John Waters is the only first list, year in and year out, to me. Nonetheless ...
http://time.com/5454739/best-movies-2018/
STEPHANIE ZACHAREK01. Roma02. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?03. First Reformed04. Eighth Grade05. The Favourite06. Can You Ever Forgive Me?07. A Star Is Born08. If Beale Street Could Talk09. Bohemian Rhapsody (!)10. Paddington 2
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:13 (five years ago) link
Truth be told, though, I don't know of any particular Phantom Thread or Silence proposition waiting in the wings this year. (Vice for sure ain't it.)
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:15 (five years ago) link
Alan Sepinwall tweeted that due to print deadlines, not only had he had to do his Best of 2018 list already, he had already seen a new tv show that deserved to be on that list.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:48 (five years ago) link
LOL
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:53 (five years ago) link
i detest this premature shit more every year
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
You detest everything more every year
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
07. A Star Is Born09. Bohemian Rhapsody10. Paddington 2
waht
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:03 (five years ago) link
P2 is a defensible choice and it'll show up on more lists
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:03 (five years ago) link
And Bohemian Rhapsody is a runaway hit and I'm sure she's getting heat from her editor.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:04 (five years ago) link
Paddington 2 is from 2017 in my book, but if it came out somewhere in 2018, it's definitely among the best of that year.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:19 (five years ago) link
Yeah, it's pretty securely on my list at this point, and pre-judging what's yet to come.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link
i'm certainly running away from BR
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
Can You Ever Forgive Me? was good and its place in the bottom half of a top 10 is appropriate in a relatively mediocre year
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I'm not much in love with movies this year tbqh.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link
Feeling very 2006 to me, only this time there isn't a David Lynch to pull me out of it at the last minute. (Though there is a Cuaron.)
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:24 (five years ago) link
Damn, and 2006 was the year of sandbox, and there isn't much of a detrius thread to relive it: end-of-2006 film stuff (detrius 2, the Richard Donner Cut)
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:26 (five years ago) link
the Cuaron doesn't look like it's gonna get here until 2019 (just like Inland Empire in 2007)
otherwise i'm most excited for The Favourite and If Beale Street Could Talk
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
Infinite Football towers over anything else released this year, imo. But I'm guessing An Elephant Sitting Still will win most polls.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
I hope everyone gets to see Transit before the year's out.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
I have, but looks like 2019 for the US.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
I'm guessing An Elephant Sitting Still will win most polls.
You're admirably odd.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
wrong adverb
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
lol. I do want to see it
a lot of the films that got talked about at Cannes and Venice this year looked interesting to me: 3 Faces, Asako I & II, Ash Is Purest White, Border, Burning, Cold War, Capernaum, Donbass, The Favourite, Girl, Lazarro Felice, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, The Image Book, Manta Ray, Roma, Shoplifters, The Sisters Brothers, Suspiria, The Wild Pear Tree. I haven’t seen any of them yet, probably won't until 2019
― Dan S, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link
I rolled up every shirt sleeve I own as I prepare to fight the "Roma fucking sucks, you lemmings" fight this season.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
To clarify, I'm not saying 2018's slate of movies is bad (or 2006's, in retrospect). Just saying I'm in a hibernation cycle.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
Ash Is Purest White rules, at least. Burning has been slightly overrated.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
xxp I don't even have a bete noir this year :(
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
(A Star is Born is far too slight for me to count.)
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:57 (five years ago) link
knowing the year is backloaded and i simply missed a lot of stuff, this is a pretty good shortlist of US releases for me
First Reformed8 Hours Don't Make a DayLet the Sunshine InClaire's CameraMonrovia, IndianaThe Death of StalinThe Guardians
Ash also 2019 in US.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
Burning hasn't been overrated, it's that no one except Reverse Shot has written well about it.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
That said Yeun is amazing in it and I hope he's properly recognized
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
As of right now ...
24 FramesFirst ReformedZamaLet the Sunshine InPaddington 2
I'm sure the Wiseman will sneak into the upper ranks. My screener of Burning looks like ass, so don't expect I'll see it til next year. The Death of Stalin was grim and unfunny.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
The only things left this year I'm really interested in are the Cuaron, Coens, and Bodied, which has a surprising multi-week engagement at TIFF's venue rn
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
Zama would probably top my list this year but I caught it at TIFF '17
all 3 principals in Burning seemed like concepts, not characters, tho i found much to like in it.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
did Western get US release this year? will certainly be high on my list. still have reservations about Asako i & ii, but none have stuck with me more; looking forward to hearing people thoughts.
― devvvine, Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
It did, and it was an oversight by me not to mention it!
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
If i was still voting in a critics' group, I would give some consideration to Gary Graver's cinematography for the Welles film.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:15 (five years ago) link
Wait, which one did you vote in before?
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:16 (five years ago) link
If you're talking about the same one I'm still in, it's like impossible to get kicked out of it.
I quit. It seemed honorable as I was no longer writing.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
you mean the OFCS? I quit for the same reason as Morbs but the reply-all squabbling ended up making it satisfying to do so
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:20 (five years ago) link
Claire's CameraAvaZamaWinter BrothersFirst ReformedYou Were Never Really HereLet the Sunshine InThe GuardiansSupport the GirlsMuseo
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:21 (five years ago) link
whoops -- I meant Sorry to Bother You
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
me : YWNRH :: Soto : Roma
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
actually looking over my list I really loved all of these:
1. Let the Sunshine In2. 24 Frames3. You Were Never Really Here4. First Reformed5. Wobble Palace
if the next few months don't disappoint, might not be as dire a year as I thought
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link
I've liked or loved most of the Kiarostamis I've seen, but I confess 24 Frames flew right over my head. don't understand the appeal at all
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:39 (five years ago) link
the bear film was US 2018, because Weinsteins: when Harvey finally went under investigation, Bob scrambled to sell it elsewhere so it wouldn't go down with the ship
― Bing The Mighty Seat (sic), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
Put me in a trance. I also realize on a different day, it could've put me to sleep. xp
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:48 (five years ago) link
Not a bad thing sometimes, as I learned from Hou and Tsai.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:56 (five years ago) link