Anthony Carew, Journalist

"Sports shouldn’t work as a subject for a documentary. Its lure, and so much of its lore, comes from the simple fact that, at the start of any contest, the outcome is up in the air. Here, the history is already written."

Ten years in Northeast Party House are living the dream. Ahead of the release of their third LP, singer Zach Hamilton-Reeves tells Anthony Carew that they finally feel like musicians.

Who have you got?

"[T]he spirit in the air, on close, was one of shared humanity."

Our resident film columnist Anthony Carew believes he has watched over 3,000 films this past decade. And you know what? We believe him. Here we asked him to dive deep into the grey matter to whittle the list down to the top 20. Someone grab the popcorn.

These are the top 40 films of 2019.

"The final film in this latest trilogy —and thirteenth-ish in the expanded franchise — is a grab bag of references, run backs, and callbacks to the other films of the Star Wars-verse."

"This undertaking is filled with melancholy."

"It’s not some stagey thriller, but out to be a form of cinematic cultural rehabilitation - in the guise of an senior-friendly Sunday afternoon arthouse trifle."