The (almost) definitive 2016 round-up: 23 movies that truly stood out this year

Certain Women

From men we go to strong women. Certain Women is a new slow burner from the gritty art house director Kelly Reichardt (Meeks’s Cut off, Night Movies). A master of silences, open spaces, and slow real-life situations, Reichardt portrays the lives of three ordinary yet exceptional women (Kirsten Stewart, Michelle Williams and Laura Dern) in rural America.