2016 Films

[Percussion]

What movies from 2016 should I see? I never pay much attention to what's out and what's hot. Thanks!

Arrival
Moana
Hell or High Water
Deadpool
The Nice Guys
The Neon Demon
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Swiss Army Man
Midnight Special
I, Daniel Blake
Keanu
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

also ...

Silence
Captain Fantastic
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
La La Land
Kubo and the Two Strings
Nocturnal Animals
The Handmaiden
The Girl with All the Gifts
Green Room
The Witch
Zootopia
Hidden Figures
Fences
High-Rise
American Honey
The Edge of Seventeen
Florence Foster Jenkins
Midnight Special
Loving
Eye in the Sky

[RuneEdge]

and also, Midnight Special.

[TimeSplitter]

Missed Arrival in theatres, so I rented it today. Holy shit, it's fantastic!

[Percussion]

Really is. Fantastic sci-fi story, deeply concerning human elements, great performances, visually arresting at times and just so delicately at others.

And all framed together by a director who I'd race to the theater to see if his next picture were so much as an antacid commercial.

Just such a very good film overall.

[Percussion]

heartwrenching new mondo poster for arrival

spoilered just in case

[Clutch]

I Am Not A Serial Killer

9/10

Fucking brilliant film. Don't want to give anything away. Incredible

[LOCONUT]

Really?

[Mik]

I finally got round to watching Midnight Special tonight. I searched up here and it seems to have had mixed responses. I fucking loved it. In saying that, I also loved Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter and Mud. Nichols just makes a fine film in my eyes. For me this was his usual gritty work in the form of a classic 80s sci-fi film, the likes of which you would watch again and again any time they happened to be shown on TV (although obviously this film has more grim violence). The story isn't anything extraordinary then, as it follows that genre format (the religious cult beginning was interesting), but it's still highly enjoyable to see a weird, suspenseful, mysterious film played out by an excellent cast. The ending was perfect.

See im not sure if I just don't get Nichols. All of his films just put me to sleep. I watched Loving this week and it took my two watches to get through it. Just so slow and low key, I felt the same about Take Shelter and Midnight Special. Undoubtedly well made films, well acted and well scripted but just so painfully ponderous. I did rather love Mud though, but that felt a bit more upbeat.

I did also think the same about Arrival on a related note, although I think I'm in the minority there too.

[Clive Plasma]

I Am Not A Serial Killer

9/10

Fucking brilliant film. Don't want to give anything away. Incredible

Saw this as part of a film festival last year. Very good. Really tweaky film, plenty of suspense, and an original storyline.

[Melly]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try to watch a few this year!

[El Capitano Gatisto]

See im not sure if I just don't get Nichols. All of his films just put me to sleep. I watched Loving this week and it took my two watches to get through it. Just so slow and low key, I felt the same about Take Shelter and Midnight Special. Undoubtedly well made films, well acted and well scripted but just so painfully ponderous. I did rather love Mud though, but that felt a bit more upbeat.

I did also think the same about Arrival on a related note, although I think I'm in the minority there too.

I haven't seen Loving yet, the story seems a little out of tune with Nichols' other work so it hasn't made me want to rush to see it. I think I see it as perhaps an understated air of menace lurking in these films, including to an extent Mud. For me they build a kind of slow tension rather than being ponderous.

[RuneEdge]

I Am Not A Serial Killer

9/10

Fucking brilliant film. Don't want to give anything away. Incredible

Funny how I saw this last night too, even though I've had it for a little while now. Really enjoyed it. Especially the sort of old school horror feel to it with its setting, music, the way its shot, etc.

[Honey_Badger]

Finally got around to watching Bone Tomahawk this weekend. God dang, what a film. I loved it. Intense as all hell. Excellent casting.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

I watched Everybody Wants Some last night. Funny how Richard Linklater films seem to be enjoyable without anything ever really happening in them. Not as good as Dazed and Confused but I still thought it was a very good watch.