The 2020 Jim Ridley Film Poll Dedicated to late
Scene editor and critic Jim Ridley, our poll asks critics, cinephiles and industry insiders about 2020 in film Tweet
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Given the chaos and enervating travails of 2020, it was going to be a challenge to find the right assortment of folks to get at the heart of this unpredictable year in cinema. An international assemblage of critics, filmmakers, podcasters, teachers, actors, exhibitors, publicists, festival programmers, artists and even a beloved horror host stepped up to get hierarchical and reflective. We do this every year in honor of the late, great Jim Ridley, who believed strongly in the value of conversations about film. So buckle up, it’s a wild ride ahead.
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Dick Johnson Is Dead â the largely acclaimed Netflix release in which filmmaker Kirsten Johnson (
Cameraperson) finds myriad ways to kill her father on camera â was not the only documentary released last year in which a female filmmaker puts the focus on her old man.
Film About a Father Who, which was the opening-night film at last yearâs Slamdance Film Festival and will be playing virtually at the Belcourt starting Friday, has Lynne Sachs doing a dark, deep dive into the life of her father, Ira Sachs. The younger Sachs mostly does this by patching together home-video clips and other footage she and her fam have shot throughout the decades on various formats.
Olivia Colman and Anthony Hopkins in Florian Zeller’s The Father.
This year, several films both narrative and documentary features from The Father to Dick Johnson Is Dead, as well as movies like ‘Relic’ tackled the specific and complicated grief associated with neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer s.
In the Australian horror film
Relic (IFC Films), a befuddled elderly woman starts attacking her family while her body crumbles before our eyes. Her bones snap and gouge her skin. Her flesh rots and grays, peeling off in oozing flaps. When she can no longer walk, she scuttles on her hands and knees in pursuit. She hunts her daughter (Emily Mortimer) and granddaughter (Bella Heathcote) through their pitch-dark house, unable to recognize them as she chokes and maims them. It s not her anymore, the daughter whispers. Edna (Robyn Nevin) has become a monster.
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Escapism is bliss, but knowledge is power.
It s why the humble documentary is more important than ever, unearthing truths, offering different perspectives, and introducing you to stories you might not have come across in your short time on this planet.Â
Netflix s documentary offerings are strong stuff, with many of the streaming service s films and series proving some the most talked about watches of certain times in our lives â if you managed to miss the whole
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