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    The year’s 10 best movies: From ‘Honeyland’ to ‘A Beautiful Day’

    Dec 12, 2019 4 minutes

    Of the several hundred films I saw in 2019, at least two dozen were eminently worth seeing. Before I get to my top 10 – drumroll, please – a few quick thoughts about the year just past. 

    I had thought the biggest movie controversy would be about “Jojo Rabbit,” a rollicky black comedy about a boy in Nazi Germany whose imaginary friend is none other than Adolf Hitler, goofily portrayed by writer-director Taika Waititi. But the film wasn’t taken seriously enough to provoke much rancor.

    And then there was “Joker,” which I deemed too pitch dark to be a mass audience hit. It has so far grossed more than $1 billion worldwide. So much for my powers of prognostication. (I was certainly

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