2020 – A Year in Movies

I was asked to reflect on some good books I’ve read this year, and of course, my memory is such that I had no choice but to cull through this blog in order to remember, Oh, yeah…I read that….it was pretty good.

Since I was mucking about in those archives, I decided to pull out a couple more categories of posts: Those I thought were just pretty good and possibly still interesting about various topics, and those about movies – and a bit of television.

This may not be every single movie I/we watched this year…but it’s close. One that’s missing is Tenet, which I did see in the theater. Which I didn’t like much. Also The Prestige, I just realized – speaking of Christopher Nolan. Never wrote about that one, either. Or The Mandalorian, the other television event of the year.

Maybe you’ll be inspired to watch something good. Links go to my posts.

(Reminder for the delicate. I take for granted we are all adults here. No content warnings offered. You’re on your own for that.)

Riffifi

This and 1917 were the last two movies I saw in theaters before Tenet a few weeks ago.

Paths of Glory; Curb Your Enthusiasm; Avenue 5; 1917

Better Call Saul

Fargo, season 2

Parasite, Contagion and The Lady Eve

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence; Once Upon a Time in the West; Minority Report; His Girl Friday

Master and Commander; Hobson’s Choice

The Man in the White Suit

Il Posto; The Virgin Spring

Umberto D.

Tootsie; Witness for the Prosecution; Some Like it Hot; Jerry Maguire; Breaking Away

Our Man in Havana; Gone With The Wind

Hail, Caesar! ; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; Logan Lucky

Joe Versus the Volcano; Wayne’s World 2; Gattaca, Key Largo

Gattaca

Tunes of Glory; The Apostle; Blade Runner; 12 Monkeys

Matchstick Men; 3:10 to Yuma (remake); The Apartment

Hobson’s Choice

Interstellar

Mrs. Wilson

Fargo, Season 4

The Queen’s Gambit

Amadeus

Samurai Rebellion

Mank

Elevator to the Gallows; There Will be Blood; Ace in the Hole; The Hustler; The Color of Money; Apocalypse Now; The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Darjeeling Limited

That’s a lot. Not as many as one of my older sons, who watches one a day and furthermore, writes about them, but still…

….now on to the books.