Given all that’s been happening, hardly any movies actually managed to penetrate the pop culture conversation, apart from “ Promising Young Woman” and the “Borat” sequel perhaps. I’m thinking of everything from “First Cow” and “Saint Frances” early in the year to “ Nomadland,” that unlikeliest and most encouraging of Oscar frontrunners.Ģ. Meanwhile, like rare fauna repopulating the earth after the T-Rex went extinct, dozens of terrific indie and foreign films benefited from the lack of competition.
Or, to put it in blockbuster speak: No match for COVID, James Bond declared 2020 “No Time to Die,” and nearly all the other tentpoles followed suit (the exception being Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” and Russell Crowe road-rager “Unhinged”). This has been such an exceptional year that nearly the entire slate - from a studio standpoint, at least - has been delayed or shelved till the coast is clear for theaters to reopen. What aspect of film this year made you stand up and cheer?ġ. What was the biggest scandal or most talked-about issue ofģ. How do you rate the 2020 slate against previous years?Ģ. COVID-19 dominated the news cycle this past year, but it was also a season of thought-provoking cinema that reflected various political and sociological themes from “The Trial of the Chicago 7” to “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.” Variety asked some of its editors and critics to answer three questions about this past year in film and discuss its standout moments.ġ.
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