2016 nostalgia is in the air, here’s a look back at the year in film.
The Man Who Fell to Earth |
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David Bowie died on January 10, 2016. 2016 also happened to be the 40th anniversary of The Man Who Fell to Earth and a new restoration of the film hit theaters later in the year. |
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Purple Rain |
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Just a couple of months later on April 21, Prince died of an accidental fentanyl overdose. |
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MoonlightSteve Reeves |
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Barry Jenkins' Moonlight won the Academy Award for Best Picture, the first Best Picture win for A24. |
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La La Land |
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Damien Chazelle's La La Land tied with Titanic and All About Eve for receiving the most Academy Award nominations (14), a record that was broken this year by Sinners which received 16 nominations. La La Land was mistakenly announced as winner of the award for Best Picture. |
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Cannes Film Festival |
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The official poster for the 2016 Cannes Film Festival paid homage to Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt. |
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I, Daniel Blake |
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Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, Loach’s second Palme d’Or (the first was for The Wind That Shakes the Barley). |
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American HoneySimon Prades |
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Andrea Arnold’s American Honey won the Jury Prize at Cannes. |
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Personal Shopper |
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Olivier Assayas’s Personal Shopper premiered at Cannes. |
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Paterson |
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Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson premiered at Cannes. |
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Raw |
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Julie Ducurnau’s debut feature premiered at Cannes. Ducurnau’s second feature Titane was awarded the Palme d'Or in 2021. |
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The HandmaidenJohn Calvert / Rob Cheetham |
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Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden premiered at Cannes. |
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The Neon Demon |
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Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon premiered at Cannes. |
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Toni Erdmann |
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Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann premiered at Cannes. |
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Certain Women |
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Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women premiered at Sundance. |
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Nocturnal AnimalsAkiko Stehrenberger |
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Tom Ford’s second feature premiered at Venice. |
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Arrival |
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Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival premiered at Venice. |
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory |
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Gene Wilder died on August 29, 2016. |
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Star Wars |
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Carrie Fisher died on December 27, 2016. |
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Singin' in the Rain |
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Carrie Fisher’s mother Debbie Reynolds died one day later on December 28. |
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Taste of Cherry |
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Abbas Kiarostami died on July 4, 2016. |
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Celine and Julie Go BoatingPanignett |
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Jacques Rivette died on January 29, 2016. |
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20th Century Women |
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Mike Mills' 20th Century Women world premiered as the Centerpiece of the 2016 New York Film Festival. |
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Aquarius |
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Kleber Mendonça Filho’s second feature screened in the NYFF Main Slate. Filho’s The Secret Agent received 4 Academy Award nominations this year. |
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Mimosas |
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Oliver Laxe’s second feature screened in the NYFF Explorations section. Laxe’s Sirat is nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film this year. |
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The Love WitchFred Davis / Michael Koelsch |
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Anna Biller’s cult hit opened in November. |
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TampopoPing Zhu |
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A new restoration of Juzo Itami’s wildly popular 1985 comedy was released in theaters. |
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