Every year writing my top ten list is a struggle and like most years the ranking order of the films is fairly fluid with the exception of my top two. This was a year where I saw the majority of...
I’m not usually one to be contrarian, but it seems that this year I find myself at odds with many of the other BP writers – I found this movie year to be a particularly disappointing one. Not at all...
Each year, preparing a top ten list is both the most exciting and stressful thing I write for Battleship Pretension. An elaborate ceremony of agonizing precedes the completion of the list, debating over which ten films to commit to stone...
10. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence There is something so pure and simple about how Roy Andersson captures humanity in his films. The people depicted in his movies are always otherworldly, always separated from how we...
Choosing and ranking movies for the year is always a hard process but rewarding as well. I think I say this almost every year but there’s a lot great movies to choose from and as a whole 2015 has been...
Making my top 10 list this year was so difficult that it made me question what a top 10 list should even represent. Should the list be as accurate a depiction of the year’s ten best films as possible (insofar...
I don’t intend to demean the quality of the films stocking tops ten of previous years, but in general, I tend to only feel really passionate about my top 3-5 choices. I know I’ll stick by them as the years...