So, last night I got to see La Haine on 35mm for its thirtieth anniversary and I was thinking the whole time that it might just be my favourite movie. I got to see a D at Vidiots two years ago, but it never felt more like a classic movie to me than seeing its stark grit on nitrate. It had rocketed to my number one spot when I first saw it at 14 and it stayed as my #1…

Se7en is one of a handful of movies I've called my all-time favourite. It came right after Fight Club for me, at a time when my taste was continuing to mature. Of course, a film like Se7en would feel very grown-up to a 14-year-old. My name when I first got online was TheEighthDeadlySin as a neat little reference (which is, still, I'm sure you'll agree, very badass).

So it was and possibly still is my most watched movie ever. I…