The Nose On President Obama's Year-End Lists And Greta Gerwig's 'Little Women'
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Jan 03, 2020
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00:49:29

obama-2019-list-favorite-books-movies-tv-shows.html">President Obama's lists of his favorite books, movies, and TV shows of 2019 are out. They include a number of titles that are showing up on proper critics' lists -- The IrishmanThe Last Black Man in San FranciscoParasiteUnbelievableWatchmen, etc. -- but there are some surprises too. At the same time, trump-book-recommendations-2019-plus-ray-donovan-for-some-reason.html">here are all the books President Trump recommended in 2019.

One other movie that shows up on Obama's list is Greta Gerwig's new version of Little Women, which is being celebrated as "women-review-greta-gerwig-adaptation-saoirse-ronan-timothee-chalamet-cast-a9259181.html">a cinematic achievement" and "gerwig-s-masterful-little-women-is-a-sure-fire-awards-contender-20191231-p53nu9.html">a masterful, passionate, all-in kind of adaptation."

Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take:

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