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Essential Films of 2018
Favorites
A Star is Born
Avengers: Infinity War
BlacKkKlansman
Black Panther
The Favourite
Incredibles 2
Juliet, Naked
Unsane
Honorable mention
A Simple Favor
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Hereditary (I do not recommend to 99% of my family or friends)
The Lie (chilling, slow burn thriller about a family after a horrific…accident?)
Prospect (sci fi Duplass, Pedro Pascal)
Roma
Tully
All ages
Incredibles 2
Mary Poppins Returns
Guilty pleasures
Bird Box
Holiday
coming soon
Want to see
A Bread Factory Part One: For the Sake of Gold
A Bread Factory Part Two: Walk With Me a While
The Breaker Upperers
Burning (South Korean mystery)
Cold War
Crazy Rich Asians
Gavagai
Hearts Beat Loud (record store owner Nick Offerman)
Phantom Thread
The Quake (Norwegian follow-up to The Wave)
The Rider
Sorry to Bother You
They Shall Not Grow Old (Peter Jackson colorized WWII documentary)
Vice
Wilding
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (Fred Rogers documentary)
Disappointing
Ready Player One
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Television of note
Sharp Objects (HBO)
ESSENTIAL MUSIC OF 2018
Albums
Chvrches - Love Is Dead
First Aid Kit - Ruins
James - Living In Extraordinary Times
The Joy Formidable - Aaarth
Manic Street Preachers - Resistance is Futile
Mumford & Sons - Delta
Phosphorescent - C’est La Vie
Andrew W.K. - You’re Not Alone
Xavier Rudd - Storm Boy
The Vaccines - Combat Sports
Honorable mention
Against All Logic - 2012/2017
Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You
Cat Power - Wanderer
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow
Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Embrace - Love is a Basic Need
Eleanor Friedberger - Rebound
George Ezra - Staying at Tamara's
Judas Priest - FIREPOWER
Loretta Lynn - Wouldn’t It Be Great
MGMT - Little Dark Age
Moby - Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt
Muse - Simulation Theory
St. Lucia - Hyperion
St. Paul & The Broken Bones - Young Sick Camellia
Yukon Blonde - Critical Hit
The greatest songs of 2018
Every Time I Hear That Song - Brandi Carlile
Fireworks by First Aid Kit
Flame Thrower - Judas Priest
Gather the Hands by Xavier Rudd
Rank & File by Moses Sumney
You’re Not Alone by Andrew W.K.
2018 PLAYLISTS BY MONTH
January
You’re Not Alone - Andrew W.K.
February
Party of One - Brandi Carlile & Sam Smith
March
April
Rank and File - Moses Sumney
May
June
July
August
Flame Thrower - Judas Priest
September
Gather the Hands - Xavier Rudd
October
Fireworks - First Aid Kit
The Mother - Brandi Carlile
November
Every Time I Hear That Song - Brandi Carlile
December
Spiritual
Gather the Hands - Xavier Rudd
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