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Jackie (2016)

Drama Rated R

“…a psychodrama more than a standard biopic.”

Julieta (2016)

Drama Rated R

“…unfolds with a Hitchcockian sense of mystery and Almodovar’s usual bursts of color.”

A Monster Calls (2016)

Family Rated PG-13

“…has some arresting creative flourishes, as well as enough genuine emotion to forgive the more maudlin touches.”

Top Ten Films of 2016 (2016)

Drama Rated NR

The best of the year relied on mood lighting and a whole lot of music.

The Handmaiden (2016)

Thriller Rated NR

“…the more we unfold its mystery, the deeper we fall into suspicion, desire, and depravity.”

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…doesn’t move the bar on what it means to be a Star Wars movie in any significant way.”

Love & Friendship (2016)

Drama Rated PG

“I’ve seen Austen adaptations that are more romantic, but few that are so hilarious.”

Silence (2016)

Drama Rated R

“…has a solemn intensity that builds into a cinematic fervor.”

Embrace of the Serpent (2016)

Drama Rated NR

“…a lament over lost culture.”

La La Land (2016)

Musical Rated PG-13

“One of the fizziest, dizziest, most delightful movie musicals to come around since Fred Astaire spun Ginger Rogers across soundstages.”

Recent Reviews

9 to 5 (1980)

Comedy Rated PG

“Parton’s smile wins 1,000 hearts and deflects twice as many harassing come-ons.”

Cure (1997)

Thriller Rated NR

“Like an unsettled mind, this is littered with background disturbances…”

It Ends (2026)

Horror Rated R

“A delectably malleable metaphor movie…”


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