BEST OF 2017
The Shape of Water
Top-notch acting from Sally Hawkins, Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon and Octavia Spencer make this a…
Sweet Virginia
A tense and highly effective US low budget film noir, set in a small Alaskan…
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
It’s a dark comedy and it’s a drama, but a very human story, powered by…
Lady Bird
Saoirse Ronan (who was wonderful in the film Brooklyn, but don’t ask me how to pronounce her…
The Florida Project
An impressive, engaging and delightful, yet melancholy, visit with several six-year-olds — we get to…
Human Flow
The ads for this documentary (by the celebrated Chinese artist Ai Weiwei) about the tens…
Long Time Running
A sweet, fun, and sad documentary which covers the Tragically Hip on its 2016 cross-Canada…
Wind River
An excellent, slow-burn thriller set in the cold and open spaces of Wyoming, about a…
The Big Sick
One of my favourites of the year, this story is based on the real-life experiences…
I, Daniel Blake
Ken Loach’s most recent work, about a British widower who, after losing his job due…
The White Helmets
All of the words written about the human destruction taking place in Syria cannot, unfortunately,…
Mr. Gaga
A terrific documentary — filmed over the course of eight years — about the life…
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened
A thoroughly charming and very sweet (tinged with melancholy) documentary about the making, and the…