The staff at Filmic Magazine is excited to present its fourth annual Top 10 feature! Over a period of two weeks, Filmic members were asked to submit ranked lists reflecting the very best 2016 films they saw. The following is the final ranked aggregate. HONORABLE MENTIONS Logan (dir James Mangold) In this current era of superheroes and shared universes … Continue reading
by Arleigh Rodgers There is something eerie and disquieting about the Mississippi Delta in Mudbound. The distinctive burn of the Southern sun mingles with the tension between black and white residents, the squelch of wet mud beneath their feet, and the dust that filters through the air. Brought to life by Rachel Morrison’s enthralling cinematography … Continue reading
by Arleigh Rodgers I, Tonya, in shape, form, and execution, is spectacular. Who knew that a story so ugly depicting a character so abused could grace the screen with such elegance? Director Craig Gillespie’s bitter mockumentary has achieved a humorous, yet admirably balanced tone in this fictionalized retelling of the 1994 attack on Olympic ice … Continue reading
by Arleigh Rodgers To the right of a winding road sits three withering billboards, where they pose in the haze of a fog that rests softly in the air. The long, beautiful shots used in the beginning of this film capture the perfect feeling of discovering a quietly elegant attraction. The billboards sit forgotten on … Continue reading
by Arleigh Rodgers 1922 is yet another film that has appeared in the midst of new Stephen King adaptations released this year. Directed by Zak Hilditch, this film tells the story of Wilfred James (Thomas Jane), a farmer whose troubled marriage with his wife Arlette (Molly Parker) leads him to murdering her. As is often … Continue reading
by Arleigh Rodgers The first horror movie I ever saw that left me truly unnerved after my viewing had finished was Hush, the 2016 cat-and-mouse thriller directed by Mike Flanagan. I felt scared to be alone and was thoroughly aware of the film’s effect on me as I let the dark play tricks on my … Continue reading
by Arleigh Rodgers Hugo, directed by Martin Scorsese, is so much more than that which meets the eye. The film is a dazzling, yet melancholy, peak into the life of young Hugo Cabret (Asa Butterfield), the maintainer of the clocks in a train station. We learn of Hugo’s plot to repair a broken automaton that … Continue reading
by Arleigh Rodgers Certain Women is a dull, unadorned film upon first glance. Set to the backdrop of a cold, western landscape, devoid of all but a mountainous horizon and decorated by the empty roads upon which few cars do cross, the film tells the poignant stories of three women whose lives loosely connect. The … Continue reading
