Tag Archives: best of 2016
Review: Silence (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Martin Scorsese’s long gestating passion project revolving around the existence of faith and God given the most trying of times and persecution is one of 2016’s most thought provoking films.
Review: A Monster Calls (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
A young boy’s journey through the uncertainties behind guilt and grief as accompanied by an otherworldly monster makes for one for one of 2016’s best films.
Review: The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Norwegian director André Øvredal (Trollhunter) greatly impresses with his first foray into the horror genre, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, a tense and atmospheric film set within the confines of a family-owned funeral home in Virginia.
Review: La La Land (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Writer/director Damien Chazelle follows up 2014’s tour de force drama Whiplash with La La Land, a contemporary version of the big screen musicals of the 1950’s and 1960’s which may be the best film of 2016.
Review: Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Writer/director Tom Ford spins an ambitious tale of existential ennui and vengeance in his excellent follow-up to 2009’s A Single Man.
Review: Arrival (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Director Dennis Villaneuve (Prisoners, Sicario) directs Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner is what may be one of the best films of 2016.
Review: The Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
New Zealand director Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows) returns with his latest feature; a heartwarming and irreverent fish out of water story set in the New Zealand bush that is easily among the best films of 2016.
