The cream of cinema’s crop
For these ten films, and many others I’ve liked or loved this year, it’s impossible to separate them from the current times. As the world shifts in unpredictable ways, we turn to cinema for a way to process seismic events from a safe remove.
Films can’t solve all the problems of the world; only we can do that, but at its best, cinema offers a reprieve from the everyday. It can act as a mirror to our failings and help us understand them, or offer a glimpse of a better way. For these ten films, and many others I’ve liked or loved this year, it’s impossible to separate them from the current times. As the world shifts ...
