“American Honey” (Andrea Arnold, U.K.) B+
“Elle” (Paul Verhoeven, Netherlands) B+
“From the Land of the Moon” (Nicole Garcia, France) C
“Graduation,” (Cristian Mungiu, Romania) B/B+
“The Handmaiden” (Park Chan-wook, S. Korea) B-
“I, Daniel Blake” (Ken Loach, U.K.) B/B+
“It’s Only the End of the World” (Xavier Dolan, Canada) D
“Julieta” (Pedro Almodovar, Spain) B
“The Last Face” (Sean Penn, U.S.) F
“Loving” (Jeff Nichols, U.S.) B+
“Ma’ Rosa” (Brillante Mendoza, Philippines) B/B+
“The Neon Demon” (Nicolas Winding Refn, Denmark) B/B+
“Paterson” (Jim Jarmusch, U.S.) A-
“Personal Shopper” (Olivier Assayas, France) B+
"The Salesman" (Asghar Farhadi, Iran) B+
“Sierra-Nevada” (Cristi Puiu, Romania)
“Slack Bay” (Bruno Dumont, France) C
“Staying Vertical” (Alain Guiraudie, France) B
“Toni Erdmann” (Maren Ade, Germany) B+
“The Unknown Girl” (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgium) B-
Other Categories:
"Hell or High Water" (David Mackenzie) B+
"The BFG" (Steven Spielberg) B
"Money Monster" (Jodie Foster) C+
“The Transfiguration” (Michael O’Shea, U.S.) B-
“The Red Turtle” (Michael Dudok de Wit, Netherlands) C
“Mean Dreams” (Nathan Morlando, Canada) C
“Dog Eat Dog” (Paul Schrader, U.S.) B/B
Marvel's "Ghost Rider" just hired one of the best cinematographers working today. Linus Sandgren will serve as DP on Shawn Levy's MCU flick, and, most notably, the project will be shot on film.