Comments on: Jessica Kiang’s Top 20 Films Of 2016

By: Tommy T-tone

Tommy T-tone — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 15:12:00 +0000

This is a stellar list, Jessica. So many of my own picks for the best of one mother of a year for film. Some of the films on my top 25 list were originally released in 2015 (generally late in the year), but were 2016 releases in the U.S., so there will be that conflict between individual lists. I look forward to seeing many of those you have listed that I have not yet seen or heard of previously.

By: emad orandi

emad orandi — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 18:18:00 +0000

so you didn’t like hell or high water that much?!

By: Montage Matt

Montage Matt — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 00:38:00 +0000

Good list. I saw over 60 movies last year but missed a few on your list. Thanks for highlighting some of the lesser known titles.

By: Chris Parkes

Chris Parkes — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 18:24:00 +0000

I love the passion of the filmmakers and the stories you’ve conveyed, Jessica, it’s inspiring. And also thank you for including The Shallows, one of the few American mainstream films that delivered so perfectly on it’s promise for me.

By: Vitor Barreira

Vitor Barreira — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:15:00 +0000

I like to read, in general, Mrs. Jessica Kiang’s film reviews, although I often disagree with her perceptions, impressions, and judgments about movies; but I repeat, I usually like to read Mrs. Jessica Kiang´s excellent prose.

As for the list of her favorite 20 films released in 2016, I can only follow her in three cases: the two Romanian films, Graduation by Cristian Mungiu and Sieranevada by Cristi Puiu (both belong to the category of Social Realism films), and the German film Toni Erdmann by Maren Ade (this film belongs to the category of Dramedy); the big surprise, and what led me to write this brief comment, was her choice of the film The House of Others by the Georgian film director Rusudan Glurjidze (this film is very difficult to categorize, but I would put it in the pure Aesthetic and Formal mould), which she ranked in 11th in the list of her preferences; this choice reveals a very accurate aesthetic sense, a very good taste and also very good sense. Congratulations, Mrs. Jessica Kiang, I am so fond of this latest choice, which is a true gem of Georgian and European cinema.

By: Brock Brahmes

Brock Brahmes — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 15:06:00 +0000

Always worth reading articles by Jessica Kiang. She’s the best thing that happened to indiewire.

By: kp404

kp404 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 02:07:00 +0000

Still my favorite Playlist writer and all-around film journalist/critic. Great work, Jessica, looking forward to more of your articles.

By: Bo

Bo — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 21:36:00 +0000

“Or maybe it’s just that we grow towards kindness the way plants grow toward light, so the expansion we feel is the not movie at all, it’s us, becoming bigger, kinder people for having watched this little miracle of a film.” — This is a very nice sentence.