On this episode, Rebecca and Jason sift through the wreckage of 2018’s largely unremarkable crop of theatrical releases, name their (intentionally overlap-free) top five, and pick their one most disappointing.
Rebecca’s Top Five
Blockers (dir: Kay Cannon)
The Death of Stalin (dir: Armando Iannucci)
First Reformed (dir: Paul Schrader)
Support the Girls (dir: Andrew Bujalski)
Widows (dir: Steve McQueen)
Jason’s Top Five
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (dir: Marielle Heller)
Eighth Grade (dir: Bo Burnham)
The Favourite (dir: Yorgos Lanthimos)
The Hate U Give (dir: George Tillman Jr.)
If Beale Street Could Talk (dir: Barry Jenkins)
Honorable Mentions
Black Panther | Double Lover | Game Night | Lean on Pete | Minding the Gap | Private Life | The Rider | Roma | Sorry to Bother You | Tully | Vox Lux | Wildlife
