Andrew Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 Here's mine; I'm curious to see how it compares to others'. https://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularcinephile/2021/01/the-best-films-of-2020/ Quote To be an artist is never to avert one's eyes. - Akira Kurosawa https://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularcinephile/ Link to post Share on other sites
Darrel Manson Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Interesting list with lots I haven't hear of. I'll have to explore some of them. Quote A foreign movie can't be stupid.-from the film Armin Link to post Share on other sites
kenmorefield Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 Hard list to write, hard year to live through. But I did it: http://1morefilmblog.com/2021/01/03/2020-top-ten/ Nomadland Sound of Metal One Night in Miami Soul Another Round Hamilton News of the World Greyhound All In: The Fight for Democracy The Prom Quote 1More Film Blog Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema, Volume II Link to post Share on other sites
Evan C Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Looks like I really need to watch Nomandland. If anyone knows anything about where to stream it, let me know. Quote "Anyway, in general I love tragic artists, especially classical ones.""Even the forms for expressing truth can be multiform, and this is indeed necessary for the transmission of the Gospel in its timeless meaning."- Pope Francis, August 2013 interview with Antonio Spadaro Link to post Share on other sites
Darrel Manson Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 2 hours ago, Evan C said: Looks like I really need to watch Nomandland. If anyone knows anything about where to stream it, let me know. No hope. I think it will be back in theaters in Feb or March, but that is still hopeless for many of us. Quote A foreign movie can't be stupid.-from the film Armin Link to post Share on other sites
kenmorefield Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Not one of our personal lists, but since two of us (Andrew and I) are in the NCFCA, here are the results for that group: http://ncfilmcritics.org/?p=956 Quote 1More Film Blog Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema, Volume II Link to post Share on other sites
Michael S Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 I watched so few new films in 2020 that I couldn't even approximate a best-of list. I'm looking forward to seeing Minari, whenever it happens to hit streaming platforms. Nomadland too. I'm very fond of Sound of Metal. I didn't expect to be. I sometimes find hyped American "indie" films to be too self-conscious, sanctimonious, or superficial (<-- I didn't really plan the alliteration here; it just came out this way ), and therefore prejudge them, whether fairly or not. But Sound of Metal is an interesting character study, with a great central performance, and it offers attention, perspective, and agency to a group of people (the deaf) who have habitually been overlooked, ignored, misrepresented, or stereotyped in movies. I love the film's ending as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darrel Manson Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 (edited) The verbose edition of my list is at http://bit.ly/3ikkYHN The trimmed down version: 1. & 2. (Double feature) Boys State and Crip Camp 3. Lovers Rock 4. The Social Dilemma 5. Da 5 Bloods 6. Rebuilding Paradise 7. Wolfwalkers 8. Mangrove 9. News of the World 10. I'm Thinking of Ending Things 11. Never Rarely Sometimes Always 12. (mini-festival of journalism docs) Collective, A Thousand Cuts and Bellingcat.I Bonus drinking double feature: Last Call and Another Round Best revisited film: Groundhog Day (with a nod to Palm Springs) Best festival films I hope get released: Nine Days and There Is No Evil Best binge watch during the pandemic: Money Heist. Edited January 17 by Darrel Manson Quote A foreign movie can't be stupid.-from the film Armin Link to post Share on other sites
Aren Bergstrom Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Here's my Top 10 list over at 3 Brothers Film, complete with blurbs: https://3brothersfilm.com/blog/2021/1/28/arens-top-10-films-of-2020 Short list for those that want to skip the blurbs: 1. Tenet 2. Wolfwalkers 3. Another Round 4. The Nest 5. Small Axe: Mangrove 6. Small Axe: Education 7. I'm Thinking of Ending Things 8. The Invisible Man 9. The Painter and the Thief 10. Sorry We Missed You Quote "Someone like Jean-Luc Godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung fu film." - Werner Herzog 3brothersfilm.com Link to post Share on other sites
kenmorefield Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 Nice to see Another Round get some more love. Quote 1More Film Blog Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema, Volume II Link to post Share on other sites
Aren Bergstrom Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 On 1/29/2021 at 11:55 AM, kenmorefield said: Nice to see Another Round get some more love. I really hope more people watch that movie. Had it come out in a normal year, I suspect it would've had a real word-of-mouth campaign that kept it a fixture at arthouses for months. Sadly, same effect just isn't possible with stuff playing on demand. Quote "Someone like Jean-Luc Godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung fu film." - Werner Herzog 3brothersfilm.com Link to post Share on other sites
Evan C Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 https://catholiccinephile.wordpress.com/2021/02/01/favorite-films-of-2020/ Portrait of a Lady on Fire First Cow Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Dick Johnson Is Dead Da 5 Bloods Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets Yes, God, Yes The Vast of Night The Prom What the Constitution Means to Me Quote "Anyway, in general I love tragic artists, especially classical ones.""Even the forms for expressing truth can be multiform, and this is indeed necessary for the transmission of the Gospel in its timeless meaning."- Pope Francis, August 2013 interview with Antonio Spadaro Link to post Share on other sites
Overstreet Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 Haven't finalized the list yet — I'll post a more precise one soon: TOP TEN ALPHABETICAL Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets Emma First Cow Minari Nomadland Portrait of a Lady on Fire Small Axe: Lovers Rock Small Axe: Mangrove Shirley Wolfwalkers NEXT SIXTEEN American Utopia Another Round Da 5 Bloods Dick Johnson is Dead Driveways Extra Ordinary Little Fish Miss Juneteenth Never Rarely Sometimes Always Rocks Sound of Metal Tesla The Invisible Man The Vast of Night Vitalena Varela Young Ahmed Quote P.S. I COULD BE WRONG. Takin' 'er easy for all you sinners at lookingcloser.org. Also abiding at Facebook and Twitter. Link to post Share on other sites
Joel Mayward Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 Here's a link to my top 20 of 2020. The top 10: 1. Dick Johnson Is Dead 2. Nomadland 3. Young Ahmed 4. First Cow 5. Sound of Metal 6. The Climb 7. Lovers Rock 8. Shithouse 9. Time 10. Tenet Quote cinemayward.com | twitter Link to post Share on other sites
Christian Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 For posterity, here's my list, which took me until March 9 to feel comfortable enough sharing. 1. Da 5 Bloods 2. Nomadland 3. Dear Comrades! 4. Hamilton 5. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets 6. Small Axe: Red, White and Blue 7. Kajillionaire 8. Vitalina Varela 9. Minari 10. Relic 11. Beanpole 12. La Llorona 13. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm 14. Yalda: A Night for Forgiveness 15. First Cow 16. Another Round 17. Young Ahmed 18. Sound of Metal 19. The Reason I Jump 20. The Whistlers Quote "What matters are movies, not awards; experiences, not celebrations; the subjective power of individual critical points of view, not the declamatory compromises of consensus." - Richard Brody, "Godard's Surprise Win Is a Victory for Independent Cinema," The New Yorker Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Posted March 10 Author Report Share Posted March 10 Nice to see The Reason I Jump on another list - it's such a lovely, insightful film. Quote To be an artist is never to avert one's eyes. - Akira Kurosawa https://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularcinephile/ Link to post Share on other sites
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