10/10: Ulrich Köhler

The filmmaker behind In My Room, opening Friday, shares ten favorite films from the last ten years — in his own words, “Difficult, tough choices.”

– in chronological order –

1. Material (Thomas Heise, 2009)

2. Police, Adjective (Corneliu Porumbuiu, 2009)

3. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010)

4. This Is Not a Film (Jafar Panahi, 2011)

5. Summer of Giacomo (Alessandro Comodin, 2011)

6. Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine, 2012)

7. The Human Surge (Eduardo Williams, 2016)

8. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

9. The Wild Pear Tree (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2018)

10. Present.Perfect (Shengze Zhu, 2019)

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Ulrich Köhler’s In My Room opens on October 11.

10/10 is an ongoing series in which we ask cinephiles to name their ten favorite films from the last ten years (currently, between 2010 and 2019).