All Films
Watched in 2017
I'm changing my main reviewing site to: http://letterboxd.com/kenru/
where all the reviews are rated on a 5-star basis.
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)
Links are to longer reviews on site or elsewhere on the
interwebs.
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, 2017
CROWN, THE (2017, d. Stephen Daldry) Superb mini-series of the reign of Elizabeth II. ****
PATERSON (2017, d. Jim Jarmusch) ** 3/4
COMEDIAN, THE (2017, d. Taylor Hackford) *** 1/4
SING (2017, d. Garth Jennings) ** 1/2
MONSTER CALLS, A (2017, d. J. A. Bayona) *** 1/4
LOVING (2017, d. Jeff Nichols) *** 1/2
WARWICK (2017, d. Douglas Reese) * 1/4
BRILLIANT YOUNG MIND, A (aka X+Y) (2017, d. Morgan Matthews) + *** 1/2
BRIMSTONE (2017, d. Martin Koolhoven) ***
OATH, THE (2017, d. Baltasar Kormäkur) *** 1/4
MOONLIGHT (2017, d. Barry Jenkins) + *** 3/4
POINT BREAK (2017, d. Ericson Core) W/O
NICE GUYS, THE (2017, d. Shane Black) ** 1/4
RED TURTLE, THE (2017, d. Michael Dudok de Wit) ** 3/4
CAPTAIN FANTASTIC (2017, d. Michael Ross) + ****
iBOY (2017, d. Adam Randall) **
CLOSET MONSTER (2017, d. Stephen Dunn) + *** 1/2 (improved a quarter pt. 2nd viewing)
February, 2017
HAIL, CAESAR! (2017, d. Joel & Ethan Coen) + ** 3/4
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (2017, d. Kenneth Lonergan) + ****
LA LA LAND (2017, d. Damien Chazelle) + *** 3/4
Blind Vaysha (2017, d. Theodore Ushev) *** 1/2
Borrowed Time (2017, d. Andrew Coats & Lou Hamou-Lhadj) *** 1/2
Pear Cider and Cigarettes (2017, d. Robert Valley & Cara Speller) ***
Pearl (2017, d. Patrick Osborne) ** 1/4
Piper (2017, d. Alan Barillaro & Marc Sondheimer) ** 1/2
Ennemis Intérieurs (2017, d. Sélim Azzazi) *** 1/2
Railroad Lady, The (La Femme et le TGV) (2017, d. Timo von Gunten & Giacun Caduff) *** 1/4
Silent Nights (2017, d. Aske Bang & Kim Magnusson) ** 1/2
Sing (2017, d. Kristof Deak & Anna Udvardy) ***
Timecode (2017, d. Juanjo Giménez) ** 3/4
ARRIVAL (2017, d. Denis Villeneuve) + *** 1/2
MOANA (2017, d. Ron Clements, John Musker) * 3/4
TROLLS (2017, d. Mike Mitchell, Walt Dohrn) *** 1/4
JUNGLE BOOK, THE (2017, d. Jon Favreau) ** 3/4
ELLE (2017, d. Paul Verhoeven) + ***
EDGE OF SEVENTEEN. THE (2017, d. Kelly Fremon Craig) *** 1/4
ZOOTOPIA (2017, d. Byron Howard & Rich Moore) **
STAR TREK BEYOND (2017, d. Justin Lin) + * 1/4
13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI (2017, d. Michael Bay) *** 1/4
MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI (2017, d. Claude Barras) ***
IT'S THE LAW (L'ora legale) (2017, d. Salvatore Ficarra & Valentino Picone) ***
NO COUNTRY FOR YOUNG MEN (Non è paese per giovani) (2017, d. Giovanni Veronesi) *** 1/4
SACRO GRA (2017, d. Gianfranco Rosi) ** 3/4
TOMMASO (2017, d. Kim Rossi Stuart) ** 3/4
ZETA (2017, d. Cosimo Alemà) ***
March, 2017
UNITED KINGDOM, A (2017, d. Amma Asante) ***
TABLE 19 (2017, d. Jeffrey Blitz) * 1/2
LOGAN (2017, d. James Mangold) ** 3/4
LAST WORD, THE (2017, d. Mark Pellington) ** 1/4
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2017, d. Bill Condon) **
PERSONAL SHOPPER (2017, d. Olivier Assayas *** 1/2
MEMORY OF JUSTICE, THE (2017, d. Marcel Ophüls) *** 1/4
SENSE OF AN ENDING, THE (2017, d. Ritesh Batra) *** 1/4
AFTER THE STORM (2017, d. Hirokazu Kore-eda) *** 3/4
GET OUT (2017, d. Jordan Peele) * 3/4
SONG TO SONG (2017, d. Terence Malick) * 3/4
LIFE (2017, d. Daniel Espinosa) * 3/4
ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE, THE (2017, d. Nick Caro) ** 3/4
T2: TRAINSPOTTING 2 (2017, d. Danny Boyle) **
DISCOVERY, THE (2017, d. Charlie McDowell) **
April, 2017
THEIR FINEST (2017, d. Lone Scherfig) *** 1/2
WILSON (2017, d. Craig Johnson) **
13 REASONS WHY (2017, d. various) ****
FRANTZ (2017, d. François Ozon) *** 3/4
GIFTED (2017, d. Marc Webb) *** 1/4
NORMAN: THE MODERATE RISE & TRAGIC FALL OF A NEW YORK FIXER (2017, d. Joseph Cedar) ***
WOLF HALL (2017, d. Peter Kosminsky) *** 1/2
QUIET PASSION, A (2017, d. Terence Davies) ** 1/2
THIS BEAUTIFUL FANTASTIC (2017, d. Simon Aboud) ***
LOST CITY OF Z (2017, d. James Gray) *** 1/4
STONEWALL (2017, d. Roland Emmerich) ** 1/2
SHOWGIRLS (2017, d. Paul Verhoeven) *** 1/2
MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS (2017, d. Wes Ball) ** 3/4
BORN TO BE BLUE (2017, d. Robert Budreau) ** 3/4
SELF/LESS (2017, d. Tarsem Singh) * 3/4
May, 2017
AFTERIMAGE (2017, d. Andrzej Wajda) *** 1/2
PYROMANIAC (2017, d. Erik Skjoldbjaerg) ** 1/2
HELLO DESTROYER (2017, d. Kevan Funk) ** 1/4
FOOD EVOLUTION (2017, d. Scott Hamilton Kennedy) *** 3/4
CHAVELA (2017, d. Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi) ***
LEMON (2017, d. Janicza Bravo) * 1/4
NOWHERE TO HIDE (2017, d. Zaradasht Ahmed) *** 3/4
GHOLAM (2017, d. Mitra Tabrizian) * 1/2
HEDI (2017, d. Mohamed Ben Attia) *** 1/4
HEAL THE LIVING (2017, d. Katell Quillévérê) *** 3/4
TWO IRENES (2017, d. Fabio Meira) ** 1/2
GOLDSTONE (2017 d. Ivan Sen) *** 1/4
MOKA (2017, d. Frédéric Mermoud) *** 1/4
BACKPACK FULL OF CASH (2017, d. Sarah Mondale) *** 3/4
HERO, THE (2017, d. Brett Haley) *** 1/4
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: VOL. 2 (2017, d. James Gunn) * 3/4
DINNER, THE (2017, Oren Moverman) ** 1/2
500 YEARS (2017, d. Pamela Yates) * 1/2
WINTER, THE (2017, d. Emiliano Torres) ** 3/4
FARTHEST THE (2017, d. Emer Reynolds) *** 3/4
MAN, THE (2017, d. Charlotte Sieling) *** 1/2
PARIS OPERA, THE (2017, d. Jean-Stéphane Bron) ** 1/4
FINDING KUKAN (2017, d. Robin Lung) *** 1/4
WEIRDOS (2017, d. Bruce McDonald) *** 1/2
STRUGGLE FOR LIFE (2017, d. Antonin Peretjatko) 1/2*
GIRL WITHOUT HANDS, THE (2017, d. Sébastien Laudenbach) * 3/4
CITY OF GHOSTS (2017, d. Matthew Heineman) *** 3/4
DIVINE DIVAS (2017, d. Leandra Leal) ** 3/4
BIG SICK, THE (2017, d. Michael Showalter) *** 1/4
DEATH IN SARAJEVO (2017, d. Danis Tanovic) *** 1/2
ETHEL & ERNEST (2017, d. Roger Mainwood) *** 1/4
MIDWIFE, THE (2017, d. Martin Provost) *** 1/4
UNKNOWN GIRL, THE (2017, d. Dardenne Bros.) *** 1/2
FABULOUS ALLAN CARR, THE (2017, d. Jeffrey Schwartz) *** 1/2
BEATRIZ AT DINNER (2017, d. Miguel Arteta) ** 3/4
TIME TRAP (2017, d. Ben Foster, Mark Dennis) **
TRIP TO SPAIN, THE (2017, d. Michael Winterbottom) ** 1/2
BEACH RATS (2017, d. Eliza Hittan) *** 1/4
BAR, THE (2017, d. Alex de la Inglesia) * 3/4
MENASHE (2017, d. Joshua Z. Weinstein) *** 1/4
BAD DAY FOR THE CUT (2017, d. Chris Baugh) ** 1/2
BAD INFLUENCE (2017, d. Claudia Huaiquimilla) ** 1/4
WEDDING PLAN, THE (2017, d. Rama Burshtein) *** 1/4
SOLITAIRE (2017, d. Sophie Boutros) *** 1/4
NILE HILTON INCIDENT, THE (2017, d. Tarik Saleh) ** 3/4
HEARTSTONE (2017, d. Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson) *** 1/2
TRUTH ABOUT LOVE IS, THE (2017, d. Max Croci) * 3/4
COME, TOGETHER (2017, d. Dong-il Shin) ***
BLOOM OF YESTERDAY, THE (2017, d. Chris Kraus) *** 1/2
ENTANGLEMENT (2017, d. Jason James) **
ROBERTO BOLLO - THE ART OF THE DANCE (2017, d. Francesca Pedron) *** 1/2
BECOMING WHO I WAS (2017, d. Moon Chang-yong, Jin Jeon) ***
LOVERS, THE (2017, d. Azazel Jacobs) *** 1/2
SMALL TOWN KILLERS (2017, d. Ole Borndal) *** 1/4
BLACK CODE (2017, d. Nicholas de Pencier) ** 1/2
PROM KING (2017, d. Christopher Schaap) *** 3/4
TOM OF FINLAND (2017, d. Dome Karukoski) *** 1/4
DEAN (2017, d. Demetri Martin) ** 3/4
150 MILLIGRAMS (2017, d. Emmanuelle Bercot)
SWALLOWS & AMAZONS (2017, d. Philippa Lowthorpe) ** 1/2
BOY TROUBLE (shorts) (2017, d. various) 6-shorts ranging from * to ***
PERSON TO PERSON (2017, d. Dustin Guy Defa) ***
NET, THE (2017, d. Kim Ki-duk) *** 3/4
SEARCHERS (2017, d. Zacharias Kunak, Natar Ungalaaq) ** 1/2
ODYSSEY, THE (2017, d. Jérôme Salle) *** 1/4
ENDLESS POETRY (2017, d. Alejandro Jodorowsky) ** 3/4
LANE 1974 (2017, d. SJ Chiro) ** 3/4
AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL (2017, d. Rodrigo Grande) *** 1/4
IT'S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD (2017, d. Xavier Dolan) + *** 1/4
COOK UP A STORM (2017, d. Raymond Yip Wai Man) ** 3/4
FEATHER (2017, d. Roan Johnson) ***
June, 2017
LANDING, THE (2017, d. Mark & David Dodson) *** 1/4
ZOOLOGY (2017, d. Ivan I. Tverdovsky) ** 1/4
HIPPOPOTAMUS, THE (2017, d, John Jencks) *** 1/2
MELLOW MUD (2017, d. Renärs Vinba) ***
ON THE ROAD (2017, d. Michael Winterbottom) *** 1/4
FOOTNOTES (2017, d. Kostia Testut, Paul Calori) * 1/4
INFINITY BABY (2017, d. Bob Byington) ** 1/2
DRAGON ARRIVES!, A (2017, d. Mani Haghighi) ** 1/2
IVAN (2017, d. Alyona Davydova) ** 3/4
BOUNDARIES (2017, d. Chloé Robichaud) ***
FERMENTED (2017, d. Jonathan Cianfrani) ***
LANDLINE (2017, d. Gillian Robespierre) *** 1/2
SOUL ON A STRING (2017, d. Zhang Yang) ** 3/4
MY HAPPY FAMILY (2017, d. Nana Ekvtimishvili & Simon Gross) *** 3/4
GOOK (2017, d. Justin Chon) *** 1/4
IN THE RADIANT CITY (2017, d. Rachel Lambert) ** 1/4
ORNITHOLOGIST, THE (2017, d. Joäo Pedro Rodrigues) *** 1/4
JOURNEY, THE (2017, d. Nick Hamm) ****
MAY GOD SAVE US (2017, Rodrigo Sorogoyen) ***
WALLFLOWER (2017, d. Jagger Gravning) * 1/4
KILLS ON WHEELS (2017, d. Attila Till) *** 1/4
AMERICAN FOLK (2017, d. David Heinz) *** 3/4
LADY MACBETH (2017, d. William Oldroyd) ** 1/4
SHE'S THE BOSS (2017, d. Ham Tran) *
PARIS PRESTIGE (2017, d. Hamé Bourokba, Ëkoué Labiley) W/O
GOD'S OWN COUNTRY (2017, d. Francis Lee) *** 1/2
SANTA & ANDRES (2017, d. Carlos Lechuga) ** 3/4
COLUMBUS (2017, d. Kogonada) ** 1/4
NOCTURAMA (2017, d. Bertrand Bonello) *** 1/4
SAY YOU WILL (2017, d. Nick Naveda) *** 1/2
INLAND ROAD, THE (2017, d. Jackie van Beek) ** 1/2
KING'S CHOICE, THE (2017, d. Erik Poppe) *** 1/4
ESCAPE ROOM (2017, d. Will Wernick) * 1/4
WITCHES, THE (2017, d. Nicolas Roeg) *** 1/2
TROUBLE (2017, d. Theresa Rebeck) ** 1/2
MR. LONG (2017, d. Sabu) *** 1/2
SECRET #4 (2017) * 3/4
THIS IS OUR LAND (2017, d. Lucas Belvaux) *** 1/4
FREE AND EASY (2017, d. Jun Geng) ** 1/4
HANDSOME DEVIL (2017, d. John Butler) *** 1/2
MY COUSIN RACHEL (2017, d. Roger Michell) ***
BOOK OF HENRY, THE (2017 d. Colin Trevorrow) *** 1/2
EXCEPTION, THE (2017, d. David Leveaux) **
PARIS 05:59: THÉO & HUGO (2017, Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau) *** 1/2
PAINT IT BLACK (2017, d. Amber Tamblyn) ** 1/4
MAUDIE (2017, d. Aisling Walsh) *** 1/2
OKJA (2017, d. Bong Joon-Ho) ** 3/4
BABY DRIVER (2017, d. Edgar Wright) *** 1/2
July, 2017
ALL THESE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS (2017, d. Michal Marczak) ** 3/4
FALLS, THE: TESTAMENT OF LOVE (2017, d. Jon Garcia) ** 3/4
FALLS, THE: COVENANT OF GRACE (2017, d. Jon Garcia) ** 3/4
CRIES FROM SYRIA (2017, d. Evgeny Afineevsky) ****
EAGLES OF DEATH METAL: NOS AMIS (2017, d. Colin Hanks) ***
FINDING OSCAR (2017, d. Ryan Suffern) ** 1/2
FREEDOM TO MARRY, THE (2017, d. Eddie Rosenstein) *** 1/2
GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM (2017, d. Jedd and Todd Wider) *** 3/4
ESTEROS (2017, d. Papu Curotto) * 3/4
I AM MICHAEL (2017, d. Justin Kelly) ** 3/4
HAROLD AND LILLIAN: A HOLLYWOOD LOVE STORY (2017, d. Daniel Raim) *** 1/2
Summer Vacation (2017, d. Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon) + Insightful Israeli gay short film. *** 1/2
I AM JANE DOE (2017, d. Mary Mazzio) *** 1/4
SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (2017, d. Jon Watts) ** 1/2
JEREMIAH TOWER: THE LAST MAGNIFICENT (2017, d. Lydia Tenaglia) ***
I CALLED HIM MORGAN (2017, d. Kasper Collin) ** 3/4
DEFIANT ONES, THE (2017, d. Allen Hughes) *** 1/2
WAR FOR PLANET OF THE APES (2017, d. Matt Reeves) ***
KARL MARX CITY (2017, d. Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker) ** 1/2
KEEP QUIET (2017, d. Sam Blair, Joseph Martin) *** 1/2
VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS (2017, d. Luc Besson) *** 1/4
DUNKIRK (2017, d. Christopher Nolan) ***
FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON (Mal de Pierres) (2017, d. Nicole Garcia) ** 3/4
WIND RIVER (2017, d. Taylor Sheridan) *** 1/2
LAST MEN IN ALEPPO (2017, d. Feras Fayyad, Steen Johannessen) *** 1/2
INCONVENIENT SEQUEL, AN: TRUTH TO POWER (2017, d. Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk) ****
ATOMIC BLONDE (2017, d. David Leitch) **
LET IT FALL: LOS ANGELES 1982-1992 (2017, d. John Ridley) ****
August, 2017
MR. GAGA (2017, d. Tomer Heymann) *** 1/2
MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE (2017, d. John Dower) *** 3/4
DETROIT (2017, d. Kathryn Bigelow) *** 3/4
Baby Sita (2017, d. Ranjit Koka) ** Doc.
short, didactic lecture film re: real problem of millions of deserted
baby girls in India. Fine cinematography.
GOOD TIME (2017, d. Josh Safdie & Benny Safdie) *** 1/2
CAN'T STOP, WON'T STOP: A BAD BOY STORY (2017, d. Daniel Kaufman) * 1/2
CHOSEN AND EXCLUDED - JEW HATRED IN EUROPE (2017, d. Joachim Schroeder, Sophie Hafner) ***
GLASS CASTLE, THE (2017, d. Destin Daniel Cretton)
ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK, THE (2017, d. Marc Webb) *** 3/4
4 DAYS IN FRANCE (Jours de France) (2017, d. Jerôme Reybaud) *** 1/2
Edith+Eddie (2017, d. Laura Checkoway) *** 3/4
Fire Mouth (Boca de Fogo) (2017, d. Luciano Pérez Fernández) 1/2* Brazilian doc. short: follows announcers of
small town soccer team. Unwatchable.
CHASING CORAL (2017, d. Jeff Orlowsi) *** 3/4
LOGAN LUCKY (2017, d. Steven Soderbergh) *** 1/4
ANGELS IN AMERICA PART ONE: MILLENIUM APPROACHES (2017, d. Marianne Elliott) *** 3/4
IT'S A KIND OF FUNNY STORY (2017, d. Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden) + *** 1/2
September, 2017
ELIÁN (2017, d. Tim Golden, Ross McDonnell) *** 3/4
15: A Quinceañera Story (2017, d. Matthew O'Neill
& Thalia Sodi) **** doc short: trans girl Zoey,14, gets to have the
most beautiful Quinceañera ever!
Kaltes Tal (2017, d. Florian Fischer & Johannes Krell)
** puzzling, impressionistic doc short about stone quarry & liming
forests dying from acid rain.
Nobody Dies Here (2017, d. Simon Panay) ** 3/4 low
energy doc short: hardscrabble mining for gold in Benin. Even kids
struggle. Some die. Low reward.
ESCAPES (2017, d. Michael Almereyda) *** 1/2
HEARING IS BELIEVING (2017, d. Lorenzo DeStefano) *** 1/2
HELL ON EARTH: THE FALL OF SYRIA AND THE RISE OF ISIS (2017, d. Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested) *** 3/4
LAST LAUGH, THE (2017, d. Ferne Pearlstein) ***
MACHINES (2017, d. Rahul Jain) ** 1/4
SETTLERS, THE (2017, d. Shimon Dotan) *** 3/4
SCHOOL LIFE (2017, d. Neasa Ni Chianáin & David Rane) ***
STEP (2017, d. Amanda Lipitz) ***
DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME (2017, d. Bill Morrison) ****
IN THE GRAYSCALE (En la Gama de los Grises) (2017, d. Claudio Marcone) ** 1/2
BEVERLY HILLS: 100 YEARS, 100 STORIES (2017, d. Phil Savenick) *** 3/4 ; beautifully edited historical documentary about the city I grew up in!
THIS IS EVERYTHING: GIGI GORGEOUS (2017, d. Barbara Kopple) *** 1/2
RISK (2017, d. Laura Poitras) ** 1/2
BRAD'S STATUS (2017, d. Mike White) *** 1/2
MOTHER! (2017, d. Darren Aronofsky) * 3/4
FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER (2017, d. Angelina Jolie) **
AMERICAN ASSASSIN (2017, d. Michael Cuesta) *** 1/2
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (2017, d. Luca Guadagnino) *** 3/4
REBEL IN THE RYE (2017, d. Danny Strong) *** 1/4
AMERICAN MEDIA & THE SECOND ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY (2017, d. John Barbour) *** 1/2
CHASING TRANE: THE JOHN COLTRANE DOCUMENTARY (2017, D. John Scheinfeld) *** 3/4
STRONGER (2017, d. David Gordon Green) *** 1/2
BATTLE OF THE SEXES (2017, d. Valerie Faris & Jonathon Dayton) ***
DOLORES (2017, d. Peter Bratt) *** 1/4
GET ME ROGER STONE (2017, d. Daniel DiMauro,, Morgan Pehme, Dylan Blank) *** 1/2
YOU'RE NOT IN THE OBIT, EAT BREAKFAST (2017, d. Daniel Gold) *** 3/4
AMERICAN VANDAL (2017, d. Tony Yacenda) *** 3/4;
satiric true-crime mocudoc, superbly written and acted high school
8-episode series.
VICTORIA & ABDUL (2017, d. Stephen Frears) ** 3/4
AMERICAN MADE (2017, d. Doug Liman) **
October, 2017
LOVING VINCENT (2017, d. Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman) ****
SIDEMEN: LONG ROAD TO GLORY (2017, d. Scott Rosenbaum) ** 3/4
SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY (2017, d. Matt Schrader) *** 3/4
LA 92 (2017, d. Daniel Lindsay & T. J. Martin) ****
LONG STRANGE TRIP (2017, d. Amir Bar Lev) ***
FLORIDA PROJECT, THE (2017, d. Sean Baker) ***
BLADE RUNNER 2049 (2017, d. Denis Villeneuve) ***
MARK FELT: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE (2017, d. Peter Landesman) *** 1/2
MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US, THE (2017, d. Hany Abu-Assad) *** 1/4
Fear Us Women (2017, d. David Darg) *** 1/2; Canadian
woman fighting with YPJ Kurds against ISIS.
Touching, low key doc.; narrated by committed sniper.
After Life (2017, d. Prisca Bouchet & Nick Mayow) ** 3/4; short doc about a mortuary making beautiful corpses in New Zealand.
4th Wing: An 8-Pulse Cancer Therapy (2017, d. Raji Sundararajan) * India didactic medical short doc to illustrate with interviews a new cancer therapy: ECT.
Marian (2017, d. Rick Rodgers) *** short doc telling story of aging Broadway actress Marian Seldes who succumbed slowly to dementia in 2014.
Nyo Vweta Nafta (2017, d. Ico Costa) ** B&W vérité short doc.
ALPHAGO (2017, Greg Kohs) *** 1/2
AUGIE (2017, James Keach) ***
BRIMSTONE & GLORY (2017, d. Viktor Jakovleski) *** 1/2
BREATHE (2017, d. Andy Serkis) ***
MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW AND SELECTED) (2017, d. Noah Baumbach) *** 1/2
INSULT, THE (2017, Lebanon, d. Ziad Doueiri) *** 3/4
MAD WORLD (2017, Hong Kong, d. Wong Chun) ***
TOKYO PROJECT (2107, d. Richard Shepard) *** 1/2
HAPPY END (2017, Austria, d. Michael Haneke) ***
BLACK LEVEL (2017, Ukraine, d. Valentyn Vasyanovich) 1/2*
WOODPECKERS (2017, Dominican Republic, d. Jose Maria Cabral) ** 3/4
CALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER (2017, d. Doug Nichol) ***
EXTRAORDINARY ORDINARY PEOPLE (2017, d. Alan Govenar) ** 1/4
LOVELESS (2017, Russia, d. Andrey Zvyagintsev) *** 1/2
LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT, A (2017, Afghanistan, d. Roya Sadat) ** 1/2
WONDERSTRUCK (2017, d. Todd Haynes) ***
HUMAN FLOW (2017, d. Ai Weiwei) *** 3/4
BPM (Beats Per Minute) (2017, d. Robin Campillo) *** 3/4
GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (2017, d. Simon Curtis) ** 3/4
UNDER THE TREE (2017, Iceland, d. Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson) *** 1/4
ANOTHER STORY OF THE WORLD (2017, Uruguay, d. Guillermo Casanova) **
SUMMER 1993 (2017, Spain, d. Carla Simon) *** 1/4
JOAN DIDION: THE CENTER WILL NOT HOLD (2017, d. Griffin Dunne) *** 1/2
LOOK & SEE: A PORTRAIT OF WENDELL BERRY (2017, d. Laura Dunn) *** 3/4
NEARY'S: THE DREAM AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW (2017, d. Neil Leifer) ** 1/2
NAPLES '44 (2017, d. Francesco Patierno) *** 1/2
SQUARE, THE (2017, d. Ruben Östland) *** 1/4
LAST FLAG FLYING (2017, d. Richard Linklater) *** 3/4
FANTASTIC WOMAN, A (2017, Chile, d. Sebastián Lelio) *** 3/4
November, 2017
PROSPERITY (2017, d. Mark Van Wijk) ** 1/2
THOR: RAGNAROK (2017, d. Taika Waititi) * 3/4
MOLLY'S GAME (2017, d. Aaron Sorkin) *** 1/2
LBJ (2017, d. Rob Reiner) ***
LADY BIRD (2017, d. Greta Gerwig) *** 1/2
NO GREATER LOVE (2017, d. Justin David Roberts) *** 1/4
FIXEUR (2017, Romania, d. Adrian Sitaru) *** 1/4
IN THE FADE (2017, Germany, d. Fetih Akin) *** 1/2
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017, d. Kenneth Branagh) ** 3/4
WONDER WHEEL (2017, d. Woody Allen) ** 1/2
ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ. (2017, d. Dan Gilroy) ** 1/2
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (2017, d. Martin McDonagh) *** 3/4
TAKE MY NOSE...PLEASE! (2017, d. Joan Kron) *** 3/4
ZAMA (2017, Argentina, d. Lucrecia Martel) 3/4*
WHITNEY, "CAN I BE ME" (2017, d. Nick Broomfield & Rudi Dolezal) *** 1/2
WORK, THE (2017, Jairus McLeary & Gethin Aldous) ** 1/4
WOUND, THE (2017, South Africa, d. John Trengove) *** 1/2
HER LOVE BOILS BATHWATER (2017, Japan, d. Ryöta Nakano) ****
JUSTICE LEAGUE (2017, d. Zack Snyder) *** 1/4
DARKEST HOUR (2017, d. Joe Wright) *** 1/2
WONDER (2017, d. Stephen Chbosky) *** 1/4
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (2017, d. Luca Guadagnino) + *** 3/4
FACES PLACES (2017, d. JR and Agnes Varda) *** 3/4
ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL (2017, d. Steve James) *** 1/2
WHOSE STREETS? (2017, d. Sabaah Folayan & Damon Davis) *** 1/2
VOYEUR (2017, d. Myles Kane and Josh Koury) *** 1/4
STRONG ISLAND (2017, d. Yance Ford) ** 3/4
DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON (2017, d. David France) *** 1/2
ONE OF US (2017, d. Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady) *** 3/4
JIM & ANDY: THE GREAT BEYOND (2017, d. Chris Smith) ***
JANE (2017, d. Brett Morgen) ****
ARTHUR MILLER: WRITER (2017, d. Rebecca Miller) *** 1/4
BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY (2017, d. Alexandra Dean) ** 1/2
GRAY STATE, A (2017, d. Erik Nelson) *** 1/2
I AM ANOTHER YOU (2017, d. Nanfu Wang) *** 3/4
JOSHUA: TEENAGER VS. SUPERPOWER (2017, d. Joe Piscatella) *** 1/4
GAGA: FIVE FOOT TWO (2017, d. Chris Moukarbel) ** 1/4
FINAL YEAR, THE (2017, d. Greg Barker) *** 3/4
DINA (2017, d. Dan Sickles & Antonio Santini)
W/O; Doc about an Asperger couple. I'm sure it was fine;
just not in the mood after 20 min.
CUBA AND THE CAMERAMAN (2017, d. Jon Alpert) *** 3/4
ATOMIC HOMEFRONT (2017, d. Rebecca Cammisa) *** 1/2
OKLAHOMA CITY (2017, d. Barak Goodman) *** 1/2
DREAM BIG: ENGINEERING OUR WORLD (2017, d. Greg MacGillivray) ** 3/4
ARCHITECTS OF DENIAL (2017, d. David Lee George) *** 3/4
INTENT TO DESTROY: DEATH, DENIAL & DEPICTION (2017, d. Joe Berlinger) ****
EARTH: ONE AMAZING DAY (2017, d. Richard Dale et al.) *** 1/4
KIKI (2017, d. Sara Jordeno) ***
SURVIVING PEACE (2017, d. Josef Avesar) *** 1/2
WATER & POWER: A CALIFORNIA HEIST (2017, d. Marina Zenovich) ***
ICARUS (2017, d. Bryan Fogel) *** 3/4
SHORT SKIN (2017, d. Duccio Chiarini) ***
ERIC CLAPTON: LIFE IN 12 BARS (2017, d. Lili Fini Zanuck) *** 1/2
FOXTROT (2017, Israel, d. Samuel Maoz) *** 1/2
December, 2017
NEWTON (2017, India, Amit V. Masurkar) *** 3/4
QUIT STARING AT MY PLATE (2017, Croatia, Hana Jusic) * 1/2
DOWNSIZING (2017, d. Alexander Payne) ***
DISASTER ARTIST, THE (2017, d. James Franco) *** 1/2
POST, THE (2017, d. Steven Spielberg) *** 1/2
PROSTOR IZMEDJU NAS (2017, d. Masa Neskovic) 1/2* This turkey 17 min. short on Amazon Prime as "The Space Between Us." It isn't.
BINGO - THE KING OF THE MORNINGS (2017, Brazil, d. Daniel Rezende) * 1/2
NOVEMBER (2017, Estonia, d. Rainer Sarnet) ** 1/4
A CIAMBRA (2017, Italy, d. Jonas Carpignano) ** 3/4
TRAIN OF SALT AND SUGAR, THE (2017, Mozambique, d. Licinio Azevedo) ***
Alone (2017, d. Garrett Bradley) * 3/4
HOSTILES (2017, d. Scott Cooper) *** 1/2
I, TONYA (2017, d. Craig Gillespie) *** 1/4
SONG OF GRANITE (2017, Ireland, d. Pat Collins) * 3/4
SAAWAN (2017, Pakistan, d. Farhan Alam) 3/4*
PHANTOM THREAD (2017, d. Paul Thomas Anderson) ** 3/4
SHAPE OF WATER, THE (2017, d. Guillermo del Toro) ***
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 (2017, d. Frank Stiefel) *** 3/4
FATHER AND SON (2017, Vietnam, d. Luong Dinh Dung) ** 3/4
ON BODY AND SOUL (2017, Hungary, d. Ildikó Enyedi) *** 3/4
Heroin(e) (2017, d. Elaine McMillion Sheldon) *** 1/4
ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD (2017, d. Ridley Scott) *** 1/4
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (2017, d. Rian Johnson) ** 3/4
FILM STARS DON'T DIE IN LIVERPOOL (2017, d. Paul McGuigan) *** 3/4
GREATEST SHOWMAN, THE (2017, d. Michael Gracey) ** 3/4
UNREST (2017, d. Jennifer Brea) *** 3/4
EX LIBRIS: NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY (2017, d. Frederick Wiseman) *** 1/4
OUT OF SIGHT: STOP THE STIGMA, START A CONVERSATION (2017, d. Kyle Mahaney) *** 1/2
Kayayo: The Living Shopping Baskets (2017, d. Mari Bake Riise) *** 3/4
116 Cameras (2017, d. Davina Pardo) *** 3/4
Ten Meter Tower (2017, d Maximilien Van Aertryek and Axel Danielson) ** 3/4