Films / TV of the Year 2019

Roma. Outstanding. The biggest intimate film. And then going out on Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood...

The Before trilogy.

BlackkKlansman.

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes - with the extras piecing the film into one glorious whole.

King of Thieves. Great cast.

Words and Pictures.

Greed. Four hour restored version. One of the great silents. And So This Is Paris. Almost lost silent Lubitsch gem.

First Man.

The Mule.

The Sisters Brothers / Hell Or High Water.

Marriage Story.

Patrick Melrose. Heart-rending Cumberbatch. The Virtues. Give Stephen Graham awards. (And one to Meadows for being so searingly honest.)

Fleabag II / Home. Fleabag was a safe bet but Home came out of nowhere. And Killing Eve... Jodie Comer...

Atlanta: Robbin' Season.

Modern Love.

Giri / Haji.

A year for watching box sets: Morse, Lewis, Endeavour, (still the best thing on TV), The West Wing (having never seen it before), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Peaky Blinders.

Worst: Under the Yum Yum Tree. Luv. The Boss. How to Talk to Girls at Parties. Wine Country. TV's Gold Digger and Sticks and Stones.

Special mention to Anna Meredith for her weird score for Living With Myself.