From the raw For Sama to the rip-roaring Rocketman, top-notch films from around the world graced the big screen.
The Observer’s film critic introduces his 10 best movies of 20192019 was the year that Netflix movies came of age, and ageing actors were made young again.
At the 91st Oscars in February, the bland Green Book beat the superior BlackKklansman to the best picture award, although Spike Lee won his first competitive Oscar in the adapted screenplay category.
Rami Malik scooped best actor for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, but best actress Olivia Colman (The Favourite) stole the evening with one of the funniest and most self-deprecating acceptance speeches ever (complete with raspberry-blowing).More significantly, Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma won for cinematography, direction and best foreign language film, despite naysayers’ complaints that Netflix-backed movies were essentially made-for-tv films.
That attitude is now history: in the forthcoming awards season,
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