Favorite Films of 2014

I have a geographical handicap being located in Billings, MT, so it’s hard to see many of the films on my watch list in any given year, so I decided to pick five films from this year and another five classic films I watched for the first time this year.

Five Films From 2014

1. Like Father, Like Son — Dir. Hirokazu Koreeda, Japan

2. The Past — Dir. Asghar Farhadi, France/Iran

3. Interstellar — Dir. Christopher Nolan, USA

4. Gone Girl — Dir. David Fincher, USA

5. Ida — Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski, Poland

Five Classic Films Watched For The First Time in 2014

1. The Soft Skin — Dir. François Truffaut (France, 1964)

2. Death of a Cyclist — Dir. Juan Antonio Bardem (Spain, 1955)

3. À Nous la Liberté — Dir. René Clair (France, 1931)

4. Marketa Lazarová — Dir. František Vláčil (Czechsolovakia, 1967)

5. Il sorpasso — Dir. Dino Risi (Italy, 1962)