‘Tis the season for lists and lists and lists. I already did
my top ten movies of 2016, followed by my top ten horror movies of 2016—if we’re being honest, it was a strong year for horror, so
there’s a ton of crossover. Now, what the hell, it’s time for my top science
fiction films of the 2016.
Yesterday the Seattle International Film Festival announced
its award winners, both those selected by a jury and those voted on by the audience.
I’m sure they’re lovely movies, but as usual, I have little interest in watching
most of them. My tastes tend to run in different directions, and with that in
mind, here are my favorites of SIFF 2016, in no particular order except that in
which they occurred to me. They’re all excellent and you should check out every
last one when you have the chance.
Gaspar Noe may be the face of New French Extremity, but his
wife, Lucile Hadzihalilovic, is no stranger to savage, transgressive films.
Playing a part in the likes of I Stand Alone (as producer)
and Enter the Void (as a writer), her second directorial
effort, Evolution, bows at the Seattle International Film Festival, and delivers her own surreal, unsettling cinematic nightmare.
