{"id":111264,"date":"2015-12-18T06:38:55","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T11:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=111264"},"modified":"2015-12-22T18:22:25","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T23:22:25","slug":"my-top-10-films-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=111264","title":{"rendered":"My Top Films of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>Here&#8217;s the top 10<\/big>. This is the list I submitted to Rogerebert.com, for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/balder-and-dash\/the-individual-top-tens-of-2015\" target=\"blank\">Individual Top 10s of 2015.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Elly<\/strong> (made in 2009, but just getting a US release now. By the great Asghar Farhadi. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=97460\" target=\"_blank\">Review here.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clouds of Sils Maria<\/strong> (2014; d. Olivier Assayas. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=90193\" target=\"_blank\">Review here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Girlhood<\/strong> (2015; d. Celine Sciamma. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/girlhood-2015\" target=\"blank\">Review here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Magic Mike XXL<\/strong> (2015; d. Gregory Jacobs)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mad Max: Fury Road<\/strong> (2015; d. George Miller)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phoenix<\/strong> (2015; d. Christian Petzold. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=106198\" target=\"blank\">Review here.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Creed<\/strong> (2015; d. Ryan Coogler. Wrote about it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/balder-and-dash\/the-ten-best-films-of-2015\" target=\"_blank\">for Rogerebert.com&#8217;s 10 Best Films of 2015<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>By the Sea<\/strong> (2015; d. Angelina Jolie Pitt. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=110103\" target=\"blank\">Review here.<\/a>. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=110896\" target=\"blank\">more thoughts on it here.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taxi<\/strong> (2015; d. Jafar Panahi. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=106914\" target=\"blank\">Review here.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brooklyn<\/strong> (2015; d. John Crowley).<\/p>\n<p><big>Other wonderful films from 2015:<\/big><\/p>\n<p><i>The Revenant<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Mistress America<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Love &#038; Mercy<\/i> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=103933\" target=\"_blank\">Review here.<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>The Assassin<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=109837\" target=\"blank\">review here<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>Welcome To Me<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Spotlight<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/spotlight-2015\" target=\"blank\">review here<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=98702\" target=\"blank\">saw at Ebertfest<\/a>.)<br \/>\n<em>Crimson Peak<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/crimson-peak-2015\" target=\"blank\">review here<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>Mustang<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=110768\" target=\"blank\">review here<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>Carol<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/carol-2015\" target=\"blank\">review here<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>It Follows<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Arabian Nights<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Ocean of Helena Lee<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=97428\" target=\"blank\">review here<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>Goodnight Mommy<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/interviews\/cinema-that-attacks-you-the-directors-of-goodnight-mommy\" target=\"blank\">interviewed the directors<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>El Cinco<\/em> (this doesn&#8217;t really count: I saw it at Tribeca and it hasn&#8217;t had a US release yet. But I loved it and would love for people to keep their eyes peeled for it. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/festivals-and-awards\/tribeca-2015-el-cinco\" target=\"blank\">Review here<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>Meadowland<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/interviews\/life-experience-reed-morano-on-meadowland\" target=\"blank\">interviewed the director<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>Christmas, Again<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/christmas-again-2015\" target=\"blank\">review here<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>Eden<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/eden-2015\" target=\"blank\">review here<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>Ex Machina<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=104112\" target=\"blank\">review here<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>Inside Out<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Diary of a Teenage Girl<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/the-diary-of-a-teenage-girl-2015\" target=\"blank\">review here<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>Straight Outta Compton<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=106253\" target=\"blank\">review here<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>Room<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=108986\" target=\"blank\">review here<\/a>)<br \/>\n<i>Son of Saul<\/i><br \/>\n<em>The Martian<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=109540\" target=\"blank\">review here<\/a>)<br \/>\n<i>45 Years<\/i><br \/>\n<em>James White<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=109435\" target=\"blank\">review here<\/a>)<br \/>\n<i>The Big Short<\/i> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=111082\" target=\"blank\">review here<\/a>)<br \/>\n<i>The Mend<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Queen of Earth<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the top 10. This is the list I submitted to Rogerebert.com, for the Individual Top 10s of 2015. About Elly (made in 2009, but just getting a US release now. By the great Asghar Farhadi. Review here.) 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