Travis Bickle On The Riviera

The Best Movies of 2016


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  • 0:00:00 - 0:34:27 - Bonus Beats - movies, scenes, or performances we loved that did not make our top 10s. Including: Wiener Dog, Midnight Special, Certain Women, Moonlight, Fences, Hail Caesar, Deepwater Horizon, Patriot's Day, 13 Hours, Age of Shadows, Train to Busan, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Hunt For The Wilderpeople
  • 0:34:28 - 2:39:30 - Top Tens! (presented in alphabetical order)
  • Certain Women (2016), directed by Kelly Reichardt, starring Laura Dern, James Le Gros, Jared Harris, Lily Gladstone, Kristen Stewart, and Michelle Williams.
  • Christine (2016), directed by Antonio Campos, starring Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts and Maria Dizzia.
  • Demon (2016), directed by Marcin Wrona, starring Itay Tiran, Tomasz Schuchardt, and Andrej Grabowski.
  • Elle (2016), directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Isabelle Huppert, Christian Berkel, Anna Cosigny, Virginie Elfera, Laurente Lafitte, and Jonas Bloquet. 
  • Green Room (2016), directed by Jeremy Saulnier, starring Anton Yelchin, Alia Shawkat, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart, and Macon Blair.
  • The Handmaiden (2016), directed by Park Chan-Wook, starring Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, and Cho Jin-woong.
  • High Rise (2016), directed by Ben Wheatley, starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Elizabeth Moss, Luke Evans, James Purefoy, Keely Hawes, Stacy Martin, and Reece Sheersmith.
  • Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), directed by Taika Waititi, starring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House, Rhys Darby, and Taika Waititi. 
  • Hypernormalisation (2016), directed by Adam Curtis
  • The Invitation (2016), directed by Karyn Kusama, starring Logan-Marshall Green, Tammy Blanchard, Michael Huisman, John Carrol Lynch, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Lindsay Burge, Jay Larson, and Toby Huss. 
  • Manchester By the Sea (2016), directed by Kenneth Lonergan, starring Casey Affleck, Kyle Chandler, Michelle Williams, Lucas Hedges, Gretchen Mol, Tate Donovan, and Matthew Broderick.
  • Moonlight (2016), directed by Barry Jenkins, starring Trevante Rhodes, Andre Holland, Mahershala Ali, Naomi Harris, and Janelle Monae.
  • Nerve (2016), directed by Ariel Schulman & henry Joost, starring Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Machinegun Kelly, and Juliette Lewis.
  • The Nice Guys (2016), directed by Shane Black, starring Ryan Gosling, Russel Crowe, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Margaret Qualley and Keith David. 
  • Right Now, Wrong Then (2016), directed by Hong Sang-Soo, starring Jung Jae-young, Kim Min-hee, Youn Yun-jung, and Gi Ju-bong.
  • SPL 2 / Killzone 2 (2016), directed by Soi Cheang, starring Tony Jaa, Wu Jing, Simon Yam, Zhang Jin, Louis Koo, and Ken Lo. 
  • The Wailing (2016), directed by Na Hong-jin, starring Kwak Do-Wan, Hwang Jung-min, Jun Kunimura, Chun Woo-hee, and Kim Hwan-hee.

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  • Tucker's Top 10
  1. The Wailing
  2. Green Room
  3. Elle
  4. Killzone 2
  5. The Handmaiden
  6. Manchester By the Sea
  7. Demon
  8. The Nice Guys
  9. The Invitation
  10. Hunt For the Wilderpeople
  • Morgan's Top 10
  1. The Wailing
  2. The Handmaiden
  3. Green Room
  4. Right Now, Wrong Then
  5. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
  6. The Invitation
  7. Moonlight / Certain Women
  8. Nerve
  9. Christine / Manchester By the Sea
  10. Elle
  • Sean's Top 10
  1. Elle (my immediate reaction to this movie was that it was the best movie I'd seen since in a solid fucking decade)
  2. The Wailing
  3. The Invitation
  4. High Rise
  5. Green Room
  6. Nice Guys
  7. Nerve
  8. Hypernormalisation
  9. Christine
  10. Manchester By the Sea
  • Next Week: Sleepless, Paddington, maybe more on Elle!
  • Our outro music this week: is "Sixteen" by Iggy Pop. And our intro, as always, is from Escape From New York. 
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