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Monday
Mar252019

2019 Films, Alphabetically with Grades

208 Released Films Screened/Reviewed + 48 Screened but were not yet released
Title (Director) Grade - Grades represented Nathaniel's take, they do not always correlate with the reviews themselves if another contributor wrote it. If there is no grade Nathaniel hasn't yet seen it.

Last Update: 02/21/2020

ATLANTICS

1917  (Sam Mendes) B+
3 Faces
(Jafar Panahi) Murtada's Review

Abominable  (Jill Culton & Todd Wilderman) B-
Ad Astra
 (James Gray) Murtada's Review, Podcast
Aeronauts, The
(Tom Harper) C+ Capsule, Chris's Review
After the Wedding
(Bart Freundlich) Abe's Review 
Aftermath, The
(James Kent) JB's Review
Aladdin
(Guy Ritchie) D+ Capsule Review, Oscar Finalist Song
Alita Battle Angel
(Robert Rodriguez) B
Amazing Grace (Alan Elliott & Sydney Pollack) Capsule
American Factory  (Steve Bognar & Julie Reichert) Glenn's Review,  Oscar Finalist
American Woman
(Jake Scott) B Podcast 
Apollo 11 (Todd Douglas Williams) Glenn's Review,  Oscar Finalist
Apollo, The  (Roger Ross Williams) Capsule,  Oscar Finalist
Armstrong
(David Fairhead) Glenn's Review
Art of Self-Defense
(Riley Stearns) Abe's Review 
Ash is Purest White (Jia Zhangke) Murtada's ReviewDirector Interview 
Ask Dr Ruth (Ryan White) Jason's Review
Atlantics
(Mati Diop) B+ Nathaniel's Review, Murtada's InterviewPodcast,  Oscar Finalist
Avengers: Endgame (Joe and Anthony Russo) B Capsule Review

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blanche  (Pamela B Green) Glenn's Review
Beach Bum, The
(Harmony Korine) D+ Abe's Review, Murtada's Review
Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, A (Marielle Heller) A-  Capsule, Podcast
Biggest Little Farm
  (John Chester) Capsule,  Oscar Finalist
Birds of Passage
(Cristina Gallego & Ciro Guerra) Abe's Review
Bombshell  (Jay Roach) C+2 Murtada's Review, SAG Screening
Booksmart
(Olivia Wilde) A-2  Abe's Review, Chris's Review, Podcast 
Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, The (Chiwetel Ejiofor) *streaming only* Capsule
By the Grace of God (Francois Ozon) Claudio's Review 

Captain Marvel (Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck) C+ Nathaniel's Review 
Cats (Tom Hooper) D+ Claudio's Review, How to Fix It?
Cave, The
(Feras Fayyad) Glenn's Review,  Oscar Finalist
Chained for Life
(Aaron Schimberg) Jason's Review
Chambermaid, The (Lila Aviles) Capsule
Charlie's Angels
(Elizabeth Banks) Tony's Review
Charlie Says
(Mary Harron) B- Nathaniel's Review
Child's Play (Lars Klevberg) Jason's Review 
Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) B-  Murtada's Review
Climax (Gaspar Noë) B+ Chris's Review , on Sofia Boutella
Cold Case Hammarskjöld (Mads Brügger) Glenn's Review
Colewell
(Tom Quinn) B- Nathaniel's Review
Crawl (Alexandre Aja) Tony's Review
Cyrano My Love (Alexis Michalik) Claudio's Review 
Current War (Director's Cut) (Alfonso Gomez-Rejon) Tony's Review
Curse of La Llorona, The
(Michael Chaves) Tony's Review

FORD V FERRARI

Dark Phoenix (Simon Kinsberg) D+ Nathaniel's Review 
Dark Waters (Todd Haynes) D+ Murtada's Review
Dear Ex
(Hsu Chih-yen and Mag Hsu) B Capsule *streaming only
Death and Life of John F Donovan, The (Xavier Dolan) D- Chris's ReviewWorst of Year
Diamantino (Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt) B- Chris's Review, Murtada's InterviewPodcast 
Diane (Kent Jones) B Jason's ReviewPodcast 
Diego Maradona (Asif Kapadia) Glenn's Review *streaming only
Doctor Sleep
(Mike Flanagan) on Rebecca Ferguson
Dolemite Is My Name
(Craig Brewer) B SAG Screening, In Praise of Murphy
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
(James Bobin) Tony's Review
Downton Abbey
(Michael Engler) B- Style Ranking
Dumbo
(Tim Burton) C- Best of Burton 

Edge of Democracy, The (Petra Costa) Glenn's Review, Oscar Finalist *streaming only
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile
(Joe Berlinger) Abe's Review *streaming only

Faithful Man, A (Louis Garrell) B+
Farewell, The
(Lulu Wang) A/A- Murtada's Review, Lynn's Review, Interview 
Fast Color (Julia Hart) Abe's Review
Fiddler: Miracle of Miracles
Max Lewkowicz) Glenn's Review 
Fighting With My Family (Stephan Merchant) Abe's Review 
Ford V Ferrari (James Mangold) B Nathaniel's Review
For Sama (Waad Al-Kateab & Edward Watts) InterviewGlenn's Review,  Oscar Finalist
Frankie
(Ira Sachs) Interview
Frozen II
(Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee) C+ Tim's Review, Oscar Finalist Song
Furie
(Kiet Le Van and Van Kiet Le) B- Capsule 
Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (Chris Smith) Capsule

Gangster, The Cop, and the Devil, The (Lee Won-Tae) B Capsule Review
Gay Chorus Deep South (David Charles Rodrigues) B+ Glenn's Review
Gemini Man
(Ang Lee) Tony's Review, de-aging Olympics
Giant Little Ones 
(Keith Behrman) B Chris's Review
Glass (M Night Shyamalan) Chris's Review
Gloria Bell (Sebastian Lelio) B+ Chris's Review 
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Michael Dougherty) C Nathaniel's Review
Good Boys (Gene Stupnitsky) Tony's Review
Good Liar, The
(Bill Condon) Scott's Review 
Gospel of Eureka, The (Donal Mosher & Michael Palmieri) Glenn's Review
Great Hack, The
(Jehane Noujaim & Karim Amer) Eurocheese's Review,  Oscar Finalist *streaming only
Greta (Neil Jordan) C Chris's Review, Podcast

HUSTLERS

Hail,Satan? (Penny Lane) Glenn's Review
Halston
(Frédérick Tcheng) Glenn's Review 
Harriet (Kasi Lemmons) C Capsule, Oscar Finalist Song
Her Smell (Alex Ross Perry) Jason's ReviewChris's ReviewSoundtracking 
Hidden Life, A 
(Terrence Malick)  Claudio's Review
High Life
(Claire Denis) B Jason's ReviewPodcast
Homecoming
(Beyonce & Ed Burke) Glenn's Review *streaming only
Honey Boy
(Alma Har'el) B Abe's Review
Honeyland
(Tamara Kotevska & Ljubomir Stefanov) B+ Glenn's Review, Oscar Finalist Documentary, Oscar Finalist International
Hotel Mumbai
(Anthony Maras) Jason's Review 
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Dean DeBois) C+ Tim's Review
Hustle, The
(Chris Addison) Samantha's Review, Podcast 
Hustlers (Lorene Scafaria) B+2 Chris's Review, Soundtracking, Podcast

I Lost My Body (Jeremy Clapin) Tim's Review 
Image Book (Jean Luc Godard) Glenn's Review
In Fabric (Peter Strickland) Jason's Review, on Fatma Mohamed
Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
(Alex Gibney) Abe's Review *streaming only
Invisible Life (Karim Anouz) Murtada's Interview
Irishman, The
(Martin Scorsese) Jason's Reviewde-aging Olympics, DeNiro
Isn't It Romantic (Todd Strauss-Schulson) C- 

Jawline (Liza Mandelup) Capsule
John Wick: Chapter Three - Parabellum (Chad Stahelski) Lynn's Review, Posterized Keanu
JoJo Rabbit (Taiki Waititi) B+ Capsule,
Joker (Todd Philips) C Michael's Review 
Judy (Rupert Goold) C- SAG Screening, PodcastIn Praise of Renee
Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) C+

Kathy Griffin: One Hell of a Story (Troy Miller) Eurocheese's Review *streaming only
Kingmaker, The (Lauren Greenfield) Glenn's Review
Klaus
(Sergio Pablos & Carlos Martinez Lopez) B Tim's Review
Knives Out
(Rian Johnson) B2, Chris's Review , Podcast
Knock Down the House (Rachel Lears) Glenn's Review,  Oscar Finalist *streaming only 
Krause: Inhuman Kiss (Sitisiri Mongkolsiri) C+ *streaming only 

Land Imagined, A (Yeo Siew Hua) Capsule *streaming only
Last Black Man in San Francisco
(Joe Talbot) B+ Murtada's Review, Podcast
Last Christmas (Paul Feig) Chris's Review
Late Night
(Nisha Ganatra) B Murtada's Review, Podcast
Laundromat, The (Steven Soderbergh Tony's Review
Leaving Neverland
(Dan Reed) Glenn's Review 
Les Miserables (Ladj Ly) CapsuleOscar Finalist
Lighthouse, The (Robert Eggers) B Chris's Review 
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman) Glenn's Review
Lion King, The (Jon Favreau) Tim's ReviewOscar Finalist Song
Little Women
(Greta Gerwig) B+2 SAG Screening
Little Woods
(Nia daCosta) Tony's Review
Long Shot (Jonathan Levine) Chris's Review
Lords of Chaos
(Jonas Akerlund) Samantha's Review 
Luce (Julius Onah) Abe's Review 

Ma (Tate Taylor) C+ Sean's Review, Podcast, on Octavia Spencer
Maiden
(Alex Holmes) Glenn's Review,  Oscar Finalist
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
(Midge Costin) Capsule
Maleficent Mistress of Evil
 (Joachin Rønning) C Capsule
Mapplethorpe (Ondi Timoner) D Worst Unreleased 2018 
Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach) A Murtada's Review, Soundtracking
Meeting Gorbachev (Werner Herzog & Andre Singer) Glenn's Review
MidSommar
(Ari Aster) C+ Chris's Review , on Florence Pugh
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (Stanley Nelson) Capsule
Missing Link (Chris Butler) B+ Chris's Review
Monos (Alejandro Landes) Capsule
Motherless Brooklyn (Edward Norton) D+ Review, Second Opinion, Oscar Finalist Song

Nightingale, The (Jennifer Kent)
Non Fiction
(Olivier Assayas) Jason's Review

ONCE UPON A TIME ... IN HOLLYWOOD

Official Secrets (Gavin Hood) Abe's Review
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino) B+2, Nathaniel's Review 
One Child Nation (Zhang Lynn & Nanfu Wang) Glenn's Review,  Oscar Finalist

Pain and Glory (Pedro Almodóvar) A-2, Murtada's Review, TV Spot, Podcast, Goya Nominee,  Oscar Finalist
Papi Chulo (John Butler) C+ Nathaniel's Review
Parasite
(Bong Joon-ho) A2, Podcast, Bong Joon Ho's Filmography, Economic Inequality, Jo Yeo Jeong,  Oscar Finalist
Peanut Butter Falcon, The
(Tyler Nilson & Mike Schwarts) C+ Tony's Review 
Pokemon Detective Pikachu
(Rob Letterman) Tony's Review
Poms (Zara Hayes) Podcast 
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Celine Sciamma) A-2 
Proposal, The (Jill Magid) Glenn's Review 

Queen of Hearts (May el-Toukhy) Capsule

Rafiki (Wanuri Kahiu) Chris's Review, Murtada's Interview 
Raft, The (Marcus Lindeen) Glenn's Review
Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins (Janice Engel) Glenn's Review 
Ready or Not (Matt Bettinelli-Olpi & Tyler Gillett) Chris's Review, on Samara Weaving
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
(Matt Wolf) Jason's Review
Red Joan (Trevor Nunn) C- Capsule Review 
Report, The (Scott Z Burns) B Murtada's Review
Richard Jewell (Clint Eastwood) D
River and the Wall, The
(Ben Masters) Glenn's Review 
Rocketman (Dexter Fletcher) A- Nathaniel's Review, Podcast, SoundtrackingOscar Finalist Song 
Roll Red Roll (Nancy Schwartzman) Glenn's Review
Russian Five, The (Joshua Riehl) Glenn's Review

Sandanistas, Las (Jenny Murray) Glenn's Review 
Sauvage/Wild (Camille Vidal-Naquet) B Podcast 
Secret Life of Pets 2 (Chris Renaud) Ben's Review
Serenity
(Steven Knight) A/F Jason's Review
Shadow (Zhang Yimou) B+ Nathaniel's Review, Posterized: Zhang Yimou
Sharkwater Extinction (Rob Stewart) B Nathaniel's Review 
Shazam! (David F Sandberg) C
Something Great
(Jennifer Kaytin Robinson) B- *streaming only
Sorry, Angel
(Christophe Honoré) Jason's Review  
Sound of Silence, The (Michael Tyrburski) Abe's Review
Souvenir, The (Joanna Hogg) Murtada's Review 
Spider-Man: Far From Home (Jon Watts) B- Nathaniel's Review 
Star Wars Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (JJ Abrams) C- Claudio's Review
Stuber
(Michael Dowse) Dan's Review  
Synonyms (Nadav Lapid) B Chris's Review, Interview

Teen Spirit (Max Minghella) Abe's Review, Soundtracking
Tell It to the Bees (Annabel Jankel) C Nathaniel's Review 
Terminator Dark Fate (Tim Miller) C Capsule
Tigers Are Not Afraid (Issa López) on Paola Lara
This is Not Berlin
(Hari Sama) Jason's ReviewMurtada's Brief Note
This Magnificent Cake (Emma de Swaef & James Roels) Tim's Review
Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell
(Martin Bell) Glenn's Review
To Dust (Shawn Snyder) Jason's Review 
Tolkien (Dome Karukoski) Chris's Review 
Too Late To Die Young (Dominga Sotomayor) Murtada's Review 
Touch Me Not (Adina Pintilie) Chris's Review
Toy Story 4 (Josh Cooley) B- Podcast, Nathaniel's Review, Oscar Finalist Song
Transit
(Christian Petzoldt) B+  Nathaniel's Review, Director Interview 
Trial by Fire (Edward Zwick) Chris's Review 
Two Popes, The (Fernando Meirelles) B-2, Chris's Review

THE TWO POPES

Uncut Gems (Josh and Benny Sadie) Review
Under the Silver Lake
(David Robert Mitchell) C- Podcast
Unicorn Store
(Brie Larson) Anne Marie's Review *streaming only 
Us
(Jordan Peele) B+2, Tony's ReviewChris's Review, Lupita Nyong'o, Elisabeth Moss

Vita and Virginia (Chanya Button) B- Nathaniel's Review 
Vision Portraits (Rodney Evans) Glenn's Review

Wandering Earth, The (Frant Gwo) C-
Waves
(Trey Edward Shults) B+ Chris's Review, Second OpinionPodcast
We Are Thr3e (Marcelo Briem Stamm) C+ *streaming only
Weathering With You (Makota Shinkai) B-
What You Gonna Do When the World's On Fire (Roberto Minervini) Glenn's Review
White Crow, The
(Ralph Fiennes) C+ Podcast 
White Snake (Amp Wong & Ji Zhao) Tim's Review
Wild Rose
(Tom Harper) B PodcastSoundtracking, Oscar Finalist Song
Wind, The 
(Emma Tammi) Chris's Review , on Caitlin Gerard
Wine Country (Amy Poehler) Samantha's Review *streaming only
Woman at War
(Benedikt Erlingsson) A- Nathaniel's Review 

Yesterday (Danny Boyle) C Beatles Poll

Zombieland Double Tap (Ruben Fleischer) Michael's Review

 

ROADS

48 WITH NO DISTRIBUTOR OR NO SCHEDULED RELEASE DATE
After the Screaming Stops (Joe Pearlman & David Soutar) Glenn's Review
American Woma
(Semi Chellas) Murtada's Review 
Bombay Rose (Gitanjali Rao) C Nathaniel's Review
Buffaloed (Tanya Wexler) Jason's Review

Disco (Jorunn Mykelbust Syversen) C Nathaniel's Review
Domain, The (Tiago Guedes) Claudio's Review
Driveways (Andrew Ahn) Murtada's Review
Garden Left Behind, The (Flavio Alves) B+ Nathaniel's Review
Heroic Losers (Sebastian Borensztein) C+  
Instinct (Halina Reijn) B+  Nathaniel's Review
It Must Be Heaven (Elia Suleiman) Capsule
Knives and Skin (Jennifer Reeder)
Jason's Review

Lucky Grandma (Sasie Sealy)
Jason's Review
Memories of My Body (Garin Nugruho) Capsule
My Zoe (Julie Delpy) D Nathaniel's Review
No 7 Cherry Lane (Yonfan) B

Out Stealing Horses (Hans Petter Moland) Capsule
The Place of No Words (Mark Webber) Jason's Review

The Projectionist (Abel Ferrara) Jason's Review 
Proxima (Alice Winocur) B-  Nathaniel's Review

Queering the Script (Gabrielle Zilkha) D+ 
Roads (Sebastian Schipper) A-
Saturday Fiction (Lou Ye) C+
Seahorse (Jeanie Finlay) B
The Short History of the Long Road (Ani Simon-Kennedy)
B-
Sister Aimee (Samantha Buck & Marie Schlingmann) Abe's Review
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story (April Wright) B- Nathaniel's Review

To the Stars (Martha Stephens) B- Nathaniel's Review
Trouble With Wolves, The (Collin Monda) B- Nathaniel's Review  
Two/One (Juan Cabral) C- 
Unicorn (Isabelle Dupuis & Tim Geraghty) D-

Wall of Mexico (Zachary Colter & Magdalena Zyzak) Abe's Review
Wet Season (Anthony Chen) B-
When Tomatoes Met Wagner (Marianna Economou) Capsule
White as Snow (Anne Fontaine) Jason's Review
X & Y (Anna Odell) Abe's Review

 

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