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Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Appears on 84 lists

#1 The Best Movies of 2021: Adam Nayman: The Ringer
#1 The Best Movies of 2021: Ty Burr
#1 Best Movies of 2021: Chloe Lizotte: Screen Slate
#1 Best Films of 2021: Courtney Duckworth: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#1 Best Films of 2021: Jordan Raup: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#2 Our Top 10 Films of 2021: Hyperallergic
#2 Best Films of 2021: Willow Maclay: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#2 Best Films of 2021: Carlos Valladares: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#2 Best Films of 2021: Beatrice Loayza: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#2 Best Films of 2021: Gabrielle Marceau: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#2 Best Films of 2021: Ren Scateni: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#2 Best Films of 2021: Josh Slater-Williams: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#3 Top 50 Films of 2021: Film Stage
#3 The Best Movies of 2021: Angelica Jade Bastién: New York: Vulture
#3 Best Films of 2021: Elena Lazic: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#3 Best Films of 2021: K.F. Watanabe: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#3 Best Films of 2021: Julian Ross: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#4 Our Top Films of 2022: Les Inrocks
#4 Top 25 Movies of 2021: K. Austin Collins: Rolling Stone
#4 The 10 Best Films of 2021: David Morgan: CBS News
#4 Best Films of 2021: Beatrice Loayza: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#4 Best Films of 2021: Tom Charity: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#4 Best Films of 2021: Łukasz Mańkowski: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#4 Best Films of 2021: Ross McDonnell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#5 Top Ten Films of 2022: Cahiers du Cinéma
#5 Ten Best Films of 2021: Michael J. Anderson
#5 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Slant
#5 The Best Films of 2021: Katie Rife: A.V. Club
#5 Best Films of 2021: Azadeh Jafari: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#5 Best Films of 2021: Clinton Krute: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#5 Best Films of 2021: Matthew Thrift: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#6 Best Films of 2022: Jamie Dunn: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#6 Best Films of 2021: Florence Almozini: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#6 Top Ten Films of 2021: Cinema Scope
#6 Top 25 Films of 2021: In Review Online
#6 Best Films of 2021: Kambole Campbell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#6 Best Films of 2021: Devika Girish: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#7 Best Films of 2021: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#7 Top 20 Movies of 2021: Odie Henderson: Slate: Movie Club
#7 Best Films of 2021: Devika Girish: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#7 Best Films of 2021: Dennis Lim: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#7 Best Films of 2021: Mackenzie Lukenbill: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#7 Best Films of 2021: Andréa Picard: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#7 Best Films of 2021: Charlotte Whitehouse: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#8 Best Films of 2022: Catherine Wheatley: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#8 Best Films of 2021: Reverse Shot
#8 The Best Films of 2021: Charles Bramesco: A.V. Club
#8 The Best Films of 2021: Vikram Murthi: A.V. Club
#8 The Best Films of 2021: Scott Tobias: The Reveal The Top 15
#8 The 21 Best Movies of 2021: Alissa Wilkinson: Vox
#8 Best Films of 2021: Matthew Eng: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#8 Best Films of 2021: Steph Green: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#8 Best Films of 2021: Melanie Hoyes: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#9 Top 10 Films of 2022: Marilou Duponchel: Les Inrocks
#9 Best Movies of 2021: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
#9 Best Films of 2021: Vadim Rizov: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#9 Best Films of 2021: Nicolas Rapold: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#9 Best Films of 2021: Caitlin Quinlan: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#10 Best Films of 2022: Thomas Flew: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#10 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#11 Best Films of 2021: Adam Nayman: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#12 Best Films of 2021: Edo Choi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#12 Best Films of 2021: Adrian Curry: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#13 Best Movies of 2021: Screen Slate
#13 Best Films of 2021: Jonathan Romney: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#15 The Best Films of 2021: A.V. Club
#16 Top 50 Films of 2021: Robert Daniels
#16 Best Films of 2021: Vadim Rizov: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#17 Best Films of 2021: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#24 The Best Movies of 2021: Nick Schager: Esquire
#27 The 50 Best Movies of 2021: Paste

Best Films of 2022: Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2021: Matías Piñeiro: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
Top 10 Films of 2021: Benoit Rouilly
Top 10 Films of 2022: Emily Barnett: Les Inrocks
21 Most Underrated Movies of 2021: Cassie da Costa: Vanity Fair
Best Films of 2021: Steve Erickson: GCN
Best Films of 2021: Spectrum Culture
Favorite Movies of 2022: Barack Obama
Best Films of 2021: Erika Balsom: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
Best Films of 2021: Caden Mark Gardner: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
Top 10 Films of 2021: Screen Queens One Vote Short of Joining the Top 10
The Best Movies of 2021: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times Honorable mention
The Ten Best Films of 2021: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid Honorable mention

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