Wiithout any further rambling on my part, my favorite films of 2018, from Mandy to The Rider to Annihilation.
All tagged Movies for Grownups
Movie Review: “Good Time,” with Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Taliah Webster, and Barkhad Abdi
In Good Time, there is only one way to read Connie’s Queens quest: that it’s his unchecked white privilege that causes him to literally hurt every person of color he comes across in the film.
Movie Review: “Ingrid Goes West,” with Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Wyatt Russell, and Billy Magnussen
It’s easier than ever now to manufacture your own identity—and Ingrid Goes West understands how essential destruction is to creation.
Movie Review: “A Ghost Story,” with Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara
The lofty emotional ambitions of A Ghost Story are ultimately impossibly pretentious and frustratingly unclear. And yes, the off-screen crap of alleged sexual harasser Casey Affleckcasts a shadow over the film.
Movie Review: “Landline,” with Jenny Slate, Abby Quinn, John Turturro, Edie Falco, Jay Duplass, and Finn Wittrock
Landline never really clicks together, relying so often on ‘90s-themed backward-gazing that its family drama fails to set itself apart.
Movie Review: “The Book of Henry,” with Jaeden Lieberher, Naomi Watts, Jacob Tremblay, and Dean Norris
The Book of Henry will have its defenders, and I am not one of them. This movie is one confused “What the fuck?” sequence after another.
Movie Review: “Black Butterfly,” with Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Rhys Meyers lean into the intimate premise of Black Butterfly and ratchet up the tension and anxiety quite well; this is an ideal VOD offering that relies more on twisty plotting and layered dialogue than bombast.