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Best of 2015, cinema, films, missed films, Movies, op ed, personal opinions, year in review, year-end lists
Every year, despite my best efforts to the contrary, I always end up missing a bushel (or two) worth of films that I would probably love…or, at the very least, get a huge kick out of. These could be films that have a tremendous amount of critical/award season buzz, productions by filmmakers/actors/writers that I follow or just things that look like they’ll be pretty interesting.
The reasons for this are myriad (my intense dislike of going to the theater; my general focus on horror and genre films, especially in the month of October; a desire to intersperse watching “new” films with past favorites; my tendency to binge-watch TV shows in between screenings) but the results are always the same: I spend the year cruising along, only to realize that it’s the end of December and I still need to see between 30-50 films.
Here, then (with very little rhyme, reason or sense of ranking), are all of the films that I missed out on this year. Needless to say, I’ll be trying to catch as many of these as I can before awards season hits but, for purposes of our end-of-the-year lists, these are all the ones that got away.
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Bridge of Spies
Creed
James White
Steve Jobs
Krampus (missing this one hurt)
Chi-raq
Spotlight
Room
Trumbo
In the Heart of the Sea
45 Years
The Big Short
Joy
The Revenant (missing this one really hurt)
Anomalisa
Amy
Timbuktu
’71
Appropriate Behavior
Love & Mercy
Going Clear
Clouds of Sils Maria
The Hunting Ground
Mr. Holmes
Far From the Madding Crowd
Goodnight Mommy
The Salt of the Earth
When Marnie Was There
Still Alice
Mistress America
Carol
Sicario (another near miss that I still regret)
The Visit
Straight Outta Compton
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
99 Homes
Crimson Peak
Condemned
Movement + Location
Dementia
Anguish
Scout’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
