My blogging buddy Carson Lund recently told me about a meme started by Loren Rosson that highlights a favorite director each month and ranks his or her best work. Given that I already had a good 10 or so documents on my computer keeping track of rankings for some of my favorite filmmakers, I did not require much incentive to throw my own hat in the ring. Loren (and, I think, Carson) are covering their 12 favorite directors, but I might take a slightly different tack. Many of my top 12 would overlap with both Loren's and Carson's choices, and while it would be fun to compare what floats our particular boats with certain filmmakers, I'd rather spotlight a few other choices I love just as much as, say, Malick or Kubrick. There will still be some shared choices (I think all three of us will cover David Lynch), but this way it won't all just be the same picks.
Anyway, here's my list:
July: Charles Chaplin (The Full 11 Features)
August: Martin Scorsese (Top 10)
September: Roman Polanski (Top 10)
October: David Lynch (Top 10)
November: Howard Hawks (Top 10)
December: Michael Powell (Top 10)
January: Steven Soderbergh (Top 10)
February: Abbas Kiarostami (Top 10)
March: Jean-Luc Godard (Top 20, maybe 25)
April: Claire Denis (Top 10)
May: Eric Rohmer (Top 15)
June: Ozu Yasujiro (Top 15)
