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2015 Recap Sidebar: The Field

This is the complete list of films that were in the running for my 2015 year-end recap. This year’s round-up was whittled down from a total of 250 films viewed released in 2015. Presented in alphabetical order with IMDB links for titles where applicable (all but a small handful) and information on where I viewed the film.

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90210 SHARK ATTACK. From YouTube.

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#Horror (USA, dir. Tara Subkoff, Amazon VOD)

’71 (UK, dir. Yann Demange, Century 12 Evanston/Cinearts 6 and XD)

90210 Shark Attack (USA, dir. David DeCoteau, Amazon VOD)

AMERICAN ULTRA. From the film’s official site.

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Actress (USA, dir. Robert Greene, Gene Siskel Film Center)

Addicted to Fresno (USA, dir. Jamie Babbit, Amazon VOD)

Advantageous (USA, dir. Jennifer Phang, Netflix)

Adventures into the Woods: A Sexy Musical (USA, dir. Rolfe Kanefsky, DVD)

Alien Outpost (UK, dir. Jabbar Raisani, Blu-ray)

Alléluia (Belgium, dir. Fabrice Du Welz, Music Box Theatre)

Almost There (USA, dir. Dan Rybicky & Aaron Wickenden, Fandor)

Alone in the Ghost House (USA, dir. Henrique Couto, Englewood Cinema)

American Guinea Pig: Bouquet of Guts & Gore (USA, dir. Stephen Biro, Amazon VOD)

American Sniper (USA, dir. Clint Eastwood, AMC South Barrington 30)

American Ultra (USA, dir. Nima Nourizadeh, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Amour Fou (Austria, dir. Jessica Hausner, Gene Siskel Film Center)

Amy (UK, dir. Asif Kapadia, Amazon VOD)

Ant-Man (USA, dir. Peyton Reed, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Any Body Can Dance 2 (India, dir. Remo, AMC South Barrington 30)

Applecart (USA, dir. Dustin Mills, Blu-ray)

Assassin, The (Taiwan, dir. Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Music Box Theatre)

Atticus Institute, The (USA, dir. Chris Sparling, Amazon VOD)

Audacity (USA, dir. Eddie Roman, YouTube)

Avengers: Age of Ultron (USA, dir. Joss Whedon, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

BABY. From Yahoo! Movies.

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Baby (India, dir. Neeraj Pandey, AMC Showplace Niles 12)

Backcountry (USA, dir. Adam MacDonald, Redbox DVD)

Bang Bang Baby (Canada, dir. Jeffrey St. Jules, Amazon VOD)

Baskin (Turkey, dir. Can Evrenol, Fantastic Fest)

Bengal Tiger (India, dir. Sampath Nandi, Rosemont Muvico 18)

Bianca Del Rio’s Rolodex of Hate Comedy Special (USA, dir. , Vimeo VOD)

Big Short, The (USA, dir. Adam McKay, AMC South Barrington 30)

Black Sea (UK, dir. Kevin Macdonald, AMC South Barrington 30)

Blackhat (USA, dir. Michael Mann, AMC South Barrington 30)

Bloodsucking Bastards (USA, dir. Brian James O’Connell, AMC South Barrington 30)

Bloody Knuckles (Canada, dir. Matt O’Mahoney, online press/festival screener)

Bombay Velvet (India, dir. Anurag Kashyap, Moviemax Cinemas & Rosemont Muvico 18)

Bone Tomahawk (USA, dir. S. Craig Zahler, Amazon VOD)

Bound (USA, dir. Jared Cohn, Amazon VOD)

Boy Next Door, The (USA, dir. Rob Cohen, AMC Showplace Niles 12)

Brand New Testament, The (Belgium, dir. Jaco Van Dormael, Fantastic Fest)

Brooklyn (Ireland, dir. John Crowley, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Burying the Ex (USA, dir. Joe Dante, Netflix)

Buzzard (USA, dir. Joel Potrykus, Music Box Theatre)

THE CEREMONY. From Vimeo.

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Calamity Jane’s Revenge (USA, dir. Henrique Couto, online press screener)

Call Girl of Cthulhu (USA, dir. Chris LaMartina, Amazon VOD)

Carol (UK, dir. Todd Haynes, AMC South Barrington 30)

Case of Hana and Alice, The (Japan, dir. Shunji Iwai, Chicago Filmmakers)

Ceremony, The (Sweden, dir. Lina Mannheimer, Amazon VOD)

Chappie (USA, dir. Neill Blomkamp, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Chasing the Muse (France, dir. Jean-François Davy, DVD)

Chi-Raq (USA, dir. Spike Lee, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Christmas, Again (USA, dir. Charles Poekel, Fandor)

Cooties (USA, dir. Jonathan Milott & Cary Murnion, Amazon VOD)

Cop Car (USA, dir. Jon Watts, Amazon VOD)

Coz ov Moni 2: Fokn Revenge (Ghana, dir. King Luu, Fantastic Fest online screener)

Creed (USA, dir. Ryan Coogler, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Creeping Garden, The (UK, dir. Tim Grabham & Jasper Sharp, Chicago Filmmakers)

Crimson Peak (USA, dir. Guillermo del Toro, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Crumbs (Spain, dir. Miguel Llansó, Chicago Filmmakers)

Cub (Belgium, dir. Jonas Govaerts, online press screener)

Curse of Downers Grove, The (USA, dir. Derick Martini, Amazon VOD)

DOOMSDAYS. From Indiewire.

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Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (USA, dir. Spike Lee, Gene Siskel Film Center)

Dangerous Men (USA, dir. John S. Rad, Fantastic Fest secret screening)

Daniel’s World (Czech Republic, dir. Veronika Lisková, Fantastic Fest online screener)

Danny Johnson Saves the World (USA, dir. Christopher R. Mihm, DVD)

Darling (USA, dir. Mickey Keating, Fantastic Fest)

Deathgasm (New Zealand, dir. Jason Lei Howden, Amazon VOD)

Delirium (UK, dir. Cosmotropia de Xam, Blu-ray)

Der Bunker (Germany, dir. Nikias Chryssos, online press screener)

Der Samurai (Germany, dir. Till Kleinert, online press screener)

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (India, dir. Dibakar Banerjee, Moviemax Cinemas)

Devil’s Candy, The (USA, dir. Sean Byrne, Fantastic Fest)

Dismembering Christmas (USA, dir. Austin Bosley, Blu-ray)

Doglegs (USA, dir. Heath Cozens, online press screener)

Dollface (USA, dir. Tommy Faircloth, DVD)

Doomsdays (USA, dir. Eddie Mullins, Netflix)

Dope (USA, dir. Rick Famuyiwa, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

DownLoad (USA, dir. Bruce Harner, DVD)

Duke of Burgundy, The (UK, dir. Peter Strickland, Music Box Theatre)

EXPERIMENTER. From Circle Cinema.

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Eden (France, dir. Mia Hansen-Løve, Music Box Theatre)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (USA, dir. Mark Hartley, Netflix)

End of the Tour, The (USA, dir. James Ponsoldt, Amazon VOD)

Entertainment (USA, dir. Rick Alverson, Amazon VOD)

Everly (USA, dir. Joe Lynch, Music Box Theatre)

Evolution (France, dir. Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Fantastic Fest)

Ex Machina (UK, dir. Alex Garland, Century 12 Evanston/Cinearts 6 and XD)

Exeter (USA, dir. Marcus Nispel, Amazon VOD)

Exorcism of Molly Hartley, The (USA, dir. Steven R. Monroe, Blu-ray)

Experimenter (USA, dir. Michael Almereyda, Amazon VOD)

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY. From Slashfilm.

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Fangboner (USA, dir. Nathan Rumler, Cinema Wasteland screening)

Fantastic Four (USA, dir. Josh Trank, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

February (USA, dir. Osgood Perkins, Fantastic Fest online screener)

Felt (USA, dir. Jason Banker, online press screener)

Fifty Shades of Grey (USA, dir. Sam Taylor-Johnson, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Final Girls, The (USA, dir. Todd Strauss-Schulson, AMC South Barrington 30)

Follow (USA, dir. Owen Egerton, Fantastic Fest)

Forbidden Room, The (Canada, dir. Guy Maddin & Evan Johnson, Music Box Theatre)

From the Dark (Ireland, dir. Conor McMahon, Blu-ray)

Furious 7 (USA, dir. James Wan, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

GUEROS. From The Hollywood Reporter.

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Gabbar Is Back (India, dir. Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi, Moviemax Cinemas)

Gallows, The (USA, dir. Travis Cluff & Chris Lofing, Century 12 Evanston/Cinearts 6 and XD)

Gangs of Wasseypur: Part 1 (India, dir. Anurag Kashyap, AMC South Barrington 30)

Gangs of Wasseypur: Part 2 (India, dir. Anurag Kashyap, Netflix)

German Angst (Germany, dir. various, Fantastic Fest online screener)

Gift, The (USA, dir. Joel Edgerton, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, A (USA, dir. Ana Lily Amirpour, Gene Siskel Film Center)

Good Dinosaur, The (USA, dir. Peter Sohn, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Goodbye to Language 3D (France, dir. Jean-Luc Godard, Gene Siskel Film Center)

Goodnight Mommy (Austria, dir. Severin Fiala & Veronika Franz, Century 12 Evanston/Cinearts 6 and XD)

Green Inferno, The (Chile, dir. Eli Roth, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Green Room (USA, dir. Jeremy Saulnier, Fantastic Fest)

Güeros (Mexico, dir. Alonso Ruizpalacios, Amazon VOD)

HARD TO GET. From True View Reviews.

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Harbinger Down (USA, dir. Alec Gillis, Netflix)

Hard to Be a God (Russia, dir. Aleksey German, Gene Siskel Film Center)

Hard to Get (South Africa, dir. Zee Ntuli, Fantastic Fest online screener)

Hateful Eight, The (USA, dir. Quentin Tarantino, Music Box Theatre)

He Never Died (USA, dir. Jason Krawczyk, Amazon VOD)

Heaven Knows What (USA, dir. Ben & Joshua Safdie, Amazon VOD)

Horse Money (Portugal, dir. Pedro Costa, Netflix)

Horsehead (France, dir. Romain Basset, online press screener)

Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (USA, dir. Steve Pink, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

House with 100 Eyes, The (USA, dir. Jay Lee & Jim Roof, DVD)

Hunger Games, The: Mockingjay - Part 2 (USA, dir. Francis Lawrence, Glen Art Theatre)

Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot (USA, dir. Amy Rice, Netflix)

INVALID. From Icons of Fright.

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i (India, dir. S. Shankar, Moviemax Cinemas)

In Search of the Ultra-Sex (France, dir. Nicolas Charlet & Bruno Lavaine, Fantastic Fest online screener)

Inferno Veneziano (Italy, dir. Cosmotropia de Xam, DVD)

Inherent Vice (USA, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18 & Gene Siskel Film Center)

Inside Out (USA, dir. Pete Docter & Ronnie Del Carmen, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Insidious: Chapter 3 (Canada, dir. Leigh Whannell, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Interior, The (Canada, dir. Trevor Juras, online press/festival screener)

Invalid (USA, dir. Dustin Mills, DVD)

Invitation, The (USA, dir. Karyn Kusama, Fantastic Fest online screener)

JOY. From Fox Movies.

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Jauja (Argentina, dir. Lisandro Alonso, Gene Siskel Film Center)

Jem and the Holograms (USA, dir. Jon M. Chu, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Joy (USA, dir. David O. Russell, AMC South Barrington 30)

Jupiter Ascending (USA, dir. Andy & Lana Wachowski, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER. From The Verge.

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Keeping Room, The (USA, dir. Daniel Barber, online press screener)

Kingsman: The Secret Service (USA, dir. Matthew Vaughn, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Klown Forever (Denmark, dir. Mikkel Nørgaard, Fantastic Fest)

Knock Knock (Chile, dir. Eli Roth, Amazon VOD)

Krampus (USA, dir. Michael Dougherty, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (USA, dir. David Zellner, Music Box Theatre)

LOVE & MERCY. From YouTube.

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Ladies of the House, The (USA, dir. John Stuart Wildman, Hulu)

Last Witch Hunter, The (USA, dir. , AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Latest Sun is Sinking Fast, The (USA, dir. Melika Bass, Hyde Park Art Center)

Lazarus Effect, The (USA, dir. David Gelb, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Lazer Team (USA, dir. Matt Hullum, Fantastic Fest online screener)

Leviathan (Russia, dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev, Music Box Theatre)

Liza, the Fox-Fairy (Hungary, dir. Károly Ujj Mészáros, Fantastic Fest)

Lobster, The (Ireland, dir. Yorgos Lanthimos, Academy screener)

Loft, The (USA, dir. Erik Van Looy, AMC South Barrington 30)

Lost After Dark (Canada, dir. Ian Kessner, Amazon VOD)

Lost River (USA, dir. Ryan Gosling, Amazon VOD)

Love (France, dir. Gaspar Noé, Music Box Theatre)

Love & Mercy (USA, dir. Bill Pohlad, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Love & Peace (Japan, dir. Shion Sono, Fantastic Fest online screener)

Lovemilla (Norway, dir. Teemu Nikki, Fantastic Fest online screener)

Ludo (India, dir. Qaushiq Mukherjee & Nikon, Fantastic Fest online screener)

THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. From YouTube.

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Mad Max: Fury Road (Australia, dir. George Miller, Rosemont Muvico 18)

Maggie (USA, dir. Henry Hobson, Redbox Blu-ray)

Magic Mike XXL (USA, dir. Gregory Jacobs, Century 12 Evanston/Cinearts 6 and XD)

Man from U.N.C.L.E., The (USA, dir. Guy Ritchie, AMC South Barrington 30)

Martian, The (USA, dir. Ridley Scott, AMC South Barrington 30)

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (USA, dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Century 12 Evanston/Cinearts 6 and XD)

Mend, The (USA, dir. John Magary, Netflix)

México Bárbaro (Mexico, dir. various, Vimeo VOD)

Midnight Swim, The (USA, dir. Sarah Adina Smith, Netflix)

Mind’s Eye, The (USA, dir. Joe Begos, Fantastic Fest)

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (USA, dir. Christopher McQuarrie, Redbox Blu-ray)

Mississippi Grind (USA, dir. Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, Redbox DVD)

Mistress America (USA, dir. Noah Baumbach, AMC South Barrington 30)

Mommy (Canada, dir. Xavier Dolan, Century Centre Cinema)

Most Violent Year, A (USA, dir. J.C. Chandor, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Mr. X (India, dir. Vikram Bhatt, Moviemax Cinemas)

MSG: The Messenger of God (India, dir. Jeetu Arora & Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan, Moviemax Cinemas)

THE NIGHTMARE. From SXSW 2015.

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Nightmare, The (USA, dir. Rodney Ascher, Music Box Theatre)

ONE & TWO. From The Hollywood Reporter.

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Old Fashioned (USA, dir. Rik Swartzwelder, DVD rip)

One & Two (USA, dir. Andrew Droz Palermo, Netflix)

One Eyed Girl (Australia, dir. Nick Matthews, Blu-ray)

Overnight, The (USA, dir. Patrick Brice, Century 12 Evanston/Cinearts 6 and XD)

PRINCE. From i-D.

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Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (USA, dir. Gregory Plotkin, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Passing, The (UK, dir. Gareth Bryn, Fantastic Fest online screener)

Perfect Guy, The (USA, dir. David M. Rosenthal, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Phantom (India, dir. Kabir Khan, AMC South Barrington 30)

Phoenix (Germany, dir. Christian Petzold, Netflix)

Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, A (Sweden, dir. Roy Andersson, Netflix)

Pod (USA, dir. Mickey Keating, Amazon VOD)

Predestination (Australia, dir. Michael & Peter Spierig, Music Box Theatre)

Prince (Netherlands, dir. Sam de Jong, Amazon VOD)

Project Almanac (USA, dir. Dean Israelite, AMC South Barrington 30)

QUEEN OF EARTH. From Shock Till You Drop.

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Queen of Earth (USA, dir. Alex Ross Perry, Music Box Theatre)

RUINED HEART. From The Hollywood Reporter.

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R100 (Japan, dir. Hitoshi Matsumoto, Amazon VOD)

Reconstruction of William Zero, The (USA, dir. Dan Bush, Netflix)

Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema (Germany, dir. Cem Kaya, Fantastic Fest online screener)

Results (USA, dir. Andrew Bujalski, Music Box Theatre)

River (Canada, dir. Jamie M. Dagg, online press/festival screener)

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore (Philippines, dir. Khavn, Fantastic Fest online screener)

SELF/LESS. From Cineforum.

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Scarewaves (USA, dir. Henrique Couto, online press screener & Chicago Filmmakers)

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (USA, dir. Christopher Landon, AMC Showplace Traders Point 12)

Self/less (USA, dir. Tarsem Singh, Century 12 Evanston/Cinearts 6 and XD)

Sensoria (Sweden, dir. Christian Hallman, Fantastic Fest)

Shaun the Sheep Movie (UK, dir. Mark Burton & Richard Starzak, AMC South Barrington 30)

Sicario (USA, dir. Denis Villeneuve, AMC South Barrington 30)

Similars, The (Mexico, dir. Isaac Ezban, Fantastic Fest)

Sinister 2 (USA, dir. Ciarán Foy, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Southbound (USA, dir. various, Fantastic Fest)

Spectre (USA, dir. Sam Mendes, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Spotlight (USA, dir. Tom McCarthy, AMC South Barrington 30)

Spring (USA, dir. Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead, Facets Cinematheque)

Spy (USA, dir. Paul Feig, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18& AMC South Barrington 30)

Stand By for Tape Back-Up (UK, dir. Ross Sutherland, Fantastic Fest online screener)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (USA, dir. J.J. Abrams, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18, Hollywood Blvd. Cinema, Studio Movie Grill College Park)

Stations of the Cross (Germany, dir. Dietrich Brüggemann, Netflix)

Stinking Heaven (USA, dir. Nathan Silver, Fandor)

Straight Outta Compton (USA, dir. F. Gary Gray, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Summer House, The (Germany, dir. Curtis Burz, DVD)

Sunrise (India, dir. Partho Sen-Gupta, online press/festival screener)

THE TREATMENT. From Artsploitation Films.

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Tangerine (USA, dir. Sean Baker, Music Box Theatre & Tivoli Theatre)

Tikkun (Israel, dir. Avishai Sivan, Fantastic Fest)

Time Lapse (USA, dir. Bradley King, Netflix)

Tokyo Tribe (Japan, dir. Shion Sono, online press screener & Chicago Filmmakers)

Tomorrowland (USA, dir. Brad Bird, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Too Late (USA, dir. Dennis Hauck, Fantastic Fest)

Toxic Retards, The (USA, dir. Carl J. Sukenick, DVD)

Trainwreck (USA, dir. Judd Apatow, AMC South Barrington 30)

Transporter Refueled, The (France, dir. Camille Delamarre, AMC South Barrington 30)

Treatment, The (Belgium, dir. Hans Herbots, Blu-ray)

Tribe, The (Ukraine, dir. Miroslav Slaboshpitsky, Music Box Theatre)

Tu Dors Nicole (Canada, dir. Stéphane Lafleur, Netflix)

Turbo Kid (Canada, dir. François Simard, Anouk Whissell, & Yoann-Karl Whissell, Chicago Filmmakers)

Two Step (USA, dir. Alex R. Johnson, Amazon VOD)

UNFRIENDED. From Front Row Central.

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Unfriended (USA, dir. Levan Gabriadze, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

THE VATICAN TAPES. From The Village Voice.

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VANish (USA, dir. Bryan Bockbrader, Blu-ray)

Vatican Tapes, The (USA, dir. Mark Neveldine, Amazon VOD)

Vice (USA, dir. Brian A Miller, online press screener)

Victor Frankenstein (USA, dir. Paul McGuigan, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

Victoria (Germany, dir. Sebastian Schipper, Music Box Theatre)

Visit, The (USA, dir. M. Night Shyamalan, AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18)

WHEN ANIMALS DREAM. From the New Zealand International Film Festival.

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We Are Still Here (USA, dir. Ted Geoghegan, online press/festival screener)

What We Do in the Shadows (New Zealand, dir. Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi, Music Box Theatre)

When Animals Dream (Denmark, dir. Jonas Alexander Arnby, Amazon VOD)

White God (Hungary, dir. Kornél Mundruczó, Netflix)

Wild Canaries (USA, dir. Lawrence Michael Levine, Netflix)

Wild Card (USA, dir. Simon West, AMC South Barrington 30)

Wild Tales (Argentina, dir. Damián Szifrón, Century Centre Cinema)

Witch, The (USA, dir. Robert Eggers, Fantastic Fest)

Wolfpack, The (USA, dir. Crystal Moselle, Music Box Theatre)

World of Kanako, The (Japan, dir. Tetsuya Nakashima, Vimeo VOD)

XCONFESSIONS. From the official Erika Lust site (NSFW!)

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XConfessions (Theatrical Cut) (Spain, dir. Erika Lust, AMC River East 21)

YAKUZA APOCALYPSE. From The Telegraph.

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Yakuza Apocalypse (Japan, dir. Takashi Miike, Gene Siskel Film Center)

2015 Recap:

Part 1: Favorite Restorations & Reissues, Five Favorite Independent Genre Films

Part 2: Honorable Mentions, Five Favorite Documentaries, Five non-2015 Releases & Special Recognition

Top 50 for 2015 Part 1: 50–41

Top 50 for 2015 Part 2: 40–31

Top 50 for 2015 Part 3: 30–21

Top 50 for 2015 Part 4: Top 20