It’s the end of the first half of 2022. Here are the best films of the year so far, as released or screened in Australia. Many of these are now available on streaming. Enjoy. Don’t forget, when you look at this list, you can join Letterboxd and follow me there. It’s a film-logging platform that I recommend. CJ
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Best Films Of The Year
Happy holidays. Here’s my Top 15 of 2020, as published in FilmInk Magazine. All were released in Australia, either in cinemas, via streaming or VOD, during the calendar year. I suspect most if not all of them are now available for home viewing. Enjoy! Your comments are welcome. CJ
CJ’s Top 15 of 2020
THE FILM MAFIA / MOVIELAND AWARDS 2014!
What a great year for going to the movies. Here are the MOVIELAND / FILMMAFIA AWARDS 2014. Below, you’ll find our Top Ten for the year. Also, listen to the ceremony on the Movieland Podcast here:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/movieland-awards-2014/id668507582?i=328380848&mt=2
Best Film:
Best Direction:
Ruben Östlund for Force Majeure
Best Feature Documentary:
20,000 Days On Earth by Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth
Best Australian Film:
(only given when Best Film is not Australian)
Felony
Director Matthew Saville
Best Lead Performance by a Man:
Director Steven Knight
Best Lead Performance by a Woman:
Luminita Gheorghiu, Child’s Pose
Director Calin Peter Netzer
Best Supporting Performance by a Man:
JK Simmons, Whiplash
Director Damien Chazelle
Best Supporting Performance by a Woman:
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Director Richard Linklater
Best Original Screenplay:
Director Dan Gilroy
Best Adapted Screenplay:
A Most Wanted Man by Andrew Bovell
Director Anton Corbijn
Best Edit:
Tom Cross for Whiplash
Director Damien Chazelle
Best Cinematography:
Fredrik Wenzel for Force Majeure
Director Ruben Östlund
Best Production Design:
Adam Stockhausen for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Director Wes Anderson
Best Original Score:
Daniel Landin for Under The Skin
Director Jonathan Glazer
Worst Film:
Tammy
Director Ben Falcone
Top Ten
10) Whiplash – Damien Chazelle, with excellent performances from JK Simmons and Miles Teller.
9) We Are The Best! – Lukas Moodysson
8) Boyhood – Richard Linklater, with an intriguing performance by Ellar Coltrane, who ages from 5 to 17 in the film, and excellent support from Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke.
7) Two Days, One Night – the Dardenne Brothers, with a superb lead performance by Marion Cotillard.
6) Under The Skin – Jonathan Glazer
5) The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, with Ralph Fiennes at his comedic zenith.
4) A Most Wanted Man – Anton Corbijn, with Phillip Seymour Hoffman in one of the roles he left behind.
3) Locke – Steven Knight, with Tom Hardy in an astonishing performance.
2) Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy, with an excellent Jake Gyllenhaal.
1) Force Majeure – Ruben Östlund. Film of the Year.