It was a very good year
- Written by Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia

Last year was an exceptional year for Hollywood cinema, and this is reflected in the Oscar nominees for Best Picture.
The Oscars often celebrate the middlebrow and polite over the exceptional and avant garde, resulting in many extraordinary films missing out on the accolades. In 2018, it was Luca Guadagnino’s striking Suspiria that...