Happy New Movie Year! Here is a look back at the movie year that was.<\/p>\n
The Lists<\/strong><\/p>\n Favorite New Movies, 2015<\/a> – Strong showing from television this year. Favorites:<\/p>\n 1. Parks & Recreation<\/em> seasons 5-7 TV series abandoned in 2015: Sense8<\/em> (watched three episodes), Always Sunny<\/em> (one episode), M*A*S*H*<\/em> (most of season one, I think), and Transparent<\/em> (half of season one).<\/p>\n – It’s not fair to expect the horror movies to compete with the others. The ABCs of Death 2<\/a><\/em> (2014) – I didn’t much enjoy watching Godard’s Film Socialism<\/a><\/em>, but I enjoyed trying to figure it out afterwards, reading articles about it, writing it up. I feel like there’s value in watching Godard movies, that Film Socialism<\/em> gave me more of a sense of his late work, tying together threads from Eloge de l’amour<\/a><\/em> and Histoire(s) du Cinema<\/a><\/em>, and that his movies contain unique ideas. Here instead are some movies I watched this year (each out of obligation to a favorite filmmaker or critic) that I wish I hadn’t, containing nothing of interest.<\/p>\n MacGruber<\/a><\/em> (2010, Jorma Taccone) and I’m still mad at The Martian<\/a><\/em>, but won’t go as far as calling it a bad movie.<\/p>\n – Also watched\/enjoyed for the first time in years (in no order):<\/p>\n Nightbreed<\/a><\/em> (1990, Clive Barker)
\nFavorite Older Movies watched in 2015<\/a>
\nSeries and Retrospectives, 2015<\/a>
\nFavorite Shorts of 2015<\/a>
\n2015 Movies To Watch<\/a>
\n2010 Favorites Redux<\/a>
\nPrevious year lists<\/a><\/p>\n
\nTelevision<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n2. Rick & Morty<\/em> season 1
\n3. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt<\/em> season 1
\n4. Inside Amy Schumer<\/em> seasons 1-2
\n5. Over The Garden Wall<\/a><\/em>
\n6. Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp<\/em>
\n7. True Detective<\/a><\/em> season 1
\n8. Girls<\/em> seasons 2-3<\/p>\n
\nSHOCKtober<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHere are eight really good ones.<\/p>\n
\nCrimson Peak<\/a><\/em> (2015, Guillermo Del Toro)
\nHour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen)<\/a><\/em> (1968, Ingmar Bergman)
\nThe Hunger<\/a><\/em> (1983, Tony Scott)
\nInvasion of the Body Snatchers<\/a><\/em> (1956, Don Siegel)
\nLet Us Prey<\/a><\/em> (2014, Brian O’Malley)
\nThe Nightmare<\/a><\/em> (2015, Rodney Ascher)
\nProxy<\/a><\/em> (2013, Zack Parker)<\/p>\n
\nThe Year In Bad Movies<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nMaps to the Stars<\/a><\/em> (2014, David Cronenberg)
\nStory of My Death<\/a><\/em> (2013, Albert Serra)
\nGirl With The Dragon Tattoo<\/a><\/em> (2011, David Fincher)
\nWillow Creek<\/a><\/em> (2013, Bobcat Goldthwait)
\nBurying the Ex<\/a><\/em> (2014, Joe Dante)<\/p>\n
\nFavorite Rediscovery<\/strong>
\nThe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie<\/a><\/em> (1972, Luis Bu\u00f1uel)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAlien<\/a><\/em> (1979, Ridley Scott)
\nOur Hospitality<\/a><\/em> (1923, Buster Keaton)
\nJackie Brown<\/a><\/em> (1997, Quentin Tarantino)
\nA Bug’s Life<\/a><\/em> (1998, John Lasseter & Andrew Stanton)
\nMonsoon Wedding<\/a><\/em> (2001, Mira Nair)<\/p>\n