2018 Films, alphabetically (with grades)
Monday, May 28, 2018 at 7:00AM 102 Films Screened (That Were Released) + 10 festival only films
Title (Director) Grade. Grades represented Nathaniel's take, they do not always correlate with the reviews themselves if another contributor wrote it.
Last Update: 03/20/2019
- 1985 (Yen Tan) B Review
- Angel, El (Luis Ortega) B Podcast
- Alex Strangelove (Craig Johnson) C- Qualifying Release / Streaming
- Annihilation (Alex Garland) B Review
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (Peyton Reed) B Capsule
- Aquaman (James Wan) C Review
- Avengers: Infinity War (Russo Brothers) C+ Review
- Beautiful Boy (Felix van Groeningen) D+ Podcast
- Ben is Back (Peter Hedges) B- Review, Podcast
- Bird Box (Susanne Bier) C- Review
- BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee) B+² Review
- Black Panther (Ryan Coogler) B+ Podcast
- Blame (Quinn Shephard) B Review
- Bleach (Shinsuke Sato) C+ Review Streaming only
- Bohemian Rhapsody (Bryan Singer) C- Review, Worst of Year
- Book Club (Bill Holderman) C+ Review
- Border (Ali Abbas) B+ Review, Podcast
- Boy Erased (Joel Edgerton) B Review
- Burning (Lee Chang-dong) B+ Review, Podcast
- Cakemaker, The (Ofir Raul Graizer) B Interview
- Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller) B+ Chris's Review
- Capernaum (Nadine Labaki) B+ Podcast
- Children Act, The (Richard Eyre) C+ Capsule
- Cold War (Pawel Pawlikowski) B+ Jason's Review
- Colette (Wash Westmoreland) C Capsule
- Crazy Rich Asians (Jon M Chu) B Review
- Darkest Minds, The (Jennifer Yuh Nelson) D+ Worst of Year
- Deadpool 2 (David Leitch) D+ Worst of Year
- Destroyer (Karyn Kusama) B+ Review, Podcast
- Disobedience (Sebastian Lelio) B+ Review
- Dumplin' (Anne Fletcher) C+ Qualifying Release / Streaming
- Early Man (Nick Park) B- Review
- Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham) A-² Capsule, Tweets, Screenplay
- Endless, The (Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead) C- Review
- Favourite, The (Yorgos Lanthimos) A- Review, Podcast
- First Man (Damien Chazelle) B+ Capsule
- First Reformed (Paul Schrader) B+ Review, Best Actor
- Front Runner, The (Jason Reitman) C+ Review, Podcast
- Girl (Lukas Dhont) C+ Streaming only
- Good Manners (Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas) C+
- Green Book (Peter Farrelly) C+ Review, Podcast, PGA Win
- Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (Jon Olb, Madeleine Parry) B+ Review Streaming only
- Happytime Murders, The (Brian Henson) C- Capsule
- Hate U Give, The (George Tillman Jr) B Review, Podcast
- Hereditary (Ari Aster) B+ Review, Screenplay
- How to Talk to Girls at Parties (John Cameron Mitchell) B-
- I Feel Pretty (Abby Kohn & Marc Silverstein) B
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) B-² Capsule
- Incredibles 2 (Brad Bird) B Capsule
- Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson) B+ Appropriation or Homage, A Japanese viewpoint, Berlinale,
- The Kindgergarten Teacher (Sara Colengalo) B Capsule
- Kings (Denis Gamze Erguven) D Review, Worst of Year
- Leave No Trace (Debra Granik) B
- Life of the Party (Ben Falcone) C+
- Love Simon (Greg Berlanti) B² Review, Screenplay
- Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again (Ol Parker) B- Review
- Mary Poppins Returns (Rob Marshall) B+²
- Mary Queen of Scots (Josie Rourke) C Review
- Mary Shelley (Haifaa al-Mansour) C+ Review, 2nd Opinion, Interview
- Miseducation of Cameron Post, The (Desiree Akhavan) B Interview
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie) B Review
- Mrs Hyde (Serge Bozon) C+ Review
- Museo (Alonso Ruiz Palacios) B+ Review
- Oceans 8 (Gary Ross) B- Capsule
- Old Man and the Gun (David Lowery) B- Chris's Review
- On the Basis of Sex (Mimi Leder) C Podcast
- Pacific Rim: Uprising (Steven S DeKnight) C Capsule
- Paddington 2 (Paul King) B+
- A Quiet Place (John Krasinski) B+ Review, 2nd Opinion, Screenplay
- Racer and the Jailbird (Michael R Roskam) C+ Review
- Ralph Breaks the Internet (Phil Johnston & Rich Moore) C+
- Ready Player One (Steven Spielberg) C- Review, Worst of Year
- Rider, The (Chloe Zhao) B John's Review
- Roma (Alfonso Cuaron) A-² Review
- Ruben Brandt Collector (Milorad Krstic) B Review Qualifying Run
- Saturday Church (Damon Cardasis) B
- Shoplifters (Hirokazu Koreeda) A- Podcast
- Sierra Burgess is a Loser(Ian Samuels) C- Streaming only
- A Simple Favor (Paul Feig) B+/A-² Capsule
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (Ron Howard) B Review
- Sorry to Bother You (Boots Riley) B+ Chris's Review
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Ramsey, Persichetti Jr., & Rothman) B+ Tim's Review
- Support the Girls (Andrew Bujalski) B+
- Suspiria (Luca Guadagnino) C+ Podcast
- A Star is Born (Bradley Cooper) A-² Review
- Stan & Ollie (Jon S Baird) B/B+ Review
- Three Identical Strangers (Tim Wardle) B Glenn's Review
- Tito and the Birds (Bitar, Catoto, Steinberg) C+ Tim's Review Qualifying Run
- To All the Boys I've Loved Before (Susan Johnson) C+ Streaming only
- Tomb Raider (Roar Uthaug) D+ Worst of Year
- Tully (Jason Reitman) A- Review, Screenplay
- Under the Tree (Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson) C+
- Unsane (Steven Soderbergh) C- Capsule
- We the Animals (Jeremiah Zagar) B+² Review
- Western (Valeska Grisebach) A-/B+ Review
- What They Had (Elizabeth Chomko) B
- Where is Kyra? (Andrew Domanascenu) B Review
- Wldows (Steve McQueen) B+² Review, Second Look
- Wife, The (Bjorn Runge) B Review
- Wildlife (Paul Dano) A- Review
- Wrinkle in Time, A (Ava DuVernay) C+ Review
- Zama (Lucretia Martel) C Review, 2nd "A" opinion
10 additional films screened but not released in 2018
(and no solid news in 2019 either). No streaming or theatrical showings other than festivals
- Discreet (Travis Mathews) F -No US Distributor Yet Worst of Year
- Duelles (Olivier Masset-Depasse) B- -No US Distributor Yet Capsule
- Fig Tree (Alamork Davidian) B -No US Distributor Yet Capsule
- Howard (Don Hahn) B - Documentary Long List but Not Released
- Marriage, The (Blerta Zeqiri) B+ Foreign Film Submission
- Miss Arizona (Autumn McAlpin) C+ No US Distributor Yet
- Quietud, La (Pablo Trapero) C No US Distributor Yet Review
- River, The (Emir Baigazin) B+ Capsule
- Saint Bernard Syndicate, The (Mads Brügger) C- Distributor: Uncork'd TBA Worst of Year
- That Time of Year (Paprika Steen) C+ No US Distributor Yet Review
Reviewed by Team Member (Nathaniel Hasn't Seen)
Italics = Still awaiting theatrical release
15:17 to Paris (Clint Eastwood) Eric's Review
Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex, Fashion, Disco (James Crump) Glenn's Review
Bad Reputation (Kevin Kerslake) Glenn's Review
Bisbee 17 (Robert Greene) Glenn's Review
Blue My mind (Lisa Brühlmann) Jason's Review
Bulbul Can Sing (Rima Das) Chris's Review
Breaking In (James McTeigue) Chris's Review
Chappaquiddick (John Curran) Jason's Review
China Hustle, The (Jeff Rothstein) Glenn's Review
Christopher Robin (Marc Forster) Chris's Review
Cloverfield Paradox, The (Julius Onah) Spencer's Review Streaming only
Dark, The (Justin P Lange) Jason's Review
Dark Money (Kimberly Reed) Glenn's Review
Death of Stalin (Armando Iannucci) Chris's Review
Devil and Father Amorth, The (William Friedkin) Glenn's Review
Double Lover (François Ozon) Murtada's Interview, Production Design
Duck Butter (Miguel Arteta) Murtada's Review
Family Tour, A (Ying Liang) Murtada's Review
Fifty Shades Freed (James Foley) Chris's Review
Filmworker (Tony Zierra) Glenn's Review
Game Night (John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein) Chris's Review
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (Sophie Fiennes) Glenn's Review
Halloween (David Gordon Green) Chris's Review
Hearts Beat Loud (Brett Haley) Soundtracking
Hot to Trot (Gail Freedman) Glenn's Review
I Am Evidence (Trish Adlesic & Geeta Gandbhir) Glenn's Review
Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy (Justin Kelly) Chris's Review
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom (J A Bayona) Chris's Review
King, The (Eugene Jarecki) Glenn's Review
Lean on Pete (Andrew Haigh) Eric's Review
Leaning Into the Wind (Thomas Riedelsheimer) Glenn's Review
Let the Sunshine In (Claire Denis) Murtada's Review
Little Stranger, The (Lenny Abrahamson) Chris's Review
Lodgers, The (Brian O'Malley) Chris's Review
Love, Cecil (Lisa Immordino Vreeland) Glenn's Review
Matangi/Maya/MIA (Steven Loveridge) Glenn's Review
McQueen (Ian Bonhôte & Peter Ettedgui) Glenn's Review
Meg, The (Jon Turteltaub) Chris's Review
Mercury 13 (David Sington and Heather Walsh) Glenn's Review
Monrovia Indiana (Frederick Wiseman) Glenn's Review
The Night Eats the World (Dominique Rocher) Jason's Review
Nutcracker and the Four Realms, The (Hallström & Johnston) Chris's Review
O.G. (Madeleine Sackler) Murtada's Review
Obey (Jamie Jones) Jason's Review
Permission (Brian Crano) Jason's Review
Price of Everything, The (Nathaniel Kahn) Glenn's Review
Private Life (Tamara Jenkins) Chris's Review -Qualifying / Streaming
RBG (Julie Cohen and Betsy West) Glenn's Review
Rachel Papers, The (Laura Brownson) Glenn's Review
Ray & Liz (Richard Billingham) Murtada's Review
Red Sparrow (Francis Lawrence) Eric's Review
Ryuichi Sakamota: Coda (Stephen Nomura Schible) Glenn's Review
Seagull, The (Michael Mayer) Jason's Review
Searching (Aneesh Chaganty) Lynn's Review
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (Stefano Sollima) Chris's Review
Scotty & the Secret History of Hollywood (Matt Tyrnauer) Glenn's Review
Suzanne Bartsch On Top (Anthony Caronna & Alexander Smith) Glenn's Review
Tale, The (Jennifer Fox) Spencer's Review streaming only
Thoroughbreds (Cory Finley) Spencer's Review, Screenplay
Whitney (Kevin McDonald) Glenn's Review
You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay) Seán's Review
Yours in Sisterhood (Irene Lusztig) Glenn's Review
