BEST: 9.
But made it he has.
McKay has gone from wiseass to wise man.
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BEST: 8.
Carol
Todd Haynes movies have a tendency to keep his audience at a polite distance.
But withCarol, the director has given usa love story that aches with romantic longing.
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Both actresses are beyond superb.
Set in the early 1950s,Carolis a gorgeous time capsule capturing the manners and hypocrisies of Eisenhower-era America.
But the movie doesnt judge.
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It makes a beautiful case for love no matter what form it takes.
In the end, the heart wants what it wants.
BEST: 7.
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In return, their own executions are delayed.
His own survival becomes secondary.
Nemes shoots the films grim scenes with an unsparing matter-of-factness, mirroring the businesslike nature of the Nazi genocide.
Sony Pictures Classics
BEST: 6.
This leads him to Philadelphia to seek the help of his fathers most famous opponent.
The lug leaves a lump in your throat.
Barry Wetcher/Warner Bros
BEST: 5.
Inside Out
Few studios manage to handcraft films as beautifully as Pixar.
Its also a bit of a bait and switch a kiddie film that speaks most directly to parents.
Pixar
The genius ofInside Outis that it pits those clashing moods against one another in a battle royal.
BEST: 4.
With unimaginable calmness, Adi questions General Suhartos now-elderly executioners about their memories of the bloodshed.
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Some talk freely, almost proudly; others cant understand why Adi wont leave the past in the past.
But all hes looking for is the tiniest shred of remorse.
The fact that it never comes just piles one tragedy on top of another.
George Kraychyk
The silence is deafening.
Oppenheimers film is an unnerving true-life meditation about historical amnesia.
And its one that wont be easily shaken.
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BEST: 3.
The second, set in the outside world after their escape, is no less disorienting.
The expansive world beyond room is its own sort of psychological prison.
Kerry Hayes
This moviewill haunt you for weeks and months to come.
BEST: 2.
The actors low-key ease with sadism will remind some of Steven Soderberghs similarly themed 2000 drug-world epic,Traffic.
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Sicariois more tightly focused than that sprawling film was.
BEST: 1.
InSpotlight, no one is innocent.
Millennium Entertainment
Theres enough guilt to go around.
WORST: 5.
Yeah, well, forget that, were changing the rules.
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I suppose there was a watered-down retro thrill in seeing Ahnuld back in action.
But not nearly enough to spackle over all of the films narrative cynicism and logical inconsistencies.
This scorned sci-fi nerd wont be bahk.
IFC Films
WORST: 4.
Accidental Love
Whats the opposite ofJoy?
How aboutthe other David O. Russell movie from 2015?
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