Disliked Uncut Gems. I hated the music and the close-up, shaky cam. When the climax of the film involves one guy watching a basketball game on TV for 2 hours while three other guys are stuck in a vestibule fuming, you know something isn't clicking. An ugly pointless film.
My Top 5 films of 2019 so far:
1. Judy -- Zellweger is terrific; cacthes the time/place/vibe very well
2. Jo Jo Rabbit -- quirky, a bit goofy, two terrific child performances
3. The Last Black Man in San Francisco -- only saw 2/3rds of this on a plane, but it had heart and a message, and went in unexpected directions at times.
4. Lighthouse - a taut & tense two-man drama; not everyone's cuppa
5. American Factory - the access and culture clash is impressive; but there were more details that needed fleshing out
Honorable mention:
6. Yesterday - light fantasy film that gets you interested in a Pakistani-Brit singing Beatles tunes. Much preferred this to Blinded by the Light a similar tale of a Pakistani-Brit being inspired by Springsteen, which dragged at times and wobbled in tone.
17 of 21. Uncut Gems