1. Sunset, trans. ‘Napszállta’ (dir. László Nemes, 2018)
Roots of nightmares, perfectly embodied.
2. Burning, trans. ‘버닝’ (dir. Lee Chang-dong, 2018)
Hunger and masculinity in dazzling South-Korean masterpiece.
3. High Life (dir. Claire Denis, 2018)
Terrifying cosmic disturbances.
4. Eighth Grade (dir. Bo Burnham, 2018)
One of the best coming-of-age films of late.
5. Border, trans. ‘Gräns’ (dir. Ali Abbasi)
Eco-magic pastoral.
6. If Beale Street Could Talk (dir. Barry Jenkins, 2018)
7. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese, (dir. Martin Scorsese, 2019)
8. The Sisters Brothers (dir. Jacques Audiard, 2018)
9. Island of the Hungry Ghosts (dir. Gabrielle Brady, 2018)
10. Destroyer (dir. Karyn Kusama, 2018)
11. The Endless Film, trans. ‘La Pelicula Infinita’ (dir. Leandro Listorti, 2018)
12. Madeline’s Madeline (dir. Josephine Decker, 2018)
Worst of the year, so far:
1. Under the Silver Lake (dir. David Robert Mitchell, 2018)
Uncompromisingly dreadful. Mitchell serves up a 130–minute comic spree of jumbled, criss-crossed events that loosely connect to a mysterious disappearance (is it even relevant by the end?) Unlike It Follows – an otherwise mature, original standard of horror – UTSL is an incompetent, portentous and lazy tome that can at no point buoy itself up. It’s a shame the waters were never that deep to start with.
2. All is True (dir. Kenneth Branagh, 2018)
Dull, stupid and Branagh-driven drivel.
3. Dumbo (dir. Tim Burton, 2019)
Over-budgeted remake, with no magic.
4. Fyre (dir. Chris Smith, 2019)
CNN-stylised, bland filmmaking about rich people that no one cares about.
5. Jellyfish (dir. James Gardner, 2018)
Seaside poverty indulgence.
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