Best New (or new to me) Films of December 2017

I start this with a notice of intention: I'm not going to write my Best Films of the Year list this month. I'm taking a friend's idea and am gonna delay it until early 2018. Right now, as is, the list is missing way too many top titles be make it worth writing. It feels incomplete. And that's mostly because I live in a place that doesn't often see the limited release titles. And I don't have the money to travel 2 hours each week to see the hot new movie. So! The list is delayed! 

But until the...