RWT Top 20 Films of 2015: 20-16
This year our Reel World Theology Contributors all submitted their picks for Top 10 Best Films of 2015. We used a numeric scoring system to assign points to every movie that received votes and then counted up each team’s score…
Top 5: Best Director 2015
Satyajit Ray, the famous and artistically brilliant director of films like Pather Panchali, The Big City, and Charulata, among others, once said, “The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.” Directors are the ones blazing a trail through…
Top 5: Best Actress 2015
Best Actress this year was an incredibly tough category for the team. Many were confused as to when an actress went from supporting to lead. It is a question we wish weren’t so ambiguous. Sadly, there are still few movies…
Top 5: Best Actor 2015
It may be thought of as a foregone conclusion who will go home with the Oscar for best actor in a lead role, but we’ve been here before. As recently as last year, in fact. It’s no secret Leonard DiCaprio…
Top 5: Best Supporting Actress 2015
The role of supporting actress can often fall into a somewhat formulaic, empty version of a person with no real motivation aside from propelling the lead forward in the story. It’s when one can break that mold, pull the viewer…
Top 5: Best Supporting Actor 2015
This may be one of the toughest categories to call come awards time. Unlike some other categories, however, it’s not because of the top-to-bottom nature of the nominees. In this case, it is the battle at the top. There were…
Top 10 TV Shows of 2015
End of the year lists spend so much time on film. Nothing wrong with that, but I spent a lot more time on my couch this year than in a theatre. So, I humbly present my take on the best…
Top 5 Tuesday – Top 5 Actor Performances
Our four-week Top 5 of the best performances of 2014 winds down with the hardest of the categories. Naturally, many of the actors we highlight in our Top 5 have movies that are up for awards at the Oscars this…
Top 5 Tuesday – Top 5 Actress Performances
The Oscars is just a meager 12 days away, and this week we are moving from the supporting roles to the leading roles. This may be the toughest category to nail down this year, as the performances by leading women…
Top 5 Tuesday – Top 5 Supporting Actress Performances
Another week closer to the Oscars, another set of prestigious Reel World Theology performance awards to hand out. This week on our Top 5 we’re looking at the Top 5 performances by actresses’ in a supporting role. There were some…