Bezucha: Let Him Go (2020)
Let Him Go, Thomas Bezucha’s adaptation of the novel by Larry Watson, is one of the quieter masterpieces of the year – a neo-western that announces its originality [...]
November 2020
Durkin: The Nest (2020)
Sean Durkin’s second film is a masterpiece of mise-en-scene, opening with a beautifully and languorously paced prelude that introduces us to its main characters – Rory [...]
Fincher: Mank (2020)
David Fincher’s latest film is also one of his most unusual – a kaleidoscopic account of the life of Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, played by Gary Oldman, [...]
Hittman: Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
Eliza Hittman’s latest film is an austere character study of Autumn, a Pennsylvania teenager played by Sidney Flanigan, who travels to New York with her cousin Skylar, [...]
Landon: Freaky (2020)
Christopher Landon’s latest film is an addition to the Happy Death Day expanded universe – not because the narratives explicitly link up here (although Landon has [...]
Meyers: Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020)
Along with the horror film Host, Nancy Meyers’ sort-of sequel to the two Father of the Bride movies is the very best thing to be shot in lockdown. As the title [...]
Koepp: You Should Have Left (2020)
One of the more underrated horror films of 2020, You Should Have Left is David Koepp’s spiritual sequel to Stir of Echoes, and once again stars Kevin Bacon as a family man [...]
Zobel: The Hunt (2020)
While Blumhouse films often have a satirical component, the studio has branched out into a fully-fledged horror-satire melange with Craig Zobel’s The Hunt, one of the most [...]
Patterson: The Vast of Night (2020)
The Vast of Night, the debut film from Andrew Patterson, is a 1950s fantasia, starting with a slow zoom into a mid-century television set, which flickers on to broadcast a [...]
Lee: Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Spike Lee’s films have always been torn between progressive racial politics and toxic masculinity, but his late work has seen him re-examine that conflict, and strain at [...]