20 BEST FILMS OF 2019 *AnonymousFilm Comment
ROAD TO PERDITION, the astonishingly overlookedAWAY WE GO, andSKYFALL.1917will be etched into the hallows of the greatest war movies ever made. It separates itself from theSAVING PRIVATE RYANandBLACKHAWK DOWNtype films that show a lot of actual warfare, and instead feels more in the countenance...
Having a TV series topping a list of films may be a cop-out, but Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen series is unlike anything I’ve seen before. Sure, I may be biased as one of the few people who still considers Lost (also written by Lindelof) as one of the greatest TV series ever, and ...
ThoughAvengers: Endgamewas on the lips of every movie buff across the first half of the year, the Marvel mega-hit was only a drop in an ocean of noteworthy film. Between hilarious streaming flicks like Netflix’sWine Country, rollicking horrors likeUsand fun-for-the-whole-family flicks like...
Looking towards the 2020 cinematic landscape, I can only hope for another richly satisfying year. Here are myTop 10 Films of 2019: 10.Clemency (directed by Chinonye Chukwu) "A visceral, haunting examination of the inhumanity of the death penalty, elevated by tremendous work from star Alfre Woo...
of 2019 to a list of 10 was pretty difficult. Still, I managed to get it done. Just a reminder that Stars & Popcorn is a site that rates movies on cinematic quality as well as how enjoyable they are to watch, so you’re going to be getting a pretty eclectic assortment of films on...
“Avatar” sequels, the director passed on bullhorn duties to Robert Rodriguez. A long-time project for The King of the World, Cameron’s adaptation of the “Manga” comic “Battle Angel Alita” proved to be in good hands and Rodriguez turned in one of the best films of his career to...
It's Oscar Day! No predictions. Here, for your consideration, are my top films of 2019 followed by the winners of the respective polls I participated in. 1.Parasite, directed by Bong Joon Ho -This is what we need more of here in the US, smart films with extremely original plots that...
By Film Comment on December 10, 2019 The results are in for our 2019 poll of Film Comment's contributors and editors! Our top 20 list includes excerpts from our features, reviews, and interviews about these films from across the year, as well as links to other work about the films and...
So lucrative, in fact, that she and her friend Jack (a magnetic Richard E Grant) soon appear on an FBI watch list... The sophomore film of Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl), Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a charming, understated movie that peers into the inner lives of ...