Qualifiers for the 2017 lists - Indiewire - Dave Erlich's list
The Indiewire poll and Indiewire lists for 2017.
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A file to check against to see if a certain film qualifies as a 2017 US release is Mike D'Angelo's list of all New York City 2017 Commercial Releases, which he has on his site HERE. (Received from Indiewire today 12/4/2017.)
Indiewire also has a Best Undistributed category, where you can list or find any films shown at festivals or public screenings but not theatrically released here. Indiewire's poll also has a category at the end (TV series not being allowed otherwise) for "anything from the year in moving images that you'd like to highlight." In that category I'd certainly have to list the outstanding Norwegian teen TV series "SKAM," whose four seasons I watched this summer, up to their end-day June 24, 2017.
Indiewire's Dave Erlich already has his top 25 list out:
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1. CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
2. DUNKIRK
3. A GHOST STORY
4. PERSONAL SHOPPER
5. THE FLORIDA PROJECT
5. COLUMBUS
7. LADY BIRD
8. FACES PLACES
9. THE POST
10. PHANTOM THREAD
11. A QUIET PASSION
12. OKJA
13. WONDERSTRUCK
14. GOOD TIME
15. THE BEGUILED
16. GET OUT
17. THELMA
18. THE BIG SICK
19. FOXTROT
20. A FANTASTIC WOMAN
21. LADY MACBETH
22. MOTHER!
23. BABY DRIVER
24. THE LURE
25. ALL THESE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
I think I should see Columbus. I've been meaning to. This also reminds me of some movies I've almost forgotten, like The Lure.Even though D'Anglo walked out of it. I can eliminate many of these titles either because I haven't seen them, or because I didn't like them.
Haven't seen:
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COLUMBUS, THE POST, PHANTOM THREAD, FOXTROT, A FANTASTIC WOMAN.
(I may bet to see The Post and Phantom Thread before year's end though.)
Actively disliked, or couldn't even bear to watch:
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A QUIET PASSION, OKUJA, WONDERSTRUCK, GOOD TIME, THE BEGUILED, MOTHER!
Don't think I could really list among the very best of the year, probably (but not sure yet):
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FACES PLACES, THELMA, BABY DRIVER, THE LURE.
Definitely consider among the best:
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CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, DUNKIRK, PERSONAL SHOPPER, THE FLORIDA PROJECT, LADY BIRD, GET OUT, LADY MACBETH, ALL THESE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.
So that last is, for now, my partial default list.
Other films that are being mentioned this end of year: