Film and Book Tally 2018

Man, this year has been sporadic. I didn't watch or read much (in comparison to the past few years), was a contributor for Talk Film Society for a little over three months (before being politely let go; I'll admit I wasn't great with keeping deadlines), and submitted two guest posts over at The Film Experience. Anyway, my main objection for Defiant Success -- which, by the way, turns ten (!!!) this coming August -- is to keep it up to date with new reviews and the like, and I'll try to make it so in 2019. But enough of that: onwards to the media I've consumed this year!

1. Hold Back the Dawn (1941, dir. Mitchell Leisen)
2. Julieta (2016, dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
3. Isle of Dogs (2018, dir. Wes Anderson)
4. You Were Never Really Here (2018, dir. Lynne Ramsay)
5. The Death of Stalin (2018, dir. Armando Iannucci)
6. Married to the Mob (1988, dir. Jonathan Demme)
7. Chappaquiddick (2018, dir. John Curran)
8. Lean on Pete (2018, dir. Andrew Haigh)
9. Let the Sunshine In (2018, dir. Claire Denis)
10. The Rider (2018, dir. Chloé_Zhao)
11. First Reformed (2018, dir. Paul Schrader)
12. Disobedience (2018, dir. Sebastián Lelio)
13. The Great Lie (1941, dir. Edmund Goulding)
14. On Chesil Beach (2018, dir. Dominic Cooke)
15. Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962, dir. Ralph Nelson)
16. Star 80 (1983, dir. Bob Fosse)
17. Hester Street (1975, dir. Joan Micklin Silver)
18. Sorry to Bother You (2018, dir. Boots Riley)
19. Portrait of Jennie (1948, dir. William Dieterle)
20. Thoroughbreds (dir. Cory Finley)
21. Phantom Thread (2017, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
22. Wildlife (2018, dir. Paul Dano)
23. The Doorway to Hell (1930, dir. Archie Mayo)
24. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018, dir. Marielle Heller)

And onto the books!

1. Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry
2. The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight by Jimmy Breslin
3. Never Mind by Edward St. Aubyn
4. Cold Spring Harbor by Richard Yates
5. Bad News by Edward St. Aubyn
6. Believe Me by Eddie Izzard
7. Some Hope by Edward St. Aubyn
8. All the Conspirators by Christopher Isherwood
9. Mother's Milk by Edward St. Aubyn
10. You Were Never Really Here by Jonathan Ames
11. Lean on Pete by Wally Vlautin
12. Disobedience by Naomi Alderman
13. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
14. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
15. Wildlife by Richard Ford
16. Thanks A Lot, Mr. Kibblewhite: My Story by Roger Daltrey