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2018 EOTY Entertainment Lists • Page 3

Discussion in 'Entertainment Forum' started by OhTheWater, Dec 3, 2018.

  1. OhTheWater

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    No it was not
     
  2. Kuri44

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    Favorite Shows of 2018:

    1. Barry

    2. American Crime Story: The Assassination of Giovanni Versace

    3. Better Call Saul

    4. The Haunting of Hill House

    5. Ozark

    6. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

    7. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

    8. Westworld

    9. Legion

    10. Ash vs. Evil Dead

    11. Waco

    12. South Park

    13. The Handmaid’s Tale

    14. Evil Genius

    15. American Horror Story: Apocalypse

    16. Chef’s Table

    17. Who Is America?

    18. Salt Fat Acid Heat

    19. House of Cards




    Favorite Movies of 2018: (Haven't had the chance to see Aquaman and Vice, but I'm almost sure those two would replace two on this list)

    1. Hereditary

    2. Love, Simon

    3. Halloween

    4. The Incredibles 2

    5. The House That Jack Built

    6. Isle of Dogs

    7. The Strangers 2: Prey At Night

    8. Mandy

    9. Searching

    10. Black Panther

    11. Venom

    12. BlacKKKlansman

    13. Annihilation

    14. Avengers: Infinity War

    15. A Quiet Place

    16. Apostle

    17. Ant-Man And The Wasp

    18. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

    19. Solo: A Star Wars Story

    20. Deadpool 2
     
  3. Cameron

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    Totally forgot about Assassination of Versace good call
     
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  4. Morrissey

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    I found the fifth film for my worst of the year list. I have another 90 minutes of this garbage but there is no coming back from this.
     
  5. Morrissey

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    Viggo Mortensen playing a 1950's New York Italian tough guy is the funniest part of the year so far and I am only ten minutes in.
     
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  7. jkauf Dec 31, 2018
    (Last edited: Dec 31, 2018)
    jkauf

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    Favorite movies:

    Shoplifters
    Annihilation
    Mandy
    The Favourite
    Roma
    Burning
    Hereditary
    The Rider

    Didn’t watch many shows this year but really loved The Haunting of Hill House. Escape at Dannemora was good too.
     
  8. Davjs

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    No mentions of Overlord so far.....

    :tear:
     
  9. chris

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    best show I watched this year was Atlanta (Barry is very close though)
    best movie Hereditary
    best game Hollow Knight (Switch release was 2018, otherwise either Celeste or God of War)
    best podcast The Flagrant Ones

    I don't think I read any books actually released in 2018, but I finished They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib back in January and it's the best thing I've read within the last year.
     
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  10. Tim

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    MOVIES
    1. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman)
    2. The Rider (Chloé Zhao)
    3. Thoroughbreds (Cory Finley)
    4. Sorry to Bother You (Boots Riley)
    5. Black Panther (Ryan Coogler)
    6. Annihilation (Alex Garland)
    7. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (Susan Johnson)
    8. Venom (Ruben Fleischer)
    9. Crazy Rich Asians (Jon M. Chu)
    10. Bumblebee (Travis Knight)
    Honorable mentions that were hard to rank ‘cause they were weird, but I liked ‘em:
    Avengers: Infinity War (Anthony and Joe Russo)
    A Wrinkle in Time (Ava DuVernay)

    COMICS
    1. Marvel Two-in-One (Chip Zdarsky, Jim Cheung, Ramón Pérez, etc.)
    2. Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows (Jody Houser, etc.)
    3. Ms Marvel (G. Willow Wilson, Nico Leon, etc.)
    4. Man of Steel (Brian Michael Bendis, etc.)
    5. Venom (Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, etc.)
    6. Barrier (Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martín)
    7. Doomsday Clock (Geoff Johns, Gary Frank)
    8. Captain America (Ta-Nehisi Coates, Leinil Yu)
    9. Batman (Tom King, etc.)
    10. Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (Chip Zdarksy, Adam Kubert, etc.)
    Plus, a couple single issues not in those series that deserve recognition:
    Amazing Spider-Man #801 (Dan Slott, Marcos Martín)
    Amazing Spider-Man Annual (2018) #1 (Saladin Ahmed, Garry Brown)
    X-Men: Black - Emma Frost #1 (Leah Williams, Chris Bachalo)
     
  11. chris

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    also Saga continues to be the best comic I keep up with and I love it so much
     
  12. Tim

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    I don't like Saga the way others do, but comics fans should check out Barrier. It's kinda like BKV's version of the movie Arrival, just on a thematic & genre level. Also, Paper Girls is awesome, but I fell behind & didn't get around to catching up yet, which is why I decided to leave it off my list.
     
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  13. chris

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    will def check out Barrier. and I didn't really consider Paper Girls for the same reason, I really need to catch up
     
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  14. riotspray Dec 31, 2018
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    I still have a few things left to see, mainly Roma, but here's a quick top 10 films

    1. Annihilation
    2. Blindspotting
    3. Lean on Pete
    4. Haunters: The Art of the Scare (may actually be 2017, idk)
    5. First Reformed
    6. Sorry to Bother You
    7. Skate Kitchen
    8. Bodied
    9. Assassination Nation
    10. Mom and Dad, Foxtrot or Death of Stalin


    Edit: can't believe I forgot Eighth Grade.
     
  15. OhTheWater

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    Haunters was dope. But yeah last year
     
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  16. Morrissey

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    The longer you spend analyzing an art form, the more that new works seem like echoes of old works. It can be easy to envy a young cinephile who sees everything as new and intriguing, rather than immediately beginning to draw parallels to a film's ancestors in their genre and among the works of the great directors. This comes naturally with aging, as well; not as much surprises you, and the highs and lows become flattened as the world loses its mystery with each passing day. Is it even worth arguing the merits at a certain point, given that each year we are bound to get shallow Oscar nominees, brainless superhero blockbusters, and hack genre work? Cinema doesn't really feel immediate right now, and it may have just been a weak year overall. The year's best film is as glacial and unconcerned with modern conventions as it can get, a stark contrast to the works that make this list.

    2018 did not have some of the disasters of previous years. There was nothing quite as stomach turning as MOTHER!, as brainless as ROOM, as hilarious as ONLY GOD FORGIVES, and as inept as MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN, but it is always possible that they were missed. There was a great director cruising on auto-pilot as well as someone who has previously made great films making another terrible one.

    However, before the top ten is revealed, a bottom five is in order. One cannot appreciate the highs without suffering through the lows; one cannot eat in a fancy restaurant every night or win in every contest. This list is incomplete for multiple reasons; firstly, there was no need to sit through AQUAMAN or STAR WARS 12 because there are things that are best moved on from at a certain point. If the list came out in a month, more likely there would be such films as VICE, WIDOWS, and THE FAVOURITE. All these lists are incomplete by definition, so here are the five most painful experiences. The fifth spot was a very close race, but READY PLAYER ONE was not as bad enough to make it.



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    HONORABLE MENTION: BIRD BOX
    DIRECTED BY: SUSANNE BIER


    I did not see the film; between the premise, the reviews, and the director there is really no need to. However, it has led to the most unfunny memes in a long time, and the sooner it is gone the better. For every good move Netflix makes in helping to distribute films that might have a hard time getting a wide theatrical release, they release five of these sort of films that used to be called straight-to-video.


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    5. THE MEG
    DIRECTED BY: JON TURTELTAUB


    While DEEP BLUE SEA 2 was a similarly disappointing shark film, here we see an example of the encroaching impact of international financing and the ways in which it dilutes what should otherwise be a mindless ninety minutes. The Chinese money means a more diverse cast, which is something to celebrate, but it also leads to Chinese censorship, a killer shark movie where the camera cuts away before anything is actually seen. Worse, we have to endure a twenty minute commercial for a Chinese beach destination, serving little of the plot but providing an avenue to attract tourist dollars to the region. American films are obviously guilty of this, but I never wanted to swim in Amity Island after JAWS.


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    4. JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM
    DIRECTED BY: J.A. BAYONA


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    How long are they going to drag this out for? The original film is a cautionary tale about science run amok, a tradition that includes FRANKENSTEIN and many other works. While JURASSIC WORLD was offensive enough, here we have to watch again and again as they stretch an already ludicrous premise until the rubber band breaks. Hammond has another partner no one ever mentioned! They are cloning humans! A few dozen dinosaurs are going to take over the Earth! The island that they spent billions of dollars building on is an active volcano! Will we go to our deathbeds with these same dinosaurs still running around?


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    3. 15:17 TO PARIS
    DIRECTED BY: CLINT EASTWOOD


    Generally, people talk too much about acting and actors. Outside of a few legends, most actors are attractive people who can play a type or two with a lot of practice and a good director. Seemingly every year people need to act shocked that someone from dumb comedies can act or that someone with an Oscar appears in a film that people dismiss, but here is an exception. Amateur acting is not always this laughable, but combined with a director famous for trying to shoot as fast as possible, the line delivery rarely rises above pornography. The event itself is pretty thin to create a feature-length film from, but with noted thespians like Tom Hanks something like SULLY can succeed. Here, it feels like something that would have been thrown out or dumped if it did not have Eastwood's name attached.


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    2. THE GREEN BOOK
    DIRECTED BY: PETER FARRELLY


    Your grandmother's favorite movie about how bad racism is. It has all the hallmarks: it takes place during segregation, which modern audiences will easily root against rather than making them think about contemporary racism, it is mostly about the white character, and the white character ends up being surprisingly tolerant after a few minor moments of hesitation. While Shirley does get the big applause moment of refusing to play at the concert when they won't let him eat there, it is mostly about Viggo Mortensen's caricature of a New York Italian-American who is the hero in a narrative about racism in the pre-Civil Rights South. It should win all the Oscars.


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    1. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
    DIRECTED BY: LARS VON TRIER


    Like ANTICHRIST, it is just another attempt at seeing how much his audience will put up with. We have to watch the serial killer strangle a woman twice, because once would not be sadistic enough. We have to watch him shoot children, make the mother try to feed her dead child, and then give the frozen carcass of a child a Joker smile. We have to watch him mutilate a woman, cutting off her breasts to make a wallet (it is always women with Lars von Trier). It is never provocative, it is just rubbing an audience's face in it.
     
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  17. jkauf

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    After reading that, not even sure I want to watch House that Jack Built.
     
  18. Cameron

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    Yeah wow. I thought Antichrist was hard to watch...
     
  19. Zilla

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    1. Eighth Grade
    2. Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
    3. Paddington 2
    4. Annihilation
    5. Minding The Gap
    6. The Favourite
    7. Mission: Impossible - Fallout
    8. The Incredibles 2
    9. Won't You Be My Neighbor?
    10. If Beale Street Could Talk
     
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  20. iCarly Rae Jepsen

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    I'm never going to see a Lars Von Trier movie because he harassed Bjork and made Nicole Kidman cry
     
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  21. Serh

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    My basic ass list. Vaguely in order:

    1. Annihilation
    2. Roma
    3. If Beale Street Could Talk
    4. The Tale
    5. Blindspotting
    6. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    7. Mission: Impossible - Fallout
    8. Widows
    9. First Reformed
    10. Black Panther

    Honorables: Eighth Grade, Won't You Be My Neighbor, Searching, The Favourite, Incredibles 2, The Old Man & The Gun, First Man, The Hate U Give, Sorry To Bother You, A Quiet Place

    Worst Movies:

    1. Welcome To Marwen
    2. I Feel Pretty
    3. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
    4. The Predator
    5. Red Sparrow
    6. The Happytime Murders
    7. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald
    8. The Front Runner
    9. A Wrinkle In Time
    10. Most Likely to Murder

    Most Disappointing Movies

    1. Vice
    2. Beautiful Boy
    3. The Sisters Brothers
    4. A Wrinkle In Time
    5. Avengers: Infinity War

    Biggest Surprises

    1. Blindspotting
    2. Love, Simon
    3. A Simple Favor
    4. The Old Man & The Gun
    5. Searching

    Best TV Shows

    1. Atlanta: Robbin' Season
     
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  22. secretsociety92

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    Made my top ten of the year for what it's worth...
     
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  23. Morrissey Jan 1, 2019
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    Every year, there is a scramble to see everything before the end of the year. Unless you live in New York or Los Angeles, you simply are unable to see the independent and foreign films that are given limited releases. This year, BURNING, HAPPY AS LAZZARO, SHOPLIFTERS, and MONROVIA, INDIANA highlight the biggest omissions. However, there is still plenty to celebrate this year.


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    10. SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
    DIRECTED BY: BOOTS RILEY


    Anyone who has spent time listening to Hillary Clinton voters before and after the 2016 election have likely come across their idea that race relations and capitalism are not intrinsically tied; that we can have a system that picks winners and losers while also expecting it to treat different racial groups equally. Riley sees the reality of a system that treats everyone as a commodity and targets the agents of change in order to subjugate them and use them against the people they were meant to help. While the ending tries to offer a definitive ending to the particular exploitation that is revealed halfway through the film, the larger message is that it will not change incrementally because the people in charge have anticipated movements for centuries and will find ways to use it; remember this when people erase Martin Luther King's socialism in order to use his image and message to enforce compliance.


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    9. THE DEATH OF STALIN
    DIRECTED BY: ARMANDO IANNUCCI


    Government is always absurd; regardless of how they take that power, the men and women in charge are ultimately never up to the task. The death of the elder Bush and the the fawning coverage this year showed the cult of personality that the media subjects us to. The death of Josef Stalin is much more high-strung for many reasons, but the same mindless dedication to tradition and order remains. While the United States has a more formal system of elections and succession, the constant White House leaks and anonymous sources shows the level of petty squabbles and how it endangers and threatens the well-being of the people forced to live under their rule.


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    8. I AM NOT A WITCH
    DIRECTED BY: RUNGANO NYONI


    While we are able to initially see the quirks and problems of Zambian government and law (we know there is no such thing as a witch),the film goes on to show the ways in which people will try to exploit and profit from the unique by targeting the true believers, who are acting in good faith. It really is not that different than quack doctors targeting the emotional pain of parents of children with autism by blaming it on vaccines, or convincing people in Idaho that the real threat is immigrants from South America. There is always another grift to be had.


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    7. BLACKKKLANSMAN
    DIRECTED BY: SPIKE LEE


    Spike Lee does not pull punches connecting the Ku Klux Klan and its offspring to the rise of the far-right and Donald Trump. Too often filmmakers want to get the credit of being socially aware by making films about race, but setting their films completely in the past, when all but the most virulent racists will nod their head in approval. While the film is a period piece, Lee is very careful in showing the ways in which the coded language of the past has been repurposed and reused to this day. It is also a hip film, something impressive for Lee as most filmmakers his age would have long given up trying to keep up with modern style.


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    6. GOLDEN EXITS
    DIRECTED BY: ALEX ROSS PERRY


    The downside of youth and beauty; people want to treat you like a precious item and you want to manipulate that attention, while also desiring a level of respect that that same youth holds back. Naomi does nothing to cause such frustration and emotional turmoil to the people around her, but at the same time she does not risk losing her feminine edge.


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    5. WESTERN
    DIRECTED BY: VALESKA GRISEBACH


    Communicating honestly with another human being is hard enough without a language barrier.


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    4. FIRST REFORMED
    DIRECTED BY: PAUL SCHRADER


    The film raises an interesting question: why do so few major religious leaders talk earnestly and passionately about our environmental degradation? After all, if you believe this is God's Kingdom and that you are the Lord's messenger, how can you sit idly by and watch the oceans rise? The priest's crisis of consciousness puts him in a time that has long gone by, as the megachurch that barely tolerates him grows increasingly impatient as his sudden focus on the environment threatens the true goal of the church and the cause of our problems: profit.


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    3. ROMA
    DIRECTED BY: ALFONSO CUARON


    Being a servant is a life of daily minor cuts; any time you start to think you are part of the family or that these people think of you as a human being, there will be something done to remind you of your place. However, as modern psychiatry and the growing problem of prescription medication abuse shows us, people can only bury their problems for so long. It exists in the waitress, the flight attendant, the janitor, and the cashier, all fighting daily to deal with the indignities around them.


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    2. LET THE SUNSHINE IN
    DIRECTED BY: CLAIRE DENIS


    A good man is hard to find in this town.


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    1. ZAMA
    DIRECTED BY: LUCRECIA MARTEL


    Everyone is always making plans for the future; no one wants to account for the natural aging process or the natural twists and turns of life that will derail all of that careful planning. Stuck in middle management and away from his family, Diego de Zama is desperate to move on, but as he finds time and time again, the world is not going to give him what he wants. He spends his entire life waiting for something that will never come, all the while missing the opportunities in front of him and the ability to make his own path. Like Hamlet, Zama is tragic because he does not have enough force of will to guide his own narrative.

    Next year we have many interesting films to look forward to, such as:

    M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN RUINING A GOOD THING
    LEGO MOVIE 2
    HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 4
    ANOTHER TYLER PERRY MOVIE
    ANOTHER FIVE SUPERHERO MOVIES
    A "LIVE ACTION" LION KING
    ANOTHER TIM BURTON CASH-IN
    ANOTHER SUPERHERO MASHUP MOVIE
    A BUNCH OF REMAKES
    JOHN WICK 5
    ALADDIN BUT LESS RACIST
    GODZILLA 47
    SHAFT AGAIN
    ANOTHER CHUCKY MOVIE
    MEN IN BLACK 4
    48 METERS DOWN
    TOY STORY 4
    FAST AND FURIOUS 9
    YET ANOTHER ANABELLE MOVIE
    AN ACTUAL DORA THE EXPLORER MOVIE
    ANGRY BIRDS 2
    IT: A SEQUEL TO A REMAKE
    A REMAKE OF A REMAKE OF A TV SHOW CALLED ADDAMS FAMILY
    ANOTHER CHARLIE'S ANGELS REBOOT
    TERMINATOR 60
    JUMANJI 3: MILK IT TO DEATH
    SOMEHOW A MOVIE VERSION OF ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?
    SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: CAN'T BE WORSE THAN THE GAMES
    ANOTHER JUVENILE KINGSMAN FILM
    STAR WARS 15: RACE TO THE BOTTOM


    It will be as fun as usual.
     
  24. Serh

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    Yeah I can't wait for new John Wick
     
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  25. username

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    2018 premieres:

    1. An Elephant Sitting Still (Hu Bo)
    2. Hotel By The River (Hong Sang-soo)
    3. The House That Jack Built (Lars von Trier)
    4. If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)
    5. Transit (Christian Petzold)
    6. Grass (Hong Sang-soo)
    7. Happy as Lazzaro (Alice Rohrwacher)
    8. Burning (Lee Chang-dong)
    9. The 15:17 to Paris (Clint Eastwood)
    10. High Life (Claire Denis)
    11. Genèse (Philippe Lesage)
    12. Asako I & II (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi)
    13. Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Bi Gan)
    14. A Land Imagined (Yeo Siew Hua)
    15. Ash Is Purest White (Jia Zhangke)
    16. The Mule (Clint Eastwood)
    17. A Star is Born (Bradley Cooper)
    18. Too late to die young (Dominga Sotomayor)
    19. CoinCoin and the Extra Humans (Bruno Dumont)
    20. Knife + Heart (Yann Gonzalez)

    North American theatrical releases:

    1. The Day After (Hong Sang-soo)
    2. Milla (Valérie Massadian)
    3. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (Bruno Dumont)
    4. The House that Jack Built (Lars von Trier)
    5. If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)
    6. Transit (Christian Petzold)
    7. Let the Sunshine In (Claire Denis)
    8. Maison du Bonheur (Sofia Bohdanowicz)
    9. Happy as Lazzaro (Alice Rohrwacher)
    10. Lover for a Day (Philippe Garrel)
    11. Burning (Lee Chang-dong)
    12. Caniba (Véréna Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor)
    13. Fail to Appear (Antoine Bourges)
    14. The 15:17 to Paris (Clint Eastwood)
    15. The Mule (Clint Eastwood)
    16. First Reformed (Paul Schrader)
    17. Western (Valeska Grisebach)
    18. The Wild Boys (Bertrand Mandico)
    19. Claire’s Camera (Hong Sang-soo)
    20. A Star is Born (Bradley Cooper)

    Favourite new discoveries:

    1. God’s Comedy (João César Monteiro, 1995)
    2. I Can No Longer Hear The Guitar (Philippe Garrel, 1991)
    3. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (David Lynch, 1992)
    4. Ganja & Hess (Bill Gunn, 1973)
    5. As Bodas de Deus (João César Monteiro, 1999)
    6. Recollections of the Yellow House (João César Monteiro, 1989)
    7. Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz, 1945)
    8. The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)
    9. Personal Problems (Bill Gunn, 1980)
    10. Speed Racer (Lana & Lilly Wachowski, 2008)
    11. Night Wind (Philippe Garrel, 1999)
    12. The Mystery of Picasso (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1956)
    13. Frontier of the Dawn (Philippe Garrel, 2008)
    14. The Quince Tree Sun (Victor Erice, 1992)
    15. The Letter (Manoel de Oliveira, 1999)
    16. Wild Innocence (Philippe Garrel, 2001)
    17. The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque (Éric Rohmer, 1993)
    18. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Steven Spielberg, 2008)
    19. The Last Dive (João César Monteiro, 1992)
    20. I Walked With A Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, 1943)