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2016: 12 Films

What I most admired this year

1) ARABIAN NIGHTS (Trilogy, 2015, dir. Miguel Gomes)

2) HELL OR HIGH WATER (2016, dir. David Mackenzie)

3) A BIGGER SPLASH (2015, dir. Luca Guadagnino)

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2016: 12 Films (con’t)

What I most admired this year

4) THE VVITCH (2015, dir. Robert Eggers)

5) EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT (2015, dir. Ciro Guerra)

6) ARRIVAL (2016, dir. Denis Villeneuve)

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2016: 12 Films (con’t)

What I most admired this year

7) THE LOBSTER (2015, dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)

8) KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (2016, dir. Travis Knight)

9) MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART (2015, dir. Jia Zhangke)

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2016: Steve’s Favorite Posters

I was surprised when I started researching this and only came up with six choices. Either I’m becoming even more critical than I already was (read: picky), or filmmakers and marketing teams just didn’t get very adventurous this year.

But these six? Delightful.

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2016 Repertory Favorites

Over on Letterboxd is my list of favorite older films I saw for the first time this year. This year’s spread was wider and more diverse than ever before. Enjoy.

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NORWOODEAR: 2016 Favorite Albums

...Then Nick Cave’s SKELETON TREE gripped my heart until I was weakened. His was the year’s most staggering musical experience, for me.

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NORWOODEAR: 2016 Favorite Albums

If Radiohead’s 2016 offering put me into awkward dreamscapes and allowed me to float sweetly back to Earth...

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NORWOODEAR: 2016 Damn Fine Favorites

I don’t expect you to understand. The building, rhythmic, otherworldly sound puts me in a very awkward place, but it’s one I can relate to really easily. I just absolutely dig it. I will gladly let it displace me, every time.

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