Episode 196: The Best Films of 2019

## Show Notes

We go through our top ten favourite films of 2019. This is the only list you'll ever need. You can throw out every other film that came out this year!
## Films Discussed

* *Murder on the Orient Express* (1974) Dir. Sidney Lumet
* *The Killer* (1989) Dir. John Woo
* *Big* *Daddy* (1999) Dir. Dennis Dugan
* *Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon* (2000) Dir. Ang Lee
* *Kill Bill: Volume 1 & 2* (2003-2004) Dir. Quentin Tarantino
* *The Squid and the Whale* (2005) Dir. Noah Baumbach
* *Undisputed II: Last Man Standing* (2006) Dir. Isaac Florentine
* *Ninja* (2009) Dir. Isaac Florentine
* *Observe and Report* (2009) Dir. Jody Hill
* *Undisputed III: Redemption* (2010) Dir. Isaac Florentine
* *Django* *Unchained* (2012) Dir. Quentin Tarantino
* *Amour* (2012) Dir. Michael Haneke
* *Spring Breakers* (2013) Dir. Harmony Korine
* *Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear* (2013) Dir. Isaac Florentine
* *American Sniper* (2014) Dir. Clint Eastwood
* *The Witch* (2015) Dir. Robert Eggers
* *Bone Tomahawk* (2015) Dir. S. Craig Zahler
* *Murder on the Orient Express* (2017) Dir. Kenneth Branagh
* *Bodied* (2017) Dir. Joseph Kahn
* *15:17 to Paris* (2018) Dir. Clint Eastwood
* *War* (2019) Dir. Siddharth Anand
* *Saaho* (2019) Dir. Sujeeth
* *Joker* (2019) Dir. Todd Phillips

## Discussion Notes

* The ICC double Top Ten of 2019
	+ Don't watch any other movies!
	+ Will - "I hate this annual episode"
	+ Justin - "It doesn't mean anything"
	+ Both hosts - "Thank God for Letterboxd"
* End-of-year lists are mostly people showing off - 'look what I think is good!'
* Lists should be for sharing new things to people and making recommendations
* Justin's List (unranked)
	+ *Atlantics* (2019) Dir. Mati Diop
		- A different take on I Walked with a Zombie
	+ *The Lighthouse* (2019) Dir. Robert Eggers
		- A loud, big, and very funny take on Lovecraft
	+ *Little Women* (2019) Dir. Greta Gerwig
		- "Likely to become the definitive version of the text" says man who has never seen or read another version
	+ *Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy* (2019) Dir. Surender Reddy
		- "The kind of political propaganda I can get behind 100%"
	+ *Uncut Gems* (2019) Dir. Josh & Benny Safdie
		- The right 'full Sandler' movie at the right time
	+ *Marriage Story* (2019) Dir. Noah Baumbach
		- Excellent performances in a story that has divided audiences over sides to take
	+ *Once Upon A Time in Hollywood* (2019) Dir. Quentin Tarantino
		- "It's made for me" - saw it three times in theaters
	+ *Knives Out* (2019) Dir. Rian Johnson
		- Excellent balance of tone and content in the mystery genre
	+ The *Twentieth Century* (2019) Dir.
		- A surreal farce with an emotional center about a milquetoast neo-liberal and the Canadian identity
	+ *Avengement* (2019) Dir. Jesse V Johnson
		- Tightly structured revenge story that is everything DTV action should be
* Will's List (ranked)
	+ 10. *High Life* (2019) Dir. Claire Denis
		- A grueling experience filled with sensual beauty
	+ 9. *Parasite* (2019) Dir. Bong Joon-ho
		- The obvious statement is it's great
	+ 8. *Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy* (2019) Dir. Surender Reddy
		- Super fun ridiculous anti-oppressor action
	+ 7. *Dragged Across Concrete* (2019) Dir. S. Craig Zahler
		- Great story, racist politics, with enough craft to not dismiss outright
	+ 6. *Richard Jewell* (2019) Dir. Clint Eastwood
		- Unadorned story of the loser everyman wanting to be a hero
	+ 5. *Rolling Thunder Revue* (2019) Dir. Martin Scorsese
		- "What more do you want?"
	+ 4. *The Beach Bum* (2019) Dir. Harmony Korine
		- A beautiful film filled with attractive repulsiveness
	+ 3. *Uncut Gems* (2019) Dir. Josh & Benny Safdie
		- Like going on a ride
	+ 2. *Once Upon A Time in Hollywood* (2019) Dir. Quentin Tarantino
		- Has risen in estimation since original viewing, haunted by last shots of the film
	+ 1. *The Irishman* (2019) Dir. Martin Scorsese
		- Will's parents loved it

## Post-Outro Discussion

* Do you still get angry when you see a negative review of a film you love?
	+ Twitter was invented to bring annoying takes right to you
	+ Our hosts feel they have grown out of the age of needing to debate strangers on the internet
		- Letterboxd 1-star reviews can put that urge back into our hosts though
* Will and Justin have come to accept each other for who they are on social media
	+ Don't take internet reviews so seriously!