Top 20 Films of 2017: #1 – Get Out Kambole Campbell December 31, 2017 Analysis, Features Spoilers ahead. This isn’t the best made film on the list. Just to get the acknowledgement out of the way early – Get Out is Jordan Peele’s first solo film as writer and director, and it occasionally...
Top 20 Films of 2017: #2 – Moonlight Rhys Handley December 30, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 In 2017, differences of perspective mutated into an aggressive disruption of common truth. Facts are no longer sacred in societal discourse, meaning philosophical debate is now often a battle over the...
Top 20 Films of 2017: #3 – Star Wars: The Last Jedi Matt Whittle December 29, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 *Spoilers within this article* Star Wars has reinvigorated the event blockbuster. In a time of cinematic universes and sequels scrambling for space on a crowded schedule, audiences are spoilt for choice; no...
Top 20 Films of 2017: #4 – The Florida Project Thom Denson December 28, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 As award season started to creep into focus – a time for biopics and slightly stuffy intellectual dramas – with The Florida Project, we received one of the most life-affirming films of the last few...
Top 20 Films of 2017: #5 – Dunkirk Louise Burrell December 27, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 In May 1940, 400,000 allied soldiers found themselves stranded on the beaches of Dunkirk, penned in by German troops and sitting ducks for attacks from the Luftwaffe. What followed was a huge evacuation...
Top 20 Films of 2017: #6 – La La Land Tom Bond December 26, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 “People love what other people are passionate about. You remind them of what they’ve forgotten.” – Mia (Emma Stone) What’s in a dream? It’s the gap between fantasy and reality. It’s what makes...
The Prestige Is More Than Just Two Great Twists Rory Steabler December 26, 2017 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia The title of The Greatest Showman, out this week, refers to the 19th-century circus entrepreneur P.T. Barnum, though it could just as well refer to the movie’s star. Hugh Jackman has proved again and again...
Short of the Week – Florence Has Left the Building Rory Steabler December 25, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/247645868 Merry Christmas! Why not celebrate the festive season with the residents of Marigold House Assisted Living Facility as they enjoy their annual Elvis concert? Why not...
Top 20 Films Of 2017: #7 – The Handmaiden Cathy Brennan December 24, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Damn, Maddie took my opening line. OK then, The Handmaiden is exquisite. Few films this year feel as complete. Usually the best works have one quality that makes them stand out, whether that be a stellar...
Top 20 Films of 2017: #8 – Toni Erdmann Calum Baker December 23, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 You've no doubt heard the old Italian joke (well, the joke quoted in Watchmen at least) about the depressed man who, passing through a small town, decides enough is enough and he needs help. "Dottore," he...
“Darkness Rises, and Light to Meet It”: How The Last Jedi Found the Balance in the Force David Brake December 22, 2017 Analysis, Features, One Off Warning: this article contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. This is not going to go the way you think! —Luke Skywalker, The Last Jedi Ambiguity (noun). The quality of being open to more than one...
Vintage Movie Magic in Star Wars: The Last Jedi Rhys Handley December 22, 2017 Analysis, Close-Up, Features This post contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Imagine getting to make a Star Wars movie. Imagine the millions upon millions of dollars Lucasfilm would leave in your lap. Imagine the stellar...
Top 20 Films of 2017: #9 – Call Me By Your Name Madeline Joint December 22, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Call Me by Your Name is hot. Yes, the performances are at times breathtaking, the script is measured and moving, and both score and cinematography are masterful. The story of the relationship between American...
Top 20 Films of 2017: #10 – The Death of Stalin Carmen Paddock December 21, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Guard 1: Should we investigate... ? Guard 2: Should you shut the f*** up before you get us both killed? *Spoilers ahead* Armando Iannucci’s return to the big screen was widely lauded (including...
Top 20 Films of 2017: #20 to #11 David Brake December 20, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 It’s here! The One Room With A View Top 20 films of 2017 has arrived. If you thought 2017 was a poor year for movies, you didn't watch enough movies. At the very least, you didn't watch the right moves....