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.

The Meyerowitz Stories (2017) ***

Aka: "The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)".

Le Sens de la fĂȘte (2017) ***

French comedy about a big party at a big palace.

Patients (2017) ***

Excellent French film about a paraplegic young man.

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.

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 (2017) ***

As good as the first film.

Battle Of The Sexes (2017) ***

Feminism, lesbianism and tennis. Excellent film about the famous tennis match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King.

Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) ***

Less impressive than the previous "Star Wars" films (except "Episode II", of course), but still a solid sci-fi space opera.

It (2017) ***

Excellent horror movie about an evil clown.

Get Out (2017) ***

Very good horror movie about a young black man visiting his white girlfriend's family.

Les Affames (2017) ***

"The Running Dead", Quebec-style.

The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) ***

Excellent biopic about Charles Dickens.

The Big Sick (2017) ***

A unique film that starts like a romantic comedy, turns into a disease-of-the-week melodrama and ends like a Bollywood family drama, only without any musical numbers. And it's all based on a true story.

The Villainess (2017) ***

Superb opening scene, and several other exciting action scenes (including a swordfight on racing motocycles in a tunnel) in this South Korean version of "Nikita" (1990).