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- Lovers Rock. Steve McQueen, UK. ► Trailer. A house party thrown by young Black Britons in London in the early 1980s becomes a haven in the rapturous, sublime second film in Steve McQueen’s landmark five-film Small Axe collection.
- Time. Garrett Bradley, US. ► Trailer. Bradley’s diary film follows Sibil Fox Richardson, who for nearly two decades has been campaigning for the release of her husband, Rob, after he was sentenced in 1999 to 60 years in prison for a robbery.
- First Cow. Kelly Reichardt, US. ► Trailer. Reichardt gives us a deliciously laconic vision of the pioneer American melting pot with this playful, poignant fable of a couple of furtive cakebakers in 1820s Oregon.
- I’m Thinking of Ending Things. Charlie Kaufman, US. ► Trailer. Kaufman’s claustrophobic chamber theatre piece-cum-road movie-cum-psychological horror – made for Netflix and released straight to the streaming platform, bypassing cinemas – stars Jessie Buckley as a young woman who travels with her boyfriend (Jesse Plemons) to meet his parents, played by Toni Collette and David Thewlis.
- 'Deerskin'
- 'The One and only Ivan'
- 'The Last Full Measure'
- 'Run'
- 'Emma.'
- 'The Way Back'
- 'Extraction'
- 'Ride Your Wave'
- 'Come as You Are'
- 'Family Romance, LLC'
- Director: Quentin Dupieux - IMDb user rating: 6.7 - Votes: 5,644 - Runtime: 77 min The French comedy takes the idea of a midlife crisis to absurd ends. Jean Dujardin play a divorcé who falls in love with a jacket made out of deer skin—at least, that's one interpretation for his obsessive attachment to the expensive item of clothing. Things only g...
- Director: Thea Sharrock - IMDb user rating: 6.7 - Votes: 6,514 - Runtime: 95 min The One and Only Ivanis based on an award-winning children's novel of the same name by K.A. Applegate which, in turn, is based on the real-life story of Ivan the gorilla who spent years living in a 14-by-14 foot enclosure in a Tacoma, Washington mall. An impressive b...
- Director: Todd Robinson - IMDb user rating: 6.7 - Votes: 6,998 - Runtime: 116 min Todd Robinson directed this sincere war drama about a Pentagon staffer's campaign to get a fallen Vietnam War pararescue medic named William H. Pitsenbarger a much-deserved Medal of Honor. A fact-based film, The Last Full Measure struggles at points with its storyte...
- Director: Aneesh Chaganty - IMDb user rating: 6.7 - Votes: 11,459 - Runtime: 90 min Sarah Paulson and Kiera Allen star in this thriller about a single mom who appears to be keeping a dark secret from her chronically-ill daughter. Originally released on Hulu,Run was panned by critics for its far from original plot, but praised by audiences who enj...
- Director: Autumn de Wilde - IMDb user rating: 6.7 - Votes: 24,838 - Runtime: 124 min Anya Taylor-Joy, recently of The Queen's Gambit fame, began her year by starring in this adaptation of the Jane Austen classic Emma. The movie's plot adheres closely to the well-trodden story of a rich young woman who interferes in the love lives of her friends, ...
- Director: Gavin O'Connor - IMDb user rating: 6.7 - Votes: 28,098 - Runtime: 108 min Part sports movie, part character drama, The Way Backstars Ben Affleck as an alcoholic construction worker who steps in as head coach for the failing basketball team at his former high school. Although the storyline may leave audiences expecting 1.5 hours of worn-...
- Director: Sam Hargrave - IMDb user rating: 6.7 - Votes: 150,782 - Runtime: 116 min Netflix released Extraction a month into coronavirus lockdowns, and the combination of fast-paced action, high-quality acting, and home-bound audiences quickly made it the streaming service's most-watched original movieof all time. In the first month after its debu...
- Director: Masaaki Yuasa - IMDb user rating: 6.8 - Votes: 1,291 - Runtime: 95 minutes The anime film Ride Your Waveis one of Masaaki Yuasa's most adult offerings to date, filled with believable characters, polished animation, and emotional storylines. A romance at its core, the movie follows the relationship between a young, college-aged woman and...
- Director: Richard Wong - IMDb user rating: 6.8 - Votes: 1,505 - Runtime: 106 minutes Although the synopsis of Come As You Are, a movie about a trio of men with disabilities who travel from Colorado to Montreal to lose their virginities at a brothel that exclusively serves special-needs clientele, may sound like a raunchy comedy setup, the film is...
- Director: Werner Herzog - IMDb user rating: 6.8 - Votes: 1,787 - Runtime: 89 min This strange drama imagines a world where family members and loved ones can be rented or hired. In Family Romance, LLC, which is very loosely based on a real Japanese company, a man is contracted to play the missing father of a young girl, going along with the gig un...
- Small Axe: Lovers Rock. - Metascore: 95. - Reviews: 25. This installment of Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology tells the story of two young lovers (played by Michael Ward and Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn) who meet and fall in love over the course of a 1980s West London reggae party.
- Collective. - Metascore: 95. - Reviews: 23. “Collective” follows several Romanian journalists as they expose the secret health care fraud behind a 2015 Bucharest nightclub fire that claimed multiple lives.
- David Byrne’s American Utopia. - Metascore: 93. - Reviews: 26. Filmmaker Spike Lee directed this recorded version of beloved musician David Byrne’s Broadway show of the same name.
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always. - Metascore: 91. - Reviews: 34. In “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” Pennsylvania teenager Autumn heads on a treacherous journey to New York City with her cousin Skylar to receive an abortion.
1h 22m. Kids & Family,Adventure,Comedy. Directed By: Veit Helmer. Veit Helmer Filmproduktion. Do you think we mischaracterized a critic's review? Fiddlesticks Reviews. All Critics. Top...
Feb 27, 2021 · Check out the complete list of the IndieWire Critics Poll top 50 films of 2020 below. 1. “Nomadland”. Director: Chloé Zhao. Cast: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Charlene ...
Dec 18, 2020 · The 50 best films of 2020. Our annual poll of the year’s top movies – at cinemas, festivals or online – as chosen by over 100 of our contributors from around the world.
Feb 5, 2021 · The American Film Institute (AFI) announced their top movies of 2020. Ranked by Rotten Tomatoes, these 10 give a hint as to the upcoming award season.
