Ranking Every AACTA Best Picture Winner
2015 Winner

For all the bad movies that have won the AACTA, all those sins are washed away for awarding this in 2015. Truly one of the greatest movies ever made. There’s just so much I love—the subtle characterisation of the wives, Furiosa and Max’s quiet camaraderie, the score, the ingeniously simple cinematography that keeps your focus at the centre of the frame at all times (without making the rest of the screen boring),…

I feel so lucky to have seen this in a cinema. When I first saw it I was in love, but knew how unlikely it would be to see it on the big screen. So when there were two screenings announced at the cinema near me, I swapped out of my shift at work to ensure I could make one of them. I did tear up in the opening scene, partly because of the beautiful dialogue, but also just because…

I’m always here for a John Wick movie, and even a spin-off has my attention. Thankfully, this rules! There’s everything here that I love about Wick. Awesome action scenes, with varied stakes or styles of combat each time. Crazy locations, from wild neon nightclubs, to old timey gun stores, to a family restaurant in a mountain town. Overly serious dialogue that is delivered with such sincerity that you can’t help but buy in. A surprising amount of humour in the…

Well goddamn. He actually did it. 

Not only did he continue the incredible VFX work, making the world feel lived in and physical. There’s a shot of a reflective ship that made my jaw drop, and a shot of a worm that nearly made me wet my pants. 

Not only did the stunning costume work continue, showing different classes of society, practicality, and beauty. Rebecca Ferguson & Florence Pugh’s wardrobes are the standouts, but the way that every costume feels necessary…

It’s an interesting experience to see your most anticipated movie of the year (in the biggest format possible) and come away entirely whelmed. Not over- or under-, just ‘whelmed’. It’s pretty great at several points, with some literally breath-taking action sequences. The characters are entertaining to watch, even if some of them have lost some of their shine.

But the movie itself is overwhelmed with something, and that’s its own legacy. I haven’t seen a movie in a long time…