Top Ten Favourite Films of 2017

Well, like last year, in the real world 2017 was an absolute slog, but in the world of cinema, things are going strong.  Now while there have been dramatic revelations about many important figures (some of which have made me drop some films that would have been on this list otherwise, not naming anyone), overall though this has been an astonishing time for film, with this year my choices being very difficult.  I potentially could have a made a top twenty of the year.... but I'm fuckin' lazy, so, the traditional ten it is!

Movie Surprises of 2017

It's time for that usual film geek ritual of "best of the year" lists once again.  I'm trying something new this time; before I do my actual top ten of the year (and as always I won't be bothering with a bottom ten, because frankly life is too short for that), I'm going to share with you some little gems that took me surprise over the course of this year.  Whether they were better than I was expecting, or if I had no idea something like this was coming, I thought that these deserve a little chance to not be overshadowed by the usual batch of names that various top 10 lists are going to be mentioning.  Here are some of my best surprises of 2017, going roughly in chronological order, starting with...