A Piece of Work

Looking over my previous lists, I realize that I would change my mind about some of my rankings. Like anyone, my mind can change. Not that some of the films are bad; I just might not rank them as highly as I did. Anyway, onto 2017.
I thought 2017 was an overall OK year for movies (and another terrible year in general, at least in the political realm), but there were several films that I liked very much. Also, as always there were a few films I haven't yet seen: Lady Bird, The Square...

Despite in so many ways 2016 being a terrible year--especially with our recent election results--it was another strong year for movies. All talk of the impending death of the cinema is clearly exaggerated. Here are my favorite films of the year:
1. Moonlight. A heartbreaking but ultimately hopeful coming-of-age story of a gay black man. Its formal innovations with several beautifully composed and stylized point-of-view shots perfectly enhance the story and theme. Matching the beautiful visuals...

This post is a year late, but I wanted to put out a quick list before I post my 2016 list. I liked several films from 2015. Here are my top thirteen:
1. Mad Max: Fury Road. The best (by far) of the entire series, an original vision of the apocalypse with a positive feminist message about the importance and power of women....

2014 was a strong year for films. There were several totally original, mind-bending and other superlative-words films. In a previous post, I listed what I thought were the best mainstream films of the year. Here is the link to that post. What follows...