December 2018 in Film

I don’t think I’ve ever been so glad to be done with a year as I am to be done with 2018! But before we forge ahead and tack up our new 2019 calendars, let’s take a look back at what was watched in December.

New-to-me viewings: 20

Re-watches: 14

Total for December: 34

Total for 2018: 216

December was one of my larger viewing months of 2018! Ending the year right. As you’ll see below, the majority of my viewings weren’t classic — I caught up on some 2017/2018 releases I’d meant to watch, went to the theater a lot, and watched plenty of Christmas movies. I did squeeze in a few favorite end-of-the-year classic discoveries, too, though!

The new-to-me list:

• Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
• A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding (2018)
• The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
• A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
• The Breaking Point (1950)
• The Light Between Oceans (2016)
• Chappaquiddick (2017)
• Operation Finale (2018)
• Lady Bird (2017)
• Vox Lux (2018)
• The Mule (2018)
• Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
• Gaga: Five Foot Two (2017)
• Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
• Aquaman (2018)
• Second Act (2018)
• The Guilt Trip (2012)
• Cloverfield (2008)
• Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour (2018)
• A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

Re-watches:

• In a Lonely Place (1950)
• Foreign Correspondent (1940)
• Taylor Swift: Journey fo Fearless (2010)
• Four Christmases (2008)
• Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
• Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
• Love Actually (2003)
• The Bishop’s Wife (1947)
• The Family Man (2000)
• The Holiday (2006)
• Serendipity (2001)
• Christmas Vacation (1989)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
• Legends of the Fall (1994)

Viewing methods:

• At the cinema – 6
• From my collection – 16
• From my mom’s collection – 1
• From my sister’s collection – 1
• Netflix – 8
• Prime Video – 2

By decade:

• 1910s – 0
• 1920s – 0
• 1930s – 0
• 1940s – 4
• 1950s – 2
• 1960s – 0
• 1970s – 1
• 1980s – 1
• 1990s – 1
• 2000s – 6
• 2010s – 19

The month in blogging:

• Collector’s Corner saw a pretty massive update in December, with the recent Criterion sale and all of my recent LIFE magazine finds. (I hit the jackpot when someone donated their entire LIFE collection to my local public library, where it filled several tables at the monthly book sale!)
• I reviewed 1945’s The Wicked Lady, one of my final favorite FilmStruck discoveries.
• I took a second look at 1948’s Berlin Express — and ensemble thriller partially shot on-location in post-war Germany.
• The “Favorite things about…” series took a look at Hitchcock’s Dial M for Murder.

Happy 2019! I hope the new year treats us all well, and that we make time for plenty of wonderful film discoveries!