I know, I know, this is really late. But, it’s coming to you before the Oscars at least, always my own personal arbitrary deadline to catch up with everything I need to see. For what it’s worth, I did think it was a good year in movies overall and I really recommend the ones on this list.
1) HAMILTON
The 2015 stage musical but in perfectly filmed and edited fashion. How all audiences should get to experience Broadway who can’t make it in person
2) ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
Regina King’s directorial debut is a crackling, energetic translation of Kemp Powers’s play about 1960’s civil rights leaders
3) NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
A powerful, authentic drama about two rural teens on a quest for an abortion in NYC
4) MANK
David Fincher’s masterful look at politics, filmmaking, and artistic principles in and around Golden Age Hollywood
5) THE FATHER
Anthony Hopkins’s unforgettable performance dominates this inventive look at a man experiencing late in life dementia
6) COLLECTIVE
Searing indictment of Romania’s failed healthcare system as a direct consequence of election results with lessons for the rest of us
7) MINARI
A moving, tearjerking drama of an immigrant family’s desire to build a better life in America
8) ANOTHER ROUND
Entertaining Danish film about the joys and risks of excessive alcohol consumption and what it says about you, your environment and even your country
9) EMMA
Light but absolutely sumptuous Austen adaptation with another breakthrough performance from Anya Taylor-Joy
10) THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Aaron Sorkin back in courtroom drama mode with the fast-moving, fast-talking antics of a very game ensemble cast
