The best films of 2015

How many of 2015's top films did you see? How many have you scheduled for viewing over the summer?
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In darkened cinemas over the past twelve months, silent sheep, stoner detectives, male dancers and marooned astronauts lit up screens. The force awakened, cars sped fast and furiously, sexually active teenagers tried to outrun a mysterious foe, and a crumbling mansion taunted its latest inhabitant.  Star-crossed lovers rallied against tribal customs, a French teenager tried to find her way in the world, fashion became a weapon against small-town gossip, and the two sides of the US housing crisis were exposed. A boxing franchise was reborn, superheroes were shrunk down to size, a comedian walked, talked and coped with fame, and the life and death of a music icon lost too soon was dissected in her own words.

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Sarah Ward
About the Author
Sarah Ward is a freelance film critic, arts and culture writer, and film festival organiser. She is the Australia-based critic for Screen International, a film reviewer and writer for ArtsHub, the weekend editor and a senior writer for Concrete Playground, a writer for the Goethe-Institut Australien’s Kino in Oz, and a contributor to SBS, SBS Movies and Flicks Australia. Her work has been published by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Junkee, FilmInk, Birth.Movies.Death, Lumina, Senses of Cinema, Broadsheet, Televised Revolution, Metro Magazine, Screen Education and the World Film Locations book series. She is also the editor of Trespass Magazine, a film and TV critic for ABC radio Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast, and has worked with the Brisbane International Film Festival, Queensland Film Festival, Sydney Underground Film Festival and Melbourne International Film Festival. Follow her on Twitter: @swardplay