still soooo much from this whole year I wanna see

The Sisters Brothers is definitely worth checking out (one of my favs of the year and imo the trailer doesn't do it justice & is kinda misleading)


As for me, I still need to see Mandy . I have a feeling I'd really like it. Oh and Galveston (if that is even considered a 2018 film )

I don't see a lot at the cinemas these days.

Have Mandy on DVD and hope to watch it later this week.

Hoping Roma is still playing next week and I can get to that at the cinema. The Favourite opens after Christmas so will almost definitely be able to catch that on the big screen.

Buster Scruggs, You Were Never Really Here and The House That Jack Built will probably have to wait now.

Just saw The Favourite. It was fantastic.

i saw all the films named in this thread and as you probably know, think all of those were great, especially sisters brothers are really worth checking out. 

but i did miss a few this year as well.  A Private War and the Wife. Both I need to see because both will most likely be oscar nom contenders. the sad part is they were in the cinemas just last week and i prioritized wrong, thinking they will still be here this week. stupid mistake.

Just saw Roma, would make make my Top 3 for the year.

I know what you mean. There are still a lot of movies that I wanted to see from this year as well, including some of the holiday releases and The Favorite.

Roma is definitely worth a watch!

A Private War is "good," in my view, as it focuses on character and creates a poignant mix of human courage and human foibles. And Marie Colvin's summary of what war is really about—and how it should actually be covered in the media—is profound and almost inarguable. The movie is rather engrossing and maintains a legitimate sense of tension, but the score and the editing give the film a fairly conventional feel—A Private War is not as organic as it should be. 

The Wife is "pretty good" in my opinion, meaning that it is above-average yet worse than A Private War. The performances, especially by Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce, give the film its outstanding features and elevate it somewhat. Otherwise, the movie is mediocre, both for its gratuitously pandering shots and editing (reminiscent of last year's terribly overrated Darkest Hour in those senses) and its underdeveloped backstory, which makes for unconvincing and forced present-moment melodrama. In other words, the narrative feels somewhat implausible, and overall, The Wife functions as a less integral or essential version of the superior 45 Years from 2015. 

In short, both A Private War and The Wife are worth seeing, and A Private War is certainly a successful film aesthetically.  But outside of some possible acting nominations, neither should remotely be considered an Oscar contender. 

I've seen the original but it was years ago so I can't really make an honest comparison, but I thought the most recent one was good but could have been better.