Yes, One Last Top Ten List

Yes, tonight is Oscar night Yes, it’s the end of February. Still, I wanted to wait until I’d seen enough of last year’s films to truly give a proper ‘Top Ten’ list… and that takes time. ?While there were many films that could have been on here, I felt that these were my picks as…

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tiff16: THE BIRTH OF A NATION

Released at Sundance earlier this year, the film sparked a bidding war the likes of which?the festival had never seen before (and eventually settled at Fox Searchlight for an amazing?$17.5M, the highest in the festival’s history. ?With a timely subject matter (especially in the heat of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy) and buzz-worthy visuals, Nate Parker’s film…

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