BEST OF 2016
La La Land
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling make this modern-day musical, set in a version of L.A.…
Lion
This based-on-a-true-story (which was based on a book) film deserves its label as a crowd…
Manchester By the Sea
One of my favourites of the year. Casey Affleck and the rest of the cast…
Moonlight
Powerful, beautiful and sad are words that appropriately describe this film — based on a…
The Commune
Thomas Vinterberg (who directed the excellent films The Celebration, and The Hunt) drew on his…
Little Men
A quiet, sweet and poignant film, centred around two NYC 13-year-olds (one an introvert, one…
Life, Animated
Fascinating and very moving documentary about a boy, diagnosed with autism-spectrum disorder at the age…
Gleason
Speaking of inspirational and emotional stories, this is the true and amazing tale of Steve…
The Innocents
One of the most impressive and disturbing films I’ve seen this year. Set in occupied…
Son of Saul
Star Wars, this ain’t. Definitely not for the faint of heart, this is a powerful…
Anomalisa
Wow! A stop-action animation film that made the relationship between a middle-age man in, at…
Mustang
This wonderful, sad and haunting Turkish film (set in a small village in the north…