July. It's a wrap
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at 7:30PM
NATHANIEL R in The Film Experience, Year in Review

The dog days of summer are upon us and the year is just flying by now. As we prepare to ride out the last month of the summer (and thus the summer movie season), here are 14 highlights from the month we now leave behind...


The Farewell interview  Murtada talks to rising director Lulu Wang about her autobiographical hit
New Classics: In the Loop Michael discovers that the political satire is eerily even more relevant 10 years on
Doc Corner Glenn says Maiden is a must-see and an Oscar contender
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Nathaniel sits in the car with Brad and wonders where Tarantino's 9th or 10th movie is going. What an odd film experience
The Personal and the universal Lynn Lee's take on The Farewell
Best Actresses Nathaniel's ballot on 2019's first half
Review: MidSommar Chris on the year's most polarizing movie
Soundtracking: Nashville Chris listens closely to a non-musical that's also a musical 
Smackdown 1960 Leslye Headland (Russian Doll) and more special guests discuss Psycho and Elmer Gantry. Have you listened yet? 
The Lion King Redux Timn's brutal review of Disney's money-devouring remake 

Most Discussed
Yes No Maybe So: Cats that trailer was the stuff of dream nightmare ballets
Emmy Snubs who we were mourning on nomination day
Populist Oscar Nominees which performances wouldn't have been nominated without their outstanding box office receipts? 
Big Little Lies "I Want to Know" - series or season finale? Either way we all had opinions.  

COMING IN AUGUST
The Supporting Actress Smackdown of 1957,  a tribute to the very random and many-act career of producer Dino de Laurentiis for his Centennial, Mindhunter season 2, and new films like Luce, Blinded by the Light, The Kitchen, Where'd You Go Bernadette, Brittany Runs a Marathon, and Vita & Virginia.

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