The Best Films of 2015

This year I was invited to vote in a variety of awards and polls of the best films of the year, each with their own specific rules regarding what was and wasn’t eligible. First was the Online Film Critics Society, an organisation which I have been a member of for three years now. Their awards were announced … Read more

Cannes: Mad Max and modern technology, modern action and modern storytelling

Cannes: Mad Max and modern technology, modern action and modern storytelling

The big budget cinema of spectacle should be better than it used to be. These films should improve with every passing year, as new technologies are developed and filmmakers are given a whole range of cutting-edge toys for their toolbox and, at the same time, the rich history of cinematic ideas and images they can draw … Read more