11. THE HUNT (dir. Craig Zobel)
10. BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM (dir. Jason Woliner)
9. LA VÉRITÉ (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)
8. THE INVISIBLE MAN (Leigh Whannell)
7. SHIRLEY (dir. Josephine Decker)
6. EMMA. (dir. Autumn de Wilde)
5. KAJILLIONAIRE (dir. Miranda July)
4. THE VAST OF NIGHT (dir. Andrew Patterson)
3. PALM SPRINGS (dir. Max Barbakow)
2. ANOTHER ROUND (dir. Thomas Vinterberg)
1. PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (dir. Céline Sciamma)
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mention honorable
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (dir. Regina King)
ON THE ROCKS (dir. Sofia Coppola)
BAD EDUCATION (dir. Cory Finley)
DOWNHILL (dir. Nat Faxon, Jim Rash)
BLOW THE MAN DOWN (dir. Danielle Krudy, Bridget Savage Cole)
pas pour moi
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (dir. Aaron Sorkin)
WONDER WOMAN 1984 (dir. Patty Jenkins)
DA 5 BLOODS (dir. Spike Lee)
HAPPIEST SEASON (dir. Clea DuVall)
THE TRIP TO GREECE (dir. Michael Winterbottom)
(((Special Schrodinger's Cat Zone: TENET (dir. Christopher Nolan) Did I like it? Kinda! Did it annoy the fuck out of me? Yes!)))
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I had adrenaline energy at the start of the pandemic/lockdown, but it sure waned itself on down. Luckily, had enough in the tank to make it to CA before winter.
Didn't get to see as many 2020 films as I would have like, will try to make it up. *Really* miss going to the theaters. Our last trip was the night before our local lockdown was announced. We weren't even sure about going out, but I'm glad we did. Portrait of a Lady on Fire is incredible, and if any film understands social isolation, it does. A lot of people planted victory gardens. I planted an ornamental pumpkin patch and Indian corn. The raspberry bushes didn't take.
This version is from their first album, which came out in '89 if you can believe it. More raw, Midwestern spirit, sounds like the Replacements, if you dosed their beers with caffeine pills. All-timer.
Saved a cat within a month of moving to CA. Waiting to reject the call to adventure now, I think.
