Back in February a friend tried to get me to go see “Get Out” with him but I demurred, not being a huge fan of horror. Instead we went to see the overrated “The Lego Batman Movie,” which I’ve since come to recognize as an embarrassing miscalculation. “Get Out,” which I finally watched in theaters in March, is the first masterpiece of this year, a triumph of social insight, Hitchcockian suspense and expertly measured comedy. I can’t recommend it highly enough.

Meanwhile, I squeezed in thirteen other movies last month. Here they are:

• “Now You See Me 2” I watched the first one and figured I may as well watch the second. Life lessons.
• “Keanu” Had some really good laughs but overall kind of flimsy.
• “Prince of the City” Lumet’s superb, hard-hitting redo of the better known “Serpico
• “John Wick: Chapter 2” As good or better than the original.
• “Logan” Starts off really strong but can’t deliver on its promises.
• “Gotcha!” I was shocked how many of the moments and lines I still remembered from watching it in theaters as a kid. That said, not a good movie.
• “He Walked by Night”
• “Midnight Special”
• “Get Out”
• “Hunt for the Wilderpeople”
• “Le Deuxième Souffle”
• “The Edge of Seventeen”
• “Jane Austen’s Mafia!”
• “Everybody Wants Some!!” Genial but disappointing.

If you’re interested, here is my list of what I watched in February and in January, as well as my full list of everything I watched in 2016. You can also follow along with my film diary over at letterboxd.com.