Wednesday, January 24, 2018

The Voracious Filmgoer's Top Ten Films of 2017


























TOP TEN
1.       The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2.       Nocturama
3.       Dunkirk
4.       Personal Shopper
5.       Star Wars: The Last Jedi
6.       Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
7.       Lady Bird
8.       Logan
9.       Princess Cyd
10.   Get Out

Special “So Far and Away 2017's Best Filmmaking it Transcends All Ranked Lists” Prize: Twin Peaks: The Return

Honorable Mentions: BPM, Coco, A Cure for Wellness, Downsizing, Ex Libris: The New York Public Library, Faces Places, The Greatest Showman, The House, Ingrid Goes West, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Landline, Mommy Dead and Dearest, mother!, Okja, Phantom Thread, A Quiet Passion, Wonder Woman

Other 2017 bests

Other 2017 Bests



Best Cinematography – Digital
                Bojan Bazelli – A Cure for Wellness
                Roger Deakins – Blade Runner 2049
                Léo Hinstin – Nocturama
                Emmanuel Lubezki – Song to Song
                Jonathan Sela – Transformers: The Last Knight

Best Cinematography – Film
                Hoyte van Hoytema – Dunkirk
                Darius Khondji – The Lost City of Z
                Matthew Libatique – mother!
                Robbie Ryan – The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
                Steve Yedlin – Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Sound
                Baby Driver
                Dunkirk
                The Killing of a Sacred Deer
                Star Wars: The Last Jedi
                Transformers: The Last Knight
               
Best Special Effects
                Blade Runner 2049
                Dunkirk
                I, Tonya
                Star Wars: The Last Jedi
                Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Best Stunts
                Atomic Blonde
                The Hitman’s Bodyguard
                Star Wars: The Last Jedi
                Transformers: The Last Knight
                Wonder Woman

Best Costumes
                The Beguiled
                Phantom Thread
                Star Wars: The Last Jedi
                Thor: Ragnarok
                Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Best Makeup/Hair Styling
                A Cure for Wellness
                Dunkirk
                The Lost City of Z
                The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
                Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Set/Art Direction
                Downsizing
                Dunkirk
                The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
                Nocturama
                Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Editing
                Dunkirk
                The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
                Nocturama
                Personal Shopper
                Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Score
                Jonny Greenwood – Phantom Thread
                Daniel Pemberton – King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
                Benjamin Wallfisch – A Cure for Wellness
                John Williams – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
                Hans Zimmer – Dunkirk

Best Song
                “Evermore” – Beauty and the Beast
                “Genius Girl” – The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
                “Greatest Show” – The Greatest Showman
                “I Don’t Want to Live Forever” – Fifty Shades Darker
                “Remember Me” – Coco

Best Adapted Screenplay
                Robin Campillo and Philippe Mangeot – BPM
                Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green - Logan
    James Ivory – Call Me By Your Name
                Rian Johnson – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk

Best Original Screenplay
                Noah Baumbach – The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
                Bertrand Bonello - Nocturama
    Stephen Cone – Princess Cyd
    Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
                Jordan Peele – Get Out

Best Documentary
                Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
                Burn Motherfucker, Burn!
                Ex Libris: The New York Public Library System
                Faces Places
                Mommy Dead and Dearest

Best Animated Film
                Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
                Coco
                Despicable Me 3
                The LEGO Ninjago Movie
                Your Name

Best Foreign Film
                BPM
                Faces Places
                Nocturama
                Okja
                The Square

Best Supporting Actor
                Adam Driver – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
                Mark Hamill – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
                Ray Ramano – The Big Sick
                Patrick Stewart – Logan
                Ben Stiller – The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

Best Supporting Actress
                Hong Chau – Downsizing
                Betty Gabriel – Get Out
                Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip
                Elizabeth Marvel – The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
                Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird

Best Actor
                Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
    Hugh Jackman – Logan
                Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
                James McAvoy – Split
                Adam Sandler – The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

Best Actress
                Gal Gadot – Wonder Woman
                Salma Hayek – Beatriz at Dinner
                Cynthia Nixon – A Quiet Passion
                Aubrey Plaza – Ingrid Goes West
                Kristen Stewart – Personal Shopper

Best Director
                Olivier Assayas – Personal Shopper
                Noah Baumbach – The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
    Bertrand Bonello – Nocturama
                Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
    Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk