This is the thread where we discuss matters pertaining to the detrius that accompanies the "End of the Year AND DECADE in Cinema" -- 2019

Different illusionist, right? The animated one by the triplets of Belleville guy is from this decade

Malick 11th in Slant

Image Book 38th, smdh

It's like a bad dream written in a stormy night

http://jlroeder.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/snoopy.jpg

insults, communist songs

Best Australian films of the decade at The Guardian

Indiewire Poll: https://www.indiewire.com/2019/12/best-movies-2019-critics-survey-poll-performances-parasite-adam-driver-lupita-nyongo-1202197615/

BEST FILM
1. “Parasite”
2. “The Irishman”
3. “Marriage Story”
4. “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”
5. “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
6. “Pain & Glory”
7. “Uncut Gems”
8. “The Souvenir”
9. “Joker”
10. “Little Women”

BEST DIRECTOR
1. Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite”
2. Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman”
3. Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”
4. Celine Sciamma, “Portrait of a lady on Fire”
5. Josh and Benny Safdie, “Uncut Gems”
6. Noah Baumbach, “Marriage Story”
7. Pedro Almodovar, “Pain and Glory”
8. Greta Gerwig, “Little Women”
9. Joanna Hogg, “The Souvenir”
10. Todd Phillips, “Joker”

BEST SCREENPLAY
1. “Parasite”
2. “Marriage Story”
3. “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”
4. “The Irishman”
5. “Knives Out”
6. “Little Women”
7. “Pain & Glory”
8. “Uncut Gems”
9. “The Farewell”
10. “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”

BEST ACTRESS
1. Lupita N’yongo, “Us”
2. Scarlet Johansson, “Marriage Story”
3. Elisabeth Moss, “Her Smell”
4. Rene Zellweger, “Judy”
5. Awkwafina, “The Farewell”
6. Florence Pugh, “Midsommar”
7. Mary Kay Place, “Diane”
8. Zhao Tao, “Ash Is Purest White”
9. Saoirse Ronan, “Little Women”
10. Adéle Haenel, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”

BEST ACTOR
1. Adam Driver, “Marriage Story”
2. Antonio Banderas, “Pain & Glory”
3. Adam Sandler, “Uncut Gems”
4. Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker”
5. Robert De Niro, “The Irishman”
6. Leonardo Di Caprio, “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”
7. Eddie Murphy, “Dolemite Is My Name”
8. Taron Egerton, “Rocketman”
9. Song Kang Ho, “Parasite”
10. Brad Pitt, “Ad Astra”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Laura Dern, “Marriage Story”
2. Jennifer Lopez, “Hustlers”
3. Florence Pugh, “Little Women”
4. Zhao Schuzhen, “The Farewell”
5. Margot Robbie, “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”
6. Da’Vine Joy Randloph, “Dolemite Is My Name”
7. Julia Fox, “Uncut Gems”
8. Annette Bening, “The Report”
9. Scarlet Johansson, “Jojo Rabbit”
10. Park So-dam, “Parasite”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”
2. Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”
3. Al Pacino, “The Irishman”
4. Wilem Dafoe, “The Lighthouse”
5. Song Kang Ho, “Parasite”
6. Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
7. Alan Alda, “Marriage Story”
8. Tom Burke, “Souvenir”
9. Shia LaBeouf, “Honey Boy”
10. Wesley Snipes, “Dolemite is My Name”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. “1917”
2. “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”
3. “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
4. “The Lighthouse”
5. “Parasite”
6. “The Irishman”
7. “A Hidden Life”
8. “Uncut Gems”
9. “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”
10. “Ad Astra”

BEST DOCUMENTARY
1. “Apollo 11”
2. “American Factory”
3. “Honeyland”
4. “For Sama”
5. “One Child Nation”
6. “Varda by Agnes”
7. “Amazing Grace”
8. “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story”
9. “Hail Satan?”
10. “Diego Maradona”

BEST FIRST FEATURE
1. “Atlantics”
2. “Booksmart”
3. “The Last Black Man in San Francisco”
4. “An Elephant Sitting Still”
5. “Les Miserables”
6. “I Lost My Body”
7. “The Mustang”
8. “The Chambermaid”
9. “Burning Cane”
10. “End of the Century”

BEST FOREIGN FILM
1. “Parasite”
2. “Pain and Glory”
3. “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
4. “Atlantics”
5. “Transit”
6. “Monos”
7. “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”
8. “An Elephant Sitting Still”
9. “Synonyms”
10. “Les Miserables”

here's what they're choosing from. don't worry: "Cuck" made the cut.
https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/92nd_oscars_reminder_list.pdf

I'm proud we picked Portrait of a Lady on Fire, shattering consensus.

Sorry yr fave only made runner up

OFCS nominations are up. Gotta say, this is one of the less embarrassing slates I've seen this group come up with:

Best Picture
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Knives Out
Marriage Story
1917
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Uncut Gems
Us

Best Animated Feature
Frozen II
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I Lost My Body
Missing Link
Toy Story 4

Best Director
Bong Joon-ho – Parasite
Sam Mendes – 1917
Celine Sciamma – Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best Actor
Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory
Robert De Niro – The Irishman
Adam Driver – Marriage Story
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems

Best Actress
Awkwafina – The Farewell
Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
Lupita Nyong’o – Us
Florence Pugh – Midsommar
Renée Zellweger – Judy

Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse
Al Pacino – The Irishman
Joe Pesci – The Irishman
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Song Kang-ho – Parasite

Best Supporting Actress
Laura Dern – Marriage Story
Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers
Florence Pugh – Little Women
Margot Robbie – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Shuzhen Zhao – The Farewell

Best Original Screenplay
Knives Out – Rian Johnson
Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino
Parasite – Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won
Us – Jordan Peele

Best Adapted Screenplay
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster
Hustlers – Lorene Scafaria
The Irishman – Steven Zaillian
Jojo Rabbit – Taika Waititi
Little Women – Greta Gerwig

Best Editing
Ford v Ferrari – Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker
The Irishman – Thelma Schoonmaker
1917 – Lee Smith
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood – Fred Raskin
Parasite – Jinmo Yang

Best Cinematography
The Irishman – Rodrigo Prieto
The Lighthouse – Jarin Blaschke
1917 – Roger Deakins
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood – Robert Richardson
Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Claire Mathon

Best Original Score
Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir
Little Women – Alexandre Desplat
Marriage Story – Randy Newman
1917 – Thomas Newman
Us – Michael Abels

Best Debut Feature
Mati Diop – Atlantics
Melina Matsoukas – Queen & Slim
Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz – The Peanut Butter Falcon
Joe Talbot – The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Olivia Wilde – Booksmart

Best Film Not in the English Language
Atlantics
Monos
Pain and Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Best Documentary
American Factory
Apollo 11
For Sama
Honeyland
One Child Nation

I count on the voting body to pick the worst and/or most boring shit possible

as a Randy Newman fan, I have to say his Baumbach score blew

shoulda picked Atlantics or, if it lives up to press, Uncut Gems

Bilge Ebiri with a take

https://slate.com/culture/2019/12/uncut-gems-phony-adam-sandler.html

Bilge seems fun.

Besides the fact that "the characters didn't behave like humans" is a boring complaint, the movie is full of small characters who are utterly believable/recognizably human, way moreso than most movies, even

there ya go

https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-100-best-films-of-the-2010s/

only one in the top ten that made me roll my eyes was #6 (not even as good as Fury Road)

“It’s Such a Beautiful Day is the finest animated depiction of depression since Hideaki Anno’s Neon Genesis Evangelion.”

“The difference between Magic Mike and its sequel calls to mind how Robert Christgau described the difference between listening to janet. on a junk radio box versus a hi-fi stereo system as “the difference between daydreaming about sex and having somebody’s crack in your face.” “

🤮

Why is movie writing like this

“In which a Gallic neo-Hitchcock charts out the undulations of what the French refer to as “little deaths,” and then sets a Grimm fairy tale in the dead zone representing that throbbing, nobly malignant impulse deep within the limbic system of all gay men.”

Film writing is nobly malignant.

"Dead Zone Representing (Throbbing Nobly)" by LimBic System O.A.G.M.

And a grand "fuck you, too" to Whiney.

The Master is the only thing in the top 10 that made me roll my eyes.

sorry, didn’t know that was u dogg

It's fine. I write partially to annoy people.

killer to killer

Usually at the point where she has to rewrite and rethink them, to keep the audience from leaving the clickbait!

It had been awhile since Owen G. took the opportunity to be the official worst critic out there:

https://variety.com/2019/film/columns/the-10-most-overrated-films-of-the-decade-the-master-skyfall-1203452706/

(I even agree with his #1.)

'Overrated' is the most overrated critical term, no?

I agree that The Master is the least of the three PTA features of the decade.

I am finding Phantom Thread underrated on most of these decade lists.

But don’t tell that to the cinema-equals-the-director’s-cut bohemian purity brigade.

I bet they want to see a 4-hour Bernie Sanders documentary, those purity commies.

I'm more or less proud of my critics group:

http://www.floridafilmcritics.com/2019/12/23/2019-ffcc-winners/

8. “Support the Girls” (2018)
If you sought this movie out after learning that Regina Hall was voted best actress by the New York Film Critics Circle for her work in it, you’d see that she delivers a gutsy, lived-in performance as the general manager of a restaurant called Double Whammies — and that Haley Lu Richardson also excels as the most devil-may-care of the waitresses. Yet the movie, directed by Andrew Bujalski, looks like what would have happened if Jonathan Demme had been the showrunner of an ’80s sitcom. The local-tavern-version-of-Hooters setting is never convincing (it’s “Cheers” with a pinch of downscale desperation), and though critics praised the sisterly solidarity of it, the filmmaking is too ramshackle to lend the empowerment much power.

MY HERO! THANK YOU!

Sight and Sound 2019 list

https://www.bfi.org.uk/best-films-2019

recently watched Ash Is Purest White and An Elephant Sitting Still. I thought they were both really great, they are two of my favorite films of 2019

Florence Pugh had a REALLY good year

Noted critic Barack Obama's list. Morbs may appreciate he dug The Souvenir.

Next up are my favorite movies and TV shows of 2019. Of course, there’s also American Factory, a film from our own production company, Higher Ground, that was recently shortlisted for an Oscar. Here’s the full list: pic.twitter.com/PEcgwotcxm

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 29, 2019

go directly to prison

my Obamacare budget has already cost me one rep cinema membership

He neglected to mention his appearance in The Image Book, i wonder why...

Six of his ten overlap with mine! I generally like Obama's aesthetic taste! I'd get a beer with that guy.

Reminder that PWB faps to an Obama speech in the pilot

A lot of movies started with "A" this year.

I refuse to believe that Obama's year-end lists aren't just culled from the Metacritic meter.

... _I_ don't like metacritic...
*kicks a rock*

Obama prob not crazy about The Report either

i'd sooner get a beer with Metacritic