November Highlights Pt. 2

We've reached the finale -- there's just one month left in the 2015 calendar. Well one month and a day but tomorrow is monday - don't nitpick. Three months if you count through the awards season as part of the film year (which we do, tbh) so consider December the warm up to the finale (awards shows!). 

Here are ten highlights from these past two weeks in case you missed any...

Year of the Shopgirl ?

ICYMI
Saoirse Ronan and Youngest Best Actresses a list / a youth trend
Cocktails with Jane Fonda on the Oscar campaign trail
Mustang's Deniz Gamze Ergüven fascinating chat with an emerging director
Hunger Games & Oscar not even one measly nomination in four years
The Celluloid Closet & Vito Manuel's HBO series reflects on shared LGBT histories
Spirit Award Noms Carol, Anomalisa, Beasts, Tangerine and more 
Black Mass what do you think of its ensemble work? 
Imelda Staunton in Gypsy a remarkable West End triumph 

Most Discussed
THR's Best Actress Cover Notes on the cover image & actress choices
Box Office somehow this one morphed into a discussion of who might win a third Oscar like Meryl & Daniel

Coming in December
Year in Review List-Mania, Film Bitch Awards, Hateful Eight, Oscar Hoopla, Carol week, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Anniversaries of key classics, and... well, you know how festive December gets. Wheeeeee!

New to The Film Experience or just tuning in again after a hiatus?
Check out highlights from the year thus far before we start passing out Best of 2015 awards! November Pt 1, October, NYFF Index, September, TIFF Index, August, July, Halfway Mark Prizes, June, April, March, and the beginnings of the film year... We Can't Wait 2015 and Sundance. And if you're anxious to get the year in review really going, make sure to watch this beautiful '2015 in Film' montage by Ben Zuk.

Comments

[Ez]

Can't wait for Carol week! I feel like we need to get t-shirts made. Is #TeamCarol too generic a t-shirt slogan? Or maybe it could be "Carol & Therese 4eva".

[Pam]

I live for movie montages! Thanks for posting this one. Reminds me of my first visit to London and long, lovely day at MOMI (which sadly closed down, but the one is Astoria is still open).

But, also reminds me that I still have TONS of 2015 movies to see.

[cris]

I was hoping for a moment rom Clouds of Sils Maria in that montage. Alas it never happened :( otherwise, beautiful.

[LadyEdith]

Great montage, it kept reminding me how much I loved Mad Max, Spy, and Brooklyn.

[Kate]

Are we getting a The Revenant reaction soon?

[NATHANIEL R]

Kate -- The Revenant is under embargo so we aren't allowed to discuss it yet.

[Ulrich]

so many bad movies! movies of 2015 sucked, apparently!

-Jurassic World
- Fifty Shades
-Ricki and The Flash.
-Terminator G
-While We're Young
-Irrational Man
-The Martian
-Mad Max
-Crimson Peak
-Mortdecai
-Avengers 2
-Black Mass
-Taken 3
-Hot Pursuit
-Southpaw
-Aloha
-Woman in Gold
-Lost River
-Wedding Ringer
-Trainwreck
-Paper Towns
-The Intern.
-Kingsman.
-Magic Mike 2
-Get Hard
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it plays like a "worst of 2015 montage"; the only one missing is Blackhat!