Best Movies of the year 2018

1. BlacKkKlansman

Spike Lee returns to form with arguably his best movie since Do the Right Thing. Lee brings his traditionally stylized aesthetic and flair to this genre-spinning comedy that in between the laughs, delivers profoundly dark reality-check of existing race relations in America.

2. The Favorite

Wickedly funny, and wonderfully orchestrated movie that comes alive thanks to its matchless ensemble cast. Coleman, Stone and Weiss are all brilliant and Lanthimos (Director) triumphs with his most accessible film to date. What a blast!

3. First Reformed

The best script pf the year and the best male performance of the year (unfortunately Ethan Hawke didn’t even got nominated). The film is a slashing, austere portrait of spiritual agony, a haunting and meditative movie viewing experience.

4. Roma

While mostly grounded in the ordinary, Cuaron finds grandeur in every conceivable moment, he turns his simple childhood observations into the stuff of big movie spectacle, without preaching or even taking a side on any issue.

5. You were never really here

Disorienting, uncompromising, delirious, surreal; yes, it’s a Lynne Ramsay movie with shattering performance from Joaquin Phoenix. It's spellbinding stuff!

6. The Rider

An honest tale of American life with acting that’s so authentic that you forget you're watching a movie. The Rider celebrates being human without being overly sentimental. A heartbreaking film directed with mesmerizing authenticity (mostly non-professional actors)

7. If Beal Street Could Talk

A textured and complex story about ugliness told with powerful restrained anger, style and elegance. Jenkins (director) portrays institutional racism with measured poise and nobility.

8. Eight Grade

Line of the Year: Who uses Facebook? Eight Grade is a powerful look at the painful absurdities of modern adolescence. An in depth look into the mind of an average girl in an era of social media and smartphones. Miraculously, it never hits a false note.

9. A Star is Born

Although a familiar story with a somewhat prosaic dramatic structure, it is a big-scale cinematic delight, thanks mostly to Bradley Coppers’ assured direction and heart-wrenching performance. And of course, great music.

10. Hereditary

If only horror movies were this good and had an Oscar worthy performance from their lead. Don’t expect jump scares to provoke a reaction, Hereditary breaks all those traditions; an absolute masterpiece in horror cinema.

Oscar Predictions

Best Picture

Who should win: BlacKkKlansman

Who is going to win: Roman

Comment: Close call, but BlacKkKlansman was the best picture of the year

Best Director

Who should win: Alfonso Cuaron

Who is going to win: Alfonso Cuaron

Comment: I don want Spike Lee to get his first Oscar, but Cuaron’s gravitas and motion picture fortitude making this movie deserves the recognition.

Note: Could not see Cold War.

Best Actor

Who should win: BRADLEY COOPER

Who is going to win: RAMI MALEK

Comment: Rami did a great impersonation of Mercury, but that’s it. I found his acting during nonmusical performance scenes bland. Brandley Cooper’s gut-wrenching performance was significantly stronger.

Best Actress

Who should win: GLENN CLOSE

Who is going to win: GLENN CLOSE

Comment: Difficult call between Glenn Close and Olivia Colman, but Close’s restrained but overly complex performance earned her, her first Oscar.

Best Supporting Actor

Who should win: RICHARD E. GRANT

Who is going to win: MAHERSHALA ALI

Comment: I loved MAHERSHALA, he was soo good, (as usual) but I just loved Richard E. Grants performance too much, with his incredibly detailed recreation of that character.

Best Supporting Actress

Who should win: REGINA KING

Who is going to win: REGINA KING

Comment: Regina was the heart and soul of that movie.

Best Original Screenplay

Who should win: FIRST REFORMED

Who is going to win: THE FAVOURITE

Comment: Very close, but First Reformed by a nose.

Best Adapted Screenplay

Who should win: BLACKKKLANSMAN

Who is going to win: BLACKKKLANSMAN

Comment: No question here.