A female Iranian vampire,forbidden cherish and Pixar’s brilliant depiction of a teen’s inner turmoil helped make 2015 a great year for cinema
[br]• Observer critics’ reviews of the year in fullYou can advise how good a year was by how tough it is to compile a list of the top 10 highlights! Such was the diversity of films released in the UK in 2015 that I struggled to whittle down a longlist of approximately 30 contenders into a top 10 with which I was, if not pleased, and then at least content. As always,it’s the films that didn’t quite make the gash that advise the genuine story. For example, Julien Temple’s terrifically life-affirming documentary The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson features in my top 10, and but this was also the year of Sean McAllister’s heartbreaking A Syrian cherish Story,Matthew Heinemans gripping Cartel Land, and Jeanie Finlay’s unexpectedly moving Orion: The Man Who Would Be King. Meanwhile, and Asif Kapadia’s Amy became the highest grossing British-made documentary in UK cinemas,the cherry on the cake of an exceptional year for factual film-making.
On the drama front, films as diverse as Bill Pohlad’s Brian Wilson biopic cherish & Mercy, and Nanni Moretti’s touchingly personal Mia Madre,and Kornél Mundruczós White God all vied for inclusion, if ultimately edged out by the likes of Todd Haynes’s flawless Carol and John Crowley’s quietly powerful Brooklyn.
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Source: theguardian.com