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White Zombie (Victor Halperin, 1932)

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Marriage Story

MARRIAGE STORY - ★★★

This one just didn’t come together for me, but that’s fine, it’s fine.

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Episode 157: The Best Films of 2019

This week, Gavia and Morgan discuss their top ten films of the year, highlighting many of the small indies and docs that made 2019 such a great year for cinema, including Parasite, Hustlers, Little Women, and many more.

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Previous episodes: Episode 126: High Life, Episode 141: Hustlers, Episode 144: NYFF and LFF 2019, Part One: “Marriage Story,” “Pain and Glory,” “Judy,” and More, Episode 145: NYFF and LFF 2019, Part Two: “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” “The Irishman,” and More, Episode 146: The Lighthouse, Episode 154: Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women”, Episode 155: Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite”

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Archipelago

ARCHIPELAGO - ★★★★

Well put me down as a JOANNA HO, because I was real into this one too!!

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Pride

PRIDE - ★★★★★

I rewatched this with my pal Emily and she described it warmly as ‘a queer folk tale’ and now it’s a five star film.

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1917

1917 - ★★

To WHOM do I have to bring a cup of brewed chicory to get a World War I movie that knows what it’s doing!!!

ANDREW SCOTT INNOCENT

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The weirdly persistent idea that liking and disliking certain movies indicates someone belongs to a club of shared values has perhaps never been more obviously ridiculous than in this, the year that Elon Musk named Parasite his favorite film of 2019

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Just to further drill into this!—this glorified subtweet was actually inspired by  the people every year painting some movies as morally Bad and only liked by other groups, unlike the Good movies liked by their group. I understand the desire for the world to be divided that simply, but it is not! A person who has the wholly opposite opinion from you on one movie may agree with you utterly on another! You just never can tell and I think that’s good to remember, before writing off everyone who likes a movie you don’t with a “well I’m different.” Because it’s just not true, on some movies you’ll be just the same as them. And sometimes Elon Musk will also want Parasite to win best picture.

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The weirdly persistent idea that liking and disliking certain movies indicates someone belongs to a club of shared values has perhaps never been more obviously ridiculous than in this, the year that Elon Musk named Parasite his favorite film of 2019

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A Hidden Life

A HIDDEN LIFE - ★★★★★

The most beautiful movie of the year. Almost more a holy object than a film, and appropriately I had to make a pilgrimage in order to see it, as it has been almost as hidden away as the life it depicts.

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Honeyland

HONEYLAND - ★★

I also watched Honeyland recently—been going on a 2019 documentaries kick. It may be good but I struggled with it.

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