Top30 Film Discoveries of 2018
This year I bested myself. From the 384 movies that I saw, I’ll make my customary list of favorite films discoveries from year 2014 downward.
This year I bested myself. From the 384 movies that I saw, I’ll make my customary list of favorite films discoveries from year 2014 downward.
‘The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists.’ — H. Allen Smith
Au revoir l’été is a delicate coming-of-age story that follows a young woman named Sakuko as she visits her quiet seaside town and forms relationships with the locals.
There are a lot of movie all over the world, some left in distribution limbo, some others left unsubtitled, so this is my attempt at making some sort of comprehensive list of what I thought was great… with some surprises, like last year.
Anurag Kashyap’s Ugly Tetsuya Nakashima’s The World of Kanako (渇き。)
Tusks were out, discussions on distribution dates were put on the table, and some hard lobbying was done to put our favorites forward to battle it out. As a result, though local movie distribution is still king, we have some very awesome titles sprinkled here and there for everyone’s taste.
We took a little longer to get together and talk about the movies we wanted to watch this 2014… but here they are in all their glory. Over 60 films were in contention, but only 15 got the most votes.
Lo and behold. ‘Tis a thing of beauty. The first trailer to Tetsuya Nakashima’s adaptation of Akio Fukamachi’s novel.
Takashi Miike reminds everyone just how much of a master he is at slow-burning horror with an intense and entertaining film.
Hello, YAMMies! Welcome to our brand new section Around the World! In this new feature, we will be looking at our TOP10 visiting countries’ entertainment. This week… it’s all about Snow White and the Huntsman!