Favorite Films of 2019

1. Parasite dir. Bong Joon Ho
2. Uncut Gems dir. Josh and Benny Safdie
3. Under the Silver Lake dir. David Robert Mitchell
4. Ad Astra dir. James Gray
5. Deadwood dir. Daniel Minahan

6. Knives Out dir. Rian Johnson
7. Little Women dir. Greta Gerwig
8. The Irishman dir. Martin Scorcese
9. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood dir. Quentin Tarantino
10. Booksmart dir. Olivia Wilde

11. Ready or Not dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett
12. Hustlers dir. Lorene Scafaria 
13. The Farewell dir. Lulu Wang
14. The Fall of the American Empire dir. Denys Arcand
16. Sword of Trust dir. Lynn Shelton

16. Non-Fiction dir. Olivier Assayas
17. Her Smell dir. Alex Ross Perry
***The Lighthouse dir. Robert Eggers***
*** The Souvenir dir. Joanna Hogg***
18. Avengers: Endgame dir. Anthony and Joe Russo
19. Long Shot dir. Jonathan Levine
20. Marriage Story dir. Noah Baumbach
***High Life dir. Claire Denis***

Failure: Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker
Fiasco: Motherless Brooklyn dir. Edward Norton

Secret Success: The Dead Don't Die dir. Jim Jarmusch




please pardon the rolling edits and shout-out to Nathan Rabin!