Saturday, July 6, 2019

Melinda's Top Ten Movie Picks for the First Half of 2019

Here are my picks for the best films since Jan. 1, 2019 in alphabetical order:

1.   Amazing - A doc. of an Aretha Franklin concert filmed in LA Jan. '72 over 2 days

2.   Arctic - Brazilian dir. Joe Penna's film based on a true story of survival

3.   Booksmart - Written by Emily Halpern & directed by Olivia Wilde.

4.  Fighting with My Family Based on a true story of Prof. Women's Wrestling with Dwayne Johnson

5.   If Beale Street Could Talk - Based on James Baldwin's novel

6.   Late Night - Mindy Kaling writes & co-stars with Emma Thompson

7.   On the Basis of Sex - based on Ruth Bader Ginsburg

8.   The Biggest Little Farm - A doc. written/filmed/starring John Chester; CA organic farming

9.  They Shall Not Grow Old - A WWI doc. with restored original footage

10.  Yesterday - A musical fantasy homage to The Beatles

Special commendation to Spanish dir. Pedro Almodovar's doc. The Silence of Others

HBO - Two doc. films not to be missed

FOSTER - the Foster System in LA

On Tour with Aspergers are US - 4 comics with Aspergers on a road trip

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