A couple of last-minute additions to my Best of 2015 lists:
Star Wars: A Force Awakens - I'll confess that, while I have very fond memories of the first three films from my childhood (although obviously I wasn't born when they were released, cough), I wasn't particularly inclined to see A Force Awakens, but once I read the reviews it seemed like a perfect pre-Christmas treat*. And it was. Funny, genuinely thrilling and pitched perfectly between contemporary blockbuster making and 1970s nostalgia, I absolutely loved it.
Making a Murderer - Netflix has created and shown some truly brilliant shows. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Master of None are both in my Top Ten of the year and I cannot recommend them highly enough. I've also heard great things about Narcos, and I'm just getting into the fantastic Jessica Jones. But Making a Murderer is without a shadow of a doubt the most disturbing, shocking and challenging documentary I've seen for a long while. I'm only four episodes in, but it has already made me angrier than I've been for several years. Take a deep breath, and dive in.
* Everything I do in December is either a pre- or post-Christmas treat. I really must change this next year - it makes the deprivation of January SO MUCH HARDER.
