January 26, 2026 2025, film, retrospect, review Akashi, Blue Moon, It Ends, Marty Supreme, No Other Choice, Sentimental Value, Sinners, The Phoenician Scheme, The Smashing Machine, top 10, Train Dreams Leave a comment

ILT’s Top 10 Films of 2025!

by Nick Lay

The lengths people will go to for the ones they love versus the lengths they will go to for themselves will always equate to pure CINEMA.

Relive a soul-stirring year with ILT’s top 10 films of 2025…Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilm
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February 3, 2025 2024, film, retrospect, review A Complete Unknown, Anora, Challengers, Civil War, Nickel Boys, Oh Canada, Red Rooms, Strange Darling, The Brutalist, The Wild Robot, top 10 2 Comments

ILT’s Top 10 Films of 2024!

by Nick Lay

Inward facing and outright wild, 2024 was a hell of a ride for cinema.

Look back on it with ILT’s top 10 films of the year…Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilm
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January 14, 2024 2023, film, retrospect, review Asteroid City, Fallen Leaves, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Killers of the Flower Moon, Monster, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, Seagrass, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, top 10 3 Comments

ILT’s Top 10 Films of 2023!

by Nick Lay

Cinema’s back, baby.

Look back on a great year with ILT’s top 10 films of 2023…Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilm
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January 8, 2023 2022, film, retrospect, review Babylon, Barbarian, Bones and All, Jackass Forever, Soviet Bus Stops, Tar, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Woman King, top 10, Top Gun: Maverick, TraumaZone 1 Comment

ILT’s Top 10 Films of 2022!

by Nick Lay

This year, almost all of ILT’s top 10 came direct from the big screen.

A friendly reminder that the cinema’s a banger and you should visit more often.
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January 20, 2022 2021, film, retrospect, review 2021, C'mon C'mon, Drive My Car, Dune, Handle With Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew, Licorice Pizza, Pig, Red Rocket, The Card Counter, The Last Duel, The Power of the Dog, top 10 3 Comments

ILT’s Top 10 Films of 2021!

by Nick Lay

Another weird year.

Remember the best of it with ILT’s top 10…
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January 3, 2021 2020, film, retrospect, review 2020, Alex Wheatle, Da 5 Bloods, Mank, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, On the Rocks, Palm Springs, Small Axe, Sound of Metal, There is No Evil, top 10, You Cannot Kill David Arquette, You Don't Nomi 3 Comments

ILT’s Top 10 Films of 2020!

by Nick Lay

Weird year tbf.

As usual, here’s ILT’s 10 favourite reels…Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilm

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January 15, 2020 2019, film, retrospect, review 2019, Little Women, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Parasite, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, The Irishman, The Lighthouse, top 10, Toy Story 4, Uncut Gems, Under the Silver Lake, Us 4 Comments

ILT’s Top 10 Films of 2019!

by Nick Lay

2019 was comfortably one of the strongest years of the decade for cinema.

As close to a traditional list as possible, here’s ILT’s 10 favourite reels of the year…
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January 2, 2019 2018, film, retrospect, review 2018, A Quiet Place, Eighth Grade, First Man, Minding the Gap, Roma, Sorry to Bother You, The Favourite, Thunder Road, top 10, Vice, Widows 6 Comments

ILT’s Top 10 Films of 2018!

by Nick Lay

Bold, reflective, and steeped in dark wit: 2018 was an astonishing year for cinema.

As close to a traditional list as possible, here’s ILT’s 10 favourite reels of the year…
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December 19, 2017 2017, film, retrospect, review 2017, A Ghost Story, blade runner 2049, call me by your name, Coco, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, lady bird, last flag flying, nicholas lay, The Florida Project, three billboards outside ebbing missouri, top 10, wind river 6 Comments

ILT’s Top 10 Films of 2017!

by Nick Lay

Following a weak start to the cinematic year, 2017 came roaring back with a number of memorable flicks.

As close to a traditional list as I could get, here’s ILT’s 10 favourite reels of the year…
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January 4, 2017 2016, film, hollywood, indie, podcast, retrospect, review, technical, world cinema 2016, arrival, everybody wants some!!, hell or high water, hunt for the wilderpeople, la la land, nocturnal animals, paterson, retrospect, review, rogue one, swiss army man, the nice guys, top 10 7 Comments

ILT’s Top 10 Films of 2016!

by Nick Lay

2016 was an intriguing, if understated year for quality cinema.

As close to a traditional list as I could get, here’s ILT’s 10 favourite flicks of the year…
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