Scorsese is worried about Marvel movies, Marvel movies want to devour Scorsese, and everyone in between doesn’t know where to begin. Sure, the movies face a series of existential threats, from dwindling box office to the streaming wars and tiny screens distracting us from virtually every direction. And so the annual adage begs repeating once more: Anyone who thinks it was a bad year for movies simply hasn’t seen enough of them. And it gets crowded early on.Īs it turns out, 19 is still not enough. The list-making starts before January, with movies that are booked to open in the year ahead but premiered earlier on the festival circuit. A few years ago, I decided I’d take advantage of the decade’s progression and let my list grow a little longer each year, so after last year’s best 18 movies of 2018, the prospects of one more open slot intrigued me. Watching movies throughout the year is a dream job, but the more aggressive one gets about tracking every title out there, the harder it becomes to diminish that experience to 10 slots. But look: Those of us on the frontlines just can’t play by the rules. We’ve arrived at that cozy time of year when top 10 encapsulations of the year in cinema consume the media cycle, at least for anyone who needs a break from the impeachment hearings. Each year, the list grows a little longer.
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