Peter Howell's Chasing the Buzz 2011

It's time again for Peter Howell's annual Chasing the Buzz poll — and we're very proud to be part of the buzz! This year, two dozen contributors were asked to name the 3 films they were most looking forward to — here are our top 3 picks:

• The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius

  
  

  “Black and white? Silent? Yes, but Cameron Bailey tweeted raves from Cannes, Michèle Maheux wrote the program note, and it got very good reviews at our website.”

• ALPS, Yorgos Lanthimos

  
  “Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, Oscar-nominated for Dogtooth earlier this year, promises ALPS will be ‘darker and funnier,’ so count us in!”

• Carré Blanc, Jean-Baptiste Léonetti

  
  “Jean-Baptiste Léonetti’s debut film is a stunning tale of social Darwinism where the struggle for survival under a dehumanizing system has led to a de facto form of eugenics.”

...and here are all the top-picks...

Four votes

• A Dangerous Method David Cronenberg
• Take This Waltz, Sarah Polley

Three votes

• ALPS Yorgos Lanthimos
• Albert Nobbs Rodrigo García

Two votes

• The Artist Michel Hazanavicius
• Into the Abyss Werner Herzog
• Livid Julien Maury, Alexandre Bustillo
• Melancholia Lars von Trier
• Moneyball Bennett Miller
• Paul Williams Still Alive Stephen Kessler
• Pearl Jam Twenty Cameron Crowe
• Sarah Palin - You Betcha! Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill
• Shame Steve McQueen

See you at the fest!
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PS.
Here's a look back at previous picks in The Toronto Star...

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• Peter Howell's CHASING THE BUZZ '09
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• The Buzz, 2007

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