Best Film/TV of 2019: Final Draft

THE IRISHMAN
THE REPORT
THE SOUVENIR
LES MISERABLES
HER SMELL
US
PARASITE
ONE CHILD NATION
APOLLO 11
CHARLIE SAYS
WHERE’S MY ROY COHN?
LITTLE WOMEN
MARRIAGE STORY
CLEMENCY

Honorable Mention:
KNIVES OUT
ONCE UPON A TIME....IN HOLLYWOOD
DOLEMITE IS MY NAME
AD ASTRA
JUDY
WILD ROSE
FORD V FERRARI
THE MUSTANG
UNCUT GEMS
HALSTON (Director’s Cut)
PAIN AND GLORY


MUST-SEE TV:
WHEN THEY SEE US
CHERNOBYL 
THE MORNING SHOW (Episode 8)
COUNTRY MUSIC
THE ACT
ESCAPE FROM DANNEMORA
LEAVING NEVERLAND

UNBELIEVABLE 

QUALIFIED (Janet Guthrie ESPN documentary)

FLEABAG
AT THE HEART OF GOLD 

Donald Trump’s Greatest Impeachment Hits Deluxe Edition

1. This Rusher Thing
2. My Lester Holt Interview (spoken word)
3. Putin On Line 1
4. Ukraine Do Me A Favor
5. Rudy Don’t Fail
6. It Was A Perfect Phone Call
7. Bill Barr Said I Can Do Anything
8. Mueller On My Mind
9. Two Story White House (duet with Melania)
10. Wag The Middle East Dog
11. Blame Hunter Biden
12. Let’s Get This Acquittal Started
Bonus Tracks:
13. Who’s Lev Parnas?
14. Don’t Speak (No Doubt cover dedicated to John Bolton)
15. No Witnesses

2020 Oscar nominations summarized.

There’s still a huge gap between the critical community at large//publicists/festival programmers and the voting members of AMPAS.  Women remain excluded from key behind-the-camera nominations. Big studio buzzy behemoths are still prioritized: JOKER could be this year’s GREEN BOOK.  And Netflix is allowed to have a few more seats at the table—but won’t be allowed to win too many trophies because it would be a bad look for the big studios who have chosen to abandon mid-to-high budget prestige films for mid-to-high budget hotrror/sci-fi/superhero movies.

2019 Cinematic Disappointments Second Draft

QUEEN & SLIM
DOCTOR SLEEP
JOKER
LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE
THE DEAD DON’T DIE
THE KITCHEN
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT
EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE
CAPTAIN MARVEL
GLASS
THE GOOD LIAR
AFTER THE WEDDING
DOMINO 

Best Movies/TV of 2019: Third Draft

THE IRISHMAN
THE REPORT
THE SOUVENIR
KNIVES OUT
HER SMELL
US
PARASITE
ONE CHILD NATION
APOLLO 11
CHARLIE SAYS
WHERE’S MY ROY COHN?
LITTLE WOMEN
MARRIAGE STORY
CLEMENCY

Honorable Mention:
ONCE UPON A TIME....IN HOLLYWOOD
DOLEMITE IS MY NAME
AD ASTRA
JUDY
WILD ROSE
FORD V FERRARI
THE MUSTANG
AT THE HEART OF GOLD
UNCUT GEMS
HALSTON (Director’s Cut)
PAIN AND GLORY


MUST-SEE TV:
WHEN THEY SEE US
CHERNOBYL 
THE MORNING SHOW (Episode 8)
COUNTRY MUSIC
THE ACT
ESCAPE FROM DANNEMORA
LEAVING NEVERLAND

UNBELIEVABLE 

QUALIFIED (Janet Guthrie ESPN documentary)

FLEABAG

Revised Poem: CRUISING TOWARDS DAMASCUS 2020

Best Movies/TV of 2019: Second Draft

THE IRISHMAN
THE REPORT
THE SOUVENIR
KNIVES OUT
HER SMELL
US
PARASITE
ONE CHILD NATION
HALSTON (Director’s Cut)
APOLLO 11
CHARLIE SAYS
QUALIFIED (Janet Guthrie ESPN documentary)
WHERE’S MY ROY COHN?
LITTLE WOMEN
MARRIAGE STORY

Honorable Mention:
ONCE UPON A TIME....IN HOLLYWOOD
DOLEMITE IS MY NAME
AD ASTRA
JUDY
WILD ROSE
FORD V FERRARI
THE MUSTANG
AT THE HEART OF GOLD


MUST-SEE TV:
WHEN THEY SEE US
CHERNOBYL 
THE MORNING SHOW (Episode 8)
COUNTRY MUSIC
THE ACT
ESCAPE FROM DANNEMORA
LEAVING NEVERLAND

Movies of the 2010s: Third Draft

ROMA
THE SOCIAL NETWORK
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
A SEPARATION
THE TREE OF LIFE
TOY STORY 3
THE MASTER
PHANTOM THREAD
12 YEARS A SLAVE
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
THE IRISHMAN
CAROL
GET OUT
STORIES WE TELL
PATERSON
20TH CENTURY WOMEN
MOONRISE KINGDOM
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
BLACK PANTHER
FRUITVALE STATION
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
THE SOUVENIR 
THE GRANDMASTER
PARASITE  
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
SNOWPIERCER
DUNKIRK
MARRIAGE STORY
LITTLE WOMEN