Formed in 1992 (now headquartered in Vancouver), Imageworks alternates between live-action/CG hybrids and animation with its younger sister, Sony Pictures Animation, which was founded in 2002. Plus it's funnier.Sony Pictures Imageworks, celebrating its 25th anniversary, is unique in Hollywood as the only studio-run visual effects and animation division. Get Out is an eye-opener equaling Do the Right Thing in expressing a contemporary black experience amid white privilege. Probably because I'm white, which is clearly Peele's point. I'll confess to initially underestimating Jordan Peele's subtly savage satire of racial appropriation. Luca Guadagnino's elegant direction of James Ivory's screenplay results in the year's swooniest romance.

His portrayal of a teenager attracted to an older man (Armie Hammer) in sun-dappled Italy may win an Oscar. The most technically proficient movie of the year. Hans Zimmer's tick-tick-tick musical score adds to tension Nolan has already secured. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriĪ pungently overwritten revenge saga featuring three of the year's top performances: Frances McDormand as a mother wanting answers, Woody Harrelson as a police chief not providing them and Sam Rockwell as a dim, dangerous deputy standing his ground.Ĭhristopher Nolan's clockwork retelling of a crucial World War II evacuation told from land, sea and air in three separate time frames.

Sean Baker's peek at poverty through the eyes of children living in discount hotels near Disney World is a very funny, incredibly warm tale of what amounts to child endangerment. The simplest production on this list, held closest to my heart.

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