  The Best Movies of the 2010s Represent Who We Are and Where We've Been Year-end ten-best movies lists are more than just an annual occasion for navel-gazing critics to get up on their collective soap boxes and subjectively rank things, arguing why the films they loved are better than the film you loved. Or, at least, they should be. Ideally, they provide an opportunity for reflection — a chance to look back at the previous 12 months and take the temperature of the culture, both where we are and where we've been. What made us laugh? What sparked a flicker of sorely-needed empathy? What dazzled us with the shock of the new? What spoke to us and moved us? In short, what was Art.
According to the basic laws of math, coming up with a Best Movies of the Decade list should only be 10 times harder than that. Ha! If only. Over the past 10 years, the only constant in our culture (both pop- and more broadly) has been change. Our anxieties seem to grow with every fresh news cycle. We seem more distrusting and divided than ever. We are no longer one nation, but rather a bickering federation of tribes. Fortunately, we have movies to bring us together. To entertain us, sure, but also to enlighten and help us make sense of our ever-changing times. After all, sitting in a darkened theater with a roomful of complete strangers has always carried the magical power to unite us and make us feel less alone. All we have to do is open our eyes…and watch.
Settling on a list of the Top 10 movies released between the dawn of 2010 and the dusk of 2019 wound up being an especially tricky balancing act. Not just because cinema is changing as rapidly as everything else around us (the supersonic and disruptive rise of Netflix, the hand-over-fist hegemony of superhero tentpoles, the industry's long-overdue reckoning with diversity in front of and behind the camera). But also because some movies, more often than not the ones that are immediately hyped as masterpieces right out of the gate, seem to vanish from our memories as soon as their opening weekend ends. The ones on this list are not easily—or quickly—forgotten. In some cases, they may take longer to marinate in our psyches and reveal their hidden depths, but they are the ones that best represent who we are, where we've been, and where we're headed in the decade ahead….
  Noah Baumbach Had to Live and Love Before He Made Marriage Story You can almost see the involuntary twitch of a chill coursing through him. "It really was a childhood trauma for me," Noah Baumbach says. "It has come up in therapy my entire life. It really messed me up. It messed me up." For an instant, you assume, understandably, that Baumbach is talking about the divorce of his parents, film critic Georgia Brown and experimental novelist Jonathan Baumbach, back in the 1980s. But it's not that simple.
 The One Pair of Boots That'll Get You Through All Your Holiday Travels Traveling for the holidays is basically one big style compromise. Limited packing space is the culprit, of course. Want to wear that jacket to see the family and drink some eggnog? Well, then this sweater has to stay home. Can't spend a day without your favorite jeans? Well, that's one pair of chinos that might not make the cut.  The 65 Best Gifts for Your Wife That She Won't Immediately Return for Store Credit You want to get your wife something nice. Easier said than done, right? Her style is too good, and her interests too complex, for you to even begin to narrow down the overwhelming options. But when you are completely bereft of ideas, there's absolutely no shame in asking for a suggestion. And that's what we're here for: to lead you in the right direction so you choose the best possible gift for the most important woman in your life. So, with the upcoming holidays in mind—yeah, a smart man will be thinking ahead this far—these are the greatest gifts for your wife to consider, from high-fashion picks that'll wow her, to home goods she'd never splurge on herself, to tech she'll use every single day. You'll knock it out of the park—a top candidate for all-time best husband of the year.
 In The Irishman, Martin Scorsese Finally Reaches a Bitter Conclusion About Mobsters "Water under da dam." That's how Frank Sheeran describes his lifelong career of crime, bloodshed, and killing, in the final act of Martin Scorsese's The Irishman. When asked by a Catholic priest if he feels sorry about his murderous past–chiefly the slaughter of Jimmy Hoffa, a man who might as well have been Sheeran's own brother–the geriatric loner responds, "I don't." He has no sympathy. Sheeran seems to simply lack the capability to feel anything at all. And while it may come as little surprise that a professional boogeyman would be lacking in emotional availability, this commentary is unexpected for a filmmaker who's spent about 50 years depicting the lives of violent men and prompting viewers to draw their own conclusions.  The Toyota GR Supra Is Esquire's Car of the Year In Los Angeles, land of cool cars, it's very likely your fancy automobile will be flat-out ignored. Ferrari? "Meh. Seen that." Porsche? That's practically the People's Car here. But the new Toyota GR Supra? Folks in pickup trucks will come up to you for selfies. Guys in business suits will flash thumbs-ups. People will shout, "SUUUPRA!" It's like that rare approachable celebrity that everyone wants to give a high five.
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Sunday, December 08, 2019
These Are the 10 Best Movies of the Decade
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