BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 01/12/2018

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“Love is patient, love is kind; love is haunting, and occasionally crazy.” – Andy Crump, The Playlist

“This is a fiendishly funny movie, one that’s extremely self-aware and follows its own internal logic to a conclusion that makes perfect sense while being entirely mad.” – Sean Burns, The ARTery

“The title alludes to one of the many beautiful things about PHANTOM THREAD: that which we create is alive, never just the sum of its physical parts.” – Sam Cohen, Substream Magazine

“PHANTOM THREAD would have been near the top of my favorite films of 2017 had it not featured such a disappointing ending.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

 

 

the-commuterTHE COMMUTER

“THE COMMUTER is the type of movie that could have worked wonderfully if they allowed it to be dumber than it actually is.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“It’s a convoluted plot, to be sure, and you just have to go with the flow and not question it.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“This is such a stupid movie, and I had fun with every single second of it.” – Greg Vellante, Edge Boston

“…easy, unsubtle, unabashedly masculine action films don’t need nuance as long as they’re this much of a goofy pleasure to watch.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

 

 

 

Boston Online Film Critics Association – 2017 Awards

GET OUT BEST PICTURE

BEST PICTURE
GET OUT

PHANTOM THREAD BEST DIRECTOR

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, PHANTOM THREAD

TIMOTHEE CHALAMET BEST ACTOR

BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

FRANCES MCDORMAND BEST ACTRESS

BEST ACTRESS
Frances McDormand, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI

WILLEM DAFOE BEST ACTOR

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe, THE FLORIDA PROJECT

LAURIE METCALF BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Laurie Metcalf, LADY BIRD

GET OUT BEST ENSEMBLE

BEST ENSEMBLE
GET OUT

GET OUT BEST SCREENPLAY

BEST SCREENPLAY
Jordan Peele, GET OUT

FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER BEST FOREIGN

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER

FACES PLACES BEST DOCUMENTARY

BEST DOCUMENTARY
FACES PLACES

COCO BEST ANIMATED

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
COCO

BLADE RUNNER 2049 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, BLADE RUNNER 2049

DUNKIRK BEST EDITING

BEST EDITING
Lee Smith, DUNKIRK

SHAPE OF WATER PHANTOM THREAD BEST SCORE TIE

BEST SCORE (TIE)
Alexandre Desplat, THE SHAPE OF WATER
Jonny Greenwood, PHANTOM THREAD

GET OUT TOP TEN 2017

TEN BEST FILMS OF 2017
1. GET OUT
2. THE FLORIDA PROJECT
3. CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
4. LADY BIRD
5. PHANTOM THREAD
6. DUNKIRK
7. THE SHAPE OF WATER
8. THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
9. A GHOST STORY
10. GOOD TIME