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

Movies of the 2010s: Second 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 

Books I’ve been reading this year.

THE FEMALE GAZE: ESSENTIAL MOVIES MADE BY WOMEN by Alicia Malone
IT’S GARRY SHANDLING’S BOOK edited by Judd Apatow
ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS: A BIOGRAPHY OF ROCK HUDSON by Mark Griffin
BLACK STEEL MAGNOLIAS IN THE HOUR OF CHAOS THEORY (poetry) by James Cagney
CARRIE FISHER: A LIFE ON THE EDGE by Sheila Weller
SAL MINEO: A BIOGRAPHY by Michael Gregg Michaud
THE BEATLES FROM A TO ZED by Peter Asher
THE BEATLES IN 100 OBJECTS by Brian Southall
I WILL DESTROY YOU (poetry) by Nick Flynn
COLLAPSE (poetry) by Cassandra Dallett
THE CONTENDER: THE STORY OF MARLON BRANDO by William J. Mann
A DREAM ABOUT LIGHTNING BUGS: A LIFE OF MUSIC AND CHEAP LESSONS by Ben Folds
WHAT WE CLAIM...WHAT WE ARE (poems and fables) by Garrett Murphy
THE VIRGIN TURTLE LIGHT SHOW: SPRING 1968 (poetry) by Elizabeth Iannaci
SEDUCTION: SEX, LIES AND STARDOM IN HOWARD HUGHES’S HOLLYWOOD
by Karina Longworth
ORSON WELLES: ONE-MAN BAND by Simon Callow
A LIFE IN MOVIES by Irwin Winkler
SOULLESS: THE CASE AGAINST R. KELLY by Jim DeRogatis
SOUTHERN ACCENTS (33 1/3 series) by Michael Washburn

Movies of 2019: Disappointments of the Year First Draft

In no specific order:
QUEEN & SLIM
DOCTOR SLEEP
GEMINI MAN
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

Movies of the 2010s: First Draft

In no specific order:
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