Lists. Film Comment Critics' Poll.

Over 80 critics. If you're a regular Daily reader, scroll to the bottom of this page: "Film Comment's End-of-Year Critics' Poll" - and you'll be rattled to realize that you recognize every single one of those names.

At any rate, the voting system is fairly straightforward: "a first-place choice was allotted 20 points, 19 for second, and so on." The Departed leads second-placer The Death of Mr Lazarescu by a healthy 779 points to 740. But there's a hefty drop down to 657 for Army of Shadows.

Topping the list of "Best Unreleased Films of 2006" is Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Syndromes and a Century. Many films on that list will, in fact, see a release in 2007, but it's a good refresher on the year that was nonetheless.

Posted by dwhudson at December 20, 2006 12:13 PM