It’s that time of the year again when film fans reflect on the year’s highs and lows at the cinema and share their own personal choices of what were the cream of the crop in 2016. So without further ado, here are my favourites of the year (*NB -…
It’s that time of the year again when film fans reflect on the year’s highs and lows at the cinema and share their own personal choices of what were the cream of the crop in 2016. So without further ado, here are my favourites of the year (*NB – My list includes films released both in the UK and US in 2016).
1: La La Land
When it came to the London Film Festival this autumn, the wave of anticipation for La La Land was immense: soaring after stunning reviews from Venice and other…
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The award season has begun in earnest this week with the winners of the New York Critics’ Circle awards being announced yesterday and it was Damien Chazelle’s La La Land that scooped the biggest prize for Best Film.
The award season has begun in earnest this week with the winners of the New York Critics’ Circle awards being announced yesterday and it was Damien Chazelle’s La La Land that scooped the biggest prize for Best Film.
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Manchester by the Sea arrives in a climate of significant anticipation, but Lonergan has more than lived up to his reputation as a master dramatist and delivered a film that is as emotionally rich, as technically accomplished, and as devastatingly emotional as his two previous cinematic treasures.
Manchester by the Sea arrives in a climate of significant anticipation, but Lonergan has more than lived up to his reputation as a master dramatist and delivered a film that is as emotionally rich, as technically accomplished, and as devastatingly emotional as his two previous cinematic treasures.
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Manchester by the Sea
A really good drama should move and compel the viewer in equal measure and it’s something that Kenneth Lonergen’s Manchester by the Sea offers in abundance. Bringing out a career best performance from…
So Far…
Manchester by the Sea
A really good drama should move and compel the viewer in equal measure and it’s something that Kenneth Lonergen’s Manchester by the Sea offers in abundance. Bringing out a career best performance from Casey Affleck, this intelligent, harrowing affair is one of the best in recent years, never mind this year.
Jackie
Transcending the biopic formula, Pablo Larrain’s take on the aftermath of the JFK assassination is a chilling endeavour that…
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It’s that time of the year again when film fans reflect on the year’s highs and lows at the cinema and share their own personal choices of what were the cream of the crop in 2016. So without further ado, here are my favourites of the year (*NB -…
It’s that time of the year again when film fans reflect on the year’s highs and lows at the cinema and share their own personal choices of what were the cream of the crop in 2016. So without further ado, here are my favourites of the year (*NB – My list includes films released both in the UK and US in 2016).
1: La La Land
When it came to the London Film Festival this autumn, the wave of anticipation for La La Land was immense: soaring after stunning reviews from Venice and other…
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An uncle is forced to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies.
An uncle is forced to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies.
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