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Her Fresh Picks: 2017 Acclaimed Movies

Friday, July 21st, 2017
You can watch these movies along with Angela and Bryan, and see if you agree or disagree. These are 2017 movies that have been critically acclaimed and we missed reviewing when they first played in theaters. All are available on some sort of streaming service (Amazon, Hulu or Netflix) or on Netflix DVD.

Get Out. Director: Keegan Peele
I Don’t Feel At Home in this World Anymore. Director: Macon Blair
The Girl With All the Gifts. Director: Colm McCarthy
A Monster Calls. Director: J.A. Bayona
Raw. Director: Julia Ducournau
All this Panic. Director: Jenny Gage
I Called Him Morgan. Director: Kasper Collins
Beatriz at Dinner. Director: Miguel Arteta
The Big Sick. Director: Michael Showalter
The Bad Batch. Director: Ana Lilly Amirpour

His Distinguished Classics: Critically Acclaimed Films from the Past (List Part 3)

Friday, July 21st, 2017

Strike (1925) Dir: Sergei Eisenstein
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Dir: John Huston
Jean Renoir: The Golden Coach (1954) Dir: Jean Renoir
Up the Down Staircase (1967) Dir: Robert Mulligan
The Swimmer (1968) Dir: Frank Perry
The Twelve Chairs (1970) Dir: Mel Brooks
Parade (1974) Dir: Jacques Tati
Stalker (1979) Dir: Andrei Tarkovsky

Best Films of 2016

Monday, March 13th, 2017


Angela’s Top 10
1. Moonlight. Director: Barry Jenkins
2. Manchester by the Sea. Director: Kenneth Lonergan
3. Dheepan. Director: Jacques Audiard
4. The Handmaiden. Director: Park Chan-wook
5. Embrace of the Serpent. Director: Ciro Guerra
6. Our Little Sister. Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
7. I Am Not Your Negro. Director: Raul Peck
8. 20th Century Women. Director: Mike Mills
9. The Lobster. Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
10. Hell or High Water. Director: David Mackenzie
Honorable Mentions: The Witch, Demon, Loving, Toni Erdmann, The Witness

Bryan’s Top 10
1. Manchester by the Sea. Director: Kenneth Lonergan
2. Hell or High Water. Director: David Mackenzie
3. Moonlight. Director: Barry Jenkins
4. The Handmaiden. Director: Park Chan-wook
5. Nocturnal Animals. Director: Tom Ford
6. The Birth of a Nation. Director: Nate Parker
7. 20th Century Women. Director: Mike Mills
8. The Witness. Director: James D. Solomon
9. Dheepan. Director: Jacques Audiard
10. The Eagle Huntress. Director: Otto Bell
Honorable Mentions: The Jungle Book, The Witch, The Lobster, The Family Fang, Moana, Little Men, Loving, Green Room, The Edge of Seventeen

His Distinguished Classics: Critically Acclaimed Films from the Past (List Part 2)

Friday, August 19th, 2016

You can watch these movies along with Angela and Bryan, and see if you agree or disagree. These are movies that have been critically acclaimed. All are available on some sort of streaming service (Amazon, Hulu or Netflix) or on Netflix DVD.

Big City: Mahanagar (1963) Dir: Satjajit Ray
Brothel No. 8 (1974) Dir: Kei Kumai
Auto Focus (2002) Dir: Paul Schrader
Stray Dog (1949) Dir: Kurosawa
The Lower Depths (1936) Dir: Jean Renoir
Bedazzled (1967) Dir: Stanley Donen
Ride the High Country (1962) Dir: Sam Peckinpah
Man of the West (1958) Dir: Anthony Mann
Faust (1926) Dir: FW Murnau
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) Dir: John Huston

Streaming 6: June 2016 Picks

Thursday, June 9th, 2016

Angela’s June 2016 Picks:
Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)
World of Tomorrow (2015)
About Elly (2015)

Bryan’s June 2016 Picks:
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
We are Still Here (2015)
Kung Fury (2015)

Streaming Services:
https://www.netflix.com
https://play.google.com/store/movies

https://www.apple.com/itunes/charts/movies/

Her Fresh Picks: 2016 Acclaimed Movies

Thursday, May 26th, 2016
You can watch these movies along with Angela and Bryan, and see if you agree or disagree. These are 2016 movies that have been critically acclaimed and we missed reviewing when they first played in theaters. All are available on some sort of streaming service (Amazon, Hulu or Netflix) or on Netflix DVD.

The Witch
Zootopia
April and the Extraordinary World (2016
Embrace of the Serpent (2016)
The Fits (2016)
De Palma (2016)
13th (2016)

Best Films of 2015

Thursday, March 17th, 2016

Angela’s Top 10
1. Spotlight
2. Phoenix
3. Carol
4. What Happened, Miss Simone?
5. The Revenant
6. Chi-Raq
7. Son of Saul
8. It Follows
9. Spy
10. Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Honorable Mentions: The Big Short, Inside Out, Sicario, Nasty Baby, Theeb, 45 Years, Dope, ’71

Bryan’s Top 10
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Slow West
3. It Follows
4. The Salt of the Earth
5. Tangerine
6. Carol
7. Spotlight
8. Son of Saul
9. Phoenix
10. Room
Honorable Mentions: Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, Amy, What Happened Miss Simone?, Spring, The Look of Silence, Going Clear, Inside Out

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