The Films of 2016

205 Films

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****

Cameraperson

O.J.: Made in America

***

Cemetery of Splendour

The Club

Everybody Wants Some

Finding Dory

Green Room

Hail, Caesar!

Indignation

Jackie

Kate Plays Christine

Kubo and the Two Strings

La La Land

The Love Witch

Moonlight

Pete's Dragon
Silence

Sully

10 Cloverfield Lane

20th Century Women

Weiner

The Witch

**

Always Shine

American Honey

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

The Boy and the Beast

Cafe Society

Captain Fantastic

Certain Women

The Edge of Seventeen

The Fits

Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Jason Bourne

Julieta

The Jungle Book

Kung Fu Panda 3

Lion

The Little Prince

The Lobster

Louder Than Bombs

Love & Friendship

Loving

Manchester by the Sea

Mascots

Midnight Special

Moana

Paterson

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

The Red Turtle

Right Now, Wrong Then

Star Trek Beyond

Sunset Song

Things to Come

13th

Three

Your Name

Zootopia

*

The Accountant

Allied

Almost Christmas

The Angry Birds Movie

Arrival

Author: The JT Leroy Story

The BFG

A Bigger Splash

The Birth of a Nation

Blood Father

Bridget Jones' Baby

Captain America: Civil War

Central Intelligence

Christine

The Confirmation

Criminal

Deepwater Horizon

Disorder

Doctor Strange

Don't Breathe

Elle

Eye in the Sky

The Eyes of My Mother

Fences

Florence Foster Jenkins

Free State of Jones

Hacksaw Ridge

High-Rise

I, Daniel Blake

The Infiltrator

Keanu

King Cobra

Krisha

The Light Between Oceans

Little Men

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Miles Ahead

Miss Sloane

Money Monster

My King

Neon Bull

The Nice Guys

The Neon Demon

Nocturnal Animals

Other People

The Other Side

Queen Of Katwe

The Shallows

Shin Godzilla

Sing Street

Snowden

Storks

Swiss Army Man

Take Me to the River

The Tale of Tales

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 

Trolls

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Wiener-Dog

NO STARS

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Assassin's Creed

Bad Moms

Bad Santa 2 

Bastille Day

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Believe

The Benefactor

Ben-Hur

Blair Witch

Bleed for This

The Boss

The Choice

Collateral Beauty

The Conjuring 2

Creative Control

Deadpool

Dirty Grandpa

The Divergent Series: Allegiant Part 1

Demolition

Dough

Eddie the Eagle

Elvis and Nixon

Equals

Fantastic Beasts and where to Find Them

The 5th Wave

The Finest Hours

The Forest

The Founder

Genius

Ghostbusters

The Girl on the Train

Gods of Egypt

Gold

Grimsby

Hardcore Henry

Hillsong: Let Hope Rise

The Hollars

How to Be Single

The Huntsman: Winter’s War

Ice Age: Collision Course

I'm Not Ashamed

Independence Day: Resurgence

Inferno

The Invitation

I Saw the Light

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Keeping Up with the Joneses

Knight of Cups

Last Days in the Desert

The Legend of Tarzan

Lights Out

Live by Night

London Has Fallen

The Magnificent Seven

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Masterminds

Max Steel

Me Before You

Michael Moore in TrumpLand

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

Miracles from Heaven

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Morgan

Mother's Day

Mr Church

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

Nerve

Nina

Nine Lives

Now You See Me 2

Office Christmas Party

Passengers

Patriots Day

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Rules Don't Apply

Sausage Party

The Sea of Trees

Search Party

The Secret Life of Pets

Sing

Suicide Squad

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Tickled

Triple 9

Warcraft

War Dogs

When the Bough Breaks

Why Him?

X-Men: Apocalypse 

Yoga Hosers

Zoolander No. 2

Crisp Criticism - "Daddy's Home", "Brooklyn", "Point Break", "The Lady in the Van"

by

Julien Faddoul

Daddy’s Home

A stepfather is threatened by the original father for the love of his stepchildren.

Wretched slapstick-comedy with no successful jokes or discernible sense of competency.

d – Sean Anders

w – Brian Burns, Sean Anders, John Morris

ph – Julio Macat

pd – Clayton Hartley

m – Michael Andrews

ed – Eric Kissack, Brad Wilhite 

cos – Carol Ramsey

p – Will Ferrell, Chris Henchy, Adam McKay, John Morris

Cast: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini, Paul Scheer, Hannibal Buress, Alessandra Ambrosio, Lamonica Garrett, Cedric Yarbrough, Thomas Haden Church, Kerry Cahill

Crisp Criticism - "Room", "Joy", "The Good Dinosaur", "Suffragette"

by

Julien Faddoul

Room ***

Held captive for years in an enclosed space, a woman and her 5-year-old son, whom she had with her kidnapper, attempt to gain their freedom.

Uncomfortable, incredibly moving and sensitive depiction of parents and children and the universe of love and animosity they create with one another. It dips here and there, but it conveys a potent subtlety on such trauma and the performances are uniformly exceptional.

d – Lenny Abrahamson

w – Emma Donoghue   (Based on the Novel by Emma Donoghue)

ph – Danny Cohen

pd – Ethan Tobman

m – Stephen Rennicks

ed – Nathan Nugent

cos – Lea Carlson

p – David Gross, Ed Guiney

Cast: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, Sean Bridgers, William H. Macy, Tom McCamus