Note: This article contains spoilers for Parasite and Us. Just as cinema in 2018 was all about race, cinema in 2019 was all about class. The divides between the uber rich and everyone else became more clear than ever as the phrase “eat the rich” became a frequent social media catchphrase. It was more than…
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The 77th annual Golden Globe Awards started off with business as usual for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s booze-filled party meant to celebrate the year’s best achievements in film and television. It was almost a revival of the early 2000s: Jennifer Aniston! Brad Pitt! Jennifer Lopez! Charlize Theron! Eddie Murphy! Renée Zellweger! As the celebrities…
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Titles are hyperlinked to the contributor’s writing on the films as applicable. Henry Baime: 1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire It’s hard to think of anything else as the film of 2019 when this one has defined so much of what I’ve done this year. I spent the last seven months chasing the film…
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