Metacritic Best Movies 2019
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About the rankings: We asked our regular film critics and assistant editors to submit top ten lists from this great year, and then consolidated them with a points system resulting in the list below, with a new entry for each awarded film. We’ll publish each critic’s individual list on Friday. Come back for more.
Metacritic Best Films 2019
Runner-ups: 'Ad Astra,' 'Apollo 11,' 'Black Mother,' 'The Farewell,' 'A Hidden Life,' 'High Life,' 'Little Women,' 'Long Day's Journey into Night,' 'Midsommar,' and 'The Nightingale'
10. “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
No list of my favorite filmmakers in world cinema is complete without French auteur Céline Sciamma. In all three of her previous feature-length directorial efforts, which she has referred to as an unofficial trilogy, Sciamma has displayed an unparalleled eye for capturing the complicated dynamics between women and their struggle to define themselves despite societal strictures. Her young heroines consistently subvert gendered tropes, imitating the behavior of others as a half-step toward forming their own identities, as when the 10-year-old in “Tomboy” practices spitting in order to present as a boy, or when a macho crew of football players in “Girlhood” reveal themselves to be female.
Best Movies 2019 Critics
In some ways, Sciamma’s long-awaited fourth feature is a continuation of her 2007 debut film, “Water Lilies,” about the repressed desires between a slender brunette (Paulina Acquart) and an alluring blonde (Adèle Haenel). Here, Haenel plays Héloïse, a reluctant bride-to-be who finds herself falling for the artist, Marianne (Noémie Merlant), assigned to paint her portrait. In a rapturous sequence set in the woods, the pair come upon various other eighteenth century women inhabiting their small island community in Brittany. Exuding the same excitement of the friends in “Girlhood” when they lip-synced to Rhianna’s “Diamonds,” the islanders’ voices rise in unison as they begin to perform a spellbinding a cappella number that literally sets the screen ablaze. It’s the latest unforgettable instance of Sciamma’s signature motif, namely the synchronicity practiced by those who wish to join as one, whether it be swimmers, allies, or lovers. (Matt Fagerholm)