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2017 In Order Of Preference

50 films

Films seen in either new release or at film festivals in 2017 ranked from favourite to most disliked. Ratings usually…

  • Carol
  • Toni Erdmann
  • Embrace of the Serpent
  • Aquarius
  • Mustang

My favourite films of 2016 - Top 10

10 films

My top 10 films of 2016 seen either on new release or in festivals. As per usual this list will…

  • Toni Erdmann
  • Tokyo Story
  • Aquarius
  • A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
  • Late Spring

MIFF 2016 Ranked In Order of Preference

76 films

What I saw from best to worst at MIFF 2016, attended 83 sessions this year including a couple of sets…

  • Carol
  • Embrace of the Serpent
  • Mustang
  • The Fits
  • Anomalisa

The Best of 2016 so far......

10 films

Before I embark on watching 80+ films in 17 days during MIFF. Here's my favourite films so far this year.

  • Phoenix
  • The Duke of Burgundy
  • From What Is Before
  • The Club
  • Leviathan

My Top 20 Films of 2015

20 films

Seen either on release or in festivals. As per usual, some obvious missing films might have been on last year's…

  • The Duke of Burgundy
  • From What Is Before
  • The Club
  • Tokyo Olympiad
  • The Pearl Button

MIFF 2015 Ranked In Order of Preference

83 films

The Melbourne International Film Festival films ranked in order of preference. Booked into all 89 sessions and only skipped 4.…

  • 12 Years a Slave
  • Gravity
  • The Great Beauty
  • The Hunt
  • Nebraska

The 2014 Best Picture Nominees In Order of Preference

14 films

Just to complicate things I've mixed them in with the Best Foreign Picture nominees.

  • Two Days, One Night
  • Boyhood
  • Timbuktu
  • Mommy
  • Norte, The End of History

MIFF 2014 Ranked In Order of Preference

78 films

82 out of 89 Sessions attended including 78 features and a whole bunch of shorts, here's how I rated what…

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