December 12, 2017

Top 10 Films of 2017

1. "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri" (Martin McDonagh, USA)

2. "Call Me By Your Name" (Luca Guadagnino, USA)

 3. "Dunkirk" (Christopher Nolan, USA)

4. "First They Killed My Father" (Angelina Jolie, Cambodia)

5. "Thor: Ragnarok" (Taika Waititi, USA)

6. "Ava" (Léa Mysius, France)

7. "Wonder" (Stephen Chbosky, USA)

8. "The Post" (Steven Spielberg, USA)

9. "An Ordinary Man" (Brad Silberling, USA)

10. "I Love You Daddy" (Louis C.K., USA)


Other great films:

24 Frames (Iran)
Les Affames (Canada)
L'Amant double (France)
Ana mon amour (Romania)
Boy Undone (Mexico)
Grave (France)
In The Fade (Germany)
Loveless (Russia)
Loving Vincent (Poland)
Manic (Canada)
Patients (France)
Pokot (Poland)
Le Redoutable (France)
Taste Of Life (Germany)
The Villainess (South Korea)

Short Top 3:

1. "Pre-Drink" (Marc-Antoine Lemire, Canada)

2. "Yes God Yes" (Karen Maine, USA)

3. "2D Run" (Marin Kafedjiiski, Bulgaria)


Other great shorts:

ABSTRACTOID (Australia)
Intercourse (Sweden)
Irenne (Spain)

Top 3 Music Videos:

1. "P.O.W.A." (M.I.A.)

2. "The Story Of O.J." (Jay-Z)

3. "The Great Undressing" (Marie Kristiansen, Jenny Hval, Norway)


Other great music videos:

Despacito
The Drums (South Africa)
Look What You Made Me Do
New Rules
Praying
Winter (South Africa)

Top Commercial:

"Gravity Cat" (PlayStation, Japan)


Other great commercials:

Very Merry Mistake Mirry Christmus (New Zealand)

TV Top 10:

1. "Dark: Season 1" (Netflix)

2. "Better Call Saul: Season 3" (AMC)


5. "I Love Dick" (Amazon)

6. "Big Little Lies: Season 1" (Jean-Marc Vallee, HBO)
The Sinner: Season 1

Cartoon Top 3:

1. "Cipka" (Renata Gasiorowska, Poland)

2. "Revolting Rhymes Part One" (Jan Lachauer, Jakob Schuh, UK)

3. "Hedgehog's Home" (Eva Cvijanovic, Croatia)


Other great cartoons:

Garden Party (France)
Revolting Rhymes Part Two (UK)

Top VR film:

"Carne y Arena" (Alejandro G. Iñárritu, USA)


Other great VR films:

Asteroids! 
Miyubi

Top 3 Stand-Up Comedy Shows:

1. "Christina P: Mother Inferior" (Jay Karas, Netflix)

2. "Bill Burr: Walk Your Way Out" (Jay Karas, Netflix)

3. "Katherine Ryan: In Trouble" (Colin Dench, Netflix)

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Top Musical of 2017

"The Greatest Showman" (Michael Gracey, 20th-Fox)


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October 10, 2017

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (2017) ****

Superb film with incredibly complex characters.
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First They Killed My Father (2017) ****


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The Post (2017) ****

Excellent film about the publication of the Pentagon Papers by the Washington Post. Steven Spielberg at his best.
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Ava (2017) ****


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Call Me By Your Name (2017) ****


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Thor: Ragnarok (2017) ****

One of the best Marvel films, both hilarious and exciting.
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Dunkirk (2017) ****

Superb war drama about the evacuation of British soldiers from France in 1940.
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Wonder (2017) ****


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September 9, 2017

Loving Vincent (2017) ***

Visually stunning animated film about the death of Vincent Van Gogh. A coproduction between Poland and the United Kingdom.
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The Meyerowitz Stories (2017) ***

Aka: "The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)".
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Le Sens de la fête (2017) ***

French comedy about a big party at a big palace.
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Patients (2017) ***

Excellent French film about a paraplegic young man.
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Coco (2017) ***


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The Greatest Showman (2017) ***


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Darkest Hour (2017) ***

A companion piece to "Dunkirk", showing what was happening on the English side of the Channel as Churchill become Prime Minister during Britain's darkest hour.
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