The Loft Cinema Staff’s Top 10 Films of 2016
1. Moonlight
2. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
3. The Lobster
4. The Witch
5. The Handmaiden
6. American Honey
7. Tickled
8. (tie) The Fits / Arrival
9. Carol
10. Wiener-Dog
Individual Staff Top 10 Lists
Pedro Robles-Hill, Assistant Manager & Projectionist
1. The Witch
2. The Lobster
3. Moonlight
4. Arrival
5. Green Room
6. Tickled
7. Hail Caesar
8. Kubo & the Two Strings
9. Hunt for the WilderPeople
10. 10 Cloverfied Lane *except for the ending
Adam Bucholz, Projectionist
1. The Witch
2. Shin Godzilla
3. Hunt For The Wilderpeople
4. Ghostbusters (2016)
5. Men & Chicken
Sarah Smith, Floor Staff
1. The Witch
2. The Lobster
3. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
4. Eyes of My Mother
5. Childhood of a Leader
6. Moonlight
7. Handmaiden
8. OJ: Made in America
9. Kubo and the Two Strings
10. Arrival
Jason Denholm, Director of Theatre Operations
1. Cameraperson
2. Territory
3. Cemetery of Splendor
4. Jaaji Approx.
5. Lo and Behold
6. Carousel
7. Hotel Dallas
8. Another Kind of Girl
9. Into the Inferno
10. Arabian Nights
America Valencia, Floor Staff
(In no particular order)
1. Moana
2. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
3. The Hollars
4. Moonlight
5. Star Trek Beyond
6. The Jungle Book
7. The Legend of Tarzan
8. Neruda
9. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
10. Life, Animated
Parisa Eshrati, Floor Staff
1. Moonlight
2. The Music of Strangers
3. Tickled
4. The Lobster
5. (tie) Eat that Question / Dying to Know
Clarice Bales, Floor Staff
1. Moonlight
2. The Handmaiden
3. The Fits
4. Carol
5. Ixcanul
6. Under The Shadow
7. Embrace of the Serpent
8. Our Little Sister
9. The Witch
Haley McFeely, Projectionist
1. The Lobster
2. The Witch
3. American Honey
4. Moonlight
5. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
6. Jackie
7. Lemonade
8. Neon Demon
9. Hail, Caesar!
10. Shin Godzilla
Trent Castillo, Projectionist
1. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2. Moonlight
3. The Witch
4. Kubo and the Two Strings
5. 10 Cloverfield Lane
6. Rogue One
7. The Lobster
8. Swiss Army Man
9. Tickled
10. Shin Godzilla
A.J. Simon, Floor Staff
1. Arrival
2. The Witch
3. Moonlight
4. 10 Cloverfield Lane
5. La La Land
6. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
7. The Lobster
8. Don’t Think Twice
9. Train to Busan
10. Under the Shadow
Ezra Heightchew-Howard, Floor Staff
1. Moonlight
2. Hunt For The Wilderpeople
3. The Lobster
4. Wiener-Dog
5. Don’t Think Twice
6. The Witch
7. The Handmaiden
8. American Honey
9. Green Room
Shawna DaCosta, Director of Education & Engagement
1. Carol
2. Mustang
3. Songs My Brother Taught Me
4. Race
5. Youth
6. Hello, My name is Doris
7. The Lobster
8. Theeb
9. Time to Choose
10. Underfire: The Untold Story of Pfc. Tony Vaccaro
Brenda Rodriguez, Assistant Manager & Volunteer Coordinator
1. The Lobster
2. Moonlight
3. Kubo & The Two Strings
4. Deadpool
5. Don’t Breathe
6. Captain Fantastic
7. The Girl On The Train
8. Creepy
9. Hunt For The Wilderpeople
10. A Man Called Ove
Ana Humphrey, Projectionist
1. Moonlight
2. The Handmaiden
3. Don’t Think Twice
4. Krisha
5. Tickled
6. OJ: Made in America
7. 10 Cloverfield Lane
8. Our Little Sister
9. Swiss Army Man
10. Author: The JT LeRoy Story
Candace Ripley, Projectionist
1. Moonlight
2. The Handmaiden
3. Carol
4. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
5. The Fits
6. Ghostbusters
7. Tickled
8. The Lobster
9. The Witch
10. Don’t Think Twice
Lenox Wiese, Floor Staff
1. O.J.: Made in America
2. The Witch
3. Moonlight
4. The Lobster
5. Contemporary Color
6. 10 Cloverfield Lane
7. Jackson
8. Do Not Resist
9. Pee Wee’s Big Holiday
10. The Handmaiden
Amber Kleefeld, Development Associate
1. The Innocents
2. Certain Women
3. American Honey
4. White Girl
5. The Handmaiden
6. Moonlight
7. Thirteenth
8. Mustang
9. The Fits
10. Swiss Army Man Movie
I will buy and watch over and over again: Hunt For The Wilderpeople
Daniela Ontiveros, Administrative Assistant
1. Seasons
2. Weiner-Dog
3. Krisha
4. Youth
5. Moonlight
6. Captain Fantastic
7. The Fits
8. Rams
9. Embrace of the Serpent
10. Allied
Runners-up: The Lure, The Witch, Chicken People, Cameraperson, Hunt for the Wilder People
Nick Kelso, Development Associate
1. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2. Our Little Sister
3. Tale of Tales
4. Mustang
5. Moonlight
6. Arabian Nights Trilogy
7. Southbound
8. Cemetery of Splendor
9. The Greasy Strangler
10. Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai
Dishonorable Mention: Multiple Maniacs Restoration
Jeff Yanc, Program Director
1. Swiss Army Man
2. Moonlight
3. La La Land
4. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
5. Tickled
6. Weiner-Dog
7. The Handmaiden
8. The Greasy Strangler
9. Tower
10. Embrace of the Serpent
Ray Borboa, Assistant Manager & Projectionist
1. Arrival
2. Demon
3. Do Not Resist
4. The Witch
5. Moonlight
6. Youth
J.J. Giddings, Marketing Director
1. The Lobster
2. Youth
3. American Honey
4. The Greasy Strangler
5. The Fits
6. Moonlight
7. 13th
8. Uncle Kent 2
9. Krisha
10. Men & Chicken
Honorable Mention: Swiss Army Man, Captain Fantastic, Deadpool, White Girl, Green Room, Can We Take A Joke?, Do Not Resist, Weiner, Wiener-Dog, Tickled, Train To Busan, Jackson, Don’t Breathe, OJ: Made In America
Zach Breneman, Deputy Director
1. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2. Green Room
3. Fire at Sea
4. The Lobster
5. Cemetery of Splendor
6. Jackson
7. The Wailing
8. Weiner
9. The Childhood of a Leader
10. Uncle Kent 2
Honorable Mention: American Honey, Cameraperson, Do Not Resist, The Fits, Indignation, Krisha, Neruda, The Nice Guys, Son of Saul, Wiener-Dog, The Witch
Matt McCoy, Deputy Marketing Director
1. Tickled
2. Moonlight
3. Hunt For The Wilderpeople
4. Marinoni Fire In Frame
5. Arrival
6. Weiner
7. Captain Fantastic
8. Weiner-Dog
9. The Nice Guys
10. Swiss Army Man
Peggy Johnson, Executive Director
1. Jackie
2. Childhood of a Leader
3. Certain Women
4. American Honey
5. Maggie’s Plan
6. Weiner-Dog
7. The Fits
8. Morris from America
9. Moonlight
10. The Greasy Strangler
Jonathan Kleefeld, Finance Director
1. American Honey
2. Cameraperson
3. Certain Women
4. Moonlight
5. Our Little Sister
6. Carol
7. The Fits
8. The Club
9. Cemetery of Splendor
10. The Handmaiden
And!
13th, Aferim!, Antibirth, Childhood of a Leader, City of Gold, Do Not Resist, Fire at Sea, Green Room, Hail Caesar!, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Into the Volcano, Jackson, Kate Plays Christine, Little Sister, Men & Chicken, Miles Ahead, Rain the Color of Blue With a Little Red in It, Swiss Army Man, The Lobster, The Treasure, The Witch, Things to Come, Weiner, White Girl, Wiener-Dog
