TMW's editor selects the five best new releases he saw this month.
TMW's 10 Best Movies of Summer 2014!
Displaying total disregard for the Southern Hemisphere calendar, TMW's editor selects his 10 favourite movies of a surprisingly impressive summer*.
Against the Grain: 10 Reviews We Got Wrong in 2014 (Mid-Year edition)
Here at TMW we're occasionally baffled by the praise heaped on movies we feel are undeserving, while other times we champion a movie only to see it trashed in the mainstream. Using the consensus of Rotten Tomatoes as a reference point, here are 10 examples from the first six months of 2014 where our evaluations differed wildly from the general consensus.
Sub Standard: 10 occasions when subtitles should be avoided
If you don't want to be labelled a cinema philistine you should always opt for the subtitled option, right? Right?
20 Great Bernard Herrmann Scores
Born 100 years ago, Bernard Herrmann's career began in the golden age of Hollywood, working with the likes of Welles, Wise and, most fruitfully, Hitchcock, and ended with collaborations with 1970s movie brats De Palma and Scorsese. To celebrate his centenary, here are 20 of TMW's favourite Herrmann scores.*
10 Best Quincy Jones Scores
Pop culture may well remember him best as the producer of Michael Jackson's Thriller, but Quincy Jones has contributed memorable scores to a host of movies and TV shows. Here are 10 of his best.
The 10 best Clint Mansell scores
Former frontman for UK indie group Pop Will Eat Itself, Clint Mansell has, over the last decade, created some of the most memorable scores in recent cinema. Here are selections from 10 of his best.