Category Archives: The Best of 2013

The best films of the year 2013 – well, in my humble opinion! To qualify they have to have their first cinematic release in the UK in 2013. This is not a chart, they simply appear in the order of date posted.

IN THE HOUSE (François Ozon, 2012)

Posted on May 13, 2013 by MoodyB

Starring: Fabrice Luchini, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas You may like this if you liked: Swimming Pool (François Ozon, 2003), Stranger Than Fiction (Zach Helm, 2006), Ruby Sparks (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, 2012) Germain (Luchini) is a literature teacher … Continue reading →

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BEYOND THE HILLS (Cristian Mungiu, 2012)

Posted on April 24, 2013 by MoodyB

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Starring: Cosmina Stratan, Christina Flutur, Valeriu Andriuta You may like this if you liked: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2008), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011), Biutiful (Alejandro Gonźalez Iñárritu, 2010) Inspired … Continue reading →

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ZERO DARK THIRTY (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

Posted on April 14, 2013 by MoodyB

Starring: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong You may like this if you liked: The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008), Rendition (Gavin Hood, 2007), Green Zone (Paul Greengrass, 2010) Zero Dark Thirty is a chronicle of the ten years between … Continue reading →

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5 BROKEN CAMERAS (Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, 2011)

Posted on April 5, 2013 by MoodyB

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Starring: Emad Burnat, Soyraya Burnat, Mohammed Burnat You may like this if you liked: In This World (Michael Winterbottom, 2002), Frontier Blues (Babak Jalali, 2009), Times and Winds (Reha Erdem, 2006) 5 Broken Cameras begins with Israeli authorities erecting a … Continue reading →

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NO (Pablo Larraín, 2012)

Posted on March 25, 2013 by MoodyB

Starring: Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers You may like this if you liked: Lincoln (Steven Spielberg, 2012), The Last King of Scotland (Kevin Macdonald, 2006), Cry Freedom (Richard Attenborough, 1987) In Chile in 1988 military dictator Augusto Pinochet … Continue reading →

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SLEEP TIGHT (Juame Balagueró, 2011)

Posted on March 20, 2013 by MoodyB

Starring: Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan You may like this if you liked: Julia’s Eyes (Guillem Morales, 2010), [Rec] (Juame Balagueró and Paco Plaza, 2007), Tesis (Alejandro Amenábar, 1996) César (Tosar) lives a lonely life in an upper … Continue reading →

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LINCOLN (Steven Spielberg, 2012)

Posted on March 17, 2013 by MoodyB

Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, John Hawkes You may like this if you liked: Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962), Che: Part Two (Steven Soderbergh, 2008), Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004) America 1865: Abraham Lincoln has just been re-elected as … Continue reading →

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LES MISÉRABLES (Tom Hooper, 2012) viewed on 5/3/13

Posted on March 7, 2013 by MoodyB

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway You may like this if you liked: Dancer in the Dark (Lars Von Trier, 2000), Evita (Alan Parker, 1996), Les Misérables (Bille August, 1998) Pretty much everyone has apparently seen the stage production … Continue reading →

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FLIGHT (Robert Zemeckis, 2012) viewed on 3/3/13

Posted on March 6, 2013 by MoodyB

  Starring: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Nadine Velazquez You may like this if you liked: Philadelphia (Jonathan Demme, 1993), Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood, 2008), Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgis, 1995) Airline pilot Whip Whitaker (Washington) lives an extremely hedonistic lonely … Continue reading →

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