My Thoughts on The Year in Film So Far & Top 15 Favorites

As we pass the halfway point of 2019, I have been pondering the following question: have we seen our first Oscar movie yet?

I know the Oscars are an imprecise and flawed measurement, but as a cultural force they serve as a useful yardstick. The Oscars loom so large that often the greatness of any year in film is defined both by what does end up winning awards and what should have won but did not or wasn't even nominated. So, has 2019 produced even a single film - live-action, to be more precise - which might at least ...