Watch these and footage of distant falling bombs will never seem removed from the hell they bring. The second film focuses on men recovering corpses from rubble in Syria's most ravaged city. A film crew leaves a camera with a medic who intends to chart his country's rebuilding but winds up documenting his city's destruction and family's desperate flight from ISIS. Numbers 8 and 7 are immersive documentaries - 'Nowhere To Hide' and the 'Last Men In Aleppo.' The first begins with the 2011 American withdrawal from Iraq. 9 was a huge flop, appearing on some 10 worst lists - Luke Besson's 'Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets.' Yes, the script is lame, the acting worse, but I was thrilled by this dizzying ballet of actors, bizarre creatures and gizmos. It also features two men, one whose death is near, the other, near enough, who find warmth amid cold, collective action. Director Robin Campillo focuses on the Paris branch of ACT UP, which, in the '90s, staged violent protests against governments and pharmaceutical companies not responding swiftly to HIV/AIDS. 10 is the French 'BPM,' standing for beats per minute, suggesting heartbeats or disco. Here's my 10 best list, in reverse order to maximize suspense.

Let's see what's on our film critic David Edelstein's list of the best films of the year.ĭAVID EDELSTEIN, BYLINE: In a year dominated by stories of sexual harassment and abuse in the entertainment industry and elsewhere and in which Time magazine declared its persons of the year, the silence breakers, I find myself mostly gravitating to stories rarely told in voices that aren't heard from enough.

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