thejury prize at cannes also went to a british film—maker, andrea arnold, whose first us—set feature,tring on sasha lane's texan teen who hits the road with a group of young magazine sellers, american honey was shot by i, daniel bla ke‘s cinematographer, robbie ryan, who worked wonders with the square academy ratio frame which is andrea arnold's preferred format. remarkable, too, to see transformers star shia labeouf doing career—best work in a film which is the very antithesis of those bloated blockbuster movies, which made him a star. of course, those blockbuster movies continue to thrive. the transformers franchise was very much in evidence here in the autumn as they shot scenes for the forthcoming transformers: the last night, which we can all look forward to in 2017. in the mean time, the summer of 2016 was dominated by the return of a forgetfulfish, who made a whale—size splash at the box office despite her diminutive portions. disney—pixar‘s finding dory was one of a slew of animated features, which breathed life into uk cinemas in 2016. i'm coming. sorry. that's ok. everybody