The Best Movies on Seattle Screens in 2016 (So Far)

Since it is the halfway point of the year, I ran a quick poll of the primary contributors to Seattle Screens Scene to find out their picks for the best movies to play theatrically (or at SIFF) for the first time in the city this year. These are the results:

Mike Strenski:

1. Mountains May Depart (Jia Zhangke)
2. My Golden Days (Arnold Desplechin)
3. Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson)
4. Three (Johnnie To)
5. Green Room (Jeremy Saulnier)
6. Cemetery of Splendor (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
7. Kaili Blues (Bi Gan)
8. Knight of Cups (Terrence Malick)

Melissa Tamminga:

1. Mountains May Depart (Jia Zhangke)
2. Sunset Song (Terence Davies)
3. Love and Friendship (Whit Stillman)
4. SPL 2: A Time for Consequences (Soi Cheang)
5. Our Little Sister (Hirokazu Koreeda)
6. Knight of Cups (Terrence Malick)
7. Hail, Caesar! (Joel and Ethan Coen)
8. Long Way North (Remi Chaye)
9. I Am Belfast (Mark Cousins)
10. Under the Sun (Vitaliy Manskiy)

Jhon Hernandez:

1. SPL 2: A Time for Consequences (Soi Cheang)
2. Everybody Wants Some!!! (Richard Linklater)
3. Fan (Maneesh Sharma)
4. Three (Johnnie To)
5. Knight of Cups (Terrence Malick)

Sean Gilman:

1. Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman)
2. Mountains May Depart (Jia Zhangke)
3. SPL 2: A Time for Consequences (Soi Cheang)
4. Sunset Song (Terence Davies)
5. Kaili Blues (Bi Gan)
6. Cemetery of Splendor (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
7. Three (Johnnie To)
8. Everybody Wants Some!!! (Richard Linklater)
9. Hail, Caesar! (Joel & Ethan Coen)
10. The Mermaid (Stephen Chow)

Seema Pai:

1. Out 1: Noli me tangere (Jacques Rivette)
2. No Home Movie (Chantal Ackerman)
3. Cemetery of Splendor (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
4. The Arabian Nights (Miguel Gomes)
5. SPL 2: A Time for Consequences (Soi Cheang)
6. Sunset Song (Terence Davies)
7. Three (Johnnie To)
8. Fan (Mannish Sharma)
9. Chevalier (Athina Rachel Tsangari)
10. My Golden Days (Arnaud Desplechin)