10/10
Inspired by Grasshopper Films' ongoing series, 10/10, in which they ask cinephiles to name their ten favourite films from the last ten years, I've listed mine. I've picked the film from each year that the memory of, or the thought of revisiting, makes me most excited. In square brackets is the film I chose as my definite #1 from that year at the time (originally by UK release dates, more recently by world premieres). Interesting to see how much these diverge.
Through a Glass Darkly: on Under the Skin
It begins with a pinprick of light amidst the darkness of the unfeeling void. The coronas of some unidentified astral flare begin to converge; aligning, by way of a Kubrickian orchestra of motion and sound…