Movies 2018 — Third Quarter Report

The man pictured above is a lunatic

The sweaty, sticky, third quarter of 2018 has now passed. The days are getting shorter, and I am reflecting on my summer in film. My film consumption increased by 36%, somehow. Maybe it’s because it was too hot to do anything else? I finished the filmographies of James Cameron and Sofia Coppola, which felt like an accomplishment. This quarter’s stats are below, and my second and first quarter reports are here and here. I am still yet to watch the Maze Runner trilogy. My letterboxd account is here.

STATS:

• 68 movies
  *23 seen in theaters
  *44 movies from the 2010s, 8 from the 2000s, 7 from the 1990s, 5 from the 1980s, 2 from the 1970s, and 2 from the 1950s (Rebel Without a Cause & Some Like It Hot, both homoerotic delights)
  *30 starring women
  *4 for Hawke Cast (Regression, Getaway, Juliet, Naked, & Blaze)
  *16 directed by women (The Virgin Suicides, Leave No Trace, The Tale, Somewhere, Wanda, Rambling Rose, The Spy Who Dumped Me, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Strange Days. Robin: Come Inside My Mind, Smithereens, Summer 1993, The Land of Steady Habits, Yentl, Something’s Gotta Give, Blockers)
  *5 with LGBT leads and storylines (Hearts Beat Loud, Duck Butter, Interview with the Vampire, Brokeback Mountain, Blockers)
  *6 Mission: Impossible films in one month (Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible 2, Mission: Impossible III, Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible — Fallout)
  *2 Dragon Ball Z films (Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods & Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’)
  *Best movies I watched July-September: Tampopo, Leave No Trace, The Tale, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Mission: Impossible — Fallout, Eighth Grade, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Rebel Without a Cause, Blindspotting, Shin Godzilla, Lady Macbeth, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Support the Girls, Brokeback Mountain, Yentl

I was pretty happy overall with the movies I watched this quarter. Moviepass began its slow death in late July, and I will continue to milk it for all its worth until it either implodes or steals my bank account. I made a much better effort to watch films directed by women, and it is really paying off. I can’t wait for the Nancy Meyers miniseries on Blank Check. I see no reason to stop my endeavor now. Plus, all the awards movies are going to be popping up from now until January. I’m most looking forward to Suspiria, The Favourite, and Can You Ever Forgive Me? Also, I’m seeing A Star is Born this Friday sooooo….

That’s all! Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you in January for my full year in review.

My updated year to date list is below:

1. Magnolia
2. Thelma and Louise
3. Dad
4. Bridge of Spies
5. Alive
6. The Post
7. Rosemary’s Baby
8. The Square
9. Paddington
10. Hellraiser
11. Paddington 2
12. Kicking and Screaming
13. The Game
14. Certain Women
15. Proud Mary
16. Phantom Thread
17. Taking Lives
18. Wonderstruck
19. Girls Trip
20. Klute
21. The Blackcoat’s Daughter
22. God’s Own Country
23. Moonstruck
24. Blade Runner 2049
25. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
26. 9 to 5
27. The Squid and the Whale
28. BPM
29. The Cloverfield Paradox
30. Great Expectations (1998)
31. Their Finest
32. Tragedy Girls
33. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
34. Fifty Shades Freed
35. Beyond Skyline
36. Space Detective
37. Do The Right Thing
38. Black Panther
39. Early Man
40. The Ritual
41. The Elephant Man
42. Annihilation
43. Hotel Transylvania 2
44. Despicable Me 3
45. Hard Eight
46. A Fantastic Woman
47. Game Night
48. The Edge of Seventeen
49. Panic Room
50. Bring It On
51. Darkest Hour
52. Cinderella (2015)
53. A Wrinkle in Time
54. Thoroughbreds
55. The Hottest State
56. Kung Fu Panda 3
57. Love, Simon
58. Contagion
59. Personal Shopper
60. Unsane
61. The Ranger
62. Barton Fink
63. The People Under the Stairs
64. Born to Be Blue
65. Tomb Raider
66. Isle of Dogs
67. Krull
68. Happy Death Day
69. Ready Player One
70. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (End of first quarter)
71. My Best Friend’s Wedding
72. The Man Who Wasn’t There
73. Blue Collar
74. The Hudsucker Proxy
75. A Quiet Place
76. Morvern Callar
77. Lean on Pete
78. Lovesong
79. Big Fish & Begonia
80. The Warriors
81. Good Time
82. You Were Never Really Here
83. Neruda
84. Avengers: Infinity War
85. Janelle Monae — Dirty Computer (Emotion Picture)
86. Belle de Jour
87. First Reformed
88. The Ladykillers
89. Mystery Date
90. Tully
91. Intolerable Cruelty
92. Disobedience
93. Deadpool
94. The Rider
95. The Snowman
96. Lu Over the Wall
97. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
98. A Cure for Wellness
99. Double Happiness
100. Solo — A Star Wars Story
101. Clockers
102. Deadpool 2
103. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
104. The Myth of the American Sleepover
105. On Chesil Beach
106. Tomorrowland
107. Chelsea Walls
108. A Midnight Clear
109. Upgrade
110. The Bling Ring
111. Hereditary
112. The Phenom
113. Ocean’s 8
114. Incredibles 2
115. The Apartment
116. Set It Up
117. Desert Hearts
118. American Animals
119. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
120. American Graffiti (End of second quarter)
121. Tampopo
122. The Virgin Suicides
123. The First Purge
124. Leave No Trace
125. Ant-Man and the Wasp
126. Three Identical Strangers
127. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
128. Mission: Impossible
129. The Tale
130. Justice League
131. Hearts Beat Loud
132. Sorry to Bother You
133. Mission: Impossible II
134. Mission: Impossible III
135. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
136. Somewhere
137. Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol
138. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
139. Wanda
140. Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation
141. Mission: Impossible — Fallout
142. Unbreakable
143. Eighth Grade
144. Split
145. Rambling Rose
146. Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
147. Minority Report
148. Bram Stoker’s Dracula
149. Christopher Robin
150. The Spy Who Dumped Me
151. Rebel Without a Cause
152. Duck Butter
153. Cold in July
154. The Meg
155. Slender Man
156. BlacKkKlansman
157. Interview with the Vampire
158. Regression
159. Blindspotting
160. Getaway
161. Crazy Rich Asians
162. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
163. True Lies
164. The Abyss
165. Shin Godzilla
166. Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
167. Lady Macbeth
168. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
169. Support the Girls
170. Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’
171. Molly’s Game
172. Juliet, Naked
173. Strange Days
174. Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
175. Some Like It Hot
176. The Nun
177. Brokeback Mountain
178. Smithereens
179. Summer 1993
180. A Simple Favor
181. The Conjuring 2
182. Blaze
183. The Land of Steady Habits
184. Yentl
185. Halloween II
186. Something’s Gotta Give
187. Hold the Dark
188. Blockers