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Friday
Dec282018

President Cinephile?

President Obama (god how we miss him) randomly named his favourite movies of the year today on Instagram. Turns out he's been keeping up with critical recommendations because look at this list which is a nice mix of foreign, docs, indies, Hollywood, and Oscarables!

You can also see his favourite songs of the year on the same post

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Reader Comments (22)

As prefabricated as his presidency.

December 28, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterPeggy Sue

Maaan, I found Annihilation good, but boring and heavy-handed. It lacked the cleverness of Ex Machina to me, I don’t understand the hype.

December 28, 2018 | Unregistered Commenterkris01

Him not writing this list is my favorite conspiracy of 2018.

December 28, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterPaolo

He must be putting off Paddington 2, mistaking it for a kids movie instead of the brilliant movie of the year that it is!

The reason I don't believe the conspiracy about this list is that if some hipster did write it for him, then First Reformed would be on it!

December 28, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterKelly Garrett

He didn't like "Love, Simon"?!?!? He Hates TEH Gays!!! Dunh dunh DUNH!!!

December 28, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterForever1267

Having lived in the Middle East for the past 5 years, I don't miss this asshole at all.

To quote Miss Coco Montrese:
Oh, at all!

December 28, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterCarmen Sandiego

Lol at some of these comments.

There are really no curveballs on that list, it lines up pretty nicely with the consensus critically acclaimed movies of the year. It would have been interesting to see some left-field choice from him.

December 28, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterMDA

MDA -- i mean any list is acclaimed titles is going to line up. but there are several key Oscar hopeful films missing here. No Favourite. No A Star is Born. No Green Book. No Mary Poppins Returns . No First Reformed ... so it's not entirely without personality.

December 28, 2018 | Registered CommenterNATHANIEL R

The Death of Stalin and BLINDSPOTTING! Two best comedies of the year, tho Blindspotting is a little less categorical.

My personal #2.

December 28, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterMe

I don’t mind his list. Clearly he sees movies and enjoys them, which is healthy. I really hope The Rider is a surprise best picture nominee.

December 28, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterJono

I love how I skipped right past The Rider, my #3.

Btw, being honest what is left field nowadays? Vox Lux? With the intenet, Netflix and critics awards the way they are, the definition and context of left field is not what some people think it is. The Death of Stalin stands out. Minus my #1, he has the rest of my top 5, which is cool. Also BlackKklansman (#7), tho it's less small...not that it means anything haha.

Seeing The Favorite and Shoplifting next week, probably Roma tonight.

December 28, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterMe

Wow, he's got incredible taste. Can we get George W. Bush's list? I know a lot of people don't like him during his presidency but I feel bad for the man. He just lost his parents this year.

After all, he's not the worst president of the U.S. It's that fuckface who keeps tweeting bullshit.

December 28, 2018 | Unregistered Commenterthevoid99

I love Annihilation

it's undoubtedly one of the best films of 2018

the humanoid scene is breathtaking, groundbreaking, heart-wrenching

reigniting this conversation reminds me that the films which truly stand out are rarely nominated for Best Picture

Looking back, I'm like "The Kings's Speech"? "The Artist"? Are you fucking kidding me?

December 28, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterYavor

@Yavor

Kings Speech and Artist and indeed the two worst best pic winners in a long time.

December 28, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterTr

I dont vote for anyone anymore unless I know they loved Burning.

December 28, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterMike in Canada

No A Star is Born? I knew he had good taste.

December 28, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterJrock

thevoid99 -- Really comforting to know that in your world tweeting bullshit is way worse than lying us to war.

December 28, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterDove

I miss him... :(

December 28, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterTyler

So sad to see racist trumptards on this site. President Obama was one of the best ever.

The lying war criminal dubya was the worst until that piece of shit trump.

Can't wait to see trump's favorite films;- Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone and that shit documentatry from Dinesh D'Souza would top his list.

December 29, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterBette Streep

This is a great list, and if people doubt he wrote it they obviously haven't read Dreams of My Father. President Obama is our most cultured president in the modern era. (Also, if you are interested in this sort of thing, check out the list of the films Jackie Kennedy watched in the White House. She was a cinephile, too. Fascinating!)

There's also no Widows, which makes me feel smugly satisfied in my belief that the political stuff in the film all rings false.

December 29, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterSuzanne

"President Obama (god how we miss him) "

The President who during his term was the largest number of deportations of Latin Americans (a record) but as he is "charismatic" and had celebrities by his side nobody cares.

December 29, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterHarmodio

Not defending him but is this actually true? I see this line thrown out a lot but I thought his administration counted turning away people at the border as deportations too, which in that case would definitely inflate his numbers.

Anyway, solid list.

December 30, 2018 | Unregistered Commenter@Harmodio
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