Jojo Rabbit (2019) ****

Brilliant satire about Nazi Germany.

Atlantique (2019) ****

Midsommar (2019) ****

The Traitor (2019) ****

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019) ****

Marriage Story (2019) ****

Excellent film partly based on the divorce of Jennifer Jason Leigh and Noah Baumbach (who wrote and directed it).

A Rainy Day In New York (2019) ****

One of the best among Woody Allen's recent films.

Obywatel Jones (2019) ****

The Irishman (2019) ****

Little Women (2019) ****

The best adaptation of Louisa May Allcott's classic novel, superior even to the classic 1933 version starring Katherine Hepburn. The non-chronological narrative structure makes it far more dramatic and effective than in the previous versions.

Joker (2019) ****

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019) ****

Excellent film from Quentin Tarantino.

Klaus (2019) ****

Superb animated film about the origins of Santa Claus.

Dylda (2019) ****

The Beach Bum (2019) ***

Cats (2019) ***

It fails spectacularly as a proper cinematic adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's fabulous Broadway play, but it succeeds splendidly as an immortal camp classic, and possibly the worst musical film since "Xanadu" (1980).  Songs include:

"Beautiful Ghosts"  ***
"Mr Mistoffelees"  ***
"Memory"  ***

It Must Be Heaven (2019) ***

Ford v Ferrari (2019) ***

Downton Abbey (2019) ***

The Edge Of Democracy (2019) ***

A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood (2019) ***

Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise Of Skywalker (2019) ***

Bombshell (2019) ***

Very good film about the fall of Roger Ailes.

Knives Out (2019) ***

Where’d You Go Bernadette (2019) ***

Motherless Brooklyn (2019) ***

Excellent film noir set in 1959.

Les Misérables (2019) ***

Hors normes (2019) ***

Very good French film about an organism taking care of severely autistic people.

Rocketman (2019) ***

Elton John: The Crazy Years. Songs include:

"I'M Gonna Love Me Again"  ***

Harriet (2019) ***

Directed by Kasi Lemmons ("Eve's Bayou"), this is more than just an ordinary slavery-era biopic about a remarkable woman whose face was supposed to replace Old Hickory on the $20 bill during the Obama era (a promise that was “indefinitely delayed” under Donald Trump, and conveniently forgotten under Joe Biden).

Hustlers (2019) ***

Frozen 2 (2019) ***

Songs:

"Into The Unknown"  ***
"Show Yourself"  ***

Antigone (2019) ***

A modern adaptation of the famous Greek tragedy, set in Montreal.

The Song Of Names (2019) ***

The Twentieth Century (2019) ***

Avengers: Endgame (2019) ***

The climax involves dozens of superheroes fighting over a glove, but the rest of the film is actually quite good, revisiting earlier Marvel films "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban"-style.

The Cave (2019) ***

Powerful documentary about an underground hospital in a rebel-held town in Syria besieged by the regime forces.

Us (2019) ***

Toy Story 4 (2019) ***

Captain Marvel (2019) ***

Uneven, but often tremendously entertaining Marvel superheroine flick.

J'ai perdu mon corps (2019) ***

Strange animated film about a severed hand.

Dolemite Is My Name (2019) ***

J'accuse (2019) ***

Seberg (2019) ***

The Report (2019) ***

Alice et le maire (2019) ***

Ready Or Not (2019) ***

Belle epoque (2019) ***

Curiosa (2019) ***

Proxima (2019) *

Grace a Dieu (2019) ***

Sibyl (2019) ***

Roubaix une lumière (2019) **

Realistic French film about crime in a depressed post-industrial town.

Seules les betes (2019) ***

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Bacurau (2019) ***

This Is Not Berlin (2019) ***

Boze Cialo (2019) **

Honeyland (2019) *

A documentary about a weird beekeepers in North Macedonia.

About Endlessness (2019) ***

For Sama (2019) ***

The Whistlers (2019) ***

Under Your Bed (2019) ***

System Crasher (2019) ***

Queen Of Hearts (2019) ***

Pain And Glory (2019) ***

Ja teraz klamie (2019) ***

The Rest Of Us (2019) ***

Two mother-daughter duos must contend with their grief and complicated relationships with one another when the person who connects them dies. 

Mad Dog And The Butcher (2019) *

Mad Dog Labine (2019) **

Matthias et Maxime (2019) *

14 jours 12 nuits (2019) *

Menteur (2019) *

Jouliks (2019) *

La Femme de mon frere (2019) *

Sympathy For The Devil (2019) **

Jeune Juliette (2019) **

Kuessipan (2019) *

Happy Face (2019) ***

Fabuleuses (2019) **

Le Rire (2019) ***

Mafia Inc (2019) ***

Merci pour tout (2019) *

Il pleuvait des oiseaux (2019) ***

Gymnasia (2019) ***