December 12, 2017

Top 10 Films of 2017

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

2. "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri" (Martin McDonagh, 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)
Ana mon amour (Romania)
Boy Undone (Mexico)
Grave (France)
In The Fade (Germany)
Loving Vincent (Poland)
Manic (Canada)
Patients (France)
Pokot (Poland)
The Villainess (South Korea)


Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 2017:

1. "Le Redoutable" (Michel Hazanavicius, France)

2. "The Meyerowitz Stories" (Noah Baumbach, Netflix)

3. "Jeune femme" (Léonor Serraille, France)

4. "Loveless" (Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia)

5. "L'Amant double" (François Ozon, France)

6. "Picture Of Beauty" (Maxim Ford, UK)

7. "Great Great Great" (Adam Garnet Jones, Canada)

8. "Taste Of Life" (Roland Reber, Germany)

9. "Spina" (Tereza Nvotová, Slovakia)

10. "The Institute" (James Franco, Pamela Romanowsky, USA)


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)

Hochelaga terre des âmes (Canada)
Hunting Pignut (Canada)
Indian Horse (Canada)
The Insult (Lebanon)
Iqaluit (Canada)
Jalouse (France)
Tadoussac (Canada)
X Quinientos (Canada)

Weak shorts:

Babe I Hate To Go
La Course navette (Canada)
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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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Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 (2017) ***

As good as the first film.
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An Ordinary Man (2017) ***

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Battle Of The Sexes (2017) ***

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

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24 Frames (2017) ***



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The Florida Project (2017) ***

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It (2017) ***

Excellent horror movie about an evil clown.
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Get Out (2017) ***

Very good horror movie about a young black man visiting his white girlfriend's family.
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Molly's Game (2017) ***

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Les Affames (2017) ***

"The Running Dead", Quebec-style.
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I Love You Daddy (2017) ***

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The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) ***

Excellent biopic about Charles Dickens.
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The Shape Of Water (2017) ***


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Who's Watching Oliver ? (2017) ***

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Picture Of Beauty (2017) ***

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Mother (2017) ***

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Most Beautiful Island (2017) ***

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Logan (2017) ***

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I Tonya (2017) ***

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The Institute (2017) ***

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Icarus (2017) ***

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Here Alone (2017) ***

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Fifty Shades Darker (2017) ***

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The Disaster Artist (2017) ***

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The Boss Baby (2017) ***

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Blade Runner 2049 (2017) ***

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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.
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Wonder Wheel (2017) ***

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Kong: Skull Island (2017) ***


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Baby Driver (2017) ***

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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).
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August 8, 2017

Visages Villages (2017) ***

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Le Redoutable (2017) ***

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Mr et Mme Adelman (2017) ***

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Jeune femme (2017) ***

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Grave (2017) ***

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Les Gardiennes (2017) ***

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Au revoir la-haut (2017) ***

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Petit paysan (2017) **

La tragédie d'un jeune paysan dont les vaches tombes malades.
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L'Amant double (2017) ***



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Jalouse (2017) *

With Karine Viard.
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La Villa (2017) **

Robert Guédiguian's film set in a small fishing village near Marseilles.
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Le Brio (2017) **

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