Top 10 of 2018

[baby doll]

Alright, let's get to work.

[baby doll]

Spicy
Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)
Western (Valeska Griesbach)

Mild
Oh Lucy! (Hirayanagi Atsuko)

[Pop Trash]

1. Isle of Dogs
2. Game Night
3. Annihilation
4. Black Panther
5. Thoroughbreds
6. Unsane
7. Reddit Player One

[Spinal]

1. Cold War
2. Eighth Grade
3. Shoplifters
4. Roma
5. BlacKkKlansman
6. Burning
7. You Were Never Really Here
8. Paddington 2
9. Hereditary
10. Suspiria

Other non-listworthy films seen:
Annihilation
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.
Isle of Dogs
Madeline's Madeline
Sorry to Bother You
The Endless
A Quiet Place
First Man
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Favourite
Ready Player One
Game Night
Mid90s
Mandy
A Simple Favor
Vice
Winter Brothers
Black Panther
Red Sparrow
Searching
Skyscraper
Early Man

[Ivan Drago]

1. Annihilation
2. Black Panther
3. Mom and Dad
4. Paddington 2
5. Early Man
6. Insidious: The Last Key
7. The Cloverfield Paradox

[MadMan]

1. Black Panther (WAKANDA FOREVER)

[Peng]

1. Paddington 2
2. Malila: The Farewell Flower
3. Annihilation
4. Black Panther
5. Thibaan The Series 2.1
6. Red Sparrow
7. The Third Murder

[Dukefrukem]

Hmmm. My 2018 movie watching habits are feeling the pain of my 2017 movie watching habits.

[baby doll]

Spicy
Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)
Western (Valeska Griesbach)

Warm
Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson)

Mild
Good Luck (Ben Russell)
Oh Lucy! (Hirayanagi Atsuko)
Sweet Country (Warwick Thorton)

[Henry Gale]

Hey, I guess I've seen 10!


Annihilation
Isle of Dogs
Black Panther
A Quiet Place
Ready Player One
Unsane
Tomb Raider
Insidious: The Last Key
The Cloverfield Paradox
Winchester

[Dukefrukem]

I've seen 9.

1. The Ritual ★★★★
2. Before I Wake ★★★★
3. Black Panther ★★★
4. Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters ★★★
5. The Cloverfield Paradox ★★★
6. Annihilation ★★
7. Fullmetal Alchemist ★½
8. Demon House ★
9. Day of the Dead: Bloodline ½

[Peng]

1. Paddington 2
2. Malila: The Farewell Flower
3. Annihilation
4. Black Panther
5. A Quiet Place
6. Thibaan The Series 2.1
7. Ready Player One
8. The Commuter
9. Red Sparrow
10. The Third Murder

[Ivan Drago]

1. Annihilation
2. Black Panther
3. Mom and Dad
4. Paddington 2
5. Early Man
6. Insidious: The Last Key
7. The Cloverfield Paradox

1. Annihilation
2. Foxtrot
3. The Hurricane Heist
4. Black Panther
5. Mom and Dad
6. Paddington 2
7. Unsane
8. The Death of Stalin
9. Ready Player One
10. Tomb Raider


11. Early Man
12. Insidious: The Last Key
13. The Cloverfield Paradox
14. Red Sparrow
15. Pacific Rim: Uprising
16. Thoroughbreds
17. A Wrinkle In Time

[Henry Gale]

Hey, I guess I've seen 10!


Annihilation
Isle of Dogs
Black Panther
A Quiet Place
Ready Player One
Unsane
Tomb Raider
Insidious: The Last Key
The Cloverfield Paradox
Winchester



Annihilation
Isle of Dogs
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
A Quiet Place
Ready Player One
Unsane
Super Troopers 2
Tomb Raider
I Feel Pretty

11. Insidious: The Last Key
12. The Cloverfield Paradox
13. Winchester


Ranking Black Panther vs. Infinity War feels so weird not only because they came so close to each other and bridge right between one other, but they're so mutually beneficial in how Infinity War expounds on the Wakandan characters interplay from that film, while also enhancing their relation to the overall universe, with realizing the giddy joy of them fighting alongside series staples in awesome ways. Black Panther is probably the best solo entry of the entire MCU for me (at least since Guardians, who also have a fantastic presence in Infinity), but Infinity War just feels like all the streams feed into this gorgeous waterfall of an event movie that it's hard for it to feel lesser than anything that came before it. If that makes sense?

Either way Ant-Man and the Wasp has a lot to live up to now. Not just for the 2018 output, but Phase 3 has been a pretty stellar run.

[Ivan Drago]

1. Annihilation
2. Foxtrot
3. The Hurricane Heist
4. Black Panther
5. Mom and Dad
6. Paddington 2
7. Unsane
8. The Death of Stalin
9. Ready Player One
10. Tomb Raider


11. Early Man
12. Insidious: The Last Key
13. The Cloverfield Paradox
14. Red Sparrow
15. Pacific Rim: Uprising
16. Thoroughbreds
17. A Wrinkle In Time

1. You Were Never Really Here
2. Annihilation
3. Foxtrot
4. Chappaquiddick
5. The Hurricane Heist
6. Black Panther
7. Mom and Dad
8. Paddington 2
9. Unsane
10. Rampage



11. Borg vs. McEnroe
12. The Death of Stalin
13. Ready Player One
14. Isle of Dogs
15. Tomb Raider
16. Early Man
17. Insidious: The Last Key
18. The Cloverfield Paradox
19. Red Sparrow
20. Pacific Rim: Uprising
21. Thoroughbreds
22. A Wrinkle In Time

[Spinal]

1. You Were Never Really Here


Good to hear!

[Peng]

1. Paddington 2
2. Malila: The Farewell Flower
3. Annihilation
4. Black Panther
5. Avengers: Infinity War
6. A Quiet Place
7. The Death of Stalin
8. Thibaan The Series 2.1
9. Ready Player One
10. The Commuter

[Stay Puft]

1. The Rider
2. Zama
3. Black Panther
4. The Commuter
5. Isle of Dogs

I think those are the only films I've given a "yay" to so far this year.

[Mal]

1. First Reformed
2. Paddington 2
3. Annihilation
4. Never Goin' Back
5. Black Panther
6. Unsane
7. Love, Simon
8. Game Night
9. Blockers
10. Isle of Dogs

I think this year is turning out great so far. My top six are movies I know will stick with me for quite some time.

[MadMan]

1. Isle of Dogs
2. A Quiet Place
3. Black Panther
4. Game Night

Up next: Infinity War, duh
Still need to see: Ready Player One, Annihilation, Unsane

[Dukefrukem]

For those that have Paddington 2 on their list, is this really a movie for wide audiences? Do I need to see Paddington 1?

[Ivan Drago]

Yes and yes. They'll make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

[Spinal]

100% on Rotten Tomatoes to this day. Nominated for Best British Film at the BAFTAs. It's legit. It's for wide audiences but never stops being a film that works to satisfy children first. In other words, it doesn't try to sneak jokes to the adults over their heads. I suspect it pleases older viewers because it's earnest without being sanctimonious. It's visually inventive in ways that serve the narrative, not simply as a way to draw attention to itself.

[Dead & Messed Up]

1. Black Panther
2. Annihilation
3. Ready Player One
4. A Quiet Place
5. Avengers: Infinity War

[MadMan]

Okay, will find both Paddington movies.

[baby doll]

Spicy
L'Eau froide (Olivier Assayas)
Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)
Western (Valeska Griesbach)

Warm
The Day After (Hong Sangsoo)
Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson)
Zama (Lucrecia Martel)

Mild
Good Luck (Ben Russell)
Oh Lucy! (Hirayanagi Atsuko)
Sweet Country (Warwick Thorton)

[Peng]

1. Paddington 2
2. Malila: The Farewell Flower
3. The Tale
4. Annihilation
5. Black Panther
6. Lean on Pete
7. The Day After
8. Game Night
9. Avengers: Infinity War
10. A Quiet Place

[Dukefrukem]

18 Films so far

https://letterboxd.com/dukefrukem/list/2018/detail/

[Ivan Drago]

40 for me. (https://boxd.it/1yI6K)

[TGM]

I've got a Top 2 so far:

1. Deadpool 2
2. Thoroughbreds

[Stay Puft]

1. The Rider
2. Zama
3. Big Fish & Begonia
4. Black Panther
5. Deadpool 2
6. The Commuter
7. Black Kite
8. Avengers: Infinity War
9. Isle of Dogs

Almost there.

[Dukefrukem]

18 Films so far

https://letterboxd.com/dukefrukem/list/2018/detail/

One week later, I'm at 22

https://letterboxd.com/dukefrukem/list/2018/

[Pop Trash]

1. First Reformed
2. Isle of Dogs
3. Game Night
4. Hereditary
5. Annihilation
6. Upgrade
7. Black Panther
8. Thoroughbreds
9. A Quiet Place
10. Godard Mon Amour

[Peng]

1. Paddington 2
2. Malila: The Farewell Flower
3. The Tale
4. Black Panther
5. Hereditary
6. Incredibles 2
7. Annihilation
8. Lean on Pete
9. The Day After
10. Game Night

[TGM]

It's halfway into the year, so these are my Top 5 Movies of 2018 so far:
1. Deadpool 2
2. Tag
3. Adrift
4. Thoroughbreds
5. American Animals

[dreamdead]

Spent much of this year so far catching up on 2017 film, so it's been relatively spare, but starting to see some actually solid films now...

1. The Tale
2. First Reformed
3. Hereditary
4. Annihilation
5. The Ritual
6. Game Night
7. Hearts Beat Loud
8. Black Panther
9. Deadpool 2
10: Incredibles 2


Ocean's 8
Avengers: Infinity War
Ant-Man and the Wasp

[Stay Puft]

1. The Rider
2. Zama
3. Big Fish & Begonia
4. Black Panther
5. Let the Sunshine In
6. Hearts Beat Loud
7. Deadpool 2
8. The Commuter
9. Black Kite
10. Avengers: Infinity War

[Mal]

1. First Reformed
2. You Were Never Really Here
3. Annihilation
4. Never Goin' Back
5. Paddington 2
6. Leave No Trace
7. Filmworker
8. Black Panther
9. Solo: A Star Wars Story
10. Unsane

[Skitch]

Awesome
1. Annihilation
2. Black Panther
Good
3. Avengers: Infinity War
4. Deadpool 2
5. Solo
6.
7.
8.
9.
Bad
10. Bad Mary

Edit: wait are we doing top 10 watched in 2018 or top ten 2018 releases?

[TGM]

Awesome
1. Annihilation
2. Black Panther
Good
3. Avengers: Infinity War
4. Deadpool 2
5. Solo
6.
7.
8.
9.
Bad
10. Bad Mary

Edit: wait are we doing top 10 watched in 2018 or top ten 2018 releases?
2018 releases.

Watched in 2018 is this thread: http://matchcut.artboiled.com/showthread.php?7057-Top-10-films-seen-for-the-first-time-in-2018 ;)

[Skitch]

I thought so.

[Stay Puft]

1. The Rider
2. Leave No Trace
3. Zama
4. Big Fish & Begonia
5. Black Panther
6. Let the Sunshine In
7. Hearts Beat Loud
8. Deadpool 2
9. The Commuter
10. Black Kite

[baby doll]

Spicy
L'Eau froide (Olivier Assayas)
Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)
Western (Valeska Griesbach)

Warm
The Day After (Hong Sangsoo)
Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson)
Ta peau si lisse (Denis Côté)
You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay)
Zama (Lucrecia Martel)

Mild
"First Reformed" (Paul Schrader)
Good Luck (Ben Russell)
Oh Lucy! (Hirayanagi Atsuko)
Sweet Country (Warwick Thorton)

[Peng]

1. Paddington 2
2. Malila: The Farewell Flower
3. The Tale
4. Black Panther
5. Hereditary
6. Incredibles 2
7. Annihilation
8. Leave No Trace
9. Western
10. Lean on Pete

[Peng]

1. Paddington 2
2. Mission Impossible: Fallout
3. Burning
4. Malila: The Farewell Flower
5. The Tale
6. Black Panther
7. Hereditary
8. Incredibles 2
9. Annihilation
10. Leave No Trace

[dreamdead]

1. The Tale
2. Sorry to Bother You
3. First Reformed
4. Leave No Trace
5. Hereditary
6. Annihilation
7. The Ritual
8. Game Night
9. Hearts Beat Loud
10. Black Panther

Deadpool 2
Incredibles 2
Ocean's 8
Avengers: Infinity War
Ant-Man and the Wasp

[baby doll]

Spicy
Cocote (Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias)
L'Eau froide (Olivier Assayas)
Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)
Western (Valeska Griesbach)

Warm
The Day After (Hong Sangsoo)
Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson)
Ta peau si lisse (Denis Côté)
You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay)
Zama (Lucrecia Martel)

Mild
"First Reformed" (Paul Schrader)
Good Luck (Ben Russell)
Makala (Emmanuel Gras)
Oh Lucy! (Hirayanagi Atsuko)
Sweet Country (Warwick Thorton)
A Whale of a Tale (Sasaki Megumi)

[Pop Trash]

1. First Reformed
2. Isle of Dogs
3. Game Night
4. Hereditary
5. Annihilation
6. Upgrade
7. Sorry to Bother You
8. Eighth Grade
9. Won't You Be My Neighbor?
10. Black Panther

[Stay Puft]

1. The Rider
2. Leave No Trace
3. Zama
4. Big Fish & Begonia
5. Skate Kitchen
6. Black Panther
7. Ant-Man & the Wasp
8. Let the Sunshine In
9. Hearts Beat Loud
10. Deadpool 2

[Ivan Drago]

5. Skate Kitchen


I keep seeing the trailer for this every time I go to my local arthouse theater. I can't wait to see it considering it's a narrative while Moselle's claim to fame is her debut documentary. It looks like it could blur the line between the two mediums in an interesting way.

[Peng]

1. Paddington 2
2. Mission Impossible: Fallout
3. Burning
4. Malila: The Farewell Flower
5. The Tale
6. Black Panther
7. Minding the Gap
8. Support the Girls
9. First Reformed
10. Incredibles 2

[baby doll]

Spicy
Cocote (Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias)
L'Eau froide (Olivier Assayas)
Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)
Laissez bronzer les cadavres (Hélène Cattet/Bruno Forzani)
Western (Valeska Griesbach)

Warm
The Day After (Hong Sangsoo)
Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson)
PROTOTYPE (Blake Williams)
Quand tu liras cette lettre (Jean-Pierre Melville)
Ta peau si lisse (Denis Côté)
You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay)
Zama (Lucrecia Martel)

Mild
"First Reformed" (Paul Schrader)
Good Luck (Ben Russell)
Makala (Emmanuel Gras)
Oh Lucy! (Hirayanagi Atsuko)
Sweet Country (Warwick Thorton)
A Whale of a Tale (Sasaki Megumi)

[Watashi]

1. Mandy
2. The Rider
3. Paddington 2
4. Mission Impossible: Fallout
5. Leave No Trace
6. First Reformed
7. Support the Girls
8. You Were Never Really Here
9. Black Panther
10. The Tale

Good year so far!

[Lazlo]

1. Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2. First Man
3. The Favourite
4. Roma
5. Paddington 2
6. Lean on Pete
7. Boy Erased
8. Annihilation
9. Free Solo
10. White Boy Rick

[Dukefrukem]

One week later, I'm at 22

https://letterboxd.com/dukefrukem/list/2018/

Up to 41 films now (dates are from letterboxd)

1.Hereditary*2018
2.Avengers: Infinity War*2018
3.Upgrade*2018
4.Isle of Dogs*2018
5.Summer of 84*2018
6.A Quiet Place*2018
7.Ant-Man and the Wasp*2018
8.The Ritual*2017
9.The Death of Superman*2018
10.Before I Wake*2016

11.Black Panther*2018
12.Mission: Impossible – Fallout*2018
13.Game Night*2018
14.Den of Thieves*2018
15.Tomb Raider*2018
16.The Commuter*2018
17.Solo: A Star Wars Story*2018
18.Batman: Gotham by Gaslight*2018
19.6 Balloons*2018
20.Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters*2017
21.The Cloverfield Paradox*2018
22.Deadpool 2*2018
23.The Endless*2017
24.Ready Player One*2018
25.12 Strong*2018
26.Insidious: The Last Key*2018
27.They Remain*2018
28.Rampage*2018
29.Annihilation*2018
30.Hellraiser: Judgment*2018
31.The 15:17 to Paris*2018
32.Fullmetal Alchemist*2017
33.Maze Runner: The Death Cure*2018
34.Pacific Rim: Uprising*2018
35.Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom*2018
36.A Wrinkle in Time*2018
37.Demon House*2018
38.Future World*2018
39.Day of the Dead: Bloodline*2018
40.The Hurricane Heist*2018
41.Feral*2017

[Dead & Messed Up]

Updated:

1. Mission Impossible: Fallout - A-
2. Annihilation - B+
3. Black Panther - B+
4. Hereditary - B
5. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - B
6. A Quiet Place - B-
7. Ready Player One - C+
8. Avengers: Infinity War - C
9. Solo: A Star Wars Story - C

[StuSmallz]

5. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - B
6. A Quiet Place - B-
8. Avengers: Infinity War - C

https://i.imgur.com/U5Cl7ZB.gif

[Ivan Drago]

1. You Were Never Really Here
2. Mandy
3. Annihilation
4. Won't You Be My Neighbor?
5. Assassination Nation
6. Sorry To Bother You
7. Hereditary
8. Eighth Grade
9. Avengers: Infinity War
10. Hearts Beat Loud

[Peng]

1. Paddington 2
2. Mission Impossible: Fallout
3. Burning
4. Malila: The Farewell Flower
5. The Tale
6. Black Panther
7. Minding the Gap
8. Support the Girls
9. One Cut of the Dead
10. First Reformed

[baby doll]

Spicy
Cocote (Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias)
L'Eau froide (Olivier Assayas)
Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)
Laissez bronzer les cadavres (Hélène Cattet/Bruno Forzani)
Western (Valeska Griesbach)

Warm
The Day After (Hong Sangsoo)
Dragonfly Eyes (Xu Bing)
Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson)
PROTOTYPE (Blake Williams)
Quand tu liras cette lettre (Jean-Pierre Melville)
Ta peau si lisse (Denis Côté)
You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay)
Zama (Lucrecia Martel)

Mild
"First Reformed" (Paul Schrader)
Good Luck (Ben Russell)
Makala (Emmanuel Gras)
Oh Lucy! (Hirayanagi Atsuko)
A Star Is Born (Bradley Cooper)
Sweet Country (Warwick Thorton)
A Whale of a Tale (Sasaki Megumi)

Frozen
Caniba (Lucien Castaing-Taylor/Véréna Paravel)

[Torgo]

1. Mandy
2. You Were Never Really Here
3. Annihilation
4. Isle of Dogs
5. Won't You Be My Neighbor?
6. A Star is Born
7. Minding the Gap
8. First Reformed
9. Crazy Rich Asians
10. Game Night

[baby doll]

Spicy
Cocote (Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias)
L'Eau froide (Olivier Assayas)
Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)
Laissez bronzer les cadavres (Hélène Cattet/Bruno Forzani)
Life and Nothing More (Antonio Méndez Esparza)
Western (Valeska Griesbach)

Warm
The Day After (Hong Sangsoo)
Dragonfly Eyes (Xu Bing)
Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson)
PROTOTYPE (Blake Williams)
Quand tu liras cette lettre (Jean-Pierre Melville)
Ta peau si lisse (Denis Côté)
You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay)
Zama (Lucrecia Martel)

Mild
Bohemian Rhapsody (Bryan Singer feat. Dexter Fletcher)
"First Reformed" (Paul Schrader)
Good Luck (Ben Russell)
Makala (Emmanuel Gras)
Monrovia, Indiana (Frederick Wiseman)
Oh Lucy! (Hirayanagi Atsuko)
A Star Is Born (Bradley Cooper)
Sweet Country (Warwick Thorton)
A Whale of a Tale (Sasaki Megumi)

Frozen
Caniba (Lucien Castaing-Taylor/Véréna Paravel)

[Lazlo]

1. Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2. First Man
3. The Favourite
4. Roma
5. Paddington 2
6. Lean on Pete
7. Boy Erased
8. Annihilation
9. Free Solo
10. White Boy Rick

1. Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2. First Man
3. The Favourite
4. A Star is Born
5. Roma
6. Paddington 2
7. Lean on Pete
8. Boy Erased
9. Annihilation
10. Free Solo

[Ezee E]

For the moment -

1. Sorry to Bother You
2. Isle of Dogs
3. Roma
4. Avengers: Infinity War
5. Suspiria
6. Game Night
7. Thoroughbreds
8. Sicario: Day of the Soldado
9. Racer & The Jailbird
10. Ghost Fleet

[Henry Gale]

Annihilation
Isle of Dogs
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
A Quiet Place
Ready Player One
Unsane
Super Troopers 2
Tomb Raider
I Feel Pretty

Ahah wow, it has been a while:

If Beale Street Could Talk
Suspiria
Sorry To Bother You
Roma
Annihilation
BlacKkKlansman
You Were Never Really Here
Isle of Dogs
Mandy
Bathtubs Over Broadway


11. mid90s
12. Hereditary
13. Shoplifters
14. Eighth Grade
15. Leave No Trace
16. Black Panther
17. Widows
18. Mission: Impossible - Fallout
19. Avengers: Infinity War
20. First Man


What a year.

[Ezee E]

TOP TEN STILL TO WATCH:
(alphabetical order)

-Bad Times at the El Royale
-Ballad of Buster Scruggs
-Halloween
-Hold the Dark
-If Beale Street Could Talk
-Leave No Trace
-Overlord
-Shoplifters
-Widows
-Vice

[Ivan Drago]

1. You Were Never Really Here
2. Mandy
3. Annihilation
4. Won't You Be My Neighbor?
5. Assassination Nation
6. Sorry To Bother You
7. Hereditary
8. Eighth Grade
9. Avengers: Infinity War
10. Hearts Beat Loud

1. You Were Never Really Here
2. Mandy
3. Beautiful Boy
4. Widows
5. Annihilation
6. Halloween
7. Assassination Nation
8. Won't You Be My Neighbor?
9. Sorry To Bother You
10. Hereditary

[Ezee E]

Beautiful Boy is worth watching eh

[Dead & Messed Up]

01. Mission Impossible: Fallout - A-
02. Annihilation - B+
03. Black Panther - B+
04. Hereditary - B
05. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - B
06. A Quiet Place - B-
07. Ready Player One - C+
08. Halloween - C+
09. Avengers: Infinity War - C
10. Solo: A Star Wars Story - C

[Ivan Drago]

Beautiful Boy is worth watching eh

I thought so. It doesn't go as far as it should in its portrayal of addiction, but it still packs a huge emotional punch thanks to the visual storytelling, well-curated soundtrack, stellar montages and compelling performances from Carell and Chalamet.

[Ezee E]

TOP TEN STILL TO WATCH:
(alphabetical order)

-Bad Times at the El Royale
-Ballad of Buster Scruggs
-Halloween
-Hold the Dark
-If Beale Street Could Talk
-Leave No Trace
-Overlord
-Shoplifters
-Widows
-Vice

May be able to see Scruggs and Widows this weekend.

[dreamdead]

Some updating:

1. The Rider
2. The Tale
3. First Reformed
4. Burning
5. Private Life
6. Paddington 2
7. Eighth Grade
8. Sorry to Bother You
9. Leave No Trace
10. Annihilation


Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Madeline's Madeline
Hereditary
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Game Night
The Ritual
Widows
Thoroughbreds
Crazy Rich Asians
Searching
Hearts Beat Loud
Isle of Dogs
Suspiria
Black Panther
Deadpool 2
Incredibles 2
Ocean's 8
Avengers: Infinity War
Ant-Man and the Wasp

[Peng]

1. Paddington 2
2. First Man
3. Mission Impossible: Fallout
4. Burning
5. The Other Side of the Wind
6. Malila: The Farewell Flower
7. The Tale
8. Black Panther
9. Minding the Gap
10. Support the Girls

[Ezee E]

TOP TEN STILL TO WATCH:
(alphabetical order)

-Bad Times at the El Royale
-Ballad of Buster Scruggs
-Halloween
-Hold the Dark
-If Beale Street Could Talk
-Leave No Trace
-Overlord
-Shoplifters
-Widows
-Vice


*Should I add Paddington 2 and Beautiful Boy to the list? Green Book?

[Spinal]

Definitely Paddington 2.

[Ivan Drago]

I'd add Beautiful Boy and Paddington 2.

I'm getting more and more skeptical of Green Book with every review that comes out about it.

[Stay Puft]

Green Book is a bad movie.

[Ezee E]

TOP TEN STILL TO WATCH:
(alphabetical order)

-Bad Times at the El Royale
-Ballad of Buster Scruggs
-Halloween
-Hold the Dark
-If Beale Street Could Talk
-Leave No Trace
-Overlord
-Shoplifters
-Widows
-Vice


*Should I add Paddington 2 and Beautiful Boy to the list? Green Book?

Updated.

[Mal]

1. First Reformed
2. Cold War
3. You Were Never Really Here
4. Blackkklansman
5. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
6. Annihilation
7. Blaze
8. Shoplifters
9. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
10. A Star is Born

[baby doll]

Spicy
Cocote (Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias)
L'Eau froide (Olivier Assayas)
Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)
Laissez bronzer les cadavres (Hélène Cattet/Bruno Forzani)
Life and Nothing More (Antonio Méndez Esparza)
Western (Valeska Griesbach)

Warm
The Day After (Hong Sangsoo)
Dragonfly Eyes (Xu Bing)
Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson)
PROTOTYPE (Blake Williams)
Quand tu liras cette lettre (Jean-Pierre Melville)
Ta peau si lisse (Denis Côté)
You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay)
Zama (Lucrecia Martel)

Mild
Bohemian Rhapsody (Bryan Singer feat. Dexter Fletcher)
"First Reformed" (Paul Schrader)
Good Luck (Ben Russell)
Makala (Emmanuel Gras)
Monrovia, Indiana (Frederick Wiseman)
Oh Lucy! (Hirayanagi Atsuko)
A Star Is Born (Bradley Cooper)
Sweet Country (Warwick Thorton)
Un beau soleil intérieur (Claire Denis)
A Whale of a Tale (Sasaki Megumi)

Cold
I Feel Pretty (Abby Kohn/Marc Silverstein)

Frozen
Caniba (Lucien Castaing-Taylor/Véréna Paravel)

Inedible
Dead Souls (Wang Bing)

[Dukefrukem]

I haven't seen many great films this year. It's that time of year to start collecting consensus stuff.

1.Hereditary 2018
2.Avengers: Infinity War 2018
3.Upgrade 2018
4.Isle of Dogs 2018
5.Incredibles 2 2018
6.The Clovehitch Killer 2018
7.Mandy 2018
8.Summer of 84 2018
9.A Quiet Place 2018
10.Ant-Man and the Wasp 2018
11.The Ritual 2017
12.The Predator 2018
13.The Death of Superman 2018
14.Before I Wake 2016
15.Black Panther 2018
16.Mission: Impossible – Fallout 2018
17.Game Night 2018
18.Den of Thieves 2018
19.The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018
20.Tomb Raider 2018
21.Sicario: Day of the Soldado 2018
22.The Commuter 2018
23.Solo: A Star Wars Story 2018
24.Batman: Gotham by Gaslight 2018
-------------------------------------------Suck Line
25.6 Balloons 2018
26.Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters 2017
27.The Cloverfield Paradox 2018
28.Deadpool 2 2018
29.Venom 2018
30.The Endless 2017
31.Ready Player One 2018
32.The Meg 2018
33.12 Strong 2018
34.Insidious: The Last Key 2018
35.They Remain 2018
36.Hellraiser: Judgment 2018
37.Rampage 2018
38.Annihilation 2018
--------------------------------------Really Suck Line
39.The 15:17 to Paris 2018
40.The Nun 2018
41.Fullmetal Alchemist 2017
42.The Open House 2018
43.Maze Runner: The Death Cure 2018
44.Pacific Rim: Uprising 2018
45.Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 2018
46.A Wrinkle in Time 2018
47.Demon House 2018
48.Future World 2018
49.Day of the Dead: Bloodline 2018
50.The Hurricane Heist 2018
51.Feral 2017

[Lazlo]

1. Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2. First Man
3. The Favourite
4. A Star is Born
5. Roma
6. Paddington 2
7. Lean on Pete
8. Boy Erased
9. Annihilation
10. Free Solo

1. Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2. First Man
3. The Favourite
4. A Star is Born
5. Roma
6. Paddington 2
7. Lean on Pete
8. Boy Erased
9. Widows
10. Wildlife

[Dead & Messed Up]

01. Mission Impossible: Fallout - A-
02. Annihilation - A-
03. Black Panther - B
04. Won't You Be My Neighbor? - B
05. Hereditary - B
06. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - B
07. Deadpool 2 - B-
08. A Quiet Place - B-
09. Crazy Rich Asians - B-
10. Ready Player One - C+

11. Halloween - C+
12. Avengers: Infinity War - C
13. Solo: A Star Wars Story - C

Updated for Won't You Be My Neighbor and Crazy Rich Asians and Deadpool 2, eager to get into the award-winning films and see which ones are secretly bullshit.

[Ivan Drago]

1. You Were Never Really Here
2. Mandy
3. Beautiful Boy
4. Widows
5. Annihilation
6. Halloween
7. Assassination Nation
8. Won't You Be My Neighbor?
9. Sorry To Bother You
10. Hereditary

1. You Were Never Really Here
2. Roma
3. Mandy
4. Widows
5. Annihilation
6. The Favourite
7. Beautiful Boy
8. Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
9. Halloween
10. Sorry To Bother You

[Dead & Messed Up]

01. Mission Impossible: Fallout - A-
02. Annihilation - A-
03. Aquaman - B
04. Black Panther - B
05. Won't You Be My Neighbor? - B
06. Hereditary - B
07. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - B
08. Creed II - B-
09. Deadpool 2 - B-
10. A Quiet Place - B-


11. Crazy Rich Asians - B-
12. Incredibles 2 - B--
13. Ready Player One - C+
14. Halloween - C+
15. Avengers: Infinity War - C
16. Solo: A Star Wars Story - C

[StuSmallz]

01. Mission Impossible: Fallout - A-Watch Into The Spider-Verse, ​man!

[Dead & Messed Up]

Watch Into The Spider-Verse, ​man!

Hah, yeah, that and a dozen other movies.

I'm excited to see it, for sure.

[StuSmallz]

Also, aren't you forgetting to rank The Incredibles II ​on your list?

http://i.imgur.com/eUGfmtL.jpg

[Dead & Messed Up]

Also, aren't you forgetting to rank The Incredibles II ​on your list?

http://i.imgur.com/eUGfmtL.jpg

Says something about how I felt about the movie. : /

[Grouchy]

1. Annihilation
2. Cold War
3. Black KKKlansman
4. Paul Sanchez est Revenu!
5. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
6. Bao
7. Black Panther
8. Animal
9. Mandy

10. Avengers: Infinity War
11. Isle of Dogs
12. The Other Side of the Wind
13. Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
14. Boni Bonita
15. Batman Ninja
16. Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay

17. Ant-Man and the Wasp

18. Ready Player One
19. Incredibles 2
20. I Am Toxic
21. The Predator
22. Bohemian Rhapsody
23. Hold the Dark
24. Solo: A Star Wars Story
25. 27 - Club of the Damned
26. En Peligro

[baby doll]

Spicy
Cocote (Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias)
L'Eau froide (Olivier Assayas)
Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)
Laissez bronzer les cadavres (Hélène Cattet/Bruno Forzani)
Life and Nothing More (Antonio Méndez Esparza)
Western (Valeska Griesbach)

Warm
The Day After (Hong Sangsoo)
Dragonfly Eyes (Xu Bing)
The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos)
Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson)
PROTOTYPE (Blake Williams)
Quand tu liras cette lettre (Jean-Pierre Melville)
Ta peau si lisse (Denis Côté)
You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay)
Zama (Lucrecia Martel)

Mild
BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Bryan Singer feat. Dexter Fletcher)
"First Reformed" (Paul Schrader)
Good Luck (Ben Russell)
Makala (Emmanuel Gras)
Monrovia, Indiana (Frederick Wiseman)
Oh Lucy! (Hirayanagi Atsuko)
A Star Is Born (Bradley Cooper)
Sweet Country (Warwick Thorton)
Roma (Alfonso Cuarón)
Un beau soleil intérieur (Claire Denis)
A Whale of a Tale (Sasaki Megumi)

Cold
I Feel Pretty (Abby Kohn/Marc Silverstein)

Frozen
Caniba (Lucien Castaing-Taylor/Véréna Paravel)

Inedible
Dead Souls (Wang Bing)

[Pop Trash]

Barack Obama

As 2018 draws to a close, I’m continuing a favorite tradition of mine and sharing my year-end lists. It gives me a moment to pause and reflect on the year through the books, movies, and music that I found most thought-provoking, inspiring, or just plain loved. It also gives me a chance to highlight talented authors, artists, and storytellers – some who are household names and others who you may not have heard of before. Here’s my best of 2018 list - I hope you enjoy reading, watching, and listening.

My favorite movies of 2018:
Annihilation
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Blindspotting
Burning
The Death of Stalin
Eighth Grade
If Beale Street Could Talk
Leave No Trace
Minding the Gap
The Rider
Roma
Shoplifters
Support the Girls
Won’t You Be My Neighbor

[Dukefrukem]

For a moment there, I thought you got a sneak peek at Tom Hanks new Mr Rogers movie.

[Henry Gale]

Barack Obama
[...]

My favorite movies of 2018:
Annihilation
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Blindspotting
Burning
The Death of Stalin
Eighth Grade
If Beale Street Could Talk
Leave No Trace
Minding the Gap
The Rider
Roma
Shoplifters
Support the Girls
Won’t You Be My Neighbor

It really is annoying just how good his taste is. Also makes me want to see him dabble in writing about film now and then, since just a list (especially one as solid as that) feels like such a tease.

[Irish]

It really is annoying just how good his publicists are.

Just a little edit there for ya ;)

[Henry Gale]

Just a little edit there for ya ;)

Ahaha.. I also had this conversation with a friend, and I'm not sure I buy the idea of him blindly recommending things considering who he is. Why even post a list of 15 and not say just 5 or 10 if he didn't feel the need to endorse them all? Especially when you have a choice as weird and divisive as Annihilation to kick it all off alphabetically. The only other choice that made me do a double take was Support the Girls, to be honest. But think at some point I heard he requested more White House screenings than any president, and even when he was in office he's always jumped to talk about film and television whenever the press gave him the chance.

Sure, it definitely feels like a very polished list considering his profile, as in maybe there's a film or two he liked a lot that maybe didn't feel as dignified or appropriate that he left them off, but then you could make that accusation of anyone posting a Best Of list.

[transmogrifier]

Support the Girls is great. As is Burning. The Death of Stalin is very good. Annihilation is average. Black Panther is the worst Marvel movie.

I haven't seen any of the others. So, Mr. Obama, you will have to wait a little before I render judgment upon you.

[Irish]

Ahaha.. I also had this conversation with a friend, and I'm not sure I buy the idea of him blindly recommending things considering who he is.

Public figures---especially politicians---don't make unvetted statements, because that's how you get into trouble. (Cf: Cynthia Nixon and Bagel-gate; Hillary Clinton and the "Yankees or Mets?" imbroligio.)

But what specifically raised my eyebrow: It reads like a consensus of half a dozen lists, straight out of Indiewire's Critics Survey. There's no order, no favorite, no best pick (and thus no points of contention). There's a carefully wide representation. Everything he named is an absolutely safe bet and has been well regarded.

People express favorites to express themselves, but this list tells me nothing about Obama. It has no personality.

[Watashi]

I would say including BlackKklansman tells me a lot about Obama especially where that film goes in its final few minutes.

[Ezee E]

TOP TEN STILL TO WATCH:
(alphabetical order)

-Bad Times at the El Royale
-Ballad of Buster Scruggs
-Halloween
-Hold the Dark
-If Beale Street Could Talk
-Leave No Trace
-Overlord
-Shoplifters
-Widows
-Vice


*Should I add Paddington 2 and Beautiful Boy to the list? Green Book?

Have a feeling I won't see all these by 2019, but I'll get to them.

Non-MC people get weirded out when you post a 2018 list mid-January, but plan to see Vice and maybe Spider-Man by then.

[baby doll]

People express favorites to express themselves, but this list tells me nothing about Obama. It has no personality.I think the fact it has no personality in itself tells us something about Obama.

[Peng]

I feel like the same "no personality" comment would pop up here too if he's more aligned with a Peter Travers rather a Dissolve writer like his actual list. What is indicative of a personality, an obscure watched-by-three foreign film? (btw it's so weird to imagine ten years ago or so that a Bujalski film would mean a majority taste now)

I don't remember where I read it, and I may paraphrase wrong here, but someone observes about half of these concern working-class people or people on the fringe of society. (I feel like it's telling anyway that out of critic-favorite films he chooses these instead of, say, A Star is Born or The Favourite)

[Peng]

I would say including BlackKklansman tells me a lot about Obama especially where that film goes in its final few minutes.

Your comment reminds me of, and makes me want to be a fly on his wall, when a Trump reference pops up in Burning, haha.

[baby doll]

What is indicative of a personality, an obscure watched-by-three foreign film?Anything that doesn't have an eighty-five percent "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

[Dukefrukem]

1.Hereditary 2018
2.Roma 2018
3.Avengers: Infinity War 2018
4.Upgrade 2018
5.Isle of Dogs 2018
6.Incredibles 2 2018
7.BlacKkKlansman 2018
8.The Clovehitch Killer 2018
9.Mandy 2018
10.Summer of 84 2018
11.A Quiet Place 2018
12.Ant-Man and the Wasp 2018
13.The Ritual 2017
14.The Predator 2018
15.The Death of Superman 2018
16.Before I Wake 2016
17.Black Panther 2018
18.Bird Box 2018
19.Mission: Impossible – Fallout 2018
20.Game Night 2018
21.Den of Thieves 2018
22.The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018
23.Thoroughbreds 2017
24.Aquaman 2018
25.Tomb Raider 2018
26.Sicario: Day of the Soldado 2018
27.Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle 2018
28.The Commuter 2018
29.Solo: A Star Wars Story 2018
30.Batman: Gotham by Gaslight 2018
-------------------------------------------Suck Line
31.6 Balloons 2018
32.Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters 2017
33.The Cloverfield Paradox 2018
34.Please Stand By 2017
35.The Equalizer 2 2018
36.Deadpool 2 2018
37.Venom 2018
38.The Endless 2017
39.Ready Player One 2018
40.The Meg 2018
41.12 Strong 2018
42.Insidious: The Last Key 2018
43.They Remain 2018
44.Hellraiser: Judgment 2018
45.Rampage 2018
46.Annihilation 2018
--------------------------------------Really Suck Line
47.The 15:17 to Paris 2018
48.The Nun 2018
49.Fullmetal Alchemist 2017
50.The Open House 2018
51.Maze Runner: The Death Cure 2018
52.Pacific Rim: Uprising 2018
53.Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 2018
54.A Wrinkle in Time 2018
55.Demon House 2018
56.Future World 2018
57.Day of the Dead: Bloodline 2018
58.The Hurricane Heist 2018
59.Feral 2017

[Peng]

Anything that doesn't have an eighty-five percent "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

This is such a weird number so I did a search on Obama's list. Must be so inconvenient that only Annihilation with its 88% prevents a nice round number like 90 to be used. https://awardswatch.com/forums/images/smilies/smileys/lol.gif

[Ezee E]

I'm at 50 or so.

[baby doll]

This is such a weird number so I did a search on Obama's list. Must be so inconvenient that only Annihilation with its 88% prevents a nice round number like 90 to be used. https://awardswatch.com/forums/images/smilies/smileys/lol.gifI didn't do a search; apparently I'm good at guessing.

[Spinal]

I never thought I'd live to see the day where a former president uses his platform to embrace a Spike Lee joint and then gets called boring. I mean, stop and think about that for a minute.

[Irish]

I never thought I'd live to see the day where a former president uses his platform to embrace a Spike Lee joint and then gets called boring. I mean, stop and think about that for a minute.

Lee hosted a $38,500-a-plate fundraiser for Obama at Lee's house in 2012. (Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon attended, too.)

[Dead & Messed Up]

If Obama would've included Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, he'd have more of my respect.

[Dead & Messed Up]

01. Mission Impossible: Fallout - A-
02. Annihilation - A-
03. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - B+
04. Aquaman - B
05. Black Panther - B
06. Won't You Be My Neighbor? - B
07. Hereditary - B
08. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - B
09. Creed II - B-
10. A Quiet Place - B-

11. Deadpool 2 - B-
12. Crazy Rich Asians - B-
13. Incredibles 2 - B--
14. Ready Player One - C+
15. Halloween - C+
16. Avengers: Infinity War - C
17. Solo: A Star Wars Story - C

[Pop Trash]

I think it's a very interesting list, especially coming from a politician (retired now perhaps, but still). I used to get tired of politicians always naming off the safest of movies, even when I like the movies (generally some combo platter of Casablanca, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Godfather, Star Wars, Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption). But to see a former president name off Lee Chang Dong and Andrew Bujalski movies when he could list A Star is Born or Bohemian Rhapsody or Vice or something is pretty interesting. I mean, even professional critics I follow on letterboxd are just now getting around to watching Blindspotting, and that's their fuckin' job.

[Pop Trash]

I never thought I'd live to see the day where a former president uses his platform to embrace a Spike Lee joint and then gets called boring. I mean, stop and think about that for a minute.

He's an intelligent black* man in America, so I don't think it's that weird. Hell, Barack and Michelle saw Do the Right Thing on one of their first dates together.

*ok mixed race, but as he himself pointed out, on the street he's a black man

[Spinal]

You guys are kind of missing my point. Yes, it is perhaps not surprising that Obama would be an advocate for the best-known African-American filmmaker of all-time. It is also not surprising that their paths have crossed, that they've shared political interests and that this may have had something to do with Obama mentioning his film. But if you think about the trajectory of Lee's career, it is still a great anomaly to have his kind of radicalism and anger openly endorsed by someone who once held the highest position in the American government. It's extremely significant, and not at all boring, that the former president is using his platform to encourage people to see a film that explicitly names the current president as a white supremacist.

[Pop Trash]

I would be more surprised if he didn't have BlacKkKlansman on his list. I get that while he was in office, he probably tried to be more diplomatic in his public statements (while probably reading, watching, and listening to media that was more interesting / controversial... while not hyping it in public discourse), but Obama is basically a NEET now and writing his memoirs, planning his library, and wondering if Michelle should ever run for anything. I'm curious what he didn't like about Sorry to Bother You since he namedrops Blindspotting (the inferior Oakland movie imo), but not Sorry to Bother You.

[baby doll]

Yes, it is perhaps not surprising that Obama would be an advocate for the best-known African-American filmmaker of all-time.You mean Tyler Perry?

[baby doll]

I get that while he was in office, he probably tried to be more diplomatic in his public statements (while probably reading, watching, and listening to media that was more interesting / controversial... while not hyping it in public discourse)No, I think he's really this boring.

[Irish]

But if you think about the trajectory of Lee's career, it is still a great anomaly to have his kind of radicalism and anger openly endorsed by someone who once held the highest position in the American government.

If you're hosting fundraisers for sitting presidents, you're not a radical. You're just another wealthy celebrity. That was my point. Let's not pretend Lee is the iconoclast he once was.


but Obama is basically a NEET now and writing his memoirs, planning his library, and wondering if Michelle should ever run for anything.

He's the head of a charitable foundation that bears his name. Not quite a NEET. There's literally millions of dollars riding on his public image.

[Dukefrukem]

178 Movies Watched in 2018 (131 for the first time)

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[StuSmallz]

Like 2017 (http://corrierino.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1215705#p12157 05), I didn't see as many films from 2018 (https://letterboxd.com/stusmallz/list/2018/detail/) as I hoped I would, but here's the top 10 of what I did see last year:


1. Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
2. First Man
3. A Star Is Born
4. Black Panther
5. Widows
6. A Quiet Place
7. Isle Of Dogs
8. BlacKKKlansman
9. The Incredibles II
10. Avengers: Infinity War


Honorable Mention: Annihilation


Biggest Disappointment: Hermehditary

[Dead & Messed Up]

01. Mission Impossible: Fallout - A-
02. BlackkKlansman - A-
03. Annihilation - A-
04. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - B+
05. Aquaman - B
06. Black Panther - B
07. Won't You Be My Neighbor? - B
08. Hereditary - B
09. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - B
10. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - B

11. Creed II - B-
12. A Quiet Place - B-
13. Deadpool 2 - B-
14. Crazy Rich Asians - B-
15. Incredibles 2 - B--
16. Ready Player One - C+
17. Halloween - C+
18. Bird Box - C+
19. Avengers: Infinity War - C
20. Solo: A Star Wars Story - C

[transmogrifier]

Like 2017 (http://corrierino.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1215705#p12157 05), I didn't see as many films from 2018 (https://letterboxd.com/stusmallz/list/2018/detail/) as I hoped I would, but here's the top 10 of what I did see last year:


1. Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
2. First Man
3. A Star Is Born
4. Black Panther
5. Widows
6. A Quiet Place
7. Isle Of Dogs
8. BlacKKKlansman
9. The Incredibles II
10. Avengers: Infinity War


Honorable Mention: Annihilation


Biggest Disappointment: Hermehditary

Hereditary is better than every single movie on your Top 10 list (except maybe Widows, which I haven’t seen).

[StuSmallz]

Hereditary is better than every single movie on your Top 10 list (except maybe Widows, which I haven’t seen).https://i.imgur.com/BgJJP1V.gif

[Stay Puft]

Looks like I haven't updated in a long time. But that's also because I haven't watched many 2018 releases, really.
Gonna try and catch up this month.

1. The Rider
2. Leave No Trace
3. Mission: Impossible - Fallout
4. Zama
5. Big Fish & Begonia
6. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
7. Skate Kitchen
8. Apostle
9. Black Panther
10. Ant-Man & the Wasp

[Ezee E]

TOP TEN STILL TO WATCH:
(alphabetical order)

-Bad Times at the El Royale
-Ballad of Buster Scruggs
-Halloween
-Hold the Dark
-If Beale Street Could Talk
-Leave No Trace
-Overlord
-Shoplifters
-Widows
-Vice

PLUS:
Green Book
Burning

[Ivan Drago]

My final list, with commentary. (http://www.foxforcefivenews.com/kevins-year-in-review-the-best-movies-of-2018-including-you-were-never-really-here/)

[baby doll]

Spicy
Cocote (Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias)
L'Eau froide (Olivier Assayas)
Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)
Laissez bronzer les cadavres (Hélène Cattet/Bruno Forzani)
Life and Nothing More (Antonio Méndez Esparza)
Western (Valeska Griesbach)

Warm
Cold War (Pawel Pawlikowski)
The Day After (Hong Sangsoo)
Dragonfly Eyes (Xu Bing)
The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos)
Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson)
PROTOTYPE (Blake Williams)
Quand tu liras cette lettre (Jean-Pierre Melville)
Shoplifters (Kore-eda Hirokazu)
Ta peau si lisse (Denis Côté)
You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay)
Zama (Lucrecia Martel)

Mild
BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Bryan Singer feat. Dexter Fletcher)
"First Reformed" (Paul Schrader)
Good Luck (Ben Russell)
Makala (Emmanuel Gras)
Monrovia, Indiana (Frederick Wiseman)
Oh Lucy! (Hirayanagi Atsuko)
A Star Is Born (Bradley Cooper)
Sweet Country (Warwick Thorton)
Roma (Alfonso Cuarón)
Un beau soleil intérieur (Claire Denis)
A Whale of a Tale (Sasaki Megumi)

Cold
Crazy Rich Asians (Jon M. Chu)
I Feel Pretty (Abby Kohn/Marc Silverstein)

Frozen
Caniba (Lucien Castaing-Taylor/Véréna Paravel)

Inedible
Dead Souls (Wang Bing)

[Irish]

Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)

Did you write about this one anywhere? Curious what you saw in it ...

[baby doll]

Did you write about this one anywhere? Curious what you saw in it ...The tight narrative construction, unpredictable story line, persuasively seedy settings and characters, dark humour, and kick-ass pop song over the closing credits.

[Henry Gale]

What a year.

If Beale Street Could Talk
The Favourite
Suspiria
Sorry To Bother You
Roma
Burning
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Annihilation
You Were Never Really Here
BlacKkKlansman
11. Isle of Dogs
12. Mandy
13. First Reformed[B]
14. Bathtubs Over Broadway
15. Shoplifters
16. Hereditary
17. Leave No Trace
18. Black Panther
19. Eighth Grade
20. Mission: Impossible - Fallout
21. Avengers: Infinity War
22. Game Night
23. First Man
24. [B]The Balllad of Buster Scruggs
25. Widows

I'm almost reluctant to watch any more potentially great stuff because it's already so tough having to rank, push down and around so many titles I love as is.

Also, it feels wrong only putting Into the Spider-Verse at #7 considering I've already seen it three times in the theatre, more than anything else in my list. (Though there are a lot of two-timers! The good kind!)

[Dead & Messed Up]

01. Mission Impossible: Fallout - A-
02. BlackkKlansman - A-
03. Annihilation - A-
04. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - B+
05. The Favourite - B+
06. Aquaman - B
07. Black Panther - B
08. Won't You Be My Neighbor? - B
09. Hereditary - B
10. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - B


11. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - B
12. Creed II - B-
13. A Quiet Place - B-
14. Deadpool 2 - B-
15. Crazy Rich Asians - B-
16. Incredibles 2 - B--
17. Ready Player One - C+
18. Halloween - C+
19. Bird Box - C+
20. Avengers: Infinity War - C
21. Solo: A Star Wars Story - C