Funnily enough these are my top three non documentary features of 2015 (Look Of Silence may trump them all) and all three are movies about women directed by men and I think I can see why. Female directors (especially American, I see better work from Europeans; Girlhood was especially great this year) seem to feel that…

Well, in the literal sense this is probably true…

I have nothing but contempt for people who nonironically use that hashtag. This is probably the witchhuntiest, most epistemically closed period in the US since the 50s (on both political extremes), and I think (well, more hope) history will be baffled by what is happening.

Ryan Coogler seems to be a talented director, but he bungled Fruitvale Station so badly that I would withhold any enthusiasm until I have seen what he comes up with. He seems to be stuck in a rut where he makes well constructed, semi-lifeless borderline "important" movies that is ostensibly about the African American…

What I liked about Mad Max apart from the bonkers visuals (maybe a bit too bonkers at times), was that it had actual themes that were actually developed as the film went on, and the themes by some magic (because of the long time it took to make the film) ended up being pretty damned relevant in 2015 (feminism of…

Any movie regarded as the best of the year should do something interesting artistically, show you something you have not seen or challenge you, and this just didn't. There is measured and there is safely competent, and for me this is the latter.

I have seen both Spotlight and The Cobbler and yes, Spotlight is much better (The Cobbler is a perfectly decent idea totally wasted), but putting it on a list of the best films of the year mystifies me. It is the typical "Remember that thing that happened? This is about that thing." movie the academy and provincial…

The starting acceleration alone would crush his bones.

It suffers from having to explain what is going on psychologically with the lead in the beginning, but the remaining 90% is probbly my favorite American movie of the 50s.

I seem to recall from a documentary I saw more than 20 years ago that child pornography was sold openly in Denmark in the seventies (seem to recall something like this about Netherlands as well). Different time for sure…

I would agree. I have actually watched "Wish I Was Here", and while it was not perfect or even quite good it had some nice emotional and comic moments and I don't regret watching it. My main complaint would be the brother/furry subplot that did not pay off at all.

I also liked To The Wonder, but while I think it is more even movie than Tree Of Life the second hour of ToL is probably the best hour of new cinema I have seen the last decade (it really struck me in the gut), while TTW worked more on an intellectual level.

L.A.Confidential is one scene (Rollo Tomasi is just lazy screenwriting) away from being a perfect film.

I have an idea of a Terrence Malick "Superman" where you never really see Superman (or Clark Kent) but just keep him just out of frame the entire time and see that even if the effect on nature of him using his powers is awesome, in the long term it is as if he was never here. It would be financial suicide, and funnily…

I have never (and will never) read the books, and I watched each film half remembering what happened in the last one, but for me Azkaban is the best pure film by a pretty huge margin. I thought it could be because it was the only one I had watched in a cinema until the last one, but I found that one too to be pretty…

Saw Color Purple last year just after watching 12 Years A Slave and thought it was clearly a better movie over all. And I am not a fan of Spielberg at all (I thought Lincoln was embarassingly bad).

I thought about this recently; Marvel is now a machine that makes B+ to C+ level films consistently but I don't think they will ever make a masterpiece because they don't take real chances. I feel that if a truly great superhero film comes it will probably come from DC/WB as long as they make their directors/writers…

Yes, it was kind of bad. I liked that it was very violent as Punisher movies should be, but it was C-level at best. Also saw her Hooligan movie last week; that was a little better even if it felt fake as hell. Maybe she just needs better screenplays and some more practice? But she is at least slightly better at action…

I liked it. It is mostly a theme/idea movie that is open to many interpretations (although only mine is valid) and doesn't seem that interested in the narrative (which is passable, nothing more). It also has some quality nudity in the last half, so there is that…

My three favorites (still not listed; two are certain, one dubious) is Tree Of Life, Social Network and Spring Breakers, but I think Take Shelter would make my top 5 if I choose to interpret the ending in a way that makes the movie awesome and not the other way…