2018: World Premieres 2018: U.S. Releases 2018: Cannes Festival 2018: Chicago Festival 2018: Reeling Festival 2018: Toronto Festival 2018: The Fifties Looking Back Moving Ahead Browse Films by Title / Year / Reviews Home / Blog / E-Mail The Movies of 2018: World Premieres  By Title // By Grade // By Screening Date // By VOR Rating Full Listing of Films Screened March 2020 Burden Dir. Andrew Heckler. Garrett Hedlund, Andrea Riseborough, Forest Whitaker B February 2020 The Aspern Papers Dir. Julien Landais. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Joely Richardson D January 2020 América Dirs. Erick Stoll, Chase Whiteside. Documentary about elderly caretaking B+ November 2019 5B Dir. Paul Haggis, Dan Krauss. Documentary about first AIDS hospital ward B+ In My Room Dir. Ulrich Köhler. Hans Löw, Elena Radonicich, Michael Wittenborn B+ Rojo Dir. Benjamin Naishtat. Darío Grandinetti, Alfredo Castro, Diego Cremonesi B+ Asako I & II Dir. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. Erika Karata, Masahiro Higashide, Sairi Itô B The Chambermaid Dir. Lila Avilés. Gabriela Cartol, Teresa Sánchez B An Elephant Sitting Still Dir. Hu Bo. Peng Yuchang, Zhang Yu, Wang Yuwen B+ Styx Dir. Wolfgang Fischer. Susanne Wolff, Gedion Oduor Wekesa, Alexander Beyer B+ Black Mother Dir. Khalid Allah. Documentary about contemporary Jamaica A Peterloo Dir. Mike Leigh. David Moorst, Neil Bell, Rory Kinnear, Philip Jackson A– Too Late to Die Young Dir. Dominga Sotomayor. Demian Hernández, Antar Machado B+ The Third Wife Dir. Ash Mayfair. Nguyễn Phương Trà My, Mai Thu Hường B+ The Wind Dir. Emma Tammi. Caitlin Gerard, Ashley Zukerman, Julia Goldani Telles C– The Nightingale Dir. Jennifer Kent. Aisling Franciosi, Baykali Ganambarr, Sam Claflin B– The Burial of Kojo Dir. Blitz Bazawule. Cynthia Dankwa, Joseph Otsiman B The Gospel of Eureka Dirs. Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher. Documentary B+ American Woman Dir. Jake Scott. Sienna Miller, Aidan McGraw, Aidan Fiske B October 2019 Dachra Dir. Abdelhamid Bouchnak. Yassmine Dimassi, Aziz Jbali, Bilel Slatnia C– August 2019 Maiden Dir. Alex Holmes. Documentary about all-female crew sailing around the world B The Rib Dir. Zhang Wei. Yuan Weijie, Huang Jingyi, Gao Deng, Meng Hao, Shang Ze B July 2019 Ray & Liz Dir. Richard Billingham. Patrick Romer, Ella Smith, Justin Salinger A– Holiday Dir. Isabella Eklöf. Victoria Carmen Sonne, Lai Yde, Thijs Römer, Yuval Segal B– June 2019 The Raft Dir. Marcus Lindeen. Documentary about maritime anthropology experiment B– Wild Rose Dir. Tom Harper. Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters, Sophie Okonedo C Mug Dir. Małgorzata Szumowska. Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Małgorzata Gorol C+ Under the Silver Lake Dir. David Robert Mitchell. Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough D+ Non-Fiction Dir. Olivier Assayas. Guillaume Canet, Vincent Macaigne C The Biggest Little Farm Dir. Don Chester. Documentary about a California farm B May 2019 The White Crow Dir. Ralph Fiennes. Oleg Ivenko, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Ralph Fiennes C+ April 2019 Little Woods Dir. Nia DaCosta. Tessa Thompson, Lily James, James Badge Dale C Diane Dir. Kent Jones. Mary Kay Place, Jake Lacy, Andrea Martin, Deirdre O'Connell A– Her Smell Dir. Alex Ross Perry. Elisabeth Moss, Agyness Deyn, Gayle Rankin C+ Hotel by the River Dir. Hong Sang-soo. Ki Joo-bong, Kwon Hae-hyo, Yoo Joon-sang C– Amazing Grace Dirs. Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack. Record of Aretha Franklin in concert B– Knife + Heart Dir. Yann Gonzalez. Vanessa Paradis, Kate Moran, Jonathan Genet D+ Sunset Dir. László Nemes. Juli Jakab, Vlad Ivanov, Levenete Molnár, Julia Jakubowska B– March 2019 Woman at War Dir. Benedikt Erlingsson. Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson A– February 2019 Never Look Away Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Tom Schilling, Paula Beer D– 22 July Dir. Paul Greengrass. Jonas Strand Gravli, Anders Danielsen Lie, Jon Øigarden B A Bread Factory Dir. Patrick Wang. Tyne Daly, Elisabeth Henry-Macari, Zachary Sayle B Mandy Dir. Panos Cosmatos. Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache B Nancy Dir. Christina Choe. Andrea Riseborough, J. Smith-Cameron, Steve Buscemi C+ The Sisters Brothers Dir. Jacques Audiard. Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, Riz Ahmed B December 2018 We the Animals Dir. Jeremiah Zagar. Evan Rosado, Isaiah Kristian, Josiah Gabriel B Private Life Dir. Tamara Jenkins. Kathryn Hayn, Paul Giamatti, Kayli Carter A– Shirkers Dir. Sandi Tan. Documentary about the up-and-down fate of an amateur film B+ The Kindergarten Teacher Dir. Sara Colangelo. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Parker Sevak B Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Dirs. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, et al. Grade: B Bird Box Dir. Susanne Bier. Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, John Malkovich C– Vice Dir. Adam McKay. Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell B Mary Poppins Returns Dir. Rob Marshall. Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda C+ The Mule Dir. Clint Eastwood. Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Michael Peña D+ Mary Queen of Scots Dir. Josie Hughes. Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, James McArdle D+ Bisbee '17 Dir. Robert Greene. Documentary about restaging historical violence A Ben Is Back Dir. Peter Hedges. Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Kathryn Newton B– Support the Girls Dir. Andrew Bujalski. Regina Hall, Haley Lu Richardson B– Bel Canto Dir. Paul Weitz. Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta D At Eternity's Gate Dir. Julian Schnabel. Willem Dafoe, Oscar Isaac, Emmanuelle Seigner D+ The Front Runner Dir. Jason Reitman. Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, Chris Coy B– Green Book Dir. Peter Farrelly. Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini D+ November 2018 Minding the Gap Dir. Bing Liu. Documentary about young men in Rockford, Illinois B The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Dirs. Joen and Ethan Coen. Tim Blake Nelson B– Hale County This Morning, This Evening Dir. RaMell Ross. Documentary B+ A Private War Dir. Matthew Heineman. Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Tom Hollander B– Creed II Dir. Steven Caple, Jr. Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson C+ Museo Dir. Alonso Ruizpalacios. Gael García Bernal, Leonardo Ortizgris, Alfredo Castro B– Bohemian Rhapsody Dir. Bryan Singer. Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy D– Viper Club Dir. Maryam Keshavarz. Susan Sarandon, Julian Morris, Edie Falco B Free Solo Dirs. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin. Documentary about climbing B+ Halloween Dir. David Gordon Green. Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, Judy Greer F Wildlife Dir. Paul Dano. Ed Oxenbould, Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Bill Camp B Nobody's Fool Dir. Tyler Perry. Tika Sumpter, Tiffany Haddish, Omari Hardwick D– Suspiria Dir. Luca Guadagnino. Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Angela Winkler D October 2018 Beautiful Boy Dir. Felix van Groeningen. Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet C+ My Home, in Libya Dir. Martina Melilli. Documentary about a cross-cultural connection B Can You Ever Forgive Me? Dir. Marielle Heller. Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant B+ What They Had Dir. Elizabeth Chomko. Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon B– Sorry Angel Dir. Christophe Honoré. Pierre Deladonchamps, Vincent Lacoste B Hard Paint Dirs. Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon. Shico Menegat, Bruno Fernandes B At War Dir. Stéphane Brizé. Vincent Lindon, Mélanie Rover, Jean Grosset B+ Joy Dir. Sudabeh Mortezai. Anwulika Alphonsus, Mariam Sanusi, Angela Ekeleme A– The Favourite Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz B Shoplifters Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda. Jyo Kairi, Lily Franky, Sakura Andô A– Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland Dirs. Kate Davis, et al. Grade: B– Happy as Lazzaro Dir. Alice Rohrwacher. Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani A– The Hate U Give Dir. George Tillman, Jr. Amandla Stenberg, Russell Hornsby B+ This Changes Everything Dir. Tom Donahue. Documentary about Hollywood sexism B– As I Lay Dying Dir. Mostafa Sayyari. Majid Aghakarimi, Nader Fallah, Elham Korda B [Censored] Dir. Sari Braithwaite. Documentary about Austrlian film censorship D Jumpman Dir. Ivan I. Tverdovskiy. Denis Vlasenko, Anna Slyu, Vilma Kutaviciute B+ Birds of Passage Dirs. Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra. Natalia Reyes, José Acosta B Mario Dir. Marcel Gisler. Max Hubacher, Aaron Altaras, Jessy Moravec, Jürg Plüss C+ Colette Dir. Wash Westmoreland. Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Denise Gough B– Sauvage Dir. Camille Vidal-Naquet. Félix Maritaud, Éric Bernard, Nicolas Dibla B Srbenka Dir. Nebojša Slijepčević. Documentary about controversial Croatian play B Buy Me a Gun Dir. Julio Hernández Cordón. Matilde Hernandez, Rogelio Sosa B First Man Dir. Damien Chazelle. Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke A– The Old Man & the Gun Dir. David Lowery. Robert Redford, Casey Affleck C September 2018 The Happy Prince Dir. Rupert Everett. Rupert Everett, Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas C– Christabel Dir. Alex Levy-Heller. Milla Fernandez, Lorena Castanheira B The Rest I Make Up Dir. Michelle Memran. Documentary about Maria Irène Fornés C+ He Loves Me Dir. Konstantinos Menelaou. Hermes Pittakos, Sanuye Shoteka B Devil's Path Dir. Matthew Montgomery. Stephen Twardokus, JD Scalzo, Steve Callahan D Call Her Ganda Dir. PJ Raval. Documentary about murdered Filipina trans sex worker C– Shakedown Dir. Leilah Weinraub. Documentary collage from black lesbian strip club B Boy Erased Dir. Joel Edgerton. Lucas Hedges, Joel Edgerton, Nicole Kidman B Climax Dir. Gaspar Noé. Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub C+ Burning Dir. Lee Chang-dong. Yoo Ah-in, Jeon Jong-seo, Steven Yeun, Choi Seung-ho B Girl Dir. Lukas Dhont. Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Katelijne Damen D What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? Dir. Roberto Minervini A– Diamantino Dirs. Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt. Carloto Cotta, Cleo Tavares B– Vision Dir. Naomi Kawase. Juliette Binoche, Masatoshi Nagase, Takanori Iwa B The Image Book Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. Images and texts evoking modern chaos A– Manta Ray Dir. Phuttiphong Aroonpheng. Wanlop Rungkumjad, Aphisit Hama B+ Ash Is Purest White Dir. Jia Zhangke. Zhao Tao, Liao Fan, Diao Yinan B+ Cities of Last Things Dir. Ho Wi Ding. Lee Hong-Chi, Jack Kao, Huang Lu B– Our Time Dir. Carlos Reygadas. Carlos Reygadas, Natalia López, Phil Burgers D+ Transit Dir. Christian Petzold. Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese B– ROMA Dir. Alfonso Cuarón. Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Nancy García García A– I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians Dir. Radu Jude B Erased,_Ascent of the Invisible Dir. Ghassan Halwani. Documentary B+ Long Day's Journey into Night Dir. Bi Gan. Huang Jue, Tang Wei, Li Meng B Vox Lux Dir. Brady Corbet. Raffey Cassidy, Natalie Portman, Stacy Martin, Jude Law B+ A Star Is Born Dir. Bradley Cooper. Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott B+ The Wild Pear Tree Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Doğu Demirkol, Murat Cemcir B Maya Dir. Mia Hansen-Løve. Roman Kolinka, Aarshi Banerjee, Alex Descas C Border Dir. Ali Abbasi. Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson B+ Destroyer Dir. Karyn Kusama. Nicole Kidman, Sebastian Stan, Toby Kebbell B EXT. Night Dir. Ahmad Abdalla. Karim Kassem, Mona Hala, Sherief El Desouky B– Donbass Dir. Sergei Loznitsa. Valeriu Andriutã, Natalya Buzko, Evgeny Chistyakov A– Divine Wind Dir. Merzak Allouache. Abdelatif Benahmed, Hacène Benzerari C– High Life Dir. Claire Denis. Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Mia Goth B+ Look at Me Dir. Néjib Belkhadi. Nidhal Saadi, Idryss Kharroubi, Sawseen Maalej C+ Angels Are Made of Light Dir. James Longley. Documentary about Afghanistan B In Fabric Dir. Peter Strickland. Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Jaygann Ayeh C– The Grand Bizarre Dir. Jodie Mack. Experimental collage about global fabrics B– If Beale Street Could Talk Dir. Barry Jenkins. KiKi Layne, Stephan James A Angelo Dir. Markus Schleinzer. Makita Samba, Ryan Nzogang, Kenny Nzogang A– Screwdriver Dir. Bassam Jarbawi. Ziad Bakri, Jameel Khoury, Areen Omari B Widows Dir. Steve McQueen. Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez B 3 Faces Dir. Jafar Panahi. Behnaz Jafari, Jafar Panahi, Marziyeh Rezaei B+ Falls Around Her Dir. Darlene Naponse. Tantoo Cardinal, Gail Maurice, Tina Keeper B Monrovia, Indiana Dir. Frederick Wiseman. Documentary about a small U.S. town B+ Sew the Winter to My Skin Dir. Jahmil K.T. Qubeka. Ezra Mabengeza, Peter Kurth C+ Gloria Bell Dir. Sebastián Lelio. Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Caren Pistorius B Cold War Dir. Paweł Pawlikowski. Tomasz Kot, Joanna Kulig, Borys Szyc B Capernaum Dir. Nadine Labaki. Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw B+ Graves without a Name Dir. Rithy Panh. Documentary about genocide's legacies A– ANIARA Dirs. Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja. Emelie Jonsson, Arvin Kananian B+ Girls of the Sun Dir. Eva Husson. Golshifteh Farahani, Emmanuelle Bercot C+ Rafiki Dir. Wanuri Kahiu. Samantha Mugatsia, Sheila Munyiva, Jimmy Gathu B– Edge of the Knife Dirs. Gwaii Edenshaw, Helen Haig-Brown. Tyler York, William Russ C+ Touch Me Not Dir. Adina Pintilie. Laura Benson, Tómas Lemarquis, Hanna Hofmann B Monsters and Men Dir. Reinaldo Marcus Green. John David Washington B+ August 2018 Madeline's Madeline Dir. Josephine Decker. Helena Howard, Molly Parker B Blockers Dir. Kay Cannon. Leslie Mann, John Cena, Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Newton B Crazy Rich Asians Dir. Jon M. Chu. Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh B– I Feel Pretty Dirs. Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein. Amy Schumer, Michelle Williams B– The Miseducation of Cameron Post Dir. Desiree Akhavan. Chloë Grace Moretz C+ BlacKkKlansman Dir. Spike Lee. John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier B– Mission: Impossible – Fallout Dir. Christopher McQuarrie. Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill C+ Christopher Robin Dir. Marc Forster. Ewan McGregor, voice of Jim Cummings B Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again Dir. Ol Parker. Lily James, Amanda Seyfried C– The Tale Dir. Jennifer Fox. Laura Dern, Isabelle Nélisse, Elizabeth Debicki, Jason Ritter B July 2018 Dark Money Dir. Kimberly Reed. Documentary about corporate involvement in elections B+ Eighth Grade Dir. Bo Burnham. Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Luke Prael, Emily Robinson B+ Sorry to Bother You Dir. Boots Riley. Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson B+ Blindspotting Dir. Carlos López Estrada. Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Javina Gavankar B– Unsane Dir. Steven Soderbergh. Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Amy Irving C– Whitney Dir. Kevin Macdonald. Documentary about Whitney Houston's rise and fall B Three Identical Strangers Dir. Tim Wardle. Documentary about reunited triplets C+ June 2018 Won't You Be My Neighbor? Dir. Morgan Neville. Documentary about Fred Rogers B– Incredibles 2 Dir. Brad Bird. Voices of Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Vowell C Ocean's Eight Dir. Gary Ross. Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway B– Hereditary Dir. Ari Aster. Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne, Milly Shapiro B+ The 15:17 to Paris Dir. Clint Eastwood. Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler D May 2018 The Seagull Dir. Michael Mayer. Annette Bening, Billy Howle, Saoirse Ronan C– RBG Dirs. Julie Cohen, Betsy West. Documentary about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg B– Leave No Trace Dir. Debra Granik. Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Ben Foster B+ Tully Dir. Jason Reitman. Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston A– Fast Color Dir. Julia Hart. Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, Saniyya Sidney B– April 2018 A Quiet Place Dir. John Krasinski. John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds C Ready Player One Dir. Steven Spielberg. Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn B– March 2018 Love, Simon Dir. Greg Berlanti. Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp C+ Isle of Dogs Dir. Wes Anderson. Voices of Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin A– A Wrinkle in Time Dir. Ava DuVernay. Storm Reid, Deric McCabe, Levi Miller C Game Night Dirs. John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein. Jason Bateman B– Red Sparrow Dir. Francis Lawrence. Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Jeremy Irons D Annihilation Dir. Alex Garland. Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Oscar Isaac C+ February 2018 Black Panther Dir. Ryan Coogler. Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Danai Gurira B+ January 2018 Proud Mary Dir. Babak Najafi. Taraji P. Henson, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Billy Brown F