I had fun compiling a list of best British cult movies but putting together a year’s best of list is a taller order as I don’t actually go the cinema that much these days.
I tend to be a little over dependent on DVDs and downloads which often means I miss stuff or see things late.
I just about managed to put together a top ten, however, although keen-eyed buffs will note that some of these were actually released in 2010.
1. Tree of Life.
Terrence Malick’s epic was panned by some and booed at Cannes but for ambition, scope and sheer beauty movie experiences don’t come much better than this. Continue reading
Aki Kaurismäki is Finland’s answer to Jim Jarmusch so you know in advance that his movies won’t be action packed. His latest movie Le Havre is plot driven but events unfold in a slow, unhurried fashion and it is full of enigmatic characters who never explain their actions.
