Blog posts by year and monthFebruary 2016
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The 2016 Kermode Awards: Part Two
Here is the second half of my annual film awards including best actor, best actress and best film...
The 2016 Kermode Awards: Part One
Here is the first half of my annual film awards made up entirely of winners that have not even been nominated for the Oscars...
Trainspotting Is Twenty
Trainspotting is 20 years old this year and turned out to be the film of a generation - here鈥檚 how I got it all wrong at the time...
Best Bond Ever
Spectre is just out on disc - I liked it a lot but my favourite Bond remains a controversial choice...
My Top Five Tilda Swinton Films
A Bigger Splash is out this week - here is my pick of Tilda Swinton鈥檚 best performances.
Surreal Life Drama
The Lobster is just out on DVD, it's a wonderfully strange piece.聽I鈥檓 also a big fan of Yorgos Lanthimos鈥� earlier feature Dogtooth...
The Big Sheep
Rams is 聽an excellent Icelandic film out today. It brought to mind Addicted To Sheep - a home-grown hit at the 2015 Sheffield Doc/Fest - they make a great double bill.
Awards Reboot
I鈥檝e been posting recently about the many strange anomalies in the awards categories. Here are some of your suggestions about how the whole system could be improved.