hollywood best films of 2017


7) Colossal.A hard-to-describe but rewarding sci-fi satire involving an aimless woman (Anne Hathaway, giving one of her best performances to date) who discovers she has a monstrous avatar that is tearing up South Korea. Simultaneously heartfelt and tongue-in-cheek, it shouldn’t be missed.


IN SHORT, 2017 WAS A GREAT YEAR


6) Get OutandMudbound. Very different,


but equally incisive depictions of the African- American experience. The first is a contemporary horror-comedy, while the other is a World War II-era drama about black and white sharecroppers in the South. Both are riveting reminders of how far our nation has come and how far we still have to go when it comes to race relations.


8) BPM.This first-hand account of France’s answer to America’s ACT UP is set in the 1990’s and similar to such previous AIDS-themed films as And the Band Played On and Longtime Compan- ion. It is just as moving, angry and inspiring, as well as just as good as those earlier, important efforts.


AT THE MOVIES! HERE’S HOPING 2018 WILL BE JUST


AS STRONG.


10) Wonder Woman 9) Kedi. Yes, I’m a cat lover, but even the feline-


averse can appreciate this joyous documentary about stray cats who essentially have the run of the city of Istanbul, Turkey. It ultimately reveals the essential inter-dependence humans and felines have had for thousands of years.


and Thor: Ragnarok.The amazing Amazon finally got her first big-screen adven- ture, starring the wondrous Gal Gadot. It was every- thing a comic book movie should be: exciting, funny and romantic plus it had a timely anti-war message. Meanwhile, Kiwi director Taika Waititi infused the latest Marvel epic with a more subversive attitude and welcome dose of camp, with Cate Blanchett and Jeff Goldblum providing much of the latter.


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