4 January 2018
This article is a look at my favourite films of 2017. |
MY TOP 30 FAVOURITE FILMS OF 2017
30. WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES
29. THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW AND SELECTED)
28. THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER
27. SUBURBICON
26. APRIL’S DAUGHTER
25. FOXTROT
24. DISOBEDIENCE
A compelling lesbian love story set in the Jewish community of North London. Bravo to director Sebastián Lelio's second quality project in less than a year.
[To read my full review, click here.] |
23. THE SUMMIT
The personal and the geopolitical. Cynical and enigmatic. Stars of Argentine and Chilean cinema eviscerate the screen.
[To read my full review, click here.] |
22. THE LOVE WITCH
21. ASSASSIN’S CREED
20. THE TRANSFIGURATION
19. SPOOR
Director Agnieszka Holland raises her game, and makes something of panache, energy and anger.
[To read my full review, click here.] |
18. EUTHANIZER
17. JAGGA JASOOS
16. MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE
15. A MAN CALLED OVE
14. A GHOST STORY
Eerie rather than scary. Transcendentally epic. A film that gets better and better as it proceeds. Director David Lowery surpasses Terrence Malick’s THE TREE OF LIFE.
[To read my full review, click here.] |
13. ON CHESIL BEACH
A heartbreaking examination of the disintegration of a marriage on its first day.
I’m not crying, you’re crying. [To read my full review, click here.] |
12. THE WALL
11. JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2
10. THE MOTIVE
Segues seamlessly from comedy to dark drama to comedy. A blocked writer causes havoc searching for his story.
[To read my full review, click here.] |
9. BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99
Effing hell! One of the most violent films I have ever seen. Vince Vaughn is a revelation.
[To read my full review, click here.] |
8. ON BODY AND SOUL
7. THOROUGHBREDS
Shot with graceful, cold symmetry. Olivia Cooke and Anya Taylor-Joy are inspired. Their characters are formidable.
[To read my full review, click here.] |
6. THE CAPTAIN
Three years in a row Germany has delivered one of the best films of the year. A Nazi deserter kills dozens of other Nazis to survive. Visceral, brutal, allegorical. Expertly crafted.
[To read my full review, click here.] |
5. GIFTED
4. I, TONYA
Funny and moving, fourth wall breaking and vibrant. Margot Robbie and Allison Janney are on fire.
[To read my full review, click here.] |
3. JUPITER’S MOON
The best superhero film of 2017, by a country mile, is a Hungarian action-thriller about a Syrian refugee being hunted by the authorities.
[To read my full review, click here.] |
2. ATOMIC BLONDE
1. THE CURRENT WAR
Edison. Tesla. Westinghouse. My favourite film of 2017. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY meets THE SOCIAL NETWORK. A dynamic presentation of genius.
[To read my full review, click here.] |