A Great Year for The Interrupters

An amazing year for The Interrupters ends with the film receiving multiple placings on lists of the Best Films and/or Best Documentaries of 2011. The film has been such a critical success that P.O.V. declared it "The Best Documentary of 2011"; Steve James was named "Film Person of the Year" by Paste Magazine, and interrupter Ameena Matthews was chosen as "Chicagoan of the Year in Film" by The Chicago Tribune!

Here's a full rundown of the many other Top 10 placings and plaudits The Interrupters has received from critics. Thank you to everyone who has supported the film this year!

• Critics poll; IndieWIRE: #1 documentary of 2011.
• Critics poll; Village Voice: #1 documentary of 2011 (also the interrupters featured as "people of the year").
• Roger Ebert; Chicago Sun-Times: #1 documentary of 2011.
• National Society of Film Critics: #2 documentary of 2011.
• Matt Singer; IFC.com: #3 film of 2011.
• Wesley Morris; Boston Globe: #4 film of 2011.
• Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: #5 film of 2011 (video).
• Ben Kenigsberg (at #3); A.A. Dowd (#10); Time Out Chicago: Best films of 2011.
• Kenneth Turan; Los Angeles Times: Films of the year (unranked).
• Dana Stevens; Slate: Top 10 films of the year (unranked).
• Michael Dunaway; Paste Magazine: #4 film of 2011, #1 documentary of 2011.
• Lisa Schwarzbaum; Entertainment Weekly: #9 film of 2011.
• Richard Brody; The New Yorker: #11 film of 2011.
• Andrea Gronvall; Chicago Reader / Movie City News: #1 film of 2011.
• Michael Brooke; Matthew Thrift; and Nick Bradshaw; Sight & Sound: top 5 films of 2011.
• Robert Levin; The Atlantic/Film School Rejects: #2 film of 2011.
• Frank Paiva; MSN.com: #2 film of 2011.
• James Rocchi; MSN.com: #4 film of 2011.
• Chuck Bowen; Slant: #8 film of 2011.
• Jennifer Merin; About Documentaries Guide: Best Documentaries of 2011 (unranked).
• Critics Poll; Film Comment: #26 film of the year (#3 documentary).
• Lauren Wissot; Filmmaker Magazine: Top 11 Festival Films of 2011 (unranked).
• Kim Voynar; Movie City News: Top 10 documentaries of 2011 (unranked).
• Cary Darling; Fort-Worth Star-Telegram: #2 film of 2011.
• Basil Tsiokos (at #1), Chris Horton (at #1) Matt Dentler (at #6), Jeff Deutchman (at #10): IndieWIRE industry poll, films of 2011.
• Eric Hynes; Museum of the Moving Image: 'Film Moment of the Year: Flamo's redemption'.
• Steve Norwood; Controlled Burning: #1 documentary of 2011.
• Alexandra Zeevalkink; DocGeeks: #1 documentary of 2011.
• Ira Deutchman; IraDeutchman.com: #2 film of 2011.
• Shawn Levy; The Oregonian: #2 film of 2011.
• Rob Thomas; 77Square / Madison.com: #2 film of 2011.
• Kevin Jagernauth; The Playlist: #5 film of 2011.
• Scott Tobias; NPR: '5 breakthrough documentaries' (unranked).
• Staff of The Film Stage: #3 documentary of 2011.
• Staff of Cinespect: Top 10 documentary of 2011 (unranked).
• Rene Rodriguez; Miami Herald: #7 film of 2011.
• Gerald Peary; Boston Phoenix: #6 film of 2011.
• Gary Susman; PopCultureWarrior: #5 film of 2011.
• Sam Adams; Onion AV Club: #9 film of 2011.
• Tasha Robinson; Onion AV Club: #7 film of 2011.
• Duane Dudek; Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Top 10 films of 2011 (unranked).
• David Plummer; Windy City LIVE!: #10 film of the year.
• Steven Rosen; Cincinatti City Beat: 2011's 10 best documentaries (unranked).
• Michael Ewins; E-Film Blog: #3 film of 2011.
• Jay Cheel (#6), Charlotte Cook (top 10, unranked); The Documentary Blog top films of 2011.
• Ashley Clark; Permanent Plastic Helmet: #4 film of 2011.
• Garry McConnachie; Daily Record: #7 film of 2011.
• AP Kryza; Wilamette Week: #3 film of 2011 (and "Duke's Funeral" as #2 Memorable Scene of 2011).
• Christopher Campbell, Movies.com: #11 documentary of 2011.
• Staff of The Onion AV Club; #14 film of 2011.
• Rob Christopher; Chicagoist: Top 10 films of 2011 (unranked).
• Steven Pate; Chicagoist: "Chicago's film of the year."
• Brian Tallerico; Hollywood Chicago: #6 film of the year.
• Joe Gastineau; The Wooden Kimono: #9 film of 2011.
• Amy Lee and Gazelle Emami; Huffington Post: Best films of 2011: 11 great films you may have missed (unranked).
• Staff of The Loft Cinema: #5 film of 2011.
• Chris Hewitt; Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn): #7 film of 2011.
• Kevin Gosztola; The Dissenter: Top 10 films of 2011 (unranked).
• Anthony Kaufman; ReelPolitik/IndieWIRE: Top 11 political movies of 2011 (unranked).
• Staff of Moviefone: #34 film of 2011.
• Richard Corliss; TIME: Ameena Matthews #5 "Top 10 film performances of 2011"
• Staff of The Interrobang: #2 documentary of 2011.
• Roxane Hudon; Montreal Mirror: #6 film of 2011.
• Lynn Venhaus; Belleville News-Democrat: #5 film of 2011 (#1 documentary).
• Mihir Desai; Moi Fight Club: #1 documentary of 2011.
• Neil White; Every Film in 2011 / The Derby Telegraph: #3 film of 2011.
• Robert Hamer; AwardsCircuit.com: #3 film of 2011.
• Paul Hall; Common Guy's Film Reviews: #6 film of 2011.

The film also recently picked up a few more new awards nominations:

Winner! Chicago Film Critics Society, Best Documentary of 2011.

Nominee: Online Film Critics Society, Best Documentary of 2011.

Nominee: Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Best Documentary of 2011.

Nominee: Vancouver Film Critics Circle, Best Documentary of 2011.

Nominee: Dallas Film Critics Association, Best Documentary of 2011.

Nominee: Filmspotting, Golden Brick Awards 2011.

We also want to highlight this discussion of the film, from Press TV's 'CinePolitics' show. During the show, critic Ian Haydn Smith, editor of the International Film Guide, called The Interrupters "one of the most important films about American society made in the last 10-15 years."

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