The best movies of 2019: ‘Parasite,’ ‘1917’ top critics’ lists
By Johnny Oleksinski and Sara Stewart
December 27, 2019 | 1:58pm
... Here, our critics tell us their picks for the best of the year. ...
They’re back to making enjoyable movies regular people want to see.
The best of those was “1917,†director Sam Mendes’ personal, technically flabbergasting World War I epic. It was edited to look like one continuous shot, which transcended gimmickry and created intensely intimate storytelling.
Another ginormous picture that had everybody talking was Scorsese’s “The Irishman,†a mob movie spanning five decades, and starring legends Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci. It was a huge undertaking that only Netflix was bold enough to pay for. To make the movie work, actors were digitally de-aged, but the acting shone through the tech.
But they say size doesn’t matter, and this time, that’s actually true. My year began at the Sundance Film Festival with a pair of tiny-but-beautiful heart-warmers: “The Farewell,†starring Awkwafina in a breakthrough performance, and “Blinded by the Light,†a coming of age tale set to the music of Bruce Springsteen. ...
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