FILM CLOSE-UPS Top Films of 2021
- About Endlessness by Roy Andersson [CB]
- Another Round by Thomas Vinterberg [EA]
- Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar by Josh Greenbaum [EA]
- Bernstein’s Wall by Douglas Tirola [CB]
- Bo Burnham: Inside by Bo Burnham [EA]
- Bring Your Own Brigade by Lucy Walker [AB, SM]
- The Card Counter by Paul Schrader [CB, AB]
- Censor by Prano Bailey-Bond [GS]
- A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks by John Maggio [SM]
- The Devil All The Time by Antonio Campos [AB]
- Don’t Look Up by Adam McKay [GS]
- Dune by Denis Villeneuve [EA]
- The First Wave by Matthew Heineman [SM]
- The Green Knight by David Lowery [EA, GS]
- Identifying Features by Fernanda Veladez [AB]
- Julia by Julie Cohen & Betsy West [SM]
- Lamb by Valdimar Johannsson [GS]
- Last Night in Soho by Edgar Wright [GS]
- Listening To Kenny G by Penny Lane [CB, SM]
- Lost Leonardo by Andreas Koefoed [GS]
- Madres Paralelas (Parallel Mothers) by Pedro Almodóvar [AB, SM]
- Motian In Motion by Michael Patrick Kelly [CB]
- Nightmare Alley by Guillermo del Toro [GS]
- No Sudden Move by Steven Soderbergh [CB]
- No Time to Waste: The Urgent Mission of Betty Reid Soskin by Carl Bidleman [SM]
- Paper & Glue by JR [SM]
- Pig by Michael Sarnoski [GS]
- The Power of the Dog by Jane Campion [CB, EA, AB]
- Procession by Robert Greene [CB]
- Saint Maud by Rose Glass [AB]
- The Souvenir: Part II by Joanna Hogg [EA]
- The Sparks Brothers by Edgar Wright [EA, AB, SM]
- Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street by Marilyn Agrelo [SM]
- Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson [EA, AB, SM]
- Terra Femme by Courtney Stephens [GS]
- Tove by Zaida Bergroth [GS]
- The Underground Railroad by Barry Jenkins [CB, SM]
- The Velvet Underground by Todd Haynes [CB, AB]
- Zola by Janicza Bravo [EA]
AB: Anthony Bonet
CB: Chandler Bennett
EA: Esme Agilar
GS: Greg Scharpen
SM: Sonia Mistry