All Films Watched in 2019

I'm changing my main reviewing site to:  http://letterboxd.com/kenru/ where all the reviews are rated on a 5-star basis.

However, on this site all films still are rated on a scale of 4-stars:
 ****(A+), *** 3/4 (A), *** 1/2 (A-), *** 1/4 (B+), *** (B), ** 3/4 (B-), ** 1/2 (C+), ** 1/4 ( C), ** (C-) , * 3/4 thru * (D),  3/4* thru 0*  (F)

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A FILM is defined as 70 min.+  visual event.  A non-capitalized film title is a short film worthy of note.
The year included with the film is the year I watched each film.
  (V) =  TV, Video or DVD    ( +) = repeat viewing      (W/O)= walked out
      January, 2019
AYKA (2019, d. Sergey Dvortsevoy)  *** 1/4
RENT  (2019,  d. Alex Rudzinski)  * 1/2
AT ETERNITY'S GATE  (2019,  d. Julian Schnael)  *** 1/2
NEVER LOOK AWAY  (2019,  d. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)  + ****
ROMA (2019,  d. Alfonse Cuarón)  +  ****
   February, 2019
Animal Behavior  (2019,  d. Alison Snowden and David Fine)  Oscar nominated short animated film.  *** 1/2
Bao  (2019,  d. Domee Shi)  Oscar nominated short animated film. ** 1/4
Late Afternoon  (2019,  d. Louise Bagnall)   Oscar nominated short animated film. ***
One Small Step  (2019,  d. Andrew Chesworth, Bobby Pontillas)  Oscar nominated short animated film.  *** 1/4
Weekends  (2019,  d. Trevor Jimenez)  Oscar nominated short animated film. ** 1/4
Detainment  (2019,  d. Vincent Lambe)  Oscar nominated fiction short film.  *** 1/4
Fauve  (2019,  d. Jérémy Comte)  Oscar nominated fiction short film.  *** 1/4
Marguerite  (2019,  d. Marianne Farley)  Oscar nominated fiction short film.  *** 1/4
Mother (Madre)  (2019,  d. Rodrigo Sorogoyen)  Oscar nominated fiction short film.  *** 1/2
Skin  (2019,  d. Guy Nattiv)  Oscar nominated fiction short film.  ** 3/4
BORDER  (2019,  d. Ali Abbasi)  *** 1/4
AVENGERS:  INFINITY WAR  (2019,  d. Joe Russo, Anthony Russo)  ** 3/4
INCREDIBLES 2  (2019,  d. Brad Bird)  ** 3/4
FREE SOLO  (2019,  d. Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi) +  ****
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET  (2019,  d. Rich Moore, Phil Johnston)  ***
SPIDER-MAN:  INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE  (2019,  d. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey,  Rodney Rothman) *** 1/2
READY PLAYER ONE  (2019,  d. Steven Spielberg) +  *** 3/4
WE'LL BE YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL  (2019,  d. Letizia Lamartire)  ** 3/4
    March, 2019
GIANT LITTLE ONES  (2019,  d. Keith Behrman)  *** 1/4
CLIMAX  (2019,  d. Gaspar Noé)  *** 1/2
MAPPLETHORPE  (2019,  d. Ondi Timoner)  ** 1/2
SORRY ANGEL  (2019,  d. Christophe Honoré)  ** 3/4
INVENTOR:  OUT FOR BLOOD IN SILICON VALLEY, THE  (2019,  d. Alex Gibney)  *** 3/4
GRETA  (2019,  d.  Neil Jordan)  * 1/4
CAPTAIN MARVEL  (2019,  d. Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck)  * 1/2
GLORIA BELL  (2019,  d. Seastián  Lelio)  *** 1/2
MUSTANG, THE  (2019,  d. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre)  ***
HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT, THE  (2019,  d.  Kim Nguyen)  * 3/4
FIVE FEET APART  (2019,  d. Justin Baldoni)  *** 1/4
US  (2019,  d. Jordan Peele) *
DUMBO  (2019,  d. Time Burton)  ** 3/4
   April, 2019
PETERLOO  (2019,  d. Mike Leigh)  *** 1/4
BEST OF ENEMIES, THE  (2019,  d. Robin Bissell)  ***
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD  (2019,  d. Peter Jackson) ****
DEADPOOL 2  (2018,  d. David Leitch)  **
SHAZAM!  (2019,  d.  David F. Sandberg)  *** 1/2
HIGH LIFE  (2019,  d. Claire Denis)  * 1/2
UNDER THE SILVER LAKE  (2019,  d.  David Robert Mitchell)  ***
SAUVAGE/WILD  (2019,  d. Camille Vidal-Naquet)  *** 3/4
AVENGERS:  ENDGAME  (2019,  d. Anthony and Joe Russo)  ** 1/2
   May, 2019
NON-FICTION  (2019,  d. Olivier Assayas)  ***
LONG SHOT  (2019,  d. Jonathan Levine)  *** 1/4
TOLKIEN  (2019  d. Dome Karukoski)  ** 3/4
SOUVENIR, THE  (2019,  d. Joanna Hogg)  ** 3/4
     June, 2019
ROCKETMAN  (2019,  d. Dexter Fletcher)  *** 1/2
LATE NIGHT  (2019,  d.  Nisha Ganatra)  **
DEADWOOD:  THE MOVIE  (2019,  d. Daniel Minahan)  ** 1/2
CHERNOBYL  (2019,  d. Johan Renck)  *** 3/4
FALL OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE, THE  (2019,  d. Denys Arcand) *** 1/4
LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO, THE  (2019,  d.  Joe Talbot)  ** 1/2
02:34  (2019, d. Blair Letham)  short film  ***
MAIDEN  (2019,  d. Alex Holmes)  ****
X-MEN:  DARK PHOENIX  (2019,  d. Simon Kinberg)  ** 3/4
SATAN & ADAM  (2019,  d. V. Scott Balcerek)  ***
DIAMANTINO  (Tristes Monroes)  (2019,  d. Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt)  ***
YESTERDAY  (2019,  d. Danny Boyle)
   July, 2019
Last Storm, The  (2019, doc short, d. Liam Saint-Pierre)  ** 1/4
BRINK, THE  (2019,  d. Alison Klayman)  ** 3/4
FOSTER  (2019,  d. Mark Jonathan Harris)  *** 3/4
GOOD OMENS  (2019,  d. Douglas Mackinnon)  ** 3/4
APOLLO 11  (2019,  d. Todd Douglas Miller)  *** 1/2
BIGGEST LITTLE FARM, THE  (2019,  d. John Chester)  *** 3/4
WRESTLE  (2019,  d. Suzannah Herbert)  *** 1/2
SPIDER-MAN:  FAR FROM HOME  (2019,  d. Jon Watts)  ** 3/4
FAREWELL, THE  (2019,  d. Lulu Wang)  *** 1/2
BURN YOUR MAPS  (2019,  d. Jordan Roberts)  *** 1/2
THEN CAME YOU  (2019,  d. Peter Hutchings)  ** 1/2
TEL AVIV ON FIRE  (2019,  d. Sameh Zoabi)  **
SWORD OF TRUST  (2019,  d.  Lynn Shelton)  *** 1/4
FOR SAMA  (2019,  d. Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts)  ****
ART OF SELF-DEFENSE, THE  (2019, d. Riley Stearns)  ** 3/4
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD  (2019,  d. Quentin Tarantino)  ** 3/4
LION KING, THE  (2019,  d. Jon Favreau)  ** 1/2
Humans  (2019,  d. Steph Miller)  doc. short   ** 1/2
YEARS AND YEARS  (2019,  limited TV series created by Russell T. Davies)  ****
ASK DR. RUTH  (2019,  d. Ryan White)  *** 3/4
SKIN  (2019,  d. Guy Nattiv)  *** 1/4
    August, 2019
HALSTON  (2019,  d.  Frédéric Tcheng)  ***
LUCE  (2019,  d. Julius Onah)  *** 1/2
WOODSTOCK:  THREE DAYS THAT DEFINED A GENERATION  (2019,  d. Barak Goodman, Jamila Ephron) *** 1/2
KITCHEN, THE  (2019,  d. Andrea Berloff)   ** 1/2
PEANUT BUTTER FALCON, THE  (2019,  d. Tyler Wilson and Michael Schwartz)  ***
LOUDEST VOICE, THE  (2019,  d.  various)  Limited bio-series of Roger Ailes & the birth of Fox News. Incredible perf. by Russell Crowe.  *** 3/4
AMERICAN FACTORY  (2019  d. Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert)  *** 1/2
GOOD BOYS  (2019,  d. Gene Stupnitsky)  ** 3/4
WHERE'D YOU GO, BERNADETTE  (2019,  d. Richard Linklater)  *** 1/4
BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON  (2019,  d. Paul Downs Colaizzo)  *** 1/4
FIDDLER:  A MIRACLE OF MIRACLES  (2019,  d. Max Lewkowicz)  *** 3/4
MINDHUNTER (season #2) (2019,  d.  David Fincher et. al.)  *** 3/4  Fascinating continuation of the foundations of FBI profiling. Superb acting, deliberate pacing.
13 REASONS WHY  (season #3)  (2019,  d. various)  *** 1/2  High school murder who-done-it with intriguingly complex script and many contemporary issues well done.
   September, 2019
MONOS  (2019,  d. Alejandro Landes)  *** 1/2
AQUARELA  (2019,  d. Viktor Kossakovkdy)  ** 1/2
LOVE, ANTOSHA  (2019, d. Garret Price)  *** 1/4
MOSUL  (2019,  d. Daniel Gabriel)  ** 1/4
GOLDFINCH, THE  (2019,  d. John Crowley) ***
UNBELIEVABLE  (2019,  d. various)  ****
SPY BEHIND HOME PLATE, THE  (2019,  d. Aviva Kempner)  *** 1/2
5B  (2019,  d. Dan Krauss, Paul Haggis)  *** 3/4
REASON  (2019,  d. Anand Patwardhan)   W/O
WHERE'S MY ROY COHN?  (2019,  d. Matt Tyrnauer)  *** 1/4
Ghosts of Sugar Land  (2019, doc. short, d.  Bassam Tariq)  *** 1/4
Connected  (2019,  doc. short,  d. Aleksandra Maciejczyk)  ***
Jew Walks Into A Bar, A  (2019,  doc. short,  d. Jonathan Miller)  *** 3/4
JUDY  (2019,  d. Rupert Goold)  ** 3/4
DOWNTON ABBEY  (2019,  d. Michael Engler)  *** 1/2
DAVID CROSBY:  REMEMBER MY NAME  (2019,  d.  A. J. Eaton)  *** 1/2
AD ASTRA  (2019,  d.  James Gray)  ** 3/4
HUSTLERS  (2019,  d. Lorene Scafaria)  ** 3/4
HOPE FROZEN  (2019,  d. Pailin Wedel)  ***
  October, 2019
All on a Mardi Gras Day  (2019, doc. short, d. Michal Pietrzyk)  ** 1/2
JAY MYSELF  (2019,  d. Stephen Wilkes)  *** 1/2
JOKER  (2019,  d. Todd Phillips)  ** 1/2
LINDA RONSTADT:  THE SOUND OF MY VOICE  (2019,  d. Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman)  *** 1/4
OUR BOYS  (2019,  limited series,  d.  Joseph Cedar, Tawfik Abu Wael)  *** 3/4
PARASITE  (2019,  d. Bong Joon-Ho)  *** 1/2
JOJO RABIT  (2019,  d. Taika Waititi)  *** 1/2
LUCY IN THE SKY  (2019,  d. Noah Hawley)  * 1/4
INVISIBLE LIFE  (2019, Brazil,  d. Karim Aïnouz)  *** 1/4  Loving sisters tragically separated by life's vicissitudes.
LES MISERABLES  (2019, France, d. Ladj Ly)  *** 1/2  A trio of suburban Paris cops are in constant battle with immigrant youths.
THOSE WHO REMAINED  (2019,  Hungary,  d. Barnabás Tóth) *** 1/2  Holocaust survivors, widower doctor and an orphaned 16 yr.old girl, bond & rekindle their lives.
DEAR SON  (2019,  Tunisia,  d. Mohamed Ben Attia)  *** 1/4  A father's life is shattered when his favored son sneaks off to join ISIS.
RETABLO  (2019,  Peru,  D. Alvaro Delgao Aparicio)  *** 1/2  A native Peruvian artisan is teaching his son his craft when the Andean townsfolk turn deadly.
CORPUS CHRISTI  (2019,  Poland, d. Jan Komasa)  *** 1/2  A boy in juvenile detention is released; and convincingly serves a mourning village as a fake priest.
CURRENT WAR, THE:  DIRECTOR'S CUT  (2019,  d. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon)  *** 1/4
LIGHTHOUSE, THE  (2019,  d. Robert Eggers)  ** 1/4
KING, THE  (2019,  d. David Michôd)  *** 3/4
WHISTLERS, THE  (2019,  Romania,  d. Corneliu Porumboiu) ** 1/2  Glossy & confusing noir about corrupt Romanian police & a drug/money robbery.
ALLANTICS  (2019,  Senegal,  d. Mati Diop)  * 3/4  Spirits of drowned workers possess a cop & townsfolk for revenge and love.
QUEEN OF HEARTS  (2019,  Denmark,  d. May el-Toukhy)  *** 3/4  Middle age, married lawyer has affair with her 19 yr.old step son.
LITTLE WOMEN  (2019,  d.  Greta Gerwig)  *** 1/2
PAIN AND GLORY  (2019,  d. Pedro Almodóvar)  *** 3/4
IRISHMAN, THE  (2019,  d. Martin Scorsese)  *** 3/4
INCITEMENT  (2019,  Israel,  d.  Yaron Zolberman)  *** 1/4  The assassination of Rabin from pov of killer's action in previous year.
   November, 2019
OUT STEALING HORSES  (2019,  Norway,  d. Hans Petter Moland)  *** 1/2  A grieving old man returns to the forest of his youth & reminisces.
BEANPOLE  (2019,  Russia,  d. Kantemir Balagov)  *** 1/2  Miserablist post-WWII story of 2  Russian women nurses trying to survive.
FINDING FARIDEH  (2019,  Iran,  d. Azadeh Moussavi, Kourosh Ataee)  *** 3/4
REPORT, THE  (2019,  d.  Scott Z. Burns)  *** 1/4
INSTINCT  (2019,  Netherlands,  d. Halina Reijn)  *** 1/4  A prison psychologist is out of her depth dealing with a magnetic, sexy prisoner.
BUOYANCY  (2019,  Australia,  d. Rodd Rethjen) ** 3/4  A 14 yr. old Cambodian boy runs away to work as a slave on a Thai fishing trawler.
HONEYLAND (2019,  N. Macedonia,  d. Ljubo Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska)  *** 3/4
WHEN TOMATOES MET WAGNER  (2019,  Greece,  d. Marianna Economou)  ***
UNCUT GEMS  (2019,  d. Benny and Josh Safdie)  *** 1/4
HONEY BOY  (2019,  d. Alma Har'el)  *** 3/4
AND THEN WE DANCED  (2019,  Sweden,  Levan Akin)  *** 1/2  A young Georgian folk dancer falls for a fellow male dancer.
MARRIAGE STORY  (2019,  d. Noah Baumbach)   ****
CAVE, THE  (2019,  d. Feras Fayyad)  *** 1/4
MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOL  (2019,  d. Stanley Nelson)   *** 1/4
FORD V FERRARI  (2019,  d. James Mangold)  *** 1/2
QUEEN & SLIM  (2019,  d. Melina Matsoukas)  * 3/4
KING PETAR THE FIRST  (2019,  Serbia,  d. Petar Ristovksi)  Epic of Serbian WWI trek to survive the overwhelming enemy. *** 1/4
STEED, THE  (2019,   Mongolia,  d. Erdenebileg Ganbold)  ****
KNIVES OUT  (2019,  Rian Johnson)   ***
ANTIGONE  (2019, Canada,  d. Sophie Deraspe) To save her errant brother from banishment, young Antigone replaces him in prison.  *** 1/2
ALL-AMERICANS, THE  (2019,  d. Billy McMillin)  *** 1/4
ERNIE & JOE:  CRISIS COPS  (2019,  d. Jenifer McShane)  *** 3/4
HEROIC LOSERS  (2019,  Argentina,  d. Sebastián Borensztein) Small town's money stolen in monetary scandal, and revenge is taken. ***
BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, A  (2019,  d. Marielle Heller)  *** 1/2
DARK WATERS  (2019,  d. Todd Haynes)  ***
PAINTED BIRD, THE  (2019, Czech Republic, d. Václav Marhoul)  Degraded young Jewish boy wanders thru WWII torn E. Europe.  *** 3/4
LIBERTY:  MOTHER OF EXILES  (2019,  d.  Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato)  *** 1/2
MY HOME INDIA  (2019,  d. Anjali Bhushan)  ** 1/4
16 BARS  (2019,  d. Sam Bathrick)  *** 1/4
TELL ME WHO I AM  (2019,  d. Ed Perkins)  *** 1/2
XIMEI  (2019,  d. Andy Cohen)  *** 1/2
Cosmic Beauty (2019,  d. James Nguyen)  ** 1/4
Girls Section  (2019,  d. Kathryn Everett)  *** 1/4
In the Absence (2019,  d. Yi Seung-jun)  *** 3/4
Inside of My Mysterious Life  (2019,  d. Keylun Johnson, Karlian Cruz Ortega)  *
Return, The  (2019,  d. John Fish)  *** 1/2
Sankofa  (2019,  d. Princess Garrett)  ***
Suppressed:  the Fight to Vote  (2019,  d. Robert Greenwald)
Torn Apart:  Separated at the Border  (2019,  d. Ellen Goosenberg Kent)
Where Chaos Reigns  (2019,  d. Braulio Jatar, Anaïs Michel)
    December, 2019
WAVES  (2019,  d. Trey Edward Shults)  *** 3/4
TRAITOR, THE  (2019,  Italy,  d. Marco Bellocchio)  Drama of govt. courtroom defeat of Sicilian Mafia with aid of traitor.  ***
St. Louis Superman  (2019,  doc short,  d. Smriti Mundhra, Sami Khan)  *** 1/4
Water Warriors  (2019,  doc short,  d. Michael Premo)  *** 1/2
My Dad Stephanie  (2019,   doc short,  d. Lisa Singer & Harry Haese)  *** 3/4
Fast Horse  (2019,  doc short,  d. Alexandra Lazarowich)  ** 1/2
I MISS YOU (Tu me Manque)  (2019,  Bolivia,  d. Rodrigo Bellott)  ****
LET THERE BE LIGHT  (2019,  Slovakia,  d. Marko Skop) A modern Slovak family struggles against Fascist villagers and complicit priest. *** 3/4
MIDNIGHT FAMILY  (2019,  d. Luke Lorentzen)  *** 1/2
Stonewall Outloud  (2019, doc short,  d. Randy Barbato, Fenton Bailey)  ***
Mack Wrestles  (2019,  doc short,  d. Erin Sanger, Taylor Hess)  ****
STUPID YOUNG HEART  (2019,  Finland,  d. Selma Vilhunen) Naive 16-year old Finn couple deal with pregnancy and intolerance for immigrants.   *** 1/2
WHITE,  WHITE DAY, A  (2019,  Iceland,  d. Hlynur Pálmason) Widower grandfather deals with his dead wife's infidelity & building a rural home.  *** 3/4
IT MUST BE HEAVEN  (2019,  Palestine  d. Elia Suleiman) Palestian Christian observes the world as a semi-tragicomic place.  ** 1/2
CHAMBERMAID, THE  (2019,  Mexico,  d. Lila Avilés) Daily life of chambermaid who works in hi-rise hotel in Mex. City.  ***
HIDDEN LIFE, A  (2019,  d. Terrence Malick)  *** 3/4
1917  (2019,  d. Sam Mendes)  ****
Nightcrawlers, The  (2019,  doc short,  d. Alexander A. Mora) *** 1/2
Walk Run Cha-Cha  (2019,  doc short,  d. Laura Nix)   ***
GREAT HACK,  THE  (2019,  d. Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim)  *** 1/4
KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE  (2019,  d. Rachel Lears)  *** 1/2
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE  (2019,  d. Céline Sciamma)  ***
BOMBSHELL (2019,  d. Jay Roach)  ***
EDGE OF DEMOCRACY, THE  (2019,  d. Petra Costa) *** 1/2
JUST MERCY  (2019,  d. Destin Daniel Cretton)  *** 3/4
APOLLO, THE  (2019,  d. Roger Ross Williams)  ****
RICHARD JEWELL  (2019,  d.  Clint Eastwood) *** 1/2
ADVOCATE  (2019,  d. Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Bellaiche)  ****
ONE CHILD NATION  (2019,  d. Nanfu Wang, Zhang Jia-Ling)  *** 3/4
 HARRIET  (2019,  d. Kasi Lemmons)  ** 3/4
After Maria  (2019,  doc. short,  d. Nadia Hallgren)  *** 1/2
CLEMENCY  (2019,  d. Chinonye Chukwu)  *** 1/4
MIDWAY  (2019,  d. Roland Emmerich)  ** 3/4
Fire in Paradise  (2019, doc short,  d. Zackary Canepari, Drea Cooper)  ****
Life Overtakes Me  (2019, doc short,  d. Kristine Samuelson, John Haptas)  *** 1/2
Stay Close  (2019,  doc short,  d. Shuhan Fan,  Luther Clement)  ** 1/2
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone [If You're a Girl]   (2019,  doc short,  d. Carol Dysinger)  *** 1/2