Time Out, on the special day of the year - and in ordre to cheer up a pretty grim year I quote it here - set up a list of people's faourite Christmas movies :)
My choices :
Brazil (1985)
Yes, Terry Gilliam’s dystopian cult classic is indeed set at Christmas – there’s even a scary Santa Claus in this Orwellian nightmare, which stars Jonathan Pryce as the man who goes in search of the woman of his dreams.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Leave it to Tim Burton to give Christmas a dark edge, although this stop-motion animation still has plenty of heart, too. Jack Skellington is the anti-hero who decides he’s had enough of Halloween and wants to stand in for Santa. Terrific fun.
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8 Women (2001)
Eight women gather to celebrate Christmas in a snowy cottage, but all fall under suspicion when a man is found murdered. French filmmaker François Ozon’s dark comedy musical is a delight, with an impressive roll call of actresses including Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart and Fanny Ardant.
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Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Christmas is a time of both joy and fear for Edward (Johnny Depp) after he and his new host family are ostracised from the community. It’s a typically bittersweet story from Tim Burton which, with Danny Elfman’s score, has a magical festive feel: just picture Winona Ryder dancing around that ice sculpture.
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Home Alone (1990)
‘Home Alone’ is such a perfect kids’ fantasy, it’s a wonder nobody thought of it before. Parents go on holiday, forget a kid, he can eat ice cream and watch movies as much as he likes, before getting the chance to invent some booby traps to catch burglars. Four sequels followed.
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