John’s blog on the Best Albums Of 2016: Halftime Report reminded me I really should put together this list of my favourite films so far this year.
Six months in, and we’ve seen a pretty decent crop of films this year. There’s been particularly strong work from some of our favourite filmmakers – Charlie Kaufman, Jacques Audiard, Richard Linklater, Ben Wheatley, Whit Stillman among them – as well as an astonishing debut from Béla Tarr’s former assistant, László Nemes.
I appreciate I’m probably in a minority when it comes to a couple of these – Knight Of Cups! – but I should emphasise this is a personal list. That said, I’d welcome any feedback – and it’d be good to hear your own films of the 2016 so far…
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A Bigger Splash
Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Anomalisa
Directed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
Bone Tomahawk
Directed by S. Craig Zahler
The Club
Directed by Pablo Larraín
Dheepan
Directed by Jacques Audiard
Everybody Wants Some!!
Directed by Richard Linklater
Hail, Caesar!
Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
High-Rise
Directed by Ben Wheatley
Knight Of Cups
Directed by Terrence Malick
Love & Friendship
Directed by Whit Stillman
Miles Ahead
Directed by Don Cheadle
The Nice Guys
Directed by Shane Black
Rams
Directed by Grímur Hákonarson
The Revenant
Directed by Alejandro Iñárritu
Son Of Saul
Directed by László Nemes
Spotlight
Directed by Tom McCarthy
Trumbo
Directed by Jay Roach
Victoria
Directed by Sebastian Schipper
When Marnie Was There
Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Youth
Directed by Paul Sorrentino
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