Ben Reiser is a Programmer and administrator for both the UW Cinematheque and Wisconsin Film Festival.

19 Favorites For 2019

1. American Factory (2019, Julia Reichert, Steven Bognar)
2. Climax (2018, Gaspar Noe)
3. Crawl (2019, Alexandre Aja)
4. Dragged Across Concrete (2018, S. Craig Zahler)
5. Ford v Ferrari (2019, James Mangold)
6. Give Me Liberty (2019, Kirill Mikhanovsky)
7. The Irishman (2019, Martin Scorsese)
8. John Wick Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019, Chad Stahelski)
9. Judy (2019, Rupert Goold)
10. Knives Out (2019, Rian Johnson)
11. Midsommar (2019, Ari Aster)
12. Monos (2019, Alejandro Landes)
13. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019, Quentin Tarantino)
14. Our Time (2019, Carlos Reygadas)
15. Parasite (2019, Bong Joon Ho)
16. Shazam (2019, David Sandberg)
17. The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019, Joe Talbot)
18. Uncut Gems (2019, Josh & Benny Safdie)
19. Western Stars (2019, Bruce Springsteen & Thom Zimny

Five Favorites from the Land of Cinematic Long Form Storytelling on Television:

1. MINDHUNTERS (2019, David Fincher and others)
2. TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG (2019, Nicolas Winding Refn)
3. UNBELIEVABLE (2019, Lisa Cholodenko and others)
4. UNDONE (2019, Hisko Hulsing)
5. WATCHMEN (2019, Nicole Kassell and others)