Jessica Kiang’s Top 20 Films Of 2016

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I don't think I'm the only person to have wondered about the usefulness of watching, discussing and writing about film — or any art — when it feels like outside the theater, the sky is falling. Great chunks of ...
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Ryan Oliver’s Top 10 Films Of 2016

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I will spare everyone by not starting this list with reasons why 2016 sucked. However, one thing that has to be called into question are these “Film is Dead,” “TV is Winning the Culture War,” and “Why 2016 is t...

Katie Walsh’s Top 10 Films Of 2016

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Every year when I do this, I try to find a theme among the films that stuck with me for the year. Sometimes it’s women directors or the American Dream or the triumph of the human spirit. I find that those theme...

The 25 Best Movie Music Moments Of 2016

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Howard Hawks once defined a good movie as one with “three good scenes and no bad ones.” Whether or not you think he’s right — and he’s not massively wrong — it’s often the moments that make the movies for us, a...

The 25 Best Films Of 2016

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Those of us who call it home can kind of take it for granted, but it's an honor and a pleasure to be part of a collective effort like The Playlist, and that's never made more abundantly clear than when we compi...

Celebrating The Films Of 2016

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It's too bad that who dismissively write off 2016 as "a bad movie year" couldn't find more than a few films to treasure across the last twelve months. Sure, blockbuster movies were pretty terrible all around, b...