We’re through the blockbuster-laden heart of the summer, which means that awards season is fast approaching. Fortunately for moviegoers, however, 2019 has already gifted us with a bounty of stellar offerings from the likes of Christian Petzold, David Robert Mitchell, Harmony Korine, Joanna Hogg and–most recently–Quentin Tarantino, whose Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood is the past month’s standout release. There’s still a lot more to look forward to in the near future, what with Martin Scorsese, Bong Joon-ho, Jennifer Kent, Ang Lee, Greta Gerwig, and Rian Johnson (among other acclaimed filmmakers) scheduled to deliver their newest features. But for now, these are our selections for the best of the year.
With so many ways to see movies now, there's no reason to wait until the end of the year to find out what was worth watching. That's the simple idea driving this list of the best movies of 2019, which will be constantly updated and carefully rearranged throughout the year as new titles premiere at film festivals, drop on Netflix and other streaming services, and, yes, find their way into the local movie theater.
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Like last year, I'll do my best to keep you in the loop on the giant blockbusters you can't miss and the smaller movies you must seek out. From horror movies about creepy kids to thoughtful documentaries about disastrous music festivals, there should be something on this list to satisfy your highly specialized cinematic cravings as the year goes on. It's important to recognize that great TV shows, songs, and memes are fighting for your precious attention, so consider this a pledge not to waste your time. These are the best movies of 2019.
Hail Satan?
Release date: April 19
Director: Penny Lane (Our Nixon)
Why it's great: While Satan has been around for a long time, the Satanic Temple, the primary focus of this sly documentary, was founded in 2013 by Malcolm Jerry and Lucien Greaves. The spokesperson for the group, Greaves speaks with authority and humor about the organization's larger political, social, and theological goals, which center around religious freedom and the separation of church and state. (Justifiably, the Satanic Temple does not like when governments install the Ten Commandments in State Capitals.) Though they wear black and often enjoy heavy metal, these aren't the Satanists of the Satanic.
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Greta
Focus Features
The kindness of strangers is exploited for demented purposes in Greta, Neil Jordan’s playfully bonkers thriller about the trouble that befalls young Frances (Chloë Grace Moretz) after she finds a pocketbook on a New York subway and returns it to its owner, lonely Greta (Isabelle Huppert). Courtesy of that humane act, Frances –grieving the death of her beloved mom, as well as adjusting to her new Manhattan environs with the help of her wealthy roommate (Maika Monroe) – nets herself a surrogate mother figure. Their friendship, however, is eventually revealed to be predicated on a lie that turns the proceedings cockeyed. Jordan laces the film with erotic undercurrents but otherwise refuses to unduly embellish his material, instead content to keep it on the steady ground even as it grows loopier.
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Alita: Battle Angel.
Release date: February 14
Cast: Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Keean Johnson, Mahershala Ali
Director: Robert Rodriguez (Sin City)
Why it's great: The first thing you notice are the large eyes, beckoning like portals to another dimension. Alita, a cyborg discovered in a junkyard by a possibly mad scientist consumed with grief over the death of his daughter, is played by the actress Rosa Salazar, who appeared in two of the Maze Runner YA adaptions and last year's Netflix hit Bird Box, but she's brought to uncanny life via technology Alita producer and co-writer James Cameron developed for his alien environmental opus Avatar. (Cameron was originally going to direct Alita but he got sidetracked by the world of the Na'vi.) Compared to Avatar, or other recent colorful acts of gonzo-world-building like Jupiter Ascending or Valerian: City of a Thousand Planets, Alita: Battle Angel moves in fits and starts, occasionally struggling to merge Cameron's hyper-earnest, ponderous sensibility with Rodriguez's more garrish, ironic approach. Still, when the movie connects, like in the ridiculous and kinetic "motorball" sequence which finds our hero fending off brutish attackers in a violent game of X-Games tag, it's as exhilarating as this type of reality-altering, money-burning sci-fi.
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The Hole in the Ground.
Release date: March 1
Cast: Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, Simone Kirby, Steve Wall
Director: Lee Cronin
Why it's great: The Hole in the Ground, an Irish horror film of considerable ferocity, is unafraid of the obvious. As the title promises, there is a large hole in the ground, which ends up being a source of great stress for Sarah (Kerslake) and her son Chris (James Quinn Markey) who move to the countryside to escape a troubled home life. They want a new start, but their new digs have issues. In addition to the gnarly pit waiting for them in the forest, the duo must also contend with a creepy old woman with a dark past, some creepy bugs, and their own growing suspicion of each other. As a movie about motherhood and parental anxiety, The Hole in the Ground can't touch the unnerving terror.
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Booksmart.
Release date: May 24
Cast: Beanie Feldstein, Kaitlyn Dever, Billie Lourd, Jason Sudeikis
Director: Olivia Wilde
Why it's great: The college-obsessed, socially challenged honor roll students at the center of Booksmart, Olivia Wilde's dutifully funny and disarmingly sweet high school comedy, are always looking to optimize their experiences. Having spent the last four years of their young lives focused on their education and extracurricular activities, best friends Molly (the uproarious Feldstein) and Amy (the dry-witted Dever) approach a night of partying with a sense of purpose. They don't want to just have a good time; they need this wild evening to stand in for all the hours of drinking, drug-consuming and making out they missed. Similarly, the movie can't quite shake that overeager check-list mentality as it careens from expositional set-up and comic set-pieces to the inevitable emotional blowup and the triumphant graduation day resolution.
With so many ways to see movies now, there's no reason to wait until the end of the year to find out what was worth watching. That's the simple idea driving this list of the best movies of 2019, which will be constantly updated and carefully rearranged throughout the year as new titles premiere at film festivals, drop on Netflix and other streaming services, and, yes, find their way into the local movie theater.
https://www.herox.com/crowdsourcing-community/isabellesanders-177542
Like last year, I'll do my best to keep you in the loop on the giant blockbusters you can't miss and the smaller movies you must seek out. From horror movies about creepy kids to thoughtful documentaries about disastrous music festivals, there should be something on this list to satisfy your highly specialized cinematic cravings as the year goes on. It's important to recognize that great TV shows, songs, and memes are fighting for your precious attention, so consider this a pledge not to waste your time. These are the best movies of 2019.
Hail Satan?
Release date: April 19
Director: Penny Lane (Our Nixon)
Why it's great: While Satan has been around for a long time, the Satanic Temple, the primary focus of this sly documentary, was founded in 2013 by Malcolm Jerry and Lucien Greaves. The spokesperson for the group, Greaves speaks with authority and humor about the organization's larger political, social, and theological goals, which center around religious freedom and the separation of church and state. (Justifiably, the Satanic Temple does not like when governments install the Ten Commandments in State Capitals.) Though they wear black and often enjoy heavy metal, these aren't the Satanists of the Satanic.
https://ioby.org/users/yennyturner7673386775
Greta
Focus Features
The kindness of strangers is exploited for demented purposes in Greta, Neil Jordan’s playfully bonkers thriller about the trouble that befalls young Frances (Chloë Grace Moretz) after she finds a pocketbook on a New York subway and returns it to its owner, lonely Greta (Isabelle Huppert). Courtesy of that humane act, Frances –grieving the death of her beloved mom, as well as adjusting to her new Manhattan environs with the help of her wealthy roommate (Maika Monroe) – nets herself a surrogate mother figure. Their friendship, however, is eventually revealed to be predicated on a lie that turns the proceedings cockeyed. Jordan laces the film with erotic undercurrents but otherwise refuses to unduly embellish his material, instead content to keep it on the steady ground even as it grows loopier.
https://guia.melhoresdestinos.com.br/usuarios/87750
Alita: Battle Angel.
Release date: February 14
Cast: Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Keean Johnson, Mahershala Ali
Director: Robert Rodriguez (Sin City)
Why it's great: The first thing you notice are the large eyes, beckoning like portals to another dimension. Alita, a cyborg discovered in a junkyard by a possibly mad scientist consumed with grief over the death of his daughter, is played by the actress Rosa Salazar, who appeared in two of the Maze Runner YA adaptions and last year's Netflix hit Bird Box, but she's brought to uncanny life via technology Alita producer and co-writer James Cameron developed for his alien environmental opus Avatar. (Cameron was originally going to direct Alita but he got sidetracked by the world of the Na'vi.) Compared to Avatar, or other recent colorful acts of gonzo-world-building like Jupiter Ascending or Valerian: City of a Thousand Planets, Alita: Battle Angel moves in fits and starts, occasionally struggling to merge Cameron's hyper-earnest, ponderous sensibility with Rodriguez's more garrish, ironic approach. Still, when the movie connects, like in the ridiculous and kinetic "motorball" sequence which finds our hero fending off brutish attackers in a violent game of X-Games tag, it's as exhilarating as this type of reality-altering, money-burning sci-fi.
https://www.deviantart.com/victoriajackson13
The Hole in the Ground.
Release date: March 1
Cast: Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, Simone Kirby, Steve Wall
Director: Lee Cronin
Why it's great: The Hole in the Ground, an Irish horror film of considerable ferocity, is unafraid of the obvious. As the title promises, there is a large hole in the ground, which ends up being a source of great stress for Sarah (Kerslake) and her son Chris (James Quinn Markey) who move to the countryside to escape a troubled home life. They want a new start, but their new digs have issues. In addition to the gnarly pit waiting for them in the forest, the duo must also contend with a creepy old woman with a dark past, some creepy bugs, and their own growing suspicion of each other. As a movie about motherhood and parental anxiety, The Hole in the Ground can't touch the unnerving terror.
http://wheretonext.portauthority.org/ideas/benefits-that-you-get-by-hiring-a-professional-essay-writing-company
Booksmart.
Release date: May 24
Cast: Beanie Feldstein, Kaitlyn Dever, Billie Lourd, Jason Sudeikis
Director: Olivia Wilde
Why it's great: The college-obsessed, socially challenged honor roll students at the center of Booksmart, Olivia Wilde's dutifully funny and disarmingly sweet high school comedy, are always looking to optimize their experiences. Having spent the last four years of their young lives focused on their education and extracurricular activities, best friends Molly (the uproarious Feldstein) and Amy (the dry-witted Dever) approach a night of partying with a sense of purpose. They don't want to just have a good time; they need this wild evening to stand in for all the hours of drinking, drug-consuming and making out they missed. Similarly, the movie can't quite shake that overeager check-list mentality as it careens from expositional set-up and comic set-pieces to the inevitable emotional blowup and the triumphant graduation day resolution.
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