Meanwhile, "The Irishman" last week was named the best picture of 2019 by the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board of Review. On the critics' circuit, the SEFCA choice echoed that of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, which on Sunday named "Parasite" the best movie of 2019, with "The Irishman" as the runner-up. 1 at the Ridgeway Cinema Grill and ran for several weeks at Malco locations. "Parasite" has been well-received by audiences as well as critics in the U.S., overturning the conventional wisdom that moviegoers will not respond to a subtitled so-called "art film" from Asia. Voting in the 28th annual SEFCA poll was conducted via online balloting this past weekend, with critics representing Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and Texas. The year in film has been a reminder that despite Hollywood’s blockbusteritis and a painful reliance on sequels, there are still directors and writers creating original, thoughtful films that illustrate the power of film to transport, enlighten and move us.Close to 60 writers participated in the poll, including two from Memphis: John Beifuss of The Commercial Appeal and Chris Herrington of The Daily Memphian. Like so many films this year, “Apollo 11” offered us a vision of people, and of America, at its best. Using archival footage of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon launch which drew crowds of almost a million to Cape Canaveral, Florida, director Todd Douglas Miller’s documentary shows the incredible sense of national pride in that astounding human achievement, as crowds from every walk of life turned out for the rocket launch. 10 on the AFCC’s best film list and a Best Documentary winner as well, “Apollo 11” revisits a time in recent American history when hopefulness and a sense of communal experience prevailed. “Little Women” joined films like “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” (a film based on the relationship between “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” star Fred Rogers and Atlanta writer Tom Junod) and the documentary “Apollo 11” in capturing events and relationships founded on good will and kindness. Director Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel features an ensemble cast led by Saoirse Ronan as Jo March, a gifted young writer struggling to make her way in a world filled with multiple roadblocks to female self-determination. Part of a larger return to niceness and community-building after years of political divisiveness, the sweet, life-affirming tale of female ambition and cooperation “Little Women” - which opens Christmas Day in Atlanta - commanded the No. “Two films on our list are from two of the world’s greatest directors, 77-year-old Martin Scorsese and 70-year-old Pedro Almodovar, and both have aging protagonists looking back at their lives with regret,” says Holman.īut anxiety wasn’t the only distinguishing feature of 2019 films. 9 on the AFCC Top 10 film list, Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” (currently playing on Netflix) and Pedro Almodovar’s “Pain and Glory” have much in common too, notes AFCC member and “Creative Loafing” columnist Curt Holman. 10 and centers on two young soldiers embarking on a terrifying mission to save their comrades by crossing into enemy territory. 5 on the AFCC’s top 10 list), which opens on Jan. “Many of this year’s biggest films had moments of high anxiety that cut across genres,” says Lodge of those films as well as Sam Mendes’ World War I epic “1917” (No.
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