Tag Archives: The Past

MostlyFilm vs. the Baftas, or Our Best of 2014

February 9, 2015Best of 2014Boyhood, Edge of Tomorrow, Guardians of the Galaxy, Her, Inside Llewyn Davis, No likey? No lighty!, Paddington, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Past, The Wolf of Wall Street, Under the SkinMostlyFilm

This last look at the best films of 2014 will change your life. Or at least help you discover a fun place to hang out on the internet.

'Ethan, dude, both our movies made the MostlyFilm top five!' 'Ah, sweet bro.' — ‘Ethan, dude, both our movies made the MostlyFilm top five!’ ‘Ah, sweet bro.’

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The Past

March 28, 2014Best of 2011, Best of 2014, New ReleasesA Separation, Asghar Farhadi, Iranian Cinema, The PastRon Swanson

Asghar Farhadi directed A Separation, one of the best films of the decade so far. His new film is called The Past. Ron Swanson thinks it is the work one of the the greatest filmmakers working today. You need to read what he says, and then see the film.

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Blue is the Warmest Colour

May 31, 2013Film Festivals, French cinemaBlue is the Warmest Colour, Cannes, sex, The Great Beauty, The PastRon Swanson

‘Ron Swanson’ reports from the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

The 66^th Cannes Film Festival ended just less than a week ago. In that time, I’ve attempted to clarify my feelings about what I thought, as I left France, was the strongest festival I’ve attended so far. It turns out that I agree with my younger self. This year saw three absolutely exceptional films, as well as a handful of other superb efforts. To clarify, the three best films I saw, The Past, The Great Beauty and Blue is the Warmest Colour elicited the strongest reaction from me since A Separation, which I believe is the best film of the past ten years or so.

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