It’s the last day of the decade, so what better time to count down my favourite films of the last ten years? A decade is as arbitrary a time period as any other, but there’s something memorable and immaculate about the number ten. Though we’ve still not come up with a catchy name for the past decade (‘Teens’ doesn’t quite cut it), it’s not hard to say it was an eventful era, both geopolitically and cinematically. I won’t profess to having a comprehensive view of the last ten years of film – my ‘to-watch’ list is nearly as long as my ‘watched’ one – but here are the ten films that impressed me, stunned me, spoke to me, or just plain entertained me the most.
Note: these are all English-language films by white, male directors. I fully admit my prejudice and tunnel vision, not that it makes it any better.
Cinema Charchuk 