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The 25 Best Films Of 2019 You Didn’t See

January 10, 2020 2:42 pm

With today’s never-ending sea of content production, we all inevitably miss out on seeing at least a few films on our radar. Catching up the movies somehow passed us by is often how many cinema lovers spend the...

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Paul Schrader, Guillermo Del Toro, Luca Guadagnino & More Share Their Favorite 2019 Films (Including A Video Game & TV Series)

Charles Barfield

December 30, 2019 11:35 am

News

It’s been said a million times and is fairly obvious, but filmmakers are some of the biggest fans of movies in the world. Why else would you choose to devote your life to an artistic medium unless you are a hug...

The Best And Most Important Latin American Films Of The Decade [Video]

Rafael Motamayor

December 27, 2019 11:13 am

News

With the end of 2019 almost here, we’re seeing lots of “best of the decade” lists, because not only do people love lists, but it’s a fun and simple way of making note of the films you missed out on this decade....

Gregory Ellwood’s Top 10 Of 2019: ‘Parasite,’ ‘I Lost My Body,’ ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’

Gregory Ellwood

December 24, 2019 11:59 pm

Awards Campaign, News

If my top 75 films of the decade list demonstrated anything it's that I'm a sucker for cinema that sticks with you. That's what made 2019 individually a hard year to pull a top 10 for. It's not that there wer...

The Best Movie Trailers Of 2019

The Playlist Staff

December 10, 2019 2:54 pm

Features, News

Everything-is-epic culture has transformed film trailers over the last few years. What used to be a commercial for a movie has now changed into a mini-event. Now, we get the teaser, the teaser for the teaser, t...

Best Movie Posters Of 2019

Ella Kemp

December 6, 2019 2:38 pm

Features, News

In the Always On™ age, first impressions are everything. When a movie receives its Sundance premiere in January— but often won’t reach audiences until many months later— reviews are important. However, posters ...

The 25 Best Films Of 2019

Jessica Kiang and The Playlist Staff

December 5, 2019 12:39 pm

Features, News

So here we are suddenly, after all that fuss, in December — the nursing home of the year — looking back with wistfulness, regret and not a little self-mythologizing at the friends we made and betrayed, the tall...

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2020 International Film Oscars Contenders & Predictions

Gregory Ellwood

October 4, 2019 10:49 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

In case you missed the memo, the category formerly known as Foreign Language Film is now more aptly referred to as International Film. Granted, over 50% of the film still needs to be in a language other than En...

Alejandro Landes Was Carried On A Stretcher Out Of The Jungle Making ‘Monos’ [Podcast]

Gregory Ellwood

September 17, 2019 8:47 pm

Awards Campaign, News, Podcasts

There have been many films with legendary tales of extreme conditions. Movies that lost their sets to dust storms in the desert or numerous other natural disasters. It's rare, however, that you can feel that v...

10 Films To See In September: ‘Goldfinch,’ ‘Ad Astra,’ ‘Dick Long’ & More

Ally Johnson

September 6, 2019 1:24 pm

News

While the festival season has really only just begun—Telluride is over, we're in the middle of Venice, and the Toronto International Film Festival just beginning—there are plenty of films being released in Sept...

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