Neruda 6 votes
ESPN’s ambitious five-part study of 1995’s ‘trial of the century’ ran to nearly eight hours, covering the courtroom drama, the fallen hero in the dock and the fallout from the shock verdict. Faced with the sale and demolition of her apartment building, the last resident of her block stands firm against a construction company intent on development. One of the things that excited me most this year was the rise of independent programming initiatives and the work done by the likes of Wonder Women, Come the Revolution and Club des Femmes, to name but three. A precarious, genre-literate provocation framed as a bourgeois-baiting farce, I was staggered by just how subversive and intellectually rigorous it is. And Scott Derrickson’s Doctor Strange overcame a dull script with smart casting and a visual flair to match Steve Ditko’s original psychedelic drawings. Following the scabrous. In a tumultuous year for current affairs at home and abroad, it was bittersweet to experience moments when films from the past resonated with contemporary troubles. Embrace of the Serpent 7 votes God help us all. Fire at Sea is a genuine triumph for Rosi, its distinctive formal strategy respectful of its subjects and offering a perfect expressive conduit for the director’s characteristic musing on how film might bring points of contact between seemingly distant poles of human experience. Think Hoop Dreams without the hoops, or the city blocks. — Tom Charity, reporting from the Toronto International Film Festival in our November 2016 issue, (Grave) Julia Ducournau, France-Belgium ► Trailer. Graduation is yet another extraordinary parable from Romania, Toni Erdmann, though over-praised and overlong, is still one of Germany’s most original films of recent years, Nocturnal Animals is a stylistically excellent moral tale from Tom Ford and Paterson shows that Jim Jarmusch, in lighter mood, has a refreshing charm and a dog to die for among the leading members of the cast. but because, excepting a few genuinely innovative standout works, it had given us a large number of strong but not quite top-grade films. Don’t Tell Me the Boy Was Mad Robert Guédiguian. Do we really need so many subject-driven documentaries on cinema screens occupying much-needed slots for holdovers, word-of-mouth slow burns or great rep programming, and taking up review space? These (in reverse chronological order) are the feminist films from the vault screened in restored prints this year, to great excitement from audiences, and their titles tell a haunting and necessary story. If anyone needs me, I’ll be drinking Kirin in the Luna Bar. A wealthy video games executive (Isabelle Huppert) follows an unconventional script while attempting to parse her rape. Born in Flames. to a certain place./it flies. Ryan Reynolds Interviews That Prove He's Basically A Real-Life Deadpool#94 of 97 The Worst Superhero Movies Ever Made, #502 of 1,137 The Absolute Funniest Movies Of All Time#263 of 299 The Greatest Soundtracks of All Time, #475 of 922 The All-Time Greatest Comedy Films#14 of 136 The Very Best Movies of 2016, Ranked, #28 of 572 The Best Animated Films Ever#38 of 88 Animated Movies That Make You Cry the Most, #41 of 94 The Worst January Movie Releases#105 of 142 The Most Rewatchable Comedy Movies, Directed by: Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, #8 of 14 Stupid Comedies That Are Secretly Brilliant#15 of 16 16 Parodies That Are Just As Good As - Or Better Than - The Real Thing, Directed by: Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon, #14 of 54 The Worst Movies of 2016#37 of 108 The Best New Comedy Movies of the Last Few Years.
The best 2016 comedy movies brought in millions at the box office while offering movie goers lots of laughs at the theater.
Landscapes I once knew have been razed or ruined. Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil-France ► Trailer. My festival highlights were listening to Lizzie Borden tells us about the making of Born in Flames at the London Film Festival and Donna Deitch present Desert Hearts at BFI Flare.
There is no more diversity among cinephiles. All of my five choices here at least flirt with grotesquery (in the case of The Greasy Strangler, it’s the film’s main mode of expression) and contain provocations ranging from the playful (Toni Erdmann and Elle) to the jaw-dropping (Tenemos la Carne and Elle), to the visceral (Raw and Elle). A gloriously disturbing black comedy about rape. Legendary star Young Yuh-jung delivers a capital performance in E J-yong’s deceptively easy-going tale of an elderly prostitute. 2016 has been roundly terrible. The film's lead actors – Ryan Reynolds and T.J. Miller – both showcased their comedy roots throughout the adventure. Loach’s I, Daniel Blake is perhaps the most important film of the year in relation to the situation in a post-Brexit Britain. It’s also a roar of protest against colonialism, told from the perspective of an indigenous protagonist – not cinema’s first such character but one of its most memorable. Akerman’s passing is surely a tragedy, since her intelligent compassion is now removed from a world so in need of even a shred of intelligence let alone compassion. Critic, National Review & OUT magazine, USA, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Zack Snyder. https://putlocker.vg/tvshow/watch-the-rising-of-the-shield-hero-online-83095. Pablo Larraín, France/Spain/Argentina/Chile ► Trailer. “Power to the people, stick it to the man!”, Read our The Girl with All the Gifts review. Son of Joseph (Le Fils de Joseph) Eugène Green. The Handmaiden 4 votes Everybody Wants Some!! First, Malcolm Le Grice’s Horror Film screened as part of a season of his work at BFI Southbank, a thrill to see this, and moving too, given the passage and impact of time since it was first made – impossible not to reflect on this. ☞ Video: The superhero movies of 2016. A harried personal assistant balances the demands of her celebrity employer with those of her recently deceased brother.