Sight & Sound has revealed its top 20 films of 2019, and the British Film Institute magazine’s eclectic list is led by Joanna Hogg’s intense and personal “The Souvenir.” That film stars breakout Honor Swinton Byrne as a burgeoning filmmaker whose life is torn to bits by the arrival of a charming, dissolute heroin addict.
“The Souvenir” also recently landed on BBC’s list of the 100 greatest films directed by women.Also factoring into the Sight & Sound top 20 are the year’s usual suspects, such as Bong Joon Ho’s South Korean Oscar entry “Parasite,” Quentin Tarantino’s Tinseltown love letter “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Martin Scorsese’s epic “The Irishman,” and Claire Denis’ space odyssey ‘High Life.” Year-end appreciation is fomenting for Jordan Peele’s “Us,” despite the fact that the doppelgänger horror story arrived in March.The top 10s are beginning to pour in.
Time Magazine recently
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