Love My Way: The Best in Film of 2017

2017 was kind of a bad year for humanity, and it really wasn’t an especially good one on a personal level either (to put it mildly). So more than ever, the movies became an escape. I wouldn’t just watch anything that I came across, I looked for things that would either make me feel good, end at the very leadt on hopeful note, or somehow enrich me.

I found all this, even in the most unlikely places. Mudbound was not so something that I would have anticipated this particular year, but went ahead and watched it because it was a Dee Rees film. It was not an easy sit, but by the end, although it obviously didn’t change me, I felt like I had a new valuable experience in my life. I even found value in something like Home Again. I can see the problems that people who dislike it have with it, but my viewing experience during a particularly bad day was so much fun that I couldn’t help but fall for it.

The Cinematic Highlights of July 2014

And thus July came and went. It was one of my better months when it comes to movie watching despite the fact that I only had 16 first-time viewings and about three re-watches (there may be more that I forgot to log). It was also my most-varied month in a while as I watched more non-recent films than I usually do, mainly due to the Barnes & Noble Criterion sale (which I spent too much money on). So, yeah, read on to see my top 10 of the year and the other shenanigans.