","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/on-film\/overstreets-favorite-films-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Overstreet’s Favorite Films: 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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It\u2019s time to publish my list of the movies that inspired, impressed, and moved me most in\u00a02013.<\/p>\n

Annual Disclaimer:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Notice, I didn\u2019t say \u201cthe best films of 2012.\u201d Nobody, not even the most experienced and devoted film scholar, can claim to report that. We experience, interpret, and remember art as individuals with particular strengths, weaknesses, memories, loves, and fears. When we share what moves, inspires, challenges, discomforts, and offends us, we reveal a lot about ourselves. I share this list so you know what meant the most to me in 2013. And if you want to understand why these films made an impression\u2026 well, that\u2019s why I write reviews.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of important films I have yet to see.<\/p>\n

The first list is the<\/span>\u00a0World Premieres Edition<\/strong>: Films that played anywhere in the world for the first time in 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

The second list is the American Release Edition<\/strong>: This list includes only films that had their first commercial releases in the U.S. in 2013. <\/span><\/p>\n

One more thing: If you want to understand the color-coding of the titles, as well as what this list really represents, read\u00a0<\/span>my introduction to the Looking Closer Favorite Films lists<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, here they are: The films that inspired, moved, challenged, and intrigued me in 2012.<\/p>\n

Red = Treasures,\u00a0<\/span>Purple = Favorites,\u00a0<\/span>Blue = Achievements,\u00a0<\/span>Gray = Decent\/Noteworthy,\u00a0<\/span>Green = Unseen or Undecided<\/span>
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2013<\/h2>\n

FAVORITE FILMS: WORLD PREMIERES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

(Movies that played for audiences for the first time in 2013, festivals and foreign countries included, according to IMDB.)<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. This Is Martin Bonner (Chad Hartigan)<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Before Midnight (Richard Linklater)<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Upstream Color (Shane Carruth)<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese)<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Short Term 12 (Destin Cretton)<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Her (Spike Jonze)<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. The World\u2019s End (Edgar Wright)<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen)<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. The Kings of Summer (Jordan Vogt-Roberts)<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass)<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. All is Lost (J. C. Chandor)<\/span><\/li>\n
  13. The Counselor (Ridley Scott)<\/span><\/li>\n
  14. Computer Chess (Andrew Bujalski)<\/span><\/li>\n
  15. American Hustle (David O. Russell)<\/span><\/li>\n
  16. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Francis Lawrence)<\/span><\/li>\n
  17. The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann)<\/span><\/li>\n
  18. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (Adam McKay)<\/span><\/li>\n
  19. Stoker (Chan-wook Park)<\/span><\/li>\n
  20. The Way, Way Back (Nat Faxon, Jim Rash)<\/span><\/li>\n
  21. 20 Feet from Stardom (Morgan Neville)<\/span><\/li>\n
  22. Monsters University (Dan Scanlon)<\/span><\/li>\n
  23. Byzantium (Neil Jordan)<\/span><\/li>\n
  24. The Lone Ranger (Gore Verbinski)<\/span><\/li>\n
  25. The Grandmaster (Kar Wai Wong)<\/span><\/li>\n
  26. Prince Avalanche (David Gordon Green)<\/span><\/li>\n
  27. The Spectacular Now (James Ponsoldt)<\/span><\/li>\n
  28. Closure (Bryan Tucker)<\/span><\/li>\n
  29. Prisoners (Denis Villeneuve)<\/span><\/li>\n
  30. Ain\u2019t Them Bodies Saints (David Lowery)<\/span><\/li>\n
  31. Warm Bodies (Jonathan Levine)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    FAVORITE FILMS: AMERICAN RELEASES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. This Is Martin Bonner<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Museum Hours<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Before Midnight<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Upstream Color<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Leviathan<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Like Someone in Love<\/span><\/li>\n
    7. The Wolf of Wall Street<\/span><\/li>\n
    8. Short Term 12<\/span><\/li>\n
    9. Her<\/span><\/li>\n
    10. The World\u2019s End<\/span><\/li>\n
    11. The Act of Killing<\/span><\/li>\n
    12. Frances Ha<\/span><\/li>\n
    13. To the Wonder<\/span><\/li>\n
    14. Stories We Tell<\/span><\/li>\n
    15. 12 Years a Slave<\/span><\/li>\n
    16. Inside Llewyn Davis<\/span><\/li>\n
    17. The Kings of Summer<\/span><\/li>\n
    18. A Hijacking<\/span><\/li>\n
    19. Captain Phillips<\/span><\/li>\n
    20. The Counselor<\/span><\/li>\n
    21. The Great Beauty<\/span><\/li>\n
    22. Wrestling for Jesus: The Tale of T-Money*<\/span><\/li>\n
    23. All is Lost<\/span><\/li>\n
    24. Wolf Children<\/span><\/li>\n
    25. Mud<\/span><\/li>\n
    26. Fill the Void<\/span><\/li>\n
    27. Lore<\/span><\/li>\n
    28. Computer Chess<\/span><\/li>\n
    29. American Hustle<\/span><\/li>\n
    30. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire<\/span><\/li>\n
    31. The Great Gatsby<\/span><\/li>\n
    32. Stoker<\/span><\/li>\n
    33. The Way, Way Back<\/span><\/li>\n
    34. 20 Feet from Stardom<\/span><\/li>\n
    35. Much Ado About Nothing<\/span><\/li>\n
    36. From Up on Poppy Hill 2011<\/span><\/li>\n
    37. Monsters University<\/span><\/li>\n
    38. Byzantium<\/span><\/li>\n
    39. The Lone Ranger<\/span><\/li>\n
    40. The Grandmaster<\/span><\/li>\n
    41. Prince Avalanche<\/span><\/li>\n
    42. The Spectacular Now<\/span><\/li>\n
    43. Prisoners<\/span><\/li>\n
    44. Philomena<\/span><\/li>\n
    45. Ain\u2019t Them Bodies Saints<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    46. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues<\/span><\/li>\n
    47. Warm Bodies<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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