Bonus Episode - Film Comment's Best Films of 2014

The editors of Film Comment magazine discuss the results of their Best Films of 2014 poll. The list is culled from over 100 critics and programmers and is split into two categories: films that received theatrical runs in 2014 and those viewed this year that currently have no announced plans for U.S. theatrical distribution. The magazine's digital editor Violet Lucca sat down with editor-in-chief Gavin Smith and senior editor Nicolas Rapold to discuss this year's list. Read more at filmcomment.com The Best Released Films of 2014: 1. Boyhood (Richard Linklater) 2. Goodbye To Language (Jean-Luc Godard) 3. The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson) 4. Ida (Pawel Pawlikowski) 5. Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer) 6. Stranger by the Lake (Alain Guiraudie) 7. Citizen Four (Laura Poitras) 8. Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance (Alejandro G. Iñárritu) 9. Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson) 10. The Immigrant (James Gray) The Best Unreleased Films of 2014: 1. The Wonders (Alice Rohrwacher) 2. Hill of Freedom (Hong Sang-soo) 3. Pasolini (Abel Ferrara) 4. The Iron Ministry (J.P. Sniadecki) 5. From What Is Before (Lav Diaz) 6. Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait (Ossama Mohammed & Wiam Bedirxan) 7. Approaching the Elephant (Amanda Wilder) 8. The Kindergarten Teacher (Nadav Lapid) 9. Stray Dog (Debra Granik) 10. Socialism (Peter von Bagh)