Moonlight — a marvellous poem of light and colourBarry Jenkins’ film follows the growing-up of a shy gay African-American boyA Ghost Story — unique supernatural fableRooney Mara and a bedsheet-draped Casey Affleck star in David Lowery’s radical and poetic taleCall Me by Your Name is a bewitching story of gay loveSet in Lombardy in a 1980s summer, Luca Guadagnino’s film is truthful and vividManchester by the Sea — ‘Tragical-magical’Kenneth Lonergan’s new movie is a marvellous drama of rage and griefGet Out — a brilliantly mischievous, unsettling movieJordan Peele’s debut feature blends horror, comedy and racism allegoryJackie: a piercingly intelligent film of kitsch but no cornNatalie Portman catches every tic and trick in Pablo Larraín’s portrait of the first ladyMore from this SeriesToni Erdmann: German comedy rich with meaning and revelationMaren Ade’s award-winning film about a practical-joking dad and his career-driven daughterThe Disaster Artist is a solid gold hootA movie about the making of a cult cinema calamity is the best thing James Franco has doneOn Body and Soul — gawky charmAn odd-couple love story from Hungary that’s harrowing but compellingGod’s Own Country — ‘touching, awkward, revelatory’Francis Lee’s gay romance is skilfully scripted and performedReturn to the Best of 2017
Moonlight — a marvellous poem of light and colourBarry Jenkins’ film follows the growing-up of a shy gay African-American boyA Ghost Story — unique supernatural fableRooney Mara and a bedsheet-draped Casey Affleck star in David Lowery’s radical and poetic taleCall Me by Your Name is a bewitching story of gay loveSet in Lombardy in a 1980s summer, Luca Guadagnino’s film is truthful and vividManchester by the Sea — ‘Tragical-magical’Kenneth Lonergan’s new movie is a marvellous drama of rage and griefGet Out — a brilliantly mischievous, unsettling movieJordan Peele’s debut feature blends horror, comedy and racism allegoryJackie: a piercingly intelligent film of kitsch but no cornNatalie Portman catches every tic and trick in Pablo Larraín’s portrait of the first ladyMore from this SeriesToni Erdmann: German comedy rich with meaning and revelationMaren Ade’s award-winning film about a practical-joking dad and his career-driven daughterThe Disaster Artist is a solid gold hootA movie about the making of a cult cinema calamity is the best thing James Franco has doneOn Body and Soul — gawky charmAn odd-couple love story from Hungary that’s harrowing but compellingGod’s Own Country — ‘touching, awkward, revelatory’Francis Lee’s gay romance is skilfully scripted and performedReturn to the Best of 2017