{"id":26394,"date":"2016-12-29T13:57:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T17:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/?p=26394"},"modified":"2016-12-29T16:11:16","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T20:11:16","slug":"the-best-movies-of-2016-by-roger-costa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/2016\/12\/29\/the-best-movies-of-2016-by-roger-costa\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Movies of 2016, By Roger Costa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n1- <\/strong>THE TREASURE (Romania, Corneliu Porumboiu)- <\/strong>A humble, honest, humane anti-capitalism soft comedy about keeping up with integrity, virtues and family priorities. Two neighbors risk their tidy income to invest on a hunt for a buried inheritance. The tender process, the dedication and mutual respect involved, and most important how the hunt ends, strike us with a powerful message reflecting on ‘love thy neighbor as you love yourself’.<\/p>\n

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\n2- <\/strong>THE OTHER SIDE (US, Roberto Minervini)\/ 13th (US, Ava DuVernay) \/ LO AND BEHOLD (US, Werner Herzog) (tie)- <\/strong>Three alarming documentaries, each revealing a dark side of human condition while addressing some of America’s most crucial and haunting social conflicts. A revelatory look on drug addiction and racism in Louisiana; the corruption behind lawmakers, racial brutality and modern slavery; and how technology is governing\/manipulating this generation and shaping the next. Truth definitely hurts.<\/p>\n

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\n3- <\/strong>OUR LITTLE SISTER (Japan, Hirokazu Koreeda)- <\/strong>This lovely and emotionally-charged study of four sisters experiencing the joys of youth, is a universal tale about family bounds and the importance of sticking together.<\/p>\n

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\n4- <\/strong>LA LA LAND (US, Damien Chazelle)- <\/strong>Here’s from the ones who believe in the magic of cinema as a healer, escapist, adventurous sacred art: Thank You Damien for making dreams come true with this celebratory masterpiece that unifies comedy, romance, music, dance and the splendor of image with magnificence.<\/p>\n

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\n5- <\/strong>MIA MADRE (Italy, Nanni Moretti)- <\/strong>Mr. Moretti turns his lens into the feminine world of Margherita, a strong, settled, mature woman dealing with multiple crisis in her life. A powerfully delicate, unforgettable, heartbreaking look at human experiences, such as caring, loving, helping, and losing at some point. Bravo!<\/p>\n

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\n6- <\/strong>THE MEASURE OF A MAN (France, Sandrine Brize)- <\/strong>Evoking Neo-realism, the film is a mesmerizing character study that follows the reactions of a man facing financial challenges and a lower position job. A devastating moral tale that meditates on aging insecurity and compassion, while the show belongs entirely to actor Vincent Lindon with his remarkable ability of expressing his haunting troubles.<\/p>\n

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\n7- <\/strong>I, DANIEL BLAKE (UK, Ken Loach)- <\/strong>A vigorously raw portrait on how we treat, respect and care for each other, deeply reflective analysis on social injustice and fight for righteousness, with Oscar-caliber performance by Dave Johns, a widowed carpenter facing unemployment and bureaucracy.<\/p>\n

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\n8- <\/strong>MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART (China, Jia Zhangke)- <\/strong>Poetical and humorous, Zhang-ke crafts a love triangle on a triple-time structure as a master of storytelling: the film is efficient both as a sensuous and intriguing melodrama and as a political statement on social differences. An accomplished look on the transformations in economy, society, family values, and how capitalism plays a major role on uniting and dividing.<\/p>\n

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\n9- <\/strong>TIKKUN (Israel, Avishai Sivan)- <\/strong>A young orthodox Jewish student is confronted by his natural desires and aspirations in this visually arresting meditation on faith, loyalty and the inspiring power of developing a relationship with the Creator. Complex, controversial and thought-provoking.<\/p>\n

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\n10- <\/strong>MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (US, Kenneth Lonergan)- <\/strong>A moving, undeniably beautiful and painful observation on life as it is, carefully designed as a raw portrait of modern dysfunctional families, a dark canvas of the American way of life, and a statement on relationships, between men and women, old and young, parents and children.<\/p>\n

OTHER HONORABLE 10: <\/strong>the troubled teen cultural clash father-son indie “Morris From America”<\/strong>; the beautiful portrait of three phases of a gay black American man “Moonlight”; <\/strong>the marital rituals in the seductive “Ixcanul”; <\/strong>the lovely free spirit of Richard Lynklater’s college comedy “Everybody Wants Some!!”; <\/strong>the youth cry for freedom and creation of an artistic voice in “As I Open My Eyes”; <\/strong>the philosophical mature tale of resistance and abandon in “Things To Come”;<\/strong> the mystical, magical spirituality of “Cemetery of Splendor”<\/strong>; the witty sci-fi father-and-son chasing thriller “Midnight Special”;<\/strong> the intensity, turbulence and emotionally charged performances of “Jackie”; <\/strong>and the horrors of being a refugee in Audiard’s “Deephan”.<\/strong><\/p>\n