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Issue 31: Reflections on 2015

December 2015

FAQ About The Best Movie Of 2015

Fran Hoepfner·
Issue 31: Reflections on 2015
Magic Mike XXL isn’t a movie that panders to women; it’s a movie that worships women. Read More
Cate Blanchett in CAROL | art by Brianna Ashby

The Lady Pays Off

Karina Wolf·
Issue 31: Reflections on 2015
As Carol, Blanchett is both boldly assured and covertly lost. Her voice is deepened and authoritative, her body language at once contained and careless. Read More

Outside Inside Out, Looking In: A Parent’s Reflections

Chad Perman·
Issue 31: Reflections on 2015
Inside Out is a big-budget, mass-market Hollywood studio movie that actually embraces sadness as a necessary thing. Read More

Either it’s Raining, or I’m Dreaming

Kelsey Ford·
Issue 31: Reflections on 2015
That old Joan Didion aphorism—“We tell ourselves stories in order to live”—has never felt more real to me than it did this year. Read More

Ride Eternal

Tarra Martin·
Issue 31: Reflections on 2015
This is at the core of what I love most about the Mad Max franchise: each film manages to present the deeply traditional in a way that somehow feels daringly original. Read More

Sexuality and Crimson Peak

Jessica Ritchey·
Issue 31: Reflections on 2015
Crimson Peak is a beautiful, aching meditation on grief, mourning, and the scars that our physical and psychic histories leave on us. Read More

How Do You Say No to God?

Christopher Fraser·
Issue 31: Reflections on 2015
The reporters in Spotlight, finally seeing a grand old institution for the corrupt monster that it is, channel their newfound anger into shining a light in the darkness. Read More

Elegance, Beauty, Anxiety and Torment

Lisa McElroy·
Issue 31: Reflections on 2015
I’m rarely reminded of Godard when watching modern movies, but Saint Laurent, a biopic that reads more like a time-travel historical dialogue shot by 60s-era Godard, comes pretty close. Read More

Drink and a Movie: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988)

Alissa Wilkinson·
ColumnsIssue 31: Reflections on 2015
By the end of the season I’m feeling not quite blue, but maybe a little silver, and I want to nestle into remembering that there is a fine tomorrow on its way no matter how dark today is. Read More

BW/DR Staff Picks: The Best Films of 2015

Bright Wall/Dark Room·
Issue 31: Reflections on 2015
Our editorial staff and regular contributors on the movies they liked most in 2015. Read More

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