My first of — count ’em! — THREE end-of-year lists is now posted at Indiewire. I was honored to again be one of the 200 critics asked to contribute. It’s an impressive group, to be sure. My list has changed a bit since this was filed, but you can’t go wrong with anything I mentioned … Here’s the full Indiewire list, as well.
Best Film
- La La Land
- Jackie
- Moonlight
- Paterson
- The Handmaiden
- 20th Century Women
- American Honey
- Sing Street
- Manchester by the Sea
- The Nice Guys
Best Director
- Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
- Pablo Larrain, Jackie
- Damien Chazelle, La La Land
- Andrea Arnold, American Honey
- Park Chan-wook, The Handmaiden
Best Actress
- Natalie Portman, Jackie
- Emma Stone, La La Land
- Isabelle Huppert, Elle
- Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
- Rebecca Hall, Christine
Best Actor
- Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
- Ryan Gosling, La La Land
- Adam Driver, Paterson
- Colin Farell, The Lobster
- Peter Simonischek, Toni Erdmann
Best Supporting Actress
- Tilda Swinton, A Bigger Splash
- Kate McKinnon, Ghostbusters
- Kristen Stewart, Cafe Society
- Lily Gladstone, Certain Women
- Viola Davis, Fences
Best Supporting Actor
- Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
- Alden Ehrenreich, Hail, Caesar!
- Ralph Fiennes, A Bigger Splash
- Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
- Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Best Documentary
- OJ: Made in America
- Weiner
- 13th
- I Am Not Your Negro
- Holy Hell
- Off the Rails
- Gimme Danger
- Kate Plays Christine
- Audrie & Daisy
- Tickled
Best Undistributed Film
- Una
- Werewolf
- Nocturama
- Sieranevada
- The Rehearsal
- Still Life
- The Death of Louis XIV
- Le concours (The Graduation)
- My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
- The Woman Who Left
Best First Feature
- The Witch
- Swiss Army Man
- April and the Extraordinary World
- Indignation
- Kicks
Best Screenplay
- Jackie
- Moonlight
- The Lobster
- Paterson
- Indignation
Best Original Score/Soundtrack
- The Handmaiden
- La La Land
- American Honey
- The Handmaiden
- Sing Street
Best Cinematography
- The Handmaiden
- Moonlight
- La La Land
- Arrival
- A Bigger Splash
Best Editing
- La La Land
- Moonlight
- Midnight Special
- The Lobster
- 20th Century Women
Best Overlooked Film
- Sleeping Giant
- Una
- Werewolf
- The Student and Mister Henri
- Darling
Most Anticipated of 2017
- Happy End
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer
- Star Wars: Episode VIII
- The Snowman
- Blade Runner 2049