All Films
Watched in 2016
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However, on
this site all films still are rated on a scale of 4-stars:
****(A+), *** 3/4 (A), *** 1/2 (A-), *** 1/4
(B+), *** (B), ** 3/4 (B-), ** 1/2 (C+), ** 1/4 ( C), **
(C-) , * 3/4 thru * (D), 3/4* thru
0* (F)
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A FILM is defined as 70 min.+ visual event. A non-capitalized film title is a
short film worthy of note.
The year included with the
film is the year I watched each film.
(V) =
TV, Video or DVD ( +) = repeat
viewing (W/O)= walked out
January,
2016
FALLS,
THE (2016, d. Jon
Garcia) *** 1/2
LONGHORNS
(2016, d. David Lewis) 1/2*
BOY
& THE WORLD (O Menino e o Mundo)
(2016, d. Alê Abreu) *** 1/2
100
YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT OF THE WINDOW AND
DISAPPEARED, THE (2016, d. Felix
Herngren) ** 3/4
Bear Story (2016, d.
Gabriel Osorio Vargas) ** 1/4
Prologue (2016, d. Richard
Williams) *** 1/4
Sanjay's Super Team (2016,
d. Sanjay Patel) *** 1/4
We Can't Live Without Cosmos
(2016, d. Konstantin Bronzit) **
World of Tomorrow (2016, d.
Don Hertzfeldt) ** 1/2
Ave Maria (2016, d. Basil
Khalil) **
Day One (2016, d. Henry
Hughes) *** 1/2
Everything Will Be Okay
(2016, d. Patrick Volrath) *** 1/2
Shok (2016, d. Jamie
Donoughue) ***
Stutterer (2016, d. Benjamin
Cleary & Serena Armitage) ** 3/4
February,
2016
SHAUN
THE SHEEP MOVIE (2016, d.
Mark Burton, Richard Starzack) ** 3/4
GREASE
LIVE (2016, Thomas Kail,
Alex Rudzinski) *** 1/4
MADOFF
(2016, d. Raymond De Felitta) *** 1/2
BROOKLYN
(2016, d. John Crowley) + ****
CAROL
(2016, d. Todd Haynes) + *** 1/2
HAIL,
CAESAR! (2016, d. Joel and
Ethan Coen) ***
WAR
& PEACE (2016, d. Tom
Harper) *** 3/4
MAD
MAX: FURY ROAD (2016,
d. George Miller) + *** 1/2
WHEN
MARNIE WAS THERE (2016, d.
Hiromasa Yonebayashi) ** 1/4
50
SHADES OF GREY (2016, d. Sam
Taylor-Johnson) ***
DEADPOOL
(2016, d. Tim Miller) ** 3/4
TOUCHED
WITH FIRE
(2016,
d. Paul
Dalio)
*** 3/4
DON'T
BE BAD (Non
essere
cattivo)
(2016,
d. Claudio
Caligari)
+ ***
1/4
WE
BELIEVED (Noi
credevamo)
(2016,
d. Mario
Martone)
* 3/4
BOUNDARY,
THE (Il
confine)
(2016,
d. Carlo
Carlei)
*** 3/4
DAYS
OF HEAVEN
(2016,
d. Terrence
Malick)
++ ***
1/2
March, 2016
GODS OF EGYPT
(2016, d. Alex Proyas) **
BOYS
(Jongens)
(2016,
d. Mischa
Kamp)
+ ** 3/4
LONDON
HAS FALLEN
(2016,
d. Babak
Najafi)
*** 1/4
WHISKEY
TANGO FOXTROT
(2016,
d. Glenn
Ficarra, John
Requa)
*** 1/4
KNIGHT
OF CUPS
(2016,
d. Terrence
Malick)
**
MIDNIGHT
SPECIAL
(2016,
d. Jeff
Nichols)
*** 1/2
THE LITTLE
PRINCE
(2016,
d. Mark
Osborne)
*** 1/4
April, 2016
BATMAN
V SUPERMAN:
DAWN OF
JUSTICE
(2016,
d. Zack
Snyder)
*** 1/4
LOUDER
THAN BOMBS
(2016,
d. Joachim
Trier)
*** 3/4
LOLO
(2016,
d. Julie
Delpy)
** 3/4
STEALING
CARS
(2016,
d. Bradley
Kaplan)
*** 1/4
EVERYTHING
IS COPY
(2016,
d. Jacob
Bernstein)
*** 3/4
NOTHING
LEFT UNSAID:
GLORIA
VANDERBILT
& ANDERSON
COOPER
(2016, d.
Liz Garbus)
*** 1/2
EVERYBODY
WANTS SOME!!
(2016,
d. Richard
Linklater)
*** 1/4
COME
WHAT MAY (En
mai, fais ce
qu'il te
plaît)
(2016,
d. Christian
Carion)
*** 1/2
DON'T
TELL ME THE
BOY WAS
MAD (Une
histoire de
fou)
(2016,
d. Robert
Guédiguian)
*** 1/2
KALINKA
(Au nom de ma
fille)
(2016,
d. Vincent
Garenq)
** 3/4
FAST
CONVOY (Le convoi)
(2016,
d. Frédéric
Schoendoerffer)
**
COMPARED
TO WHAT: THE
IMPROBABLE
JOURNEY OF
BARNEY FRANK
(2016, Canavan
&
Chandler) ***
3/4
May,
2016
VICTORIA
(2016, d. Sebastian
Schipper)
*** 1/2
CONCERTO
- A BEETHOVEN
JOURNEY
(2016, d. Phil
Grabsky)
***
VIOLATORS,
THE
(2016, d. Helen
Walsh) *
1/2
TRUMAN (2016, d. Cesc
Gay) ***
3/4
HOW
MOST THINGS
WORK
(2016, d. Fernando
Salem)
** 3/4
SLASH (2016, d. Clay
Liford)
*** 1/4
HORIZONS
(2016, d. Eileen
Hofer)
**
LAST
KING, THE
(2016, d. Nils
Gaup)
*** 1/4
INDIGNATION
(2016, d. James
Schamus)
*** 3/4
WAIT,
THE (L'Attesa)
(2016,
d. Piero
Messina)
**
IF
PROJECT, THE
(2016, d.
Kathlyn
Horan)
** 1/2
CLOSET
MONSTER
(2016, d.
Stephen
Dunn)
*** 1/4
SUNSET
SONG
(2016,
d. Terence
Davies)
*** 1/2
HOCKNEY
(2016,
d. Randall
Wright)
*** 3/4
SONITA
(2016,
d. Rokhsareh
Ghaem
Maghami)
*** 3/4
TANNA
(2016,
d. Martin
Butler &
Bentley
Dean) **
1/4
ZOOM
(2016,
d. Pedro
Morelli)
*** 1/2
MIDSUMMER
IN NEWTOWN
(2016,
d. Lloyd
Kramer) ***
1/4
OLIVE
TREE, THE
(2016, d.
Iciar
Bollain)
** 1/2
SOUTHSIDE
WITH YOU
(2016, d.
Richard
Tanne)
***
EYE
IN THE SKY
(2016,
d. Gavin Hood)
*** 1/2
MICROBE
AND GASOLINE
(2016, d.
Michel
Gondry)
*** 1/2
VIOLIN
TEACHER, THE
(Tudo que
aprendemos
juntos)
(2016, d.
Sérgio
Machado)
** 1/4
LURE,
THE
(2016, d.
Agnieszka
Smoczynska)
*
SING
STREET
(2016,
d. John
Carney)
*** 3/4
CAPTAIN
AMERICA:
CIVIL WAR
(2016,
d. Anthony
Russo, Joe
Russo) *
3/4
BELLE
AND SEBASTIAN,
THE ADVENTURE
CONTINUES
(2016,
d. Christian
Duguay)
***
BUGS
(2016,
d. Andreas
Johnsen) **
1/4
FREE
WORLD, THE
(2016,
d. Jason
Lew) ***
GREEN
ROOM
(2016,
d.
Jeremy
Saulnier)
** 3/4
HIGH-RISE
(2016,
d. Ben
Wheatley)
** 3/4
DEMON
(2016,
d. Marcin
Wrona)
** 3/4
DON'T
THINK TWICE
(2016,
d. Mike
Birbiglia)
*** 1/4
WHERE
HAVE ALL THE
GOOD MEN GONE
(2016,
d. René Frelle
Petersen)
*** 1/4
TICKLED
(2016,
d. David
Farrier &
Dylan
Reeve)
*** 1/2
KEDI
(2016,
d. Ceyda
Torun)
** 1/4
RARA
(2016,
d. Pepa San
Martin)
** 3/4
ICE
AND THE SKY
(2016,
d. Luc
Jacquet)
*** 3/4
BIGGER
SPLASH,
A
(2016,
d. Luca
Guadagnino)
*** 1/2
ANTS
ON A SHRIMP
(2016,
d. Maurice
Dekkers)
***
THE
ARCHITECT
(2016,
d. Jonathan
Parker)
*** 1/2
RAINBOW
TIME
(2016
d. Linas
Phillips)
*** 1/4
LOVE
AND FRIENDSHIP
(2016,
d. Whit
Stillman)
*** 1/2
13
MINUTES
(2016,
d. Oliver
Hirschbiegel)
****
SECRET
FESTIVAL #1 (2016)
My
lips are
sealed; but
this
Technicolor
restoration
was luminous
on the big
screen.***
1/2
MILES
(2016,
d. Nathan
Adloff)
** 1/2
WEINER
(2016,
d. Josh
Kriegman,
Elyse
Steinberg)
*** 3/4
WAREHOUSED
(2016,
d. Jack Zagha)
***
PATHS
OF THE SOUL
(2016,
d. Zhang
Yang)
***
DISORDER
(2016,
d. Alice
Winocour)
*** 1/2
OTHER
PEOPLE
(2016,
d. Chris
Kelly)
*** 3/4
MAN
CALLED OVE, A
(2016,
d. Hannes
Holm)
*** 1/4
FAMILY
FILM
(2016,
d. Olmo
Omerzu)
** 3/4
ILLEGITIMATE
(2016,
d. Adrian
Sitaru)
**3/4
LITTLE
MEN
(2016,
d. Ira
Sachs)
*** 1/2
PAUL
À QUÉBEC
(2016,
d. François
Bourier) ***
1/2
LAND,
THE
(2016,
d. Steven
Caple
Jr.) **
1/4
WOUNDED
ANGEL, THE
(2016,
d. Emir
Baigazin)
*
SPARROWS
(2016,
d. Runar
Runarsson)
*** 1/2
HUNT
FOR THE
WILDERPEOPLE
(2016,
d. Taika
Waititi)
** 3/4
IF
THERE'S A HELL
BELOW
(2016,
d. Nathan
Williams)
**
AS
YOU ARE
(2016,
d. Miles
Joris-Peyrafitte)
*** 1/4
MA
MA
(2016,
d. Julio
Medem)
*** 3/4
MY
BLIND BROTHER
(2016,
d. Sophie
Goodhart)
***
GOAT
(2016,
d. Andrew
Neel) **
3/4
TENTH
MAN, THE (El
rey del Once)
(2016,
d.
Daniel
Burman)
**
INTERVENTION,
THE
(2016,
d. Clea
DuVall)
*** 1/4
EQUALS
(2016,
d. Drake
Doremus)
** 1/2
SECRET
FESTIVAL
#2 (2016)
Fun
docu.
*** 1/2
FROM
AFAR
(2016,
d. Lorenzo
Vigas)
** 3/4
ETERNAL
SUMMER
(2016,
d. Andreas
Öhman)
*** 1/2
LOBSTER,
THE
(2016,
d. Yorgos
Lanthimos)
***
OUR
KIND OF
TRAITOR
(2016,
d. Susanna
White)
** 1/4
LES
COWBOYS
(2016,
d. Thomas
Bidegain)
***
CHUCKS
(2016,
d.
Sabine
Hiebler,
Gerhard
Ertl) **
PRETTY
ONES, THE
(2016,
d. Melisa
Liebenthal)
1/2* W/O
EYE
OF THE STORM
(L'oeil du
cyclone)
(2016,
d. Sékou
Traoré)
***
SLEEPING
GIANT
(2016,
d. Andrew
Cividino)
*** 3/4
June,
2016
BURN
BURN BURN
(2016,
d. Chanya
Button)
*** 1/2
UP
FOR LOVE (Un
homme à la
hauteur)
(2016,
d. Laurent
Tirard)
**
ONE
KISS
(2016,
d. Ivan
Cotroneo)
** 3/4
SOUND
OF TREES, THE
(2016,
d.
François
Péloquin)
* 1/2
MORRIS
FROM AMERICA
(2016,
d. Chad
Hartigan)
** 1/2
QUEEN
OF IRELAND,
THE
(2016,
d. Conor
Horgan)
*** 1/2
WHILE
THE WOMEN ARE
SLEEPING
(2016,
d. Wayne
Wang)
*** 1/4
BRIDE,
THE (La novia)
(2016,
d. Paula
Ortiz) ** 1/2
TOWER
(2016,
d. Keith
Maitland)
****
SPA
NIGHT
(2016,
d. Andrew
Ahn) ***
PARALYTIC
(2016,
d. Joey
Johnson)
* 3/4
RAINBOW
(2016,
d. Nagesh
Kukunoor)
** 3/4
MURMUR
OF THE HEARTS
(2016,
d. Sylvia
Chang)
** 1/4
BATTLE
OF SEVASTOPOL
(2016,
d. Sergey
Mokristky)
*** 3/4
INNOCENTS,
THE
(2016,
d. Anne
Fontaine)
*** 1/2
SECRET FEST
#3
(2016)
Involving and
inspiring
drama.
*** 3/4
TRANSPECOS
(2016,
d. Greg
Kwedar)
***
Evolution
of Verse (VR
short film)
(2016,
d. Chris
Milk) ****
SUMMER
OF '92
(2016,
d. Kasper
Barfoed)
***
RED GRINGO
(2016,
d. Paulina
Obando)
Turgid Chilean
docu about
Communist
1950s singer
Dean
Reed. *
YOU'LL
NEVER BE ALONE
(2016,
d. Alex
Anwandter)
** 1/2
PARADISE
SUITE
(2016,
d. Joost van
Ginkel)
*** 3/4
COCONUT
HERO
(2016,
d. Florian
Cossen)
*** 1/2
MOBFATHERS,
THE
(2016,
d. Herman
Yau) **
1/2
SPY
TIME
(2016,
d. Javier,
Ruiz
Caldera)
*** 1/4
AWAITING
(La Adopción)
(2016, d.
Daniela
Fejerman)
** 3/4
SCENT
OF MANDARIN,
THE
(L'odeur
de la
mandarine)
(2016,
d. Gilles
Legrand)
*** 1/2
ARIANNA
(2016,
d. Carlo
Lavagna)
***
SAND
STORM
(2016,
d. Elite
Zexer)
*** 1/2
MIDDLE
MAN
(2016,
d. Ned
Crowley)
* 1/2
CHICKEN
PEOPLE
(2016,
d. Nicole
Lucas
Haimes)
** 1/4
MOUNTAINS
MAY
DEPART
(2016,
d. Jia
Zhangke)
*** 3/4
BEING
17
(2016,
d. André
Téchiné)
*** 3/4
CLAIRE
IN MOTION
(2016,
d. Lisa
Robinson,
Annie J.
Howell)
***
AMERICANA
(2016,
d. Zachary
Shedd)
**
HOLDING THE MAN
(2016,
d. Neil
Armfield)
*** 3/4
GENERAL,
THE
(2016,
d. Buster
Keaton, Clyde
Bruckman) ***
1/2
AMAMA:
WHEN A TREE
FALLS
(2016,
d. Asier
Altuna)
*** 1/4
FRANK
AND LOLA
(2016,
d. Matthew
Ross) **
NEWS
FROM PLANET
MARS
(2016,
d. Dominik
Moll) **
3/4
SECRET
FESTIVAL #4
(2016) ** 1/2
11:55
(2016,
d. Ari Issler,
Ben
Snyder)
*** 1/4
LAST
CAB TO DARWIN
(2016,
d. Jeremy
Sims)
*** 1/2
DIARY
OF A
CHAMBERMAID
(2016,
d. Benoît
Jacquot)
** 1/4
GENIUS
(2016,
d.
Michael
Grandage)
*** 1/2
NEON
DEMON
(2016, d.
Nicolas
Winding
Refn) **
1/4
MAGGIE'S
PLAN
(2016,
d. Rebecca
Miller)
*** 1/2
NOW
YOU SEE ME 2
(2016,
d. John M.
Chu) *
1/4
INDEPENDENCE
DAY:
RESURGENCE
(2016,
d. Roland
Emmerich)
** 1/2
Summer
Vacation
(2016,
d. Tal Granit,
Sharon
Maymon)
***
July,
2016
BECOMING MIKE
NICHOLS
(2016,
d. Douglas
McGrath)
*** 1/2
FUNDAMENTALS
OF CARING, THE
(2016,
d. Rob
Burnett)
*** 1/4
LEGEND
OF TARZAN, THE
(2016,
d. David
Yates)
** 1/2
BRAINWASHING
OF MY DAD, THE
(2016,
d. Jen
Senko)
*** 3/4
CAFÉ
SOCIETY
(2016,
d. Woody
Allen)
*** 1/2
EVA
HESSE
(2016,
d. Marcie
Begleiter)
*** 1/4
FIRST
MONDAY IN MAY,
THE
(2016,
d. Adrew
Rossi)
** 1/4
BE
HERE NOW (THE
ANDY WHITFIELD
STORY)
(2016,
d. Lilibet
Foster)
*** 1/4
EAT
THAT
QUESTION:
FRANK ZAPPA IN
HIS OWN WORDS
(2016,
d. Thorsten
Schütte) ***
1/2
CAPTAIN
FANTASTIC
(2016,
d. Matt
Ross)
****
STAR
TREK BEYOND
(2016,
d. Justin
Lin) *
3/4
LOOKING:
THE MOVIE
(2016,
d. Andrew
Haigh)
*** 1/2
JASON
BOURNE
(2016,
d. Paul
Greengrass)
** 3/4
INFILTRATOR,
THE
(2016,
d. Brad
Furman)
***
August,
2016
HOW
TO LET GO OF
THE WORLD AND
LOVE ALL THE
THINGS CLIMATE
CAN'T CHANGE
(2016,
d. Josh Fox)
*** 1/2
JIM:
THE JAMES
FOLEY STORY
(2016,
d. Brian
Oakes)
*** 1/2
KEEPERS
OF THE GAME
(2016,
d. Judd
Ehrlish)
***
LAST
MAN ON THE
MOON, THE
(2016,
d. Mark
Craig)
*** 1/2
SUICIDE
SQUAD
(2016,
d. David Ayer)
** 1/2
LIFE
ANIMATED
(2016,
d. Roger Ross
Williams)
*** 3/4
LOOK
AT US NOW,
MOTHER
(2016,
d. Gayle
Kirschenbaum)
** 3/4
MAPPLETHORPE:
LOOK AT THE
PICTURES
(2016,
d. Fenton
Bailey &
Randy
Barbato)
*** 1/2
MARINONI
- THE FIRE IN
THE FRAME
(2016,
d. Tony
Girardin) **
3/4
MAVIS!
(2016,
d. Jessica
Edwards)
***
MUSIC
OF STRANGERS,
THE: YO
YO MA &
THE SILK ROAD
ENSEMBLE
(2016,
Morgan
Neville)
** 1/2
ANTHROPOID
(2016,
d. Sean
Ellis)
** 3/4
HANDS
OF STONE
(2016,
d. Jonathan
Jakubowicz)
*** 1/2
FLORENCE
FOSTER JENKINS
(2016,
d. Stephen
Frears)
***
MY
LOVE, DON'T
CROSS THAT
RIVER
(2016,
d. Moyoung
Jin) **
1/2
NUTS!
(2016,
d. Penny
Lane)
*** 1/2
PRESENTING
PRINCESS SHAW
(2016,
d. Ido
Haar) **
3/4
SYNDROME,
THE
(2016,
d. Meryl
Goldsmith)
**
TRAPPED
(2016,
d. Dawn
Porter)
*** 3/4
UNDER
THE GUN
(2016,
d. Stephanie
Soechtig)
*** 3/4
I'M
A PORN STAR
(2016,
d. Charlie
David)
** 1/2
WITNESS
(2016,
d. James
Solomon)
** 3/4
KUBO
AND THE TWO
STRINGS
(2016,
d. Travis
Knight)
*** 1/4
PEOPLE
VS. FRITZ
BAUER, THE
(2016,
d. Lars
Kraume)
*** 1/2
BEN-HUR
(2016,
d. Timur
Bekmambetov)
** 1/2
ZERO
DAYS
(2016,
d. Alex
Gibney)
****
O.J.:
MADE IN
AMERICA
(2016,
d. Ezra
Edelman)
*** 1/2
HELL OR
HIGH WATER
(2016,
d. David
Mackenzie)
*** 1/2
HOLLARS,
THE
(2016,
d. John
Krasinski)
** 3/4
September, 2016
ALMOST
HOLY
(2016,
d. Steve
Hoover)
*** 1/4
AUTHOR:
THE JT LEROY
STORY
(2016,
d. Jeff
Feuerzeig)
*** 3/4
CITIZEN SOLDIER (2016, d. Christian Tureaud & David Salzberg) ** 3/4
CITY OF GOLD (2016, d. Laura Gabbert) *** 1/4
COMMAND AND CONTROL (2016, d. Robert Kenner) *** 3/4
MORGAN
(2016,
d. Luke Scott) ***
SULLY
(2016,
d. Clint
Eastwood) *** 1/2
OTHER
PEOPLE
(2016,
d. Chris
Kelly) + *** 3/4
LIGHT
BETWEEN
OCEANS, THE
(2016,
d. Derek
Cianfrance) ** 3/4
DON'T BLINK- ROBERT FRANK (2016, d. Laura Israel) *** 1/4
EQUAL MEANS EQUAL (2016, d. Kamala Lopez) *** 1/2
GLEASON (2016, d. Clay Tweel) *** 3/4
HOOLIGAN SPARROW (2016, d. Nanfu Wang) *** 1/4
SNOWDEN
(2016,
d. Oliver
Stone) *** 3/4
DENIAL
(2016,
d. Mick
Jackson) ** 3/4
INDIAN POINT (2016, d. Ivy Meeropol) *** 1/2
KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE (2016, d. Robert Greene) ** 1/2
LANDFILL HARMONIC (2016, d. Brad Allgood & Graham Townsley) ** 1/2
LO AND BEHOLD: REVERIES OF THE CONNECTED WORLD (2016, d. Werner Herzog) ***
DRESSMAKER,
THE
(2016,
d. Jocelyn
Moorhouse) *** 1/4
MISS SHARON JONES (2016, d. Barbara Kopple) *** 1/2
NORMAN LEAR: JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF YOU (2016, d. Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady) *** 1/4
OUR LAST TANGO (2016, d. German Kral) *** 1/4
SEVENTH FIRE, THE (2016, d. Jack Pettibone Riccobono) ** 3/4
October, 2016
13TH (2016, d. Ava DuVernay) *** 1/2
DEEPWATER HORIZON (2016, d. Peter Berg) *** 1/4
MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (2016, d. Tim Burton) ** 1/4
ABOLITIONISTS, THE (2016, d. Darrin Fletcher & Chet Thomas) ** 3/4
BEHIND BAYONETS & BARBED WIRE (2016, d. Richard L. Anderson, Haofang Shen) *** 1/2
BEST DEMOCRACY MONEY CAN BUY, THE (2016, d. Greg Palast & David Ambrose) ****
BILLION LIVES, A (2016, d. Aaron Biebert) ** 1/4
BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (2016, d. Nate Parker) *** 1/2
GIRL ON THE TRAIN, THE (2016, d. Tate Taylor) * 1/4
COLLIDING DREAMS (2016, d. Joseph Dorman & Oren Rudavsky) *** 1/4
HARRY & SNOWMAN (2016, d. Ron Davis) ** 3/4
HOLY HELL (2016, d. Will Allen) *** 3/4
IRON MOON (2016, d. Qin Xiaoyu & Wu Feiyue) W/O
IVORY - A CRIME STORY (2016, d. Sergey Yastrzhembsky) ** 1/2
EAGLE HUNTRESS (2016, d. Otto Bell) *** 1/2
AMERICAN PASTORAL (2016, d. Ewen McGregor) ***
ACCOUNTANT, THE (2016, d. Gavin O'Connor) ***
SALESMAN, THE (2016, Iran, d. Asghar Farhadi) *** 1/4 [due to Academy regulations no reviews of foreign language submissions]
MOTHER (2016, Estonia d. Kadri Köusaar) ** 3/4
MARATHON: THE PATRIOT'S DAY BOMBING (2016, d. Ricki Stern & Annie Sundberg) ****
NERUDA (2016, Chile, d. Pablo Larrain) **
IDOL, THE (2016, Palestine, Hany Ab-Assad) ***
EVA NOVÁ (2016, Slovakia, d. Marko Skop) *** 1/4
JULIETA (2016, Spain, d. Pedro Almodóvar) *** 1/2
MA' ROSA (2016, Philippines, d. Brillante Mendoza) * 3/4
JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK (2016, d. Edward Zwick) * 1/4
LAND OF MINE (2016, Denmark, d. Martin Zandvliet) *** 1/2
WELL, THE (2016, Algeria, d. Lotfi Bourcouchi) ***
NATIONAL PARKS ADVENTURE (2016, d. Greg MacGillivray) ** 1/2
ROLLING STONES, THE OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ: A TRIP ACROSS LATIN AMERICA (2016, d. Paul Dugdale) ** 1/2
DESIERTO (2016, Mexico, d. Jonás Cuarón) *** 1/4
HANDMAIDEN, THE (2016, d. Park Chan-wook) ** 1/2
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (2016. d. Tom Ford) *** 1/2
ARDENNES, THE (2016, Belgium, d. Robin Pront) ***
PORT OF CALL (2016, Hong Kong, d. Philip Yung) * 3/4
MOONLIGHT (2016, d. Barry Jenkins) *** 1/2
November, 2016
CLASH (2016, Egypt, d. Mohamed Diab) *** 1/2
AFTERIMAGE (2016, Poland, d. Andrzej Wajda) *** 1/4
SHADOW WORLD (2016, d. Johan Grionprez) *** 1/4
UNDER THE SHADOW (2016, United Kingdom, d. Babak Anvari) ** 3/4
NAGASAKI: MEMORIES OF MY SON (2016, Japan, d. Yoji Yamada) *** 1/4
ARRIVAL (2016, d. Denis Villeneuve) *** 1/2
HACKSAW RIDGE (2016, d. Mel Gibson) ** 1/2
CHROMIUM (2016 Albania, d. Bujar Alimani) *** 1/4
CALL ME THIEF (2016, South Africa, d. Daryne Joshua) *** 1/2
MISS SLOANE (2016, d. John Madden) *** 1/2
DOCTOR STRANGE (2016, d. Scott Derrickson) ***
LIBRATION OF SKOPJE (2016, Macedonia, d. Rade Serbedzija, Danilo Serbedzija) *** 1/2
KING COBRA (2016, d. Justin Kelly) ***
HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI (2016, Finland, d. Juho Kuosmanen) *** 1/4
BEAUTIFUL PAIN (2016, Malaysia, d. Tunku Mona Riza) *** 1/4
SIERANEVADA (2016, Romania, d. Cristi Puiu) *** 1/2
FIRE AT SEA (2016, Italy, d. Gianfranco Rosi) ** 3/4
LION (2016, d. Garth Davis) *** 3/4
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (2016, d. Kenneth Lonergan) ****
KARMA (2016, Thailand, d. Kanittha Kwunyoo) * 1/4
SENECA'S DAY (2016, Lithuania, d. Kristijonas Vildziunas) W/O
BILLY LYNN'S LONG HALFTIME WALK (2016, d. Ang Lee) *** 1/4
THEO WHO LIVED (2016, d. David Schisgall) *** 1/4
TREASURES (TREZOROS): THE LOST JEWS OF KASTORIA (2016, d. Lawrence Russo, Larry Confino) *** 3/4
UNCONDEMNED, THE (2016, d. Michele Mitchell & Nick Louvel) ** 1/2
UNDER THE SUN (2016, d. Vitaly Mansky) *** 3/4
WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE (2016, d. Heidi Brandenburg, Matthew Orzel) *** 1/2
BAD KIDS, THE (2016, d. Keith Fulton & Lou Pepe) *** 1/2
BEFORE THE FLOOD (2016, d. Fisher Stevens) *** 3/4
CAMERAPERSON (2016, d. Kirsten Johnson) *** 3/4
RULES DON'T APPLY (2016, d. Warren Beatty) *** 1/4
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (2016, d. David Yates) **
TONIO (2016, Netherlands, d. Paula van der Oest) *** 3/4
CLÁSICO, EL (2016, Iraq, d. Halkawt Mustafa) ** 3/4
ALLIED (2016, d. Robert Zemeckis) ** 3/4
DO NOT RESIST (2016, d. Craig Atkinson) *** 1/2
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (2016, d. Raoul Peck) ****
MAGNUS (2016, d. Benjamin Ree) *** 3/4
NOTES ON BLINDNESS (2016, d. Pete Middleton, James Spinney) *** 3/4
SOLITARY (2016, d. Kristi Jacobson) *** 1/4
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE (2016, d. Tom Donahue) *** 1/4
VOYAGE OF TIME: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (2016, d. Terrence Malick) ** 3/4
AMANDA KNOX (2016, d. Rod Blackhurst & Brian McGinn) *** 1/2
ANNE FRANK THEN AND NOW (2016, d. Jokov & Dominik Sedlar) ** 1/2
BEATLES, THE: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK, THE TOURING YEARS (2016, d. Ron Howard) ****
BEAUTIFUL PLANET, A (2016, d. Toni Myers) *** 1/2
BEST WORST THING THAT EVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED (2016, d. Lonny Price) *** 3/4
AUDRIE & DAISY (2016, d. Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk) *** 1/4
BOY 23: THE FORGOTTEN BOYS OF BRAZIL (2106, d. Belisario Franca) ** 1/4
BRIGHT LIGHTS: STARRING CARRIE FISHER & DEBBIE REYNOLDS (2016, d. Alexis Bloom & Fisher Stevens) *** 1/2
BY SIDNEY LUMET (2016, d. Nancy Buirski) *** 3/4
DEFYING THE NAZIS: THE SHARPS' WAR (2016, d. Ken Burns & Artemis Joukowsky) *** 1/2
FLOYD NORMAN: AN ANIMATED LIFE (2016, d. Flore & Frik Sharkey) ***
FRANCOFONIA (2016, d. Alexander Sokurov) W/O
GIMME DANGER (2016, d. Jim Jarmusch) *** 1/2
INTO THE INFERNO (2016, d. Werner Herzog) *** 1/2
SILICON COWBOYS (2016, d. Jason Cohen) ** 1/2
TRANS LIST, THE (2016, d. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders) *** 1/2
WE ARE X (2016, D. Stephen Kijak) *** 1/4
MAYA ANGELOU: AND SITLL I RISE (2016, d. Bob Hercules & Rita Coburn Whack) *** 3/4
MIFUNE: THE LAST SAMURAI (2016, d. Steven Okazaki) ** 1/2
NEWTOWN (2016, d. Kim A. Snyder) *** 1/2
December, 2016
FLICKERING TRUTH, A (2016, New Zealand, d. Pietra Brettkelly) ** 1/2
IT'S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD (2016, Canada, d. Xavier Dolan) *** 1/2
AMANAT (2016, Kazakhstan, d. Satybaldy Narymbetov) ***
TONI ERDMANN (2016, Germany, d. Maren Ade) ** 3/4
THINGS TO COME (2016, d. Mia Hansen-Love) *** 1/2
JACKIE (2016, d. Pablo Larrain) *** 3/4
Nixon: Checkers to Watergate (2016, d. Charles Braverman, Ken Rudolph) *** 1/2 (1976 doc. short)
BARAKAH MEETS BARAKAH (2016, Saudi Arabia, d. Mahmoud Sabbagh) ** 3/4
PARADISE (2016, Russia, d. Andrei Konchalovsky) *** 34
HAIRSPRAY LIVE! (2016, d. Alex Rudzinski, Kenny Leon) * 1/2
ELLE (2016, d. Paul Verhoeven) *** 1/4
LA LA LAND (2016, d. Damien Chazelle) *** 1/2
20th CENTURY WOMEN (2016, d. Mike Mills) *** 3/4
IVORY GAME, THE (2016, d. Richard Ladkani & Kief Davidson) *** 3/4
FENCES (2016, d. Denzel Washington) ** 3/4
I, DANIEL BLAKE (2016, d. Ken Loach) *** 1/2
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (2016, d. Gareth Edwards) ***
HIDDEN FIGURES (2016, d. Theodore Melfi) ** 1/4
PASSENGERS (2016, d. Morten Tyldum) *** 1/2
Brillo Box (3¢ Off) (2016, short, d. Lisanne Skyler) *** 1/4
SILENCE (2016, d. Martin Scorsese) *** 1/4
Extremis (2016, short, d. Dan Krauss) *** 1/2
Close Ties (2016, short, d. Zotia Kowalewska) **
4.1 Miles (2016, short, d. Daphne Matziaraki) *** 1/4
Frame 394 (2016, short, d. Rich Williamson) *** 1/2
Joe's Violin (2016, short, d. Kahane Cooperman) *** 3/4
PATRIOTS DAY (2016, d. 'Peter Berg) ***
Mute's House, The (2016, short, d. Tamar Kay) *** 1/4
Other Side of Home, The (2016, short, d. Naré Mkrtchyan) ** 3/4
Watani: My Homeland (2016, short, d. Marcel Mettelseifen) *** 3/4
White Helmets, The (2016, short, d. Orlando von Einsiedel) *** 1/2.
OA, THE (2016, TV mini-series, d. Zal Batmanglij) *** 1/2