Top Ten Movies of 2015

1- Carol

Palpable emotions dripping from every single frame. And what beautiful meticously constructed frames they are. Carol gives us the best acting duet of this year, maybe this decade, in Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.

2- Girlhood

3- 45 Years

4- Sicario

....for puting me in the thick of things and getting me as perplexed and scared as its lead character Kate Macer (Emily Blunt).

5- Brooklyn

... for the copious tears I shed and for translating the ache of homesicknes into film.

6- Tangerine

7- About Elly

The best emotional thriller of the year.
8- Macbeth

Shakespeare has never been this sexy.

9 -Diary of a Teenage Girl

........ and

10- Slow West

Introducing new confident filmmaking voices in Marielle Heller and John McLean.

Final Oscar Predictions

Best Picture

Winner: The Revenant

Alternate: The Big Short

Best Directing

Winner: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant

Alternate: Adam McKay, The Big Short

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Alternate: Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Winner: Brie Larson, Room

Alternate: Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner: Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Alternate: Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Winner: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Alternate: Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

Winner: Spotlight

Alternate: Straight Outta Compton

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Winner: The Big Short

Alternate: The Martian

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Best Animated Feature

Winner: Inside Out

Alternate: Anomalisa

Best Foreign Language Film

Winner: Son of Saul

Alternate: Mustang

Best Documentary Feature

Winner: Amy

Alternate: What Happened, Miss Simone?

Best Documentary Short

Winner: Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah

Alternate: Body Team 12

Best Short Film (Animated)

Winner: Sanjay's Super Team

Alternate: World of Tomorrow

Best Short Film (Live Action)

Winner: Shok

Alternate: Day One

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Best Music (Original Score)

Winner: The Hateful Eight

Alternate: Carol

Best Music (Original Song)

Winner: Til It Happens to You, The Hunting Ground

Alternate: Writing's On The Wall, Spectre

Best Film Editing

Winner: The Big Short

Alternate: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Cinematography

Winner: The Revenant

Alternate: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Art Direction

Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road

Alternate: The Revenant

Best Costume Design

Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road

Alternate: Carol

Best Makeup

Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road

Alternate: The Revenant

Best Sound Mixing

Winner: The Revenant

Alternate: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Sound Editing

Winner: The Revenant

Alternate: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Visual Effects

Winner: The Revenant

Alternate: Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens