The "I find myself embracing Hollywood manipulation so readily these days" edition.
Before we dive into the murky riches of 2019's summer slate, the Cultural Capital team, with some help from the MIFF Critics Campus, count down their favourite films of 2018. While in other parts of the world, this is a pretty straightforward affair, due to the vagaries of international releasing strategies, Australian cinephiles blend 2017 awards contenders - released here in January and February, 2018 - with those crammed into the last days of the year. And, much like an extremely well-made summer trifle, it's a delicious mess of vicious contrasts and complimentary additions.
00:45 Bodied
05:24 BPM
09:41 Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
13:14 Burning
17:35 Claire White on Columbus and Skate Kitchen
19:44 Zama
22:33 James Waters on Zama
24:04 Black Panther
26:45 BPM
29:52 Private Life
34:40 The Favourite
38:12 Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse
42:02 Cold War
48:44 Roma
54:47 Eliza Jansson on The Rider
56:48 Ivana Brehas on Burning and Let the Corpses Tan
58:08 Cultural Capital Film Diary
1:02:20 Anders' number 1
1:08:00 Eloise's number 1
1:13:08 Andy's number 1
1:15:27 Films that nearly made our lists
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