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Song of the Day #4,226: ‘This Eve of Parting’ – John Hartford

Best Movies of the 2010s
#3 – Lady Bird (2017)

Greta Gerwig is one of two directors to land two films on my Top 20 of the Decade (both in the Top 10, no less). Even more impressive, these are her first two movies. Only one other film on this list (Jordan Peele’s Get Out) was a directorial debut.

I can make an argument that Little Women is a superior technical achievement, given its large cast, multiple locations and dual timeline structure, but Gerwig’s Lady Bird is an even more emotionally resonant work.

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Song of the Day #3,462: ‘Crash Into Me (Live)’ – Dave Matthews Band

The year is just about over and while I have a number of films left to see, I’m pretty close to a worthy 2017 top ten movie list.

This week I’ll write briefly about my 20 favorite movies of the year, grouped into four broad categories: Women Directors, Award Favorites, Superheroes, and Comedies. Several movies I’ll mention fall into more than one of these categories, and in those cases I’ll just pick the best fit.

First up is a category I’m thrilled to see well-represented, especially in the year of #metoo: Women Directors.

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