Cinema Scope 2017
Intro
The following films appeared on the Cinema Scope best of 2017 list.
Source: Issue 74 Editors Note: The Cinema Scope Top Ten of 2017
Films
1. Twin Peaks: The Return
USA
David Lynch
Lists: Sight & Sound (2, 2017)
Festivals: Cannes (Special Screenings - episodes 1 & 2, 2017)
2. Western
Germany, Bulgaria
Valeska Grisebach
Lists: Film Comment (5, 2018) | Sight & Sound (5, 2017 / 18, 2018)
Festivals: Berlin (LOLA at Berlinale, 2018) | Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2017) | New York (Main Slate, 2017) | Rotterdam (Voices, 2018) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2017)
3. Zama
Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Mexico, Portugal, USA
Lucrecia Martel
Lists: Film Comment (1, 2018) | New York Times (4 - Dargis, 2018) | Sight & Sound (4, 2017 / 9, 2018)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2017) | Rotterdam (A History of Shadows, 2018) | Toronto (Masters, 2017) | Venice (Out of Competition, 2017)
4. On the Beach at Night Alone
Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja
South Korea
Hong Sang-soo
Lists: Film Comment (16, 2017)
Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2017) | New York (Main Slate, 2017)
5. Phantom Thread
USA
Paul Thomas Anderson
Lists: Film Comment (15, 2017) | New York Times (8 - Dargis / 6 - Scott, 2017) | Sight & Sound (2, 2018)
Festivals: Rotterdam (Limelight, 2018)
6. Good Time
USA
Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Lists: Film Comment (1, 2017) | Sight & Sound (7, 2017)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2017) | Locarno (Piazza Grande, 2017)
7. Streetscapes [Dialogue]
Germany
Heinz Emigholz
Lists: Film Comment (3 - Undistributed, 2017)
Festivals: Berlin (Forum, 2017)
8. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
Jeannette, l'enfance de Jeanne d'Arc
France
Bruno Dumont
Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2017) | Rotterdam (Signatures, 2018) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2017)
9. First Reformed
USA
Paul Schrader
Lists: Film Comment (3, 2018) | New York Times (7 - Dargis / 3 - Scott, 2018) | Sight & Sound (5, 2018)
Festivals: New York (Special Events, 2017) | Rotterdam (Voices, 2018) | Telluride (2017) | Toronto (Masters, 2017) | Venice (In Competition, 2017)
10. PROTOTYPE
Canada
Blake Williams
Festivals: Locarno (Out of Competition, 2017) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2017)
Special Mentions
Araby
Arábia
Brazil
Affonso Uchoa, João Dumans
Festivals: Rotterdam (Tiger Competition, 2017)
Call Me by Your Name
Italy, France
Luca Guadagnino
Lists: Sight & Sound (3, 2017)
Festivals: Berlin (Panorama Special, 2017) | New York (Main Slate, 2017) | Sundance (Premieres, 2017) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2017)
The Day After
Geu-hu
South Korea
Hong Sang-soo
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2017) | New York (Main Slate, 2017) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2018) | Toronto (Masters, 2017)
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
USA
Frederick Wiseman
Lists: Film Comment (6, 2017) | New York Times (2 - Dargis, 2017)
Festivals: Toronto (TIFF Docs, 2017) | Venice (In Competition, 2017)
Good Luck
France, Germany
Ben Russell
Lists: Film Comment (16 - Undistributed, 2017)
Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2017) | New York (Projections, 2017) | Rotterdam (Signatures, 2018) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2017)