![]() So it’s almost impossible not to think of that rhetoric while watching Minari, as we get an intimate look at a Korean family who (after some time in California working a job they hate) settle in rural Arkansas in the 1980s to make on their own growing crops on some somewhat sketchy farmland. Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari strikes a special chord in these United States as immigrants have been weaponized by the current presidential administration. And look, there’s nothing like the original Bill Murray flick, but Punxsutawney never had dinosaurs or a goat or a vengeful J.K. All one really needs to achieve a zen-like mindset in the loop is liquor and entertainment and the freedom to act as stupidly as possible without consequence because (you guessed it) everything gets erased anyway, right? Nothing matters, until it does, and that’s when the romance part of the story kicks in, and Sarah (Christina Milioti) ends up tearing Nyles’ blissful little mindset apart.Ī romantic comedy that prioritizes comedy and then sneaks up on you with the romance? Give me all of it. And let’s face it - a lot of us wouldn’t mind (especially in 2020) being stuck in a time loop while attending a destination wedding right about now. It’s breezy and refreshing and also maneuvers through those obligatory existential twists in a way that doesn’t feel obligatory. Art imitates life sometimes, and sometimes life imitates art.Ī lot of attempts at a Groundhog Day-type plot exist, but none of them are as absolutely charming as this Andy Samberg picture. Oh, and the one film on every list? It was the one about the guy who woke up every morning living the same day, again and again, seeing the same people and buildings and walls, just grinding through over and over and over in search of a way to break free. That will probably change as more of us have a chance to see more of the year’s movies, probably next year, but for now, it’s the best we’ve got. It’s a pretty good list, which feels like a decent accomplishment considering only one film landed on all of our submissions. What we did instead was try to create as inclusive a list as possible, with a wide selection of movies that people felt were important this year. Ranking them in any order was going to be impossible. ![]() ![]() Coming to a consensus was going to be hard. A fair amount of the most exciting Oscar contenders are not available to the vast majority of viewers yet, including the vast majority of our writers. A bunch of blockbusters have been bumped to next year. ![]() Start with the big one: Movie theaters have been pretty much closed since March, which made seeing them - and even releasing them - a struggle. It wasn’t easy to make a list of the best movies of 2020. ![]()
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