The famous film magazine "Sight and Sound" (Sight and Sound) under the British Film Academy recently announced the list of the best films of 2019.
According to the usual practice, they asked 100 film critics who regularly write for their own magazines. After statistics, they ranked the 50 best films worldwide in the past year. Surprisingly, this year’s overwhelming number of strong films, such as "Parasite", "The Irishman", and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", is the British independent work "Souvenir" that is relatively unknown to everyone. "(The Souvenir)-Douban scored 6.4, less than 700 people have seen it; IMDb scored 6.5, less than 4,000 people have seen it; but "Rotten Tomatoes" has a positive rating of 90%, and it seems that the film has been well received by film critics welcome.
"Souvenir" Douban score 6.4
"Souvenir" IMDb score 6.5
"Souvenir" rotten tomato freshness 90%
"Souvenir" is written and directed by Joanna Hogg, the story is inspired by her own growth experience. At the Sundance Film Festival in February this year, this work made its debut and won the best feature film award in the foreign film category. The film tells how a film-professional girl rebelled against her mother's control after falling into a passionate love; it was jointly by the famous actress Tilda Swinton and her daughter Honor Swinton Byrne (Honor Swinton Byrne) Starring, they also played a pair of mother and daughter in the film.
"Souvenir" poster
"Souvenir" is the second screen work of Ono Swinton Byrne. Ten years ago, she had a cameo in the movie "I Am Love" as her mother Tilda The character Swindon looked like when he was a child, without lines. Ten years later, in "Souvenir", the mother and daughter collaborated again. The 22-year-old "Star II"'s acting skills have been recognized by the outside world. She also won the nomination for best newcomer at this year's British Independent Film Awards, December 1. The results of the award will be announced on the day.
Including "Souvenirs" ranked first, the following are the 50 best films of 2019 selected by "Video and Audio". It is worth mentioning that the "Joker", which is loved by ordinary audiences, is only ranked 39th, while the Chinese director Jia Zhangke's "Jianghu Children" is listed at 33rd. The movie "Sharp Blade" is currently being screened in theaters. "Sheath" ranked 31st.
1. "Souvenir" (The Souvenir) Joanna Hogg
2. "Parasite" (Parasite) Feng Junhao
3. "The Irishman" Martin Scorsese
4. "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood) Quentin Tarantino
5. "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) Celine Sianma
6. "Pain and Glory" (Pain and Glory) Peder Rowe Almodovar
7. "Atlantics" Marty Diop
8. "Bait" Mark Jenkin
9. "Us" Jordan Peel
10. "Vitalina" "Vitalina Varela" (Vitalina Varela) Pedro Costa
11. "High Life" (High Life) Claire Denis
12. "Uncut Gems" Ben Safferdi/Joshua Safer Di
13. "Monos" (Monos) Alessandro Landes
14. "Marriage Story" (Marriage Story) Noah Baumbach
15. "For Sama" (For Sama) Wald El -Katib/Edward Watts
16. "Midsommar" (Midsommar) Ali Este
17. "The Lighthouse" (The Lighthouse) Robert Eggers
18. "Happy as Lazzaro" (Happy as Lazzaro) ) Alice Rolvacher
19. "Hustlers"Lauren Scarfalia
20. "Martin Eden" Pietro Marcello
21. "Beanpole" Kontimir Balagov
22. "Border" (Border) Ali Abasi
23. "Transit" Christian Petzold
24. "A Hidden Life" (A Hidden Life) Terrence Malik
25. "Don't Tell Her" (The Farewell Prince Yi
26. "The Hottest August" (The Hottest August) Brett Storey
27. "Ad Astra" James Gray
28. "Agnès on Varda" (Varda by Agnès ) Añez Varda
29. "I Was at Home, But..." (I Was at Home, But...) Angela Shanalake
30. "In Fabric" Peter Strykerland
31. " "Knives Out" (Knives Out) Ryan Johnson
32. "Booksmart" (Booksmart) Olivia Wilde
33. "Children of the Rivers and Lakes" Jia Zhangke
34. "Synonyms" Nadav Rapide
35. Zombi Child" Bertrand Bonello
36. "America" Galat Bradley
37. "No Data Plan" (No Data Plan) Mick Refreda
38. "Eighth Grade" Bo Burnham
39. "Joker" Todd Phillips
40. "Ray Liz" Richard Billingham
41. " "Hale County This Morning, This Evening" (Hale County This Morning, This Evening) Lamel Rose
42. "I Lost My Body" (I Lost My Body) Jeremy Clapan
43. "Holiday" Isabella Ikalov
44. "Honeyland" Tamara Kotvska/Lyubomir Stefanov
45. "Rocks" Sarah Gar Fron
46. "Rose Plays Julie" (Rose Plays Julie) Christine Moroy/Joe Lauro
z0 z47. "If Beale Street Could Talk" (If Beale Street Could Talk) Barry Jenkins48. "Just Don't Think I'll Scream" (Just Don't Think I'll Scream) Frank Bouvet
49. "Favorite" ( The Favourite) Ougs Lansmos
50. "Mule" (Mule) Clint Eastwood
