Favourites from 2018
Favourite films, specials and new shows (etc.) throughout the year.
Shout-outs:
Birds of Passage, Widows, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Hannah Gadsby: Nanette, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Springsteen on Broadway, Avengers: Infinity War, Bandersnatch, Queer Eye s1-2, Revenge, Anna and the Apocalypse, Castle Rock, Strange Angel, Hearts Beat Loud...
Still need to check out:
Rossz versek, The Sisters Brothers, If Beale Street Could Talk, Minding the Gap, Napszállta, Bad Times at the El Royale, Upgrade, Altered Carbon, Sorry to Bother You, Swing Kids, Leave No Trace, The Romanoffs, Les filles du soleil, Knife + Heart, Wildlife, American Animals, Kidding, Shoplifters, A.P. Bio, Maniac...
Shout-outs:
Birds of Passage, Widows, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Hannah Gadsby: Nanette, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Springsteen on Broadway, Avengers: Infinity War, Bandersnatch, Queer Eye s1-2, Revenge, Anna and the Apocalypse, Castle Rock, Strange Angel, Hearts Beat Loud...
Still need to check out:
Rossz versek, The Sisters Brothers, If Beale Street Could Talk, Minding the Gap, Napszállta, Bad Times at the El Royale, Upgrade, Altered Carbon, Sorry to Bother You, Swing Kids, Leave No Trace, The Romanoffs, Les filles du soleil, Knife + Heart, Wildlife, American Animals, Kidding, Shoplifters, A.P. Bio, Maniac...
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- DirectorJudd ApatowStarsGarry ShandlingJudd ApatowKevin NealonJudd Apatow presents an emotional two-part in-depth look at the life, career and complex internal struggles of his loving mentor, the influential stand-up comedian and actor Garry Shandling, based on Shandling's personal diaries.
- DirectorPawel PawlikowskiStarsJoanna KuligTomasz KotBorys SzycIn the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France.How can you fit sooo much heart into one film?
- DirectorDavid BarnardStarsNick CaveWarren EllisThomas WydlerMovie capturing 2017 show in Copenhagen previously screened in theaters for one night only.
- DirectorMorgan NevilleStarsFred RogersMargaret WhitmerTom JunodAn exploration of the life, lessons, and legacy of iconic children's television host Fred Rogers.Moved me to tears. This film couldn't have come out at a better time.
- CreatorJoe PeraStarsJoe PeraJo FirestoneConner O'MalleyJoe, beloved choir teacher, discusses topics of interest. First up, iron!I genuinely wish Joe Pera, Jo Firestone and Connor O'Malley all the success in the world.
- DirectorShin'ichirô UedaStarsTakayuki HamatsuYuzuki AkiyamaHarumi ShuhamaThings go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies.
- DirectorZsófia SzilágyiStarsZsófia SzamosiLeó FürediAmbrus BarczaA day in the life of a mother, caught in the relentlessness of daily life, between her work, her home and her children.One Day hit me on a very personal level.
- DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsRyan GoslingClaire FoyJason ClarkeA look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.Seeing First Man in the theatres was truly special. It's a film for that little kid inside still dreaming of becoming an astronaut.
- DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsChloë Grace MoretzTilda SwintonDoris HickA darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
- CreatorAlec BergBill HaderStarsBill HaderStephen RootSarah GoldbergA hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.Barry has layers, man. I don't know how, but Bill Hader & friends made the simplistic and sorta worn out premise of a hitman struggling to retire into something truly special.
- DirectorPanos CosmatosStarsNicolas CageAndrea RiseboroughLinus RoacheThe enchanted lives of a couple in a secluded forest are brutally shattered by a nightmarish hippie cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling a man into a spiraling, surreal rampage of vengeance.Mandy utilizes the power of cinema to the fullest extent. I felt transported to another world the moment I heard the King Crimson song. Mandy's made with immense talent, style and passion and I can't ask anything more from a film. To me it's flawless.
- DirectorLee Chang-dongStarsYoo Ah-inSteven YeunJeon Jong-seoJong-su bumps into a girl who used to live in the same neighborhood, who asks him to look after her cat while she's on a trip to Africa. When back, she introduces Ben, a mysterious guy she met there, who confesses his secret hobby.
- DirectorJimmy ChinElizabeth Chai VasarhelyiStarsAlex HonnoldTommy CaldwellJimmy ChinAlex Honnold faces the biggest challenge of his career, climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. He pursues it Free Solo, which means climbing without a rope and alone.
- DirectorRemi LacosteDaniel ChayerWilson MuiStarsCamilla LuddingtonEarl BaylonCarlos LealAs Lara Croft races to save the world from a Mayan apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.I'd say the peak of the trilogy. It's more focused, more immersive and, simply put, feels the closest to living an actual Raiders-like adventure out of these games.
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsEthan HawkeAmanda SeyfriedCedric The EntertainerA minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.Basically a remake of Winter Light, but instead of Bergman's restraint, Schrader goes for the punch (Taxi Driver style).
- DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsTim Blake NelsonWillie WatsonClancy BrownSix tales of life and violence in the Old West, following a singing gunslinger, a bank robber, a traveling impresario, an elderly prospector, a wagon train, and a perverse pair of bounty hunters.The Coens never cease to amaze!
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsRobert PattinsonJuliette BinocheAndré 3000A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsYalitza AparicioMarina de TaviraDiego Cortina AutreyA year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
- DirectorBo BurnhamStarsElsie FisherJosh HamiltonEmily RobinsonAn introverted teenage girl tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth grade year before leaving to start high school.
- DirectorCory FinleyStarsOlivia CookeAnya Taylor-JoyAnton YelchinTwo upper-class teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of growing apart. Together, they hatch a plan to solve both of their problems-no matter what the cost.A masterfully executed piece of black comedy.
- DirectorJustin BensonAaron MoorheadStarsAaron MoorheadJustin BensonCallie HernandezAs kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.
- DirectorChloé ZhaoStarsBrady JandreauMooneyTim JandreauAfter suffering a near fatal head injury, a young cowboy undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.The Rider has a real beating heart. It's filled to the brim with emotions in its raw performances and tender care in its beautiful direction.
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsSofia BoutellaRomain GuillermicSouheila YacoubFrench dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. The all-night celebration morphs into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD.
- DirectorDavid Robert MitchellStarsAndrew GarfieldRiley KeoughTopher GraceSam, a disenchanted young man, finds a mysterious woman swimming in his apartment's pool one night. The next morning, she disappears. Sam sets off across LA to find her, and along the way he uncovers a conspiracy far more bizarre.
- DirectorJean-Stéphane SauvaireStarsJoe ColeVithaya PansringarmCherry MikoThe true story of an English boxer incarcerated in one of Thailand's most notorious prisons as he fights in Muay Thai tournaments to earn his freedom.