As always: A 10. Not The 10.
10) Nocturama (2016, Bertrand Bonello)/The X-Files, "Babylon" (2016, Chris Carter)
• Terror—chic/cheeky.
9) Certain Women (2016, Kelly Reichardt)/Things To Come (2016, Mia Hansen-Løve)
• The ladies, man.
8) 31 (2016, Rob Zombie)/Moonlight (2016, Barry Jenkins)
• 'Murica—hopeless/hopeful.
7) The BFG (2016, Steven Spielberg)/Silence (2016, Martin Scorsese)
• Old masters in repose.
6) The Girlfriend Experience (2016, Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz)
• The prequel to Belle de Jour I didn't know I needed.
5) Ten Mornings, Ten Evenings and One Horizon (2016, Tomonari Nishikawa)
• Brid | ge | Ov | er Untrou | bled wa | ter.
4) The Lost City of Z (2016, James Gray)
• History, boys.
3) Knight of Cups (2015, Terrence Malick)/The Neon Demon (2016, Nicolas Winding Refn)
• Los Angeles fellates itself.
2) A Quiet Passion (2016, Terence Davies)
• Dead poet. Society.
1) Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids (2016, Jonathan Demme)
• Love & Pop…makes sense.
