1999: Cinema's best year, ever?

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You honestly wouldn’t believe how many great films came out in 1999. The Matrix, Fight Club, The Blair Witch Project, The Talented Mr Ripley, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Sixth Sense, Notting Hill, The Mummy, Cruel Intentions, 10 Things I Hate About You. We could go on…
It’s the 25th anniversary of this auspicious year and cinemas are getting in on the action, with 1999 seasons playing at many theatres. So we’re following suit. We discuss our favourites from this particularly good year, with special attention paid to Trainspotting - not only an excellent film but one that really captured the zeitgeist of the time here in the UK - whilst we try to figure out 1999’s special formula for brilliant cinema.
References
Everything you need to know about the Wilhelm Scream, No Film School on YouTube
Brian Raftery, Best Movie Year Ever: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen (2019)
Danny Boyle being interviewed about Trainspotting in 1999, YouTube
Amy Nicholson’s article on 1999

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