angelicmobster8 | Entries tagged with movies in 2018

Learning to Drive (2014) Dir. by Isabel Coixet
Australia (2008)
A Wrinle in Time (2018) Dir. by Ava DuVernay
Deidra & Lainey Rob A Train (2017) Dir. by Sydney Freeland
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
Grand Hotel (1932)
Annihilation (2018)
42nd Street (1933)
Footlight Parade (1933)
Dames (1934)
Shirkers (2018) Dir. by Sandi Tan
Loving Vincent (2017) Co-directed by Dorota Kobiela
A Christmas Carol (1997)
Dumplin' (2018) Dir. by Anne Fletcher
Dinner at Eight (1933)
China Seas (1935)
Libeled Lady (1936)
Wife vs Secretary (1936)
My Cousin Rachel (1952)
Unlikely Angel (1996) half way through this, I realized that the daughter was that woman from that cult, very cringey
Household Saints (1993) Dir. by Nancy Savoca
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) meh
Bird Box (2018) Dir. by Susanne Bier
A Long Way Down (2014)
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) meh

I didn't technically complete the 52 Films by Women challenge, because I accidentally counted a movie twice. I did watch a ton of short movies directed by women, so put them all together and count them as a feature length.

Current Mood: okay
Current Location: Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique

Noirvember

1. Cry Danger (1951)

2. The Mob (1951)

3. Strange Illusion (1945) meh

4. Nocturne (1946)

5. Drive a Crooked Road (1954)

6. The Burglar (1957)

7. Phantom Lady (1944)

8. The Upturned Glass (1947)

9. Human Desire (1954) tw: themes of rape and rape myths presented as fact

10. Conflict (1945)

11. Impact (1949)

12. Frank & Lola (2016) tw: themes of rape and toxic relationships. Had mixed feelings about this movie, but good performances from Michael Shannon and Imogen Poots

13. Sudden Fear (1952)

Faves are The Burglar and Sudden Fear

Noirvember-ish

1. Portrait in Black (1960) more on the melodrama side

2. My Name is Julia Ross (1945) more gothic

3. Between Midnight and Dawn (1950) semi-documentary

4. They Live by Night (1948)

5. The Killer is Loose (1956)

6. Freeway (1996) WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I liked it though? TW: themes of rape

7. The Line-Up (1958) semi-documentary, watched it on 2 speed. I only stayed for Eli Wallach

8. The Second Woman (1950) more gothic

9. Eyes in the Night (1942)

10. The Red House (1947) more gothic

Etc

1. *Batteries Not Included (1987)

2. The Inspector General (1949)

3. Champion (1949)

4. Topper (1937)

5. The Green Glove (1952)

6. Nancy Drew: Detective (1938)

7. Topper Returns (1941) would have been cute if it wasn't so racist

Current Mood: okay
Current Music: Roxy Music - If There is Something

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Chopping Mall (1986)
Frankenstein must Be Destroyed (1969) tw: sexual assault
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
House (1986)
The Void (2016) tw: body horror
A Quiet Place (2018)
Demons (1985) tw: body horror
October Kiss (2015), a Hallmark movie, but was kind of cute
The Puppet Masters (1994) kinda bleh
The Seventh Victim (1943)
The Mad Genius (1931)
Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) Maybe only watch for adorable af Paul Rudd
Madhouse (1974)
Evil in the Woods (1986) lol, wtf? Who requested this at the library?
The Whispering Shadow (1933) I don't think it was the whole serial though
The Fly II (1989) tw: body horror
Chandu on Magic Island (1935)
Dragonwick (1946)
Black Dragons (1942) so racist, I mean, more than the others
The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
Invisible Ghost (1941)
One Body Too Many (1944)
Bowery at Midnight (1942)
The Ape Man (1943)
The Old Dark House (1932)
Happy Death Day (2017)

Current Mood: tired

July

Footloose (2011)
The Last Jedi (2017)
The Jungle Book: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
Blackfish (2013) Dir. by Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Dead End (1937)
Parsley Days (2000) Dir. by Andrea Dorfman
Real Genius (1985) Dir. by Martha Coolidge
Grandmothers Gold (2018)
The Blue Butterfly (2004) Dir. by Lea Pool, Canadian

August

Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story (2001) Dir. by Manon Briand
And While We Were Here (2012) Dir. by Kat Coiro
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018) Dir. by Susan Johnson
American Honey (2016) Dir. by Andrea Arnold
Xanadu (1980) lol, was kinda fun though
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Murder of the Orient Express (2017)
My Left Foot (1989)
Battle of the Sexes (2017) Co-Directed by Valerie Faris
Hell or High Water (2016)
Lady Bird (2017) Dir. by Greta Gerwig

September

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017) Dir. by Angela Robinson
Labor Day (2013)
Welcome the Stranger (2018)
Hounddog (2007) Dir. by Deborah Kampmeier. Was not good. TW: rape
To The Bone (2017) Dir. by Marti Noxon. TW: eating disorders
La Dolce Vita (1960)
The Lesser Blessed (2012) Dir. by Anita Doran, Canadian
Celia (1989) Dir. by Ann Turner. If you watch the Youtube upload, the last couple of minutes don't have audio.
Black Panther (2018)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) meh
Nappily Ever After (2018) Dir. by Haifaa al-Mansour
Good Dick (2008) Dir. by Marianna Palka. TW: stalking, allusions to CSA
Tapeheads (1988) Really stupid, but in a fun 80's way

Current Mood: okay
Current Music: Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound

Sexcastle by Kyle Starks (lol, what)
Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh
Giant Days - Vol 1 by John Allison
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (was ok, but I hope there are other stories from Bertha's POV)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (was disappointed)
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Vi by Kim Thuy (Goodreads win)
Meg by Steve Alten *
Mort by Terry Pratchett
Monster by Walter Dean Myers *
Crippen by John Boyne
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr
Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B Cooney
Lost at Sea by Bryan Lee O'Malley
Street Angel by Jim Rugg
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
The Waters and the Wild by Fancesca Lia Block
No One Tells You This by Glynnis MacNicol (Goodreads win)
The Complete Memoirs by Peter Cushing
Not That Bad edited by Roxane Gay **
The Forbidden Game trilogy by LJ Smith
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara **
Our Homesick Songs by Emma Cooper (Goodreads win)
A False Report by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong **
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (made me cry three times)
Those Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin *
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson & Co

* - audiobooks
** - These came into my library holds at around the same week, wtf? Read with caution

Wanted to watch more Canadian and queer films, didn't make it :(
Mon Oncle Antoine (1971) Canadian
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993) Canadian
Thor: Ragnarok (2017) !
The Shape of Water (2017) !
Lucky Them (2013) Dir. by Megan Griffiths. Was good until surprise Johnny Depp
After Tiller (2013) Dir. by Lana Wilson & Martha Shane
Love and Other Catastrophes (1996) Dir. by Emma Kate Croghan

Bookish Podcasts

Teen Creeps I suggest starting with the Go Ask Alice episode
Public Domain Theatre I suggest starting with the Bram Stoker or Sherlock Holmes episode
Castle Rock Radio
Potterotica
Chuck Tingles Pounded in the Butt by My Own Podcast I suggest starting with the tide pod episode, lol

Current Mood: okay
Current Music: Janelle Monae - Tightrope

April

Carefree (1938)
A Song is Born (1948)
The Red Turtle (2016)
Salome (1923)
The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love (1995) dir. by Maria Maggenti
Titus (1999) dir. by Julie Taymor. Wow. Want "Villain, I have done thy mother" as a tattoo.
Creepshow 2 (1987) Why did they make that gross change in "The Raft"?
Insidious: The Last Key (2018) Not too bad
Flatliners (2017) Pretty good remake
Arranged (2007) co-dir. by Diane Crespo
Madame (2017) dir. by Amanda Sthers
The Love Witch (2016) dir. by Anna Biller
Guys and Dolls (1955) what a strange musical
Novitiate (2017) dir. by Maggie Betts. I've seen a lot of nun movies, this one is really good.

May

Pennies From Heaven (1936)
Old Acquaintance (1943)
Sparrows (1926)
I Married a Witch (1942)
Hamlet (1948)
Wait Till Helen Comes (2016) Canadian. I wish there were more spooky live-action kid friendly movies these days
The Cheat (1931) meh
Hot Saturday (1932)
Torch Singer (1933)
Not Wanted (1949) dir. by Ida Lupino
Search for Beauty (1934) stars Ida Lupino. Also, naked man butt isn't unheard of in pre-code movies, but it always surprises me.
Murder at the Vanities (1934)
Damn the Defiant! (1962)
Play Misty for Me (1971)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Honor Among Lovers (1931) dir. by Dorothy Arzner
At War with the Army (1950)
All that Glitters (2010) co-directed by Géraldine Nakache
LA Story (1991) lol, wtf?
The Ladykillers (1955)

Current Mood: tired

Movies

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)
Jane Eyre (1970)
Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963) Pretty sexist, but I'll watch Jack Lemmon in anything. Bizarre bit at the end that I had to watch several times.
Some of my Best Friends Are... (1971) TW: violent transmisogyny
Touchy Feely (2013) Dir. by Lynn Shelton
Mommy (2014) Canadian. TW: racism, abuse, ableism.
The House (2017)
Frances Ha (2012)
Everything, Everything (2017) Dir. by Stella Meghie. TW: ableism
Lured (1947)
The Beguiled (2017) Dir. by Sofia Coppola
Spiderman: Homecoming (2017) Baby Peter Parker, I was like "Stop hurting that child Michael Keaton!"
Pyrates (1991) lol, I like to think that Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgewick watch this on their anniversary
First Monday in October (1981)
Captain America: Civil War (2016) Or, The Avengers: Go on a Break
The Petrified Forest (1936)
There's Always Tomorrow (1955) meh, Douglas Sirk has made better
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 (2017)
Pot o' Gold (1941)
Naturally Native (1998) Dir. by Valerie Red-Horse & Jennifer Wynne Farmer. Can be watched here.
A Night to Dismember (1983) Dir. by Doris Wishman. OMG, OMG, OMG. TW: gore

Current Mood: tired

Stella's Merits/The Wild Party (1929) Dir. by Dorothy Arzner. There are some slut shamey/victim blamey bits, but otherwise great.
Kitchen Party (1997) Canadian*
Little Monsters (1989) Lol, wtf?
Hidden Figures (2016)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
Follow the Fleet (1936)
Christine (2016) TW: suicide
Wonder Woman (2017) Dir. by Patty Jenkins
27 Dresses (2008) Dir. by Anne Fletcher
Modern Romance (1981)
Gabrielle (2013) Canadian, dir. by Louise Archambault
Second Coming (2014) Dir. by Debbie Tucker Green. TW: suicide attempt
The Negro (2002) Canadian*. TW: extreme racism
Dance Me Outside (1994) Canadian. TW: death of an Indiginous girl is part of the main plot.
Letters to Juliet (2010)
Presumed Innocent (1990) Partially filmed in Windsor

* - availiable on Encore+

Current Mood: anxious

Oklahoma! (1955) Way darker than anticipated
Viva Las Vegas (1964)
The Belles of St. Trinians (1954)
The Carmilla Movie (2017) Canadian
First a Girl (1935) Was fun, but I still prefer Victor/Victoria
The Juror (1996) WTF, LOL
Hugo (2011)
ABBA: The Movie (1977)
Mudbound (2017) Dir. by Dee Rees
Seven Beauties (1975) Dir. by Lina Wertmuller. TW for rape and Holocaust imagery
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) Leslie Neilson, hot dang.
Far From Heaven (2002)
Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979) Dir. by Joan Micklin Silver. This is the first time that I realized that the guy from the Twisted Sister video is The Master from Buffy
Mother (1926)
Lore (2012) Dir. by Cate Shortland. Also TW for rape and Holocaust imagery.
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
Madeleine Is... (1971) Dir. by Sylvia Spring. First fiction feature to be directed by a woman in Canada. Had the dude who played the Reverend in Cannibal Girls.

Current Mood: aggravated
Current Music: Viva Las Vegas in my head