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  • Things to Come
  • Manchester by the Sea
  • Jackie
  • A Ghost Story
  • Lady Macbeth

2017 In Order Of Preference

50 films Edit list

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

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

MIFF 2016 Ranked In Order of Preference

76 films 3 1 Edit list

What I saw from best to worst at MIFF 2016, attended 83 sessions this year including a couple of sets of shorts, an editing masterclass and virtual reality session and Lav Diaz's 3 session gobbling A

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

My Top 20 Films of 2015

20 films Edit list

Seen either on release or in festivals. As per usual, some obvious missing films might have been on last year's list or I haven't seen them yet such as Carol. A couple of films benefited from

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

MIFF 2015 Ranked In Order of Preference

83 films 2 Edit list

The Melbourne International Film Festival films ranked in order of preference. Booked into all 89 sessions and only skipped 4. Lav Diaz's From What Is Before gobbled 3 sessions and shorts and Vertical Cinema another couple

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