Daniel Broadley

I am not going to explain how ludicrous this year was, or try to make sense of it. All I can do is welcome you to what I hope is one of the final lists you'll read this year, in which esteemed Quietus contributors write a tribute to their favourite moments in movies they have seen this year.

A daughter, mother and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family's home.

Chloé Zhao's majestic new film Nomadland is set to lead the 2021 awards season, but its power will last much longer by tapping into a fear and hope about metaphysical materialism

Two American teenagers come of age while living on a US military base in Italy.

An agent works for a secretive organisation that uses brain-implant technology to inhabit other people's bodies, driving them to commit assassinations for high-paying clients.

A woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

An exploration into the language of dreams.

When we sit down to watch a film, we do so with a degree of trust that what we’re about to see will be true within the world of the film. So when a filmmaker decides to tell their story from the perspective of an unreliable narrator, as Christopher Nolan does in 2000’s Memento, we are forced to reassess and search for new meaning.
The search for truth and meaning is at the very heart of Memento. Leonard’s (Guy Pearce) search comes in the form of avenging his wife, and while the murder-mystery...

Crystallising the euphoric moments where sound and vision collide, the Quietus contributors sift through the archives to celebrate their 50 favourite music cues on the big screen.

Two billion years ahead of us, a future race of humans finds itself on the verge of extinction. Almost all that is left in the world are lone and surreal monuments, beaming their message into the wilderness.

British gangster flick The Long Good Friday soon turns 40 – but the vision it presents of a vulnerable, desperate Britain with an uncertain future holds a timely sense of urgency to it, finds Daniel Broadley

Take a walk around London or Manchester today, and there’s one thing their skylines have in common: cranes. And lots of them. The property development boom seen in London is no longer exclusive to the capital, as overseas investors find somewhere to keep their fortunes. In 2017, over half...

A defence attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.

Criterion Collection release - Scorsese Shorts

A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.

Richard Linklater's hangout classic Slacker turns 30 this year, and with it, the real-life parallels grow more curious. Conspiracy theorists often are those hiding in plain sight, finds Daniel Broadley