Henry: When this year started off with a trip over to the Netherlands for the Rotterdam Film Festival, getting to go to the BAFTA’s, and getting that accreditation for Cannes, all while finally having found the groove with the site, it seemed like it was about to be the best year for film yet. Then…
Through some dubious method that compiled all of our individual lists (which you can find by clicking on author names or the Best of 2020 tag) and assigned points based on how highly ranked films were and how often they were mentioned, we’ve created this composite list of Cinema Etc’s top 10 films of 2020.…
10. Possessor (Brandon Cronenberg, UK/US/Canada) Available on VOD and DVD/Blu-ray 9. Bill & Ted Face the Music (Dean Parisot, US) Available on VOD and DVD/Blu-ray 8. Shirley (Josephine Decker, US) Available on Hulu, VOD, and DVD 7. Kajillionaire (Miranda July, US) Available on VOD and DVD 6. Nomadland (Chloe Zhao, US) Coming soon 5. Minari…
10. Promising Young Woman (tie) (Emerald Fennell, US) Carey Mulligan’s devastating, desperately barbed performance is at the heart of a thriller that flips the rape revenge genre on its head. Every Saturday night she goes home, fake drunk, with a man, and every night they try to make a move. What results is a messy…
Prior to the official kick off of 2020, I couldn’t think of a single film on the release slate for the year that I was genuinely looking forward to watching. All things considered, 2020 did turn out to be a better year for movies than it had any right to, what with the film industry…
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