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  • Light from Light
  • Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
  • Native Son
  • The Nightingale
  • Where's My Roy Cohn?

Sundance 2019

30 films 1 Edit

  • A Journey to the Fumigated Towns
  • Ex-Shaman
  • The Eyes of Orson Welles
  • When Lambs Become Lions
  • Wild Relatives

Sheffield 2018

7 films 1 Edit

  • Madeline's Madeline
  • Our New President
  • Three Identical Strangers
  • Bisbee '17
  • I Think We're Alone Now

Sundance 2018

26 films 1 Edit

  • The Rider
  • Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
  • Thelma
  • Ismael's Ghosts
  • BPM (Beats per Minute)

NYFF 2017

10 films 1 Edit

Movies I saw at NYFF (some of which were re-watches).

  • Communion
  • Strong Island
  • The Force
  • Stranger in Paradise
  • Dina

True/False 2017

12 films 3 Edit

Movies screened at True/False (not included: Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun)

  • Lady Bird
  • The Death of Stalin
  • mother!
  • I, Tonya
  • The Disaster Artist

TIFF 2017

21 films 3 Edit

Movies I saw on the ground in Toronto during TIFF 2017. Roughly ranked.

  • Wonderstruck
  • Barbara
  • Jupiter's Moon
  • Okja
  • Faces Places

Cannes 2017

25 films 4 3 Edit

Movies I saw at Cannes in 2017. All coverage here: www.vox.com/culture/2017/5/15/15644364/festival-de-cannes-2017-palme-dor

  • An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
  • I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
  • To the Bone
  • Golden Exits
  • Wilson

Sundance 2017

15 films Edit

  • Moonlight
  • Cameraperson
  • O.J.: Made in America
  • Toni Erdmann
  • Paterson

The 21 Best Films of 2016, Ranked

21 films 9 Edit

Replicated from my list at Vox. www.vox.com/culture/2016/12/19/13858196/21-best-movies-2016-moonlight-arrival-cameraperson-silence

Honorable mentions (I was only allowed ten but I've added a few here):…

  • Moonlight
  • Toni Erdmann
  • Certain Women
  • The Son of Joseph
  • Graduation

New York Film Festival 2016

24 films Edit

Films I saw at (or before) NYFF.

  • Midnight Special
  • Zero Days
  • The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
  • A Quiet Passion
  • Alone in Berlin

Berlinale 2016

13 films Edit

  • Cameraperson
  • Weiner
  • The Fear of 13
  • The Illinois Parables
  • Peter and the Farm

True/False 2016

10 films 1 Edit