Chris Gives Thanks
Friday, November 29, 2019 at 9:00PM Chris here. Thank you to all of you wonderful readers that keep TFE alive and well, year in, year out! This year, I am especially thankful for...
- my new spiritual guru, Baby Yoda.
- the reunion of Salvador and Federico in Pain and Glory.
- the funny and furious female ensemble of Parasite: So-dam Park, Yeo-jeong Cho, Hye-Jin Jang, Jeong-eun Lee, and Ji-so Jung.
- p28 in Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
- Lorene Scafaria's grace, turning a true crime film into the most compassionate film about the 00s financial crisis that's also about the need to connect with one another that's also the year's most entertaining movie.
- Every Hustlers song cue. "Control", "Criminal", "Love in This Club", "Club Can't Handle Me", and especially "Miss You Much."
- the clang of piano keys in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (not to mention the work of the film's miniatures team!).
- Lupita Nyong'o utterly unnerving laugh as Red in Us.
- a showcase role for Alfre Woodard that rewards the darkness and depths of the soul in Clemency.
- Elisabeth Moss' possessed Becky Something in Her Smell, one of the decade's performances.
- Robert Pattinson's sense of humor (and foxiness) cracking through the severe exoskeletons of High Life and The Lighthouse.
- Underrated blink-and-you-miss-them treasures: Frankie, Peterloo, Climax, Ready or Not.
- Mati Diop's sparkling genre explosion in Atlantics.
- the folk paintings of MidSommar.
- Ma not drinking alone.
- Marielle Heller, Claire Denis, Melina Matsoukas, Céline Sciamma, Lulu Wang, Chinonye Chukwu, Greta Gerwig, Alma Har'el.
Reader Comments (3)
LOL I know this isn’t what you meant, but “one of the decade’s performances” is superior shade in the right context.
BTW, thank you for pointing out the embarrassment of riches we’ve had this year from female directors. It’s insane that only one of them will be given serious consideration for a Best Director nomination this year, and even crazier that no one’s sure who that will be.
Lorene Scafaria's ability to transform a genuine offensive film into the most caring film about the 00s money related emergency that is likewise about the need to interface with each other that is additionally the year's most engaging motion picture and should be nominated for the award.