Wednesday, December 2, 2015

2015 Movies

Saw a lot of movies this year primarily via NetFlix. Not a firm placement but these were ones feel worth mentioning.

Wild Tales (Argentina, hilarious)
Force Majeure (Danish, philosophical on gender roles et more)
Mr. Turner (classical setting)
NightCrawler (how depraved will one become for a dollar)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (wish every teen film was done as well as this one)
Heaven and Earth (1993, Third part of Oliver Stone's trilogy on Vietnam War)
Whiplash (how driven are you)
Ex Machina (robots)
Meru (stunning visual documentary of mountain climbing with great backstory)
La Samourai (1967 French, classic crime noire)
Sunset Boulevard (1950, Hollywood egos)
A Most Violent Year (great atmosphere, crime drama)
Far From the Madding Crowd (1967, good love story)
Rebecca (1940, Spookie)
White God (how does one evolve when subject to abuse)
The Raid 2 (Indonesian, action film better than the first)
Song of the Sea (Danish animation)
The Past (gradual healing from hopelessness to hope)
Short Term 12 (kids in trouble and people who try to help them)
The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Japanese animation from Studio Ghibli)
When Marnie Was There (Studio Ghibli)

Televsion
Sherlock (PBS, so glad we found this, great stuff)
Game of Thrones (HBO, a bit over the top at times on sex and violence but still worthwhile)