Sound on Sight Radio #288: ‘The Artist’ / ‘Senna’ / Best Films of the Year … So Far
Yeah, yeah, we know – it’s way past the year’s halfway mark. Thanks to the timing of the film festivals we cover, though, and the general glut of great movies that tend to crop up in the Fall, we thought it best to wait a little while before letting you in on our personal top 10s of 2011 – so far, that is. We’ve also got two rapturously received new movies to talk about: Michael Havanicius’s The Artist, which premiered here in Montreal at the World Film Festival, and the no-talking-heads-allowed Formula One doc Senna.
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Music:
Chromatics – “Running Up That Hill”
Ludovic Bource – “Music From The Artist”
Music from Nightfishing
Ok Go – “The Muppets Show Theme”
Ricky D is the editor-in-chief of Sound on Sight and one of the hosts of 'Sound On Sight Radio', the 'Sordid Cinema' podcast and our videocast titled 'Front Row Center'. He also contributes written reviews when time permits.
Favorite films: 'Salo', 'Contempt', 'The Vanishing', 'Pulp Fiction' & 'La Haine'
Favorite Directors: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Quentin Tarantino, P.T. Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard, Billy Wilder & Stanley Kubrick 
You’re very welcome Phoebe
I like it because it’s good. It’s on my list because it’s awesome. It’s just good.
Thank you for those in-depth analyses, Justine.
We wanted to keep the top 10 discussions short and general, as we’ve discussed virtually all of these films on other podcast episodes or in written form. Unnecessary snark alert.