This review is part of a series of the best of the decade. You can read the other entries in the list by clicking this link. This review contains full spoilers for The Killing of a Sacred Deer and I recommend watching before reading this. Unless deliberately trying to trick you (a la Audition), films will generally inform …
The Wind Rises
This review is part of a series of the best of the decade. You can read the other entries in the list by clicking this link. This review contains full spoilers for The Wind Rises and I recommend watching before reading this. It’s hard to do something like pick a ‘favourite Ghibli’ film, because ranking them seems …
Antiporno and The Handmaiden
This review is part of a series of the best of the decade. You can read the other entries in the list by clicking this link. This review contains full spoilers for Antiporno as well as The Handmaiden and I recommend watching both before reading this. I seem to be doing a lot of double handers for this list, and …
La La Land
This review is part of a series of the best of the decade. You can read the other entries in the list by clicking this link. This review contains full spoilers for La La Land as well as Whiplash and I recommend watching both before reading this. I had a lot of hard debates with myself when making …
Parasite
This review is part of a series of the best of the decade. You can read the other entries in the list by clicking this link. This review contains full spoilers for Parasite as well as minor spoilers for The Lighthouse and I recommend watching both before reading this. When making a list of the films …
Mad Max: Fury Road
This review is part of a series of the best of the decade. You can read the other entries in the list by clicking this link. This review contains spoilers for Mad Max: Fury Road and I recommend watching before reading this. I remember extremely vividly going to see Mad Max: Fury Road in cinemas - I was …
A Serious Man
This review is part of a series of the best of the decade. You can read the other entries in the list by clicking this link. This review contains spoilers for A Serious Man and I recommend watching before reading this. It’s a new year and indeed a new decade – with this somewhat arbitrary …
toatali’s best TV shows of the decade
As the 2010s come to a close, I too decide to hop on the bandwagon of judging which of its many creations are allowed to be remembered. The rules are simple; only shows which started their run in 2010 or later qualify for this list (there’s one cheat, but the first season is short and …
Phantom Thread
This is one of those posts that I’ve been slightly dreading writing. Whenever I have to write about something I don’t particularly like, or something that I’ve only recently seen or played, the words and ideas flow pretty reasonably. But when it’s a piece of media like this, that I have such a strong affection …