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Top Films of 2017 25-23 Reviewed

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 Since I watched 365 films, I decided to delve into the best films I watched in 2017. 25. Rollerball Norman Jewison's Rollerball is fun to watch, and its portrayal of a man expressing his individuality in a society that threatens to completely control him is apt even in today's world. The sport of Murderball is brutal and when the executives continually change the rules, he struggles to maintain. Yet he manages to succeed, despite the fact that he will possibly ultimately fail. The sport is interesting, if a bit unrealistic, and the performances, especially that of James Caan, take the story beyond its generic science fiction trappings. 24. Jules and Jim Truffaut was one of my favorite directors this year, so it was hard to narrow down which films I wanted to put on this list. I picked Jules and Jim because I felt adversarial about it and had to think about the story and cinematography to really understand its value. The film's romantic love triangle is hard to w...

365 Films in 2017 #47-56

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47. The Bag Man (2014), David Grovic 48. It's So Easy and Other Lies: Live at the Moore (2016), Christopher Duddy 49. The Whole Town's Talking (1935), John Ford, Columbia 50. Get Shorty (1995), Barry Sonnenfield, MGM 51. Elvis and Nixon (2016), Liza Johnson, Amazon 52. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Joel and Ethan Coen, CBS 53. Burn After Reading (2008), Joel and Ethan Coen, Focus 54. Mulholland Drive (2001), David Lynch, Universal 55. Sunset Boulevard (1950), Billy Wilder, Paramount 56. Compulsion (1959), Richard Fleischer, 20th Century Fox