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Film Journal (2018)

Here are all the films I’ve seen in 2018, including the date of viewing and rating (out of 5 stars).
See my Movie Rating System to understand the star (★★★★★) ratings. 
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  • Normal: Viewed on DVD, Blu-Ray, or Streaming
  • Bold: Viewed in theaters
  • Italics: Previously viewed
  1. Hostiles (2017): 1/2, ★★★½
  2. Molly’s Game (2017): 1/3, ★★★
  3. World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts (2018): 1/4, ★★★★★
  4. The Work (2017): 1/4, ★★★★
  5. Victoria & Abdul (2017): 1/5, ★★
  6. Paprika (2006): 1/6, ★★★½
  7. Twin Peaks: The Return (2017): 1/9, ★★★★★
  8. Colossal (2017): 1/10, ★★½
  9. Pather Panchali (1955): 1/11, ★★★★★
  10. Midnight Run (1988): 1/13, ★★★★½
  11. Coco (2018): 1/14, ★★★½
  12. Power Rangers (2017): 1/14, ★★½
  13. Ingrid Goes West (2017): 1/15, ★★
  14. Seven Psychopaths (2012): 1/17, ★
  15. Martyrs (2008): 1/19, ?????
  16. The Red Turtle (2016): 1/19, ★★★★
  17. Hacksaw Ridge (2016): 1/21, ★½
  18. The Big Sick (2017): 1/22, ★★★
  19. Strong Island (2017): 1/23, ★★★½
  20. A Separation (2011): 1/24, ★★★★★
  21. The Fits (2016): 1/26, ★★★★★
  22. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949): 1/27, ★★★
  23. The World’s End (2013): 1/28, ★★★½
  24. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015): 1/30, ★★★★★
  25. Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963): 1/31, ★★★★
  26. Fantastic Four (2015): 2/1, ★½
  27. Phantom Thread (2018): 2/2, ★★★★½
  28. Magnolia (1999): 2/4, ★★★★★
  29. The Cloverfield Paradox (2018): 2/5, ★½
  30. Weiner (2016): 2/9, ★★★
  31. The Lego Movie (2014): 2/10 ★★★★½
  32. Graduate First (1978): 2/11, ★★★½
  33. Wild at Heart (1990): 2/15, ★★★½
  34. My Happy Family (2017): 2/16, ★★★★
  35. Blue Collar (1978): 2/17, ★★★★½
  36. Naked Childhood (1968): 2/18, ★★★½
  37. Red Beard (1965): 2/19, ★★★★½
  38. Six Shooter (2004): 2/19, ★
  39. Mute (2018): 2/24, ★
  40. Black Panther (2018): 2/25, ★★★★
  41. Heaven Can Wait (1943): 2/28, ★★★
  42. What Dreams May Come (1998): 3/1, ★½
  43. No Country for Old Men (2007): 3/1, ★★★★★
  44. Moonlight (2016): 3/2, ★★★★½
  45. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964): 3/3, ★★★★½
  46. On Body and Soul (2017): 3/4, ★★★
  47. Elle (2016): 3/9, ★★★½
  48. Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991): 3/10, ★★½
  49. Lady Bird (2018): 3/11, ★★★★★
  50. Annihilation (2o18): 3/13, ★★★½
  51. A Matter of Life and Death (1946): 3/14, ★★★★
  52. Deadpool (2016): 3/15, ★½
  53. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983): 3/18, ★★½
  54. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): 3/20, ★★★★
  55. Summer with Monika (1953): 3/21, ★★★★
  56. A Wrinkle in Time (2018): 3/24, ★★
  57. Mary Magdalene (2018): 3/27, ★★★★
  58. Ratcatcher (1999): 3/28, ★★★★
  59. The Florida Project (2017): 3/29, ★★★★★
  60. Spotlight (2015): 3/30, ★★★★½
  61. Singin’ In the Rain (1952): 3/31, ★★★★★
  62. Isle of Dogs (2018): 3/31, ★★★
  63. Ishtar (1987): 3/31, ★★★★½
  64. Umberto D. (1952): 4/2, ★★★★
  65. Morvern Callar (2002): 4/4, ★★★½
  66. Three (2016): 4/6, ★★
  67. A Quiet Place (2018): 4/7, ★★★★
  68. Heaven Can Wait (1978): 4/12, ★★★
  69. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941): 4/15, ★★★
  70. The Unknown Girl (2016): 4/17, ★★★★½
  71. After Life (1998): 4/19, ★★★★½
  72. Defending Your Life (1991): 4/23, ★★
  73. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014): 4/24, ★★★
  74. Captain America: Civil War (2016): 4/25, ★★½
  75. Come Sunday (2018): 4/26, ★★★½
  76. This Is the End (2013): 4/28, ★★½
  77. Avengers: Infinity War (2018): 4/29, ★★½
  78. The Witch (2016): 4/30, ★★★★½
  79. Murder on the Orient Express (2017): 5/2, ★★★
  80. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012): 5/2, ★★★★½
  81. The Death of Stalin (2018): 5/2, ★★★½
  82. It Comes at Night (2017): 5/3, ★★½
  83. The Rider (2018): 5/4, ★★★★½
  84. You Were Never Really Here (2018): 5/5, ★★★★
  85. Tully (2018): 5/6, ★★★
  86. The Greatest Showman (2017): 5/7, ★★
  87. The Disaster Artist (2017): 5/7, ★★½
  88. ManHunt (2018): 5/8, ★★½
  89. Wild Wild Country (2018): 5/12, ★★★½
  90. Ida (2013): 5/16, ★★★★½
  91. Day of Wrath (1943): 5/17, ★★★½
  92. Lady Bird (2018): 5/18, ★★★★★
  93. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928): 5/20, ★★★★★
  94. Take Shelter (2011): 5/20, ★★★★★
  95. The Kid (1921): 5/21, ★★★★½
  96. Monsieur Verdoux (1947): 5/24, ★★★★
  97. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017): 5/24, ★★½
  98. Our Hospitality (1923): 5/25, ★★★★½
  99. Sherlock, Jr. (1924): 5/25, ★★★★★
  100. The Lost City of Z (2016): 5/26, ★★★★½
  101. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018): 5/27, ★★★
  102. My Neighbor Totoro (1988): 5/28, ★★★★★
  103. Claire’s Knee (1970): 5/29, ★★★★
  104. City Lights (1931): 5/31, ★★★★★
  105. Body Double (1984): 6/2, ★★
  106. My Childhood (1972): 6/4, ★★★½
  107. Love in the Afternoon (1972): 6/5, ★★★★
  108. Bull Durham (1988): 6/6, ★★★
  109. When Harry Met Sally… (1989): 6/9, ★★★★½
  110. Ghostbusters (2016): 6/10, ★★
  111. Annihilation (2018): 6/11, ★★★½
  112. Le Havre (2011): 6/12, ★★★★½
  113. The Green Ray (1986): 6/13, ★★★
  114. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974): 6/14, ★★★★
  115. The Burning Hell (1974): 6/20, ★
  116. Black Panther (2018): 6/21, ★★★★
  117. Life of Brian (1979): 6/23, ★★★½
  118. Code Unknown (2000): 6/24, ★★★
  119. Warcraft (2016): 6/25, ★½
  120. Panique au Senat (2018): 7/2, ★★½
  121. The Thing (1982): 7/3, ★★★★½
  122. Playtime (1967): 7/8, ★★★★★
  123. Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015): 7/8, ★★½
  124. 22 Jump Street (2014): 7/9, ★★½
  125. Ocean’s 11 (2001): 7/12, ★★★½
  126. Wild (2014): 7/14, ★★★★
  127. Ocean’s 12 (2004): 7/15, ★★★½
  128. Ocean’s 13 (2007): 7/16, ★★½
  129. The Losers (2010): 7/18, ★½
  130. Ant-Man and The Wasp (2018): 7/19, ★★★½
  131. Life for Life: Maximillian Kolbe (1991): 7/19, ★★½
  132. Spider-Man (2002): 7/20, ★★★★
  133. Spider-Man 2 (2004): 7/21, ★★★★½
  134. Spider-Man 3 (2007): 7/22, ★★½
  135. The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018): 7/23, ★★
  136. Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014): 7/23, ★
  137. Midnight in Paris (2011): 7/24, ★★★★½
  138. Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010): 7/25, ★★★
  139. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018): 7/26, ★★★★
  140. Videodrome (1983): 7/26, ★★★½
  141. Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018): 7/29, ★★★½
  142. The Fast and the Furious (2001): 7/30, ★★½
  143. First Reformed (2018): 7/31, ★★★★★
  144. Paddington 2 (2017): 8/1, ★★★★½
  145. 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003): 8/2, ★½
  146. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006): 8/3, ★★½
  147. Fast & Furious (2009): 8/4, ★★
  148. Fast Five (2011): 8/5, ★★★
  149. Fast & Furious 6 (2013): 8/6, ★½
  150. A Tale of Winter (1992): 8/7, ★★★
  151. Good Time (2017): 8/8, ★★★★
  152. Pontypool (2008): 8/9, ★★★
  153. The Canyons (2013): 8/12, ★
  154. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013): 8/14, ★★★
  155. Chi-Raq (2015): 8/15, ★★★
  156. Rosetta (1999): 8/16, ★★★★★
  157. Dirty Dancing (1987): 8/18, ★★★
  158. Dunkirk (2017): 8/19, ★★★★★
  159. Raining Stones (1993): 8/20, ★★★½
  160. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018): 8/21, ★★★½
  161. Vagabond (1985): 8/22, ★★★½
  162. The King of Comedy (1982): 8/26, ★★★★★
  163. Woman in the Dunes (1964): 8/28, ★★★★★
  164. Lean on Pete (2018): 8/29, ★★★½
  165. Riff-Raff (1991): 8/30, ★★★
  166. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016): 9/1, ★★★½
  167. Moonstruck (1987): 9/2, ★★½
  168. Il court, Il court, Le monde (1987): 9/3, ★★½
  169. Predator (1987): 9/3, ★★★★
  170. Wonder Woman (2017): 9/4, ★★★★
  171. Pour que la guerre s’acheve, les murs devaient s’ecrouter (1980): 9/6, ★★★
  172. Bad Moms (2016): 9/6, ★★
  173. Sita Sings the Blues (2008): 9/8, ★★★★
  174. The Tree of Life (2011): 9/9, ★★★★★
  175. The Wrestler (2008): 9/11, ★★★★
  176. La Cartographe (2018): 9/12, ★★★★
  177. When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time (1979): 9/13, ★★★
  178. Calibre (2018): 9/13, ★★★
  179. The Predator (2018): 9/14, ★½
  180. Adult Beginners (2014): 9/15, ★★★
  181. The Man Without a Past (2002): 9/16, ★★★½
  182. R… ne repond plus (1981): 9/18, ★★
  183. Le Havre (2011): 9/18, ★★★★½
  184. The Other Side of Hope (2017): 9/19, ★★★★
  185. The Heretic (2018): 9/22, ★
  186. You Were Never Really Here (2018): 9/23, ★★★★
  187. Accattone (1961): 9/25, ★★½
  188. Crazy Rich Asians (2018): 9/25, ★★★½
  189. The Commuter (2018): 9/29, ★★★
  190. There Was a Father (1942): 9/30, ★★★
  191. A Separation (2011): 10/1, ★★★★★
  192. Battleship Potemkin (1925): 10/2, ★★★★
  193. Mamma Roma (1962): 10/3, ★★★★
  194. A Star Is Born (2018): 10/3, ★★★★
  195. Suspiria (1977): 10/7, ★★★½
  196. Beau Travail (1999): 10/7, ★★★★½
  197. Luke & Jo (2018): 10/8, ★★★
  198. Step Brothers (2008): 10/9, ★★
  199. The Devils (1971): 10/11, ★★★★½
  200. Deep Red (1975): 10/13, ★★½
  201. Eraserhead (1977): 10/17, ★★★★½
  202. Leçons d’une université volante (1982): 10/17, ★★½
  203. Maniac (2018): 10/17, ★★★½
  204. Early Man (2018): 10/18, ★★
  205. First Man (2018): 10/19, ★★★★
  206. Apostle (2018): 10/20, ★★★
  207. Winter Light (1963): 10/21, ★★★★
  208. Good Morning (1959): 10/23, ★★★★★
  209. Hold the Dark (2018): 10/24, ★★
  210. The Shining (1980): 10/25, ★★★★★
  211. Science Fair (2018): 10/27, ★★★
  212. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010): 10/28, ★★★★½
  213. The Innocents (1961): 10/28, ★★★★
  214. Hardcore Henry (2015): 10/28, ★★½
  215. Stray Dog (1949): 10/31, ★★★
  216. Inner Workings (2016): 10/31, ★★★
  217. First Reformed (2018): 11/1, ★★★★★
  218. Colette (2018): 11/2, ★★½
  219. Outlaw King (2018): 11/3, ★★★
  220. Leave No Trace (2018): 11/4, ★★★★★
  221. Regarde Jonathan/Jean Louvet, son oeuvre (1983): 11/5, ★★★
  222. Monrovia, Indiana (2018): 11/6, ★★★★½
  223. What They Had (2018): 11/8, ★★★½
  224. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018): 11/10, ★★★★
  225. Paths of Glory (1957): 11/11, ★★★★★
  226. Black Panther (2018): 11/12, ★★★★½
  227. Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot (2018): 11/13, ★★★
  228. Madeline’s Madeline (2018): 11/16, ★★★★½
  229. Widows (2018): 11/16, ★★★½
  230. Trails of Hope and Terror (2018): 11/16, ★★★
  231. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017): 11/17, ★★★★
  232. Destination Wedding (2018): 11/18, ★★½
  233. Gotti (2018): 11/20, ½
  234. Wonderstruck (2017): 11/21, ★★★★
  235. The Breadwinner (2017): 11/21, ★★★★
  236. Support the Girls (2018): 11/24, ★★★★
  237. Free Solo (2018): 11/24, ★★½
  238. Eighth Grade (2018): 11/25, ★★★★★
  239. Searching (2018): 11/26, ★★★½
  240. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018): 11/27, ★★★★
  241. Chosen: Custody of the Eyes (2018): 11/29, ★★★½
  242. Let the Corpses Tan (2018): 11/30, ★★★
  243. Summer 1993 (2018): 12/2, ★★★★½
  244. The Guilty (2018): 12/2, ★★★½
  245. The Last Race (2018): 12/2, ★★★
  246. Prometheus (2012): 12/4, ★★½
  247. Tangerine (2015): 12/4, ★★★★
  248. BlacKkKlansman (2018): 12/5, ★★★
  249. Burning (2018): 12/6, ★★★½
  250. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2003): 12/7, ★★★
  251. Dumplin’ (2018): 12/7, ★★½
  252. The Night of the Hunter (1955): 12/9, ★★★★★
  253. The Hate U Give (2018): 12/11, ★★★
  254. Shirkers (2018): 12/12, ★★★
  255. Shoplifters (2018): 12/13, ★★★★½
  256. Roma (2018): 12/14, ★★★★★
  257. Aquaman (2018): 12/14, ★★★
  258. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018): 12/15, ★★★★★
  259. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018): 12/16, ★★
  260. Boy Erased (2018): 12/18, ★★★½
  261. If Beale Street Could Talk (2018): 12/19, ★★★½
  262. Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018): 12/20, ★★★½
  263. Elf (2003): 12/21, ★★★
  264. Love Actually (2003): 12/22, ★
  265. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018): 12/23, ★★★★★
  266. Vice (2018): 12/24, ★½
  267. White Christmas (1954): 12/24, ★★★
  268. Three Identical Strangers (2018): 12/24, ★★★½
  269. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946): 12/25, ★★★★★
  270.  Zama (2018): 12/26, ★★★
  271. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (2018): 12/27, ★★★½
  272. Private Life (2018): 12/27, ★★★★
  273. Ben Is Back (2018): 12/28, ★★★½
  274. Cold War (2018): 12/29, ★★★
  275. Suspiria (2018): 12/30, ★★
  276. Phantom Thread (2017): 12/31, ★★★★★

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