Foreign film Oscar shortlist announced: Greece's scandal in, France's gem out

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences seems to be ready to go to great lengths to raise the profile of the ever-tricky and unpredictable Foreign Film category.

Two years ago it set up the so-called Foreign Language Executive Committee as a result of general outrage triggered by the exclusion of Romania's 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, which many considered the best film of the year, foreign or not. The task of the Executive Committee is to pick three extra films after the first voting round to avoid embarrassing oversights.

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Best Films of 2010

Together with roast turkey and the It's A Wonderful Life TV rerun, there is no more ubiquitous Christmas feature than the Best of the Year lists.

For the last weeks we have been hearing about award nominations, film magazines' 2010 top choices and critics' rankings, but it's high time to announce the only list I am going to be fully satisfied with: my own

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