The Paragon is a feature shared with our companion site, Cineccentric.
Certain seasons of TV shows are marked with a number enclosed in parentheses in the title of the review. These seasons are included in the Paragon, a collection of film and television that our critics found to be particularly memorable or compelling. TV seasons within the Paragon are not necessarily the ‘best’ TV seasons released; however, they have made an undeniable impression on our critics that we deem worthy of mention. Television included within the Paragon does not receive a star rating as a result.
Film and television included within the Paragon:
- Blind directed by Eskil Vogt
- Tu dors Nicole directed by Stéphane Lafleur
- The Lobster directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
- Knight of Cups directed by Terrence Malick
- Mommy directed by Xavier Dolan
- Louder Than Bombs directed by Joachim Trier
- The Club directed by Pablo Larraín
- Equals directed by Drake Doremus
- Songs My Brothers Taught Me directed by Chloé Zhao
- Don’t Think Twice directed by Mike Birbiglia
- Dekalog directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Nocturnal Animals directed by Tom Ford
- Raw directed by Julia Ducournau
- mother! directed by Darren Aronofsky
- Good Time directed by The Safdie Brothers
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri directed by Martin McDonagh
- Call Me By Your Name directed by Luca Guadagnino
- The Color of Pomegranates directed by Sergei Parajanov
- The Wild Pear Tree directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- First Reformed directed by Paul Schrader
- If Beale Street Could Talk directed by Barry Jenkins
- Fleabag (Season 2) created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge
- The Lighthouse directed by Robert Eggers
- Years and Years (miniseries) created by Russell T Davies