December 12, 2016

Top 10 Films of 2016

1. "The Edge Of Seventeen" (Kelly Fremon Craig, USA)

2. "Ceux qui font les revolutions" (Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie, Canada)

3. "The Handmaiden" (Park Chan-Wook, South Korea)

4. "Manchester By The Sea" (Kenneth Lonergan, USA)

5. "Hacksaw Ridge" (Mel Gibson, USA)

6. "Love And Friendship" (Whit Stillman, USA)

7. "La La Land" (Damien Chazelle, USA)

8. "Tenemos la carne" (Emiliano Rocha Minter, Mexico)

9. "The Salesman" (Asghar Farhadi, Iran)

10. "Sing Street" (John Carney, Ireland)


Other great films:

10 Cloverfield Lane
13 Hours
13th 
Aquarius (Brazil)
Baby Bump (Poland)
Blush (Israel)
Early Winter (Canada)
L'Ecartee (Canada)
Elle (France)
The Forest (Thailand)
The Girl King (Finland)
Graduation (Romania)
Julieta (Spain)
King Dave (Canada)
Kollektivet (Denmark)
Life Animated
Lion (Australia)
Ma Loute (France)
Ma vie de courgette (Switzerland)
Natasha (Canada)
Nelly (Canada)
Powidoki (Poland)
Prank (Canada)
Rosalie Blum (France)
Rupture (Canada)
The Student (Russia)
Tanna (Vanuatu)
Toni Erdmann (Germany)
The Untamed (Mexico)
Victoria (France)
Wolyn (Poland)

Short Top 3:

1. "Dead Bait" (Lars-Erik Lie, Norway)

2. "Ennemis interieurs" (Selim Azzazi, France)

3. "E.W.A." (Gigi Ben Artzi, Ukraine)


Other great shorts:

Extremis
Frame 394 (Canada)
Hedone (Spain)
Her Friend Adam (Canada)
Mutants (Canada)
Ror mig (Denmark)
Silent Nights (Denmark)
Sing (Hungary)
Timecode (Spain)

Top 3 Music Videos:

1. "Space In Space" (Gigi Ben Artzi, Tiger Love)

2. "Formation" (Melina Matsoukas, Beyonce)

3. "Fade" (Eli Linnetz, Kanye West)


Other great music videos:

Side To Side

Top Commercial:

"Please Re-Elect Gerald" (Friends of Gerald Daugherty)


Other great commercials:



7. "Fleabag: Season 1" (BBC, UK) 

8. "Narcos: Season 2" (Netflix)

9. "Mr Robot: Season 2" (USA Network)


I Love Dick: Pilot

Cartoon Top 3:

1. "Pear Cider And Cigarettes" (Robert Valley, Canada)

2. "Borrowed Time" (Andrew Coats, Lou Hamou-Lhadj, USA)

3. "Piper" (Alan Barillaro, Pixar, Disney)


Other great cartoons:

Mamie (Canada)
Shiny

Top VR film:

"Pearl" (Patrick Osborne, Google Spotlight)


Other great VR films:


Top Stand-Up Comedy Show:

"Iliza Shlesinger: Confirmed Kills" (Bobcat Goldthwait, Netflix)


Other great stand-up comedy shows:


Weak films of 2016:
Neruda (Chile)
Nitro Rush
The Northlander (Canada)
La Nouvelle vie de Paul Sneijder
Numb (Canada)
Old Stone (China)
Operation Avalanche (Canada)
The Other Half (Canada)
Pays (Canada)
The Prison In Twelve Landscapes
Race
Riverhead (Canada)
Rules Don't Apply

Top Musical of 2016

"La La Land" (Damien Chazelle, Lionsgate)