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First-time views only: 1.) Belfast, Maine (Frederick Wiseman, 1999) 2.) Daybreak Express (D.A. Pennebaker, 1953) 3.) 45365 (Bill & Turner Ross, 2010) 4.) First Cousin Once Removed (Alan Berliner, 2012) 5.) Made of Air (Paul Clipson, 2015) 6.) Finally Got the News (Stewart Bird, Rene Lichtman, &a...

Despite the presence of two of the year’s worst, Annihilation and Blindspotting, and two of the most overrated, The Rider and Won’t You Be My Neighbor, that’s a very respectable list. I’m quite impressed that he’s seen Burning, Shoplifters, and Minding the Gap. Of the 126 2018 films I’ve seen, these...

Let the Fire Burn (Osder) Manakamana (Spray & Velez) Under the Skin (Glazer) Her (Jonze) At Berkeley (Wiseman) Gravity (Cuaron) Before Midnight (Linklater) Stray Dogs (Ming-liang) 12 Years a Slave (McQueen) Ida (Pawlikowski) The Dance of Reality (Jodorowsky) Hard to Be a God (German) Upstream Co...