1. What movie will best capture our post-Trump election socio-political climate? (UNTITLED DETROIT PROJECT, THE SHAPE OF WATER, etc...)
2. Which sci-fi flick will mark its second-time director as my new favorite – THE DISCOVERY or ANNIHILATION?
3. Can [insert title or director’s name here] make me care about fantasy? (THE DARK TOWER)
4. With all due respect to “THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS,” will THE TRIP remain the “best current movie franchise on the planet,” or will that title pass to PITCH PERFECT?
5. Which crime comedy ensemble will be guilty of being funniest – THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI or LOGAN LUCKY?
1. How will a Clint Eastwood Western look through Sofia Coppola’s gauzy lens? (THE BEGUILED)
2. Will A GHOST STORY be this year’s "Boyhood" or "Birth of a Nation"?
3. Who will get my 2017 comeback award – Terrence Malick (SONG TO SONG) or Duncan Jones? (MUTE)
4. Which intriguing director-actress pairing will be more fruitful – THE SQUARE or MOTHER?
5. Is there any way that the rebooted "Apes" franchise goes 3-for-3? (WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES)
ADAM
Green Room
Honorable Mentions: Krisha, Hell or High Water.
JOSH
La La Land
Honorable Mentions: The Witch, Kubo and the Two Strings
Joel Potrykus
The Greasy Strangler
Honorable Mention: Rogue One
JOSH
Hail, Caesar! - "No Dames"
Honorable Mentions: "You're welcome," Moana; Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids
ADAM
Toni Erdmann - "The Greatest Love of All"
Honorable Mentions: Sabotage, Star Trek Beyond; Nazi Punks, Green Room; My Funny Valentine, Born to Be Blue
MICHAEL PHILLIPS
Krisha - "Just in Time"
ADAM
Tower - "Strange guilt"
Honorable Mentions: Teen at abortion clinic, Cameraperson; Murder re-enacted, The Witness; Father and son, Midnight SpecialXX
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JOSH
Cameraperson - Boxer looking for mom
Honorable Mentions: Hug, Pete's Dragon; Learning to swim, Moonlight
Dave Chen and Joanna Robinson
Moonlight - Chiron and Kevin
Honorable Mentions: Lee's confession, Manchester by the Sea; End toast, Star Trek Beyond; Final sequence, Rogue One; Final scene, La La Land
JOSH
The Fits - Bridge transformation
Honorable Mentions: Breathing machines, Cemetery of Splendor; Narcissus sequence, The Neon Demon
Tasha Robinson
Hidden Figures
Honorable Mentions: "Get Back Up Again," Trolls; Seizure captured on phones, The Fits; Final confrontation with bully, Moonlight; Brunch scene, Toni Erdmann; final scene, La La Land
1. Manchester by the Sea
2. Toni Erdmann
3. Silence
4. The Handmaiden
5. Paterson
6. Right Now, Wrong Then
7. Moonlight
8. Jackie
9. Elle
10. Aquarius
1. The Handmaiden
2. Moonlight
3. Moana
4. Manchester by the Sea
5. 13th
6. The Fits
7. Loving
8. American Honey
9. Cloverfield Lane
10. Popstar
1. “Bouncin’ the Blues,” THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY
2. “On Broadway,” ALL THAT JAZZ
3. “Trouble,” THE MUSIC MAN
4. Opening overture, THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT
5. The stair dance, THE LITTLE COLONEL
1. “Singin’ in the Rain,” SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
2. “I’ll Be Hard to Handle,” ROBERTA
3. “The Man That Got Away,” A STAR IS BORN
4. “Isn’t It Romantic," LOVE ME TONIGHT
5. Jim Henry’s Paradise, CABIN IN THE SKY
1. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
2. The Diary of a Teenage Girl
3. Eve's Bayou
4. The Edge of Seventeen
5. Fat Girl
1. Winter's Bone
2. An Education
3. Clueless
4. Sweetie/Holy Smoke
5. The Virgin Suicides
1. Fish Tank
2. The Virgin Suicides
3. Clueless
4. Pariah
5. Bend It Like Beckham
1. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
2. The World of Apu
3. A Moment of Innocence
4. Mad Max: Fury Road
5. The Martian
1. Lincoln
2. Children of Men
3. The Apu Trilogy
4. Tangerine
5. In Jackson Heights
1. The Band Wagon
2. The Shop Around the Corner
3. Poetry
4. Ratatouille
5. Once
5. Skeksis stripping The Chamberlain of his robes, THE DARK CRYSTAL
4. Playing Russian roulette, THE DEER HUNTER
3. Bloody, bubbling water, PIRANHA
2. Stabbing on the stairs, PSYCHO
1. Jason emerging from the lake, FRIDAY THE 13TH
Ti West
1. Malcolm X
2. Training Day
3. Glory
4. A Soldier's Story
5. The Hurricane
1. He Got Game
2. Glory
3. Devil in a Blue Dress
4. Malcolm X
5. Flight
1. Malcolm X
2. Inside Man
3. Devil in a Blue Dress
4. He Got Game
5. Deja Vu
