BEST OF 2010: Aaron's Top 33 Films

Today, Christmas Eve, is the beginning of my 'Jesus year,' appropriately. Though I was forced to stop at a mere 10 favorite films on my 2010 indieWIRE and Village Voice/LA Weekly poll ballots, why not keep going? For each of my birthdays, including this 'un, I present a fuller, more eye-popping list that will hopefully encourage you to seek out something new...

BUT BEFORE THAT: Starting tonight, I encourage all of you still in the NYC area to come out to Brooklyn's reRun Gastropub Theater for a FREE screening series I've programmed called 'PINK XMAS: The Holiday Cheer of Japanese Sexploitation.' Co-presented by GreenCine and PinkEiga, the two-week series (Dec. 24 - Jan. 6) will feature 6 of the wildest, weirdest 'pink films' from Japan, including two from the Academy Award winning director of Departures). I'll be hosting and bartending tonight at the 8pm show, with doors opening at 7pm. For more info, click here.

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(J-Diz on
Dec 25, 2010 7:05 PM)




Hmmm... I know what some of these are. Any chance I can find this list in text form?

(Aaron Hillis on
Dec 25, 2010 9:34 PM)




Unfortunately, no. You'd have to look at the names of the image files themselves. The good news is: if you look hard enough, all the titles ARE there...

(J-Diz on
Dec 25, 2010 10:19 PM)




Sigh. Okayyyy.

Can I ask though, your appreciation of FLOODING WITH LOVE FOR THE KID... how would you describe it? I can't seem to wrap my head around the idea that this film is worthwhile for any other reason than as an artifact of cinema-du-WTF.

Is there anything you got out of this film wasn't purely... WTF-ness?

(Aaron Hillis on
Dec 27, 2010 12:31 PM)




Some of them are more readable now, but I wanted there to be a rewarding challenge to it all: magic eye puzzles, if you will!

As for FLOODING WITH LOVE FOR THE KID, I direct you to my review in Time Out NY back in January right here, especially this line: 'While the premise might seem like a superficial YouTube stunt, the storytelling is crafty, compelling (falling from a cliff while being chased by a helicopter?!?) and heartfelt enough to explode all sense of cheeky irony.' It's an utterly sincere project/performance, and I'm greatly looking forward to his next endeavor, Your Brother. Remember?, which opens at NYC's Public Theater in January. Definitely seek both out.