

2018: YEAR IN REVIEW
Best Films “The Shape of Water” (Directed by Guillermo del Toro)
This only really counts as a 2018 film in the UK, as it was actually released on Valentine’s Day over here but months earlier everywhere else. However it was an appropriate date for this wonderful genre-mashing movie. It’s a pure delight from beginning to end, with incredible performances from Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, and Michael Shannon. It perhaps represents the culmination of del Toro’s work so far, seamle