2016 IndieWire Critics Poll: Greg Cwik

2016 IndieWire Critics Poll:

Greg Cwik

Freelance

Additional Comments:

The 20-minute long handheld shot traipsing through the forlorn village and along the curvaceous hillside roads in “Kaili Blues” is the best single shot of the year.

Ralph Fiennes dancing in “A Bigger Splash” is the best scene of the year.

“The Lobster” has the best final shot of the year, with the trains turning back the clocks in “Kaili Blues” a close second.

“Wiener-Dog” is the best-looking bad movie of the year.

The reveal of the newborn baby in “Elle” is the funniest visual gag of the year.

FULL RESULTS: 2016 IndieWire Critics Poll

Best Film

1. Right Now, Wrong Then
2. Manchester by the Sea
3. The Lobster
4. Everybody Wants Some!!
5. Elle
6. OJ: Made in America
7. Kaili Blues
8. Evolution
9. Certain Women
10. The Neon Demon

Best Director

1. Gan Bi, Kaili Blues
2. Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster
3. Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
4. Hong Sang-soo, Right Now, Wrong Then
5. Nicolas Winding Refn, The Neon Demon

Best Actress

1. Isabelle Huppert, Elle
2. Tao Zhao, Mountains May Depart
3. Kim Min-hee, Right Now, Wrong Then
4. Isabelle Huppert, Things to Come
5. Rachel Weisz, The Lobster

Best Actor

1. Ralph Fiennes, A Bigger Splash,
2. Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
3. Adam Driver, Paterson
4. Colin Farell, The Lobster
5. Vincent Lindon, The Measure of a Man

Best Supporting Actress

1. Tilda Swinton, A Bigger Splash
2. Lily Gladstone, Certain Women
3. Kristen Stewart, Cafe Society
4. Edith Scob, Things to Come
5. Anne Consigny, Elle

Best Supporting Actor

1. Laurent Lafitte, Elle
2. Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
3. Ralph Fiennes, A Bigger Splash
4. Brian Dennehy, Knight of Cups
5. Glen Powell, Everybody Wants Some!!

Best Documentary

1. OJ: Made in America
2. De Palma
3. Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids
4. Cameraperson
5. I Am Not Your Negro
6. Fire at Sea
7. My Love, Don’t Cross That River
8. Weiner
9. The Illinois Parables
10. No Home Movie

Best Undistributed Film

1. Nocturama
2. The Death of Louis XIV
3. Hermia & Helena

Best First Feature

1. Kaili Blues
2. The Witch
3. Swiss Army Man
4. April and the Extraordinary World
5. Krisha

Best Screenplay

1. The Lobster
2. Everybody Wants Some!!
3. Manchester by the Sea
4. Hail, Caesar!
5. Elle

Best Original Score/Soundtrack

1. The Neon Demon
2. Moonlight
3. Jackie
4. The Lobster
5. The Witch

Best Cinematography

1. Kaili Blues
2. Cafe Society
3. Evolution
4. Sunset Song
5. Knight of Cups

Best Editing

1. OJ: Made in America
2. Cameraperson
3. Manchester by the Sea
4. Knight of Cups
5. The Neon Demon