Best of September

Fall is our favorite time of year so we're going to keep relishing it however quickly it vanishes. The movies get really exciting and we don't feel exhausted yet with the holidays + incessant Oscar mania. But alas, the first month of fall is already (just about) a wrap.

Herewith a bakers dozen fav posts from September in case you missed them:

• Wildlife - Chris is thrilled by Carey Mulligan & Paul Dano's beautiful drama
• Funny Girl at 50 - Tim looks at Babs' ageless Oscar-winning star turn
• TIFF Jury of One - Nathaniel hands out honors for 'best in fest'
• Cynthia Erivo to play Harriet Tubman - Murtada is watching her career
• A Prayer for Alessandro - Jason highlights one of the best turns of the year, Alessandro Nivola in Disobedience
• Roma - Nathaniel on Alfonso Cuarón's personal/visual triumph
• Destroyer - Nathaniel watches Kidman transform
• Adventures in Babysitting - Chris takes in lipsync queen Elisabeth Shue in his Soundtracking series
• Black Mirror: USS Callister - Jorge discusses the screenplay of one of TV's brightest moments this past season

And the most discussed posts by you:

• Best Actress race - the post festival rethink
• Best Actor race - the post festival shake-up
• Emmy night - the winners and highlights
• Mary Poppins Returns - the Yes No Maybe so of the new trailer

COMING IN OCTOBER...

A Star is Born mania, More from the New York Film Festival, Rita Hayworth and Teresa Wright Centennials, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Hugh Jackman's 50th birthday, Moon landing spectacular First Man, the 25th anniversary of Nightmare Before Christmas, various Halloween hijinx, the new horrors of Suspiria, Daredevil season 3, the long delayed Smackdown of 1972 (it's not tomorrow -- apologies!), and lots of Foreign Film Oscar race hoopla when the official list is announced (probably a week from now).