年度二十部电影佳作 很可能有一半你没听过
In 2016, Hollywood showed us a world where black lives matter, a musical had meaning, young filmmakers could strut their stuff alongside the classic likes of Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, and the Coen brothers - and no subject was too hot to handle. Here are 20 movies that reminded us that the best of cinema, whether studio-financed or independently-produced, is capable of lots of things beyond sequels, prequels, remakes, retreads and the Marvel Comic Universe.
2016年的好莱坞向我们证明没有什么题材是不能驾驭的，在这个世界里，黑人有所谓，歌舞片蕴含深意，电影新人也可以在马丁.斯科塞斯、克林特.伊斯特伍德以及科恩兄弟等大师面前施展身手。下面这20部由公司投资或者独立制作的电影提醒我们，比起那些续集、前传、改编、翻拍和漫威宇宙系列影片，这些最优秀的电影作品要有意义得多。
20. 'Zootopia'
《疯狂动物城》
Animation was on a roll in 2016 - this was the year of Finding Dory, Kubo and the Two Strings, The Secret Life of Pets, Sausage Party and Sing. But none took fuller measure of the possibilities of the form than this look at an animal kingdom where predators, who once lived in peace, revert to attack mode. The kids will love the cute bunny and the fox. But grownups may find that the resulting rush of politics, prejudice, persecution and wall building resonate disturbingly for the Trump era. There's something for everyone here.
2016年是动画片当道的一年，期间上映的作品有《海底总动员2》、《久保与二弦琴》、《爱宠大机密》、《香肠派对》以及《歌唱秀》。但没有一部动画片比《疯狂动物城》更为淋漓尽致地呈现了动画片的潜力。在片中的动物王国里，曾经和平相处的掠食者恢复了攻击模式。孩子们会爱上片中可爱的兔子和狐狸，而该片所反映出的政治、歧视、迫害和筑墙则使特朗普时代的成人们产生了共鸣，每个人都会在这部电影中有所收获。
19. '13th'
《第十三修正案》
There were powerful documentaries this year, including O.J.: Made in America, Weiner, Cameraperson and I Am Not Your Negro. But the most explosive is Ava DuVernay's incendiary take on the 13th amendment, the one enacted in 1865 that supposedly guaranteed racial equality and outlawed involuntary servitude in the US. Watch it and weep.
今年出现了一些令人震撼的纪录片，如《辛普森：美国制造》、《韦纳》、《摄像师》以及《我不是你的黑鬼》等。但最有冲击力的是艾娃.杜维尼对《第十三修正案》极具感染力的呈现。该法案于1865年颁布，目的是保障种族平等、在美国禁止强制奴役。一边看一边哭吧。
18. 'Toni Erdmann'
《托尼.厄德曼》
The year's best and most brilliant foreign-language film - sorry, Elle, Julieta and The Handmaiden - is this fierce flamethrower from the great German writer-director Maren Ade. Peter Simonischek and Sandra Hüller are superb as a divorced piano teacher and his ambitious corporate daughter, united in depression and mutual disgust. Did I mention that Ade's film is comedy? It is, with laughs that stick in the throat, the kind that's so funny it hurts.
《她》、《胡丽叶塔》和《小姐》，对不住了，今年最出色、最精彩的外语片属于《托尼.厄德曼》，德国伟大编剧兼导演玛伦.阿德用这部影片燃起了一场熊熊烈火。彼得.西蒙尼舍克饰演一位离婚的钢琴老师，桑德拉.惠勒扮演他野心勃勃、一心扑在工作上的女儿。两人生活压抑、互相厌恶。忘了告诉你，这是一部喜剧片。《托尼.厄德曼》滑稽到令人心痛、让人笑不出声。
17. 'The Edge of Seventeen'
《成长边缘》
Box-office has been quiet for Kelly Fremon Craig's debut film, which means some of you are missing out on the year's most hilarious and heartfelt rager. Hailee Steinfeld, already an Oscar nominee for True Grit, is a volcanic, hormonal wonder as a pain in the ass named Nadine, an angry teen who gives hell to everyone around her - except for a teacher (a terrific Woody Harrelson) who won't take her shit. Craig and Steinfeld shoot down coming-of-age cliches on sight. Find this movie and hold it close. You can't miss seeing yourself in it.
凯利.弗莱蒙.克雷格的电影处女作票房表现平平，这意味着有些人错过了这部年度最滑稽且发自内心表达愤怒的电影。曾因影片《大地惊雷》获得奥斯卡提名的海莉.斯坦菲尔德在片中饰演讨人厌的女孩娜丁，她暴躁易怒而且十分情绪化，对周围所有人都充满敌意——除了一位老师（伍迪.哈里森饰演），因为他根本不吃她那一套。克雷格和斯坦菲尔德通过这部电影打破了有关“成熟”的陈词滥调。密切关注这部电影吧，你将在其中遇见自己的身影。
16.'De Palma'
《德.帕尔马》
OK, it's not so much a movie as a bull session that filmmakers Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow conduct on camera with contentious director Brian De Palma. With perfectly chosen clips from the veteran filmmaker's career highs and lows, the film is an impure education for De Palma geeks and newbies.
与其说这是一部电影，不如说这是饱受争议的导演布莱恩.德.帕尔马在诺亚.鲍姆巴赫和杰克.帕特洛的镜头下的漫谈。片中精心选择了这位资深导演职业生涯中的巅峰之作和低谷之作，为德.帕尔马式的怪才和菜鸟打造了一部不纯洁教育片。
15. 'Arrival'
《降临》
For those who are disappointed that the close encounter Amy Adams has with aliens in Arrival is about communication instead of global annihilation, I can offer no comfort. Except to say that the contemplative tone taken by director Denis Villeneuve and the full commitment Adams brings to a role of ever-surprising layers result in a movie that stays with you long after you leave the multiplex.
在电影《降临》中，艾米.亚当斯与外星人近距离接触是为了沟通，而没有出现毁灭地球的情节，对于那些因此感到失望的人，我无力给予安慰。只能说，导演丹尼斯.维勒弗采用的沉思式的语调以及亚当斯赋予主人公空前丰富的层次性，让这部电影在你离开影院后依然烙印在脑海里，挥之不去。
13. 'Paterson'
《帕特森》
So great to have Jim Jarmusch back in classic form with this minimalist mesmerizer about a New Jersey bus driver and poet named Paterson who lives in Paterson. Too twee? No worries. He's played by Adam Driver, a sublime actor who stays alert to every nuance as Jarmusch follows the film's hero, hanging out with his Iranian wife (rocker Golshifteh Farahani) and turning his daily encounters into verse that celebrates the mysteries of the everyday. That's Jarmusch in a nutshell – and a pure pleasure to watch.
很高兴吉姆.贾木许在这部电影中重拾他经典的极简主义叙事方式。故事的主人公帕特森生活在纽泽西帕特森市，他是一名公交司机，同时也是一名诗人。剧情太矫情？别担心。帕特森由优秀的男演员亚当.德赖弗扮演，他可以精准地把握角色的每一个细微变化。帕特森与伊朗裔妻子一同生活（摇滚歌手格什菲.法拉哈尼饰），他把每日际遇写成诗歌，以歌颂寻常日子中的奥妙。简单来说，这就是贾木许的风格，观看他的电影你会收获简单的快乐。
12. 'Love and Friendship'
《爱情与友谊》
Maybe because it opened way back in May, Whit Stillman's elegantly barbed take on Jane Austen's 1794 novella is being forgotten in the year-end prize-giving season. Wake up, people. Kate Beckinsale gives one of the year's best performances as a widow forced to use everything – sex, thievery, betrayal, you name it – to stay independent in a man's world. And Academy voters are hereby advised not to forget the pricelessly funny Tom Bennett as a wealthy idiot who blathers on about peas and what he calls "the 12 Commandments."
惠特.斯蒂尔曼的这部电影是根据简.奥斯汀1794年的中篇小说精心改编的，也许是因为今年5月份就上映了，电影在年终颁奖季被人们所遗忘。醒醒吧人类！凯特.贝金赛尔在影片中的表现可能是今年最出色的表演之一，她扮演一名寡妇，不择一切手段，用性、盗窃、背叛在男权世界中保持独立。特此提醒奥斯卡奖的投票人，不要忘记汤姆.班尼特幽默出众的表演，他在影片中扮演一个富有的蠢货，整天喋喋不休地谈论他那所谓的“12诫律”。
11. 'Hail, Caesar!'
《凯撒万岁》
How to explain my passion for this Hollywood comedy from the Coen brothers, a whoosh of farce and spiritual dread? Would that it t'were so simple. It's basically a day in the life off a studio cop (Josh Brolin) who's job is to wrangle a nutjob star (George Clooney), a knocked-up swimming diva (Scarlett Johansson), a Commie song-and-dance man (Channing Tatum, pure perfection) and a drawling cowboy (Alden Ehrenreich, also perfection) forced to play a sophisticate by a tyrant of a Brit director (Ralph Fiennes). I couldn't have liked it more.
要如何用言语表达我对科恩兄弟的这部好莱坞喜剧电影的喜爱，带给人精神恐惧的喧嚣闹剧吗？没那么简单。影片主要围绕一个制片人（乔什.布洛林）一天的工作展开。他要应付一名举止疯狂的明星（乔治.克鲁尼），意外怀孕的女星（斯嘉丽.约翰逊），喜剧歌舞演员（查宁.塔图姆，简直完美），还有说话拖腔拉调的牛仔（阿尔登.艾伦瑞奇，同样完美），牛仔被一个英国暴君导演（拉尔夫.费因斯）强迫扮演老司机。我简直爱死这个电影了。
