At the end of November, Time magazine released its list of the top 10 movies of 2020.
Although this list is also the annual traditional program of Time Magazine, after such a 2020 year, there is still a different feeling when seeing this film list - the entire film industry can be said to have suffered a disaster in the upcoming 2020, not only the traditional blockbuster release cycle in the past has been almost completely disrupted, in fact, there are not too many films that everyone can see.
Still, Time magazine has expressed a positive attitude, arguing that the absence of blockbusters has brought more opportunities to small productions, films that have difficult to have better release channels in the past, and "the quality of the top 10 lists is still very good in the end."
10th: Bill and Ted Face the Music
The third installment of the "Bill and Ted" series, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, is also the original writer. To know that the first two were released in 1989 and 1991, after nearly 30 years, it is conceivable that this new film is definitely going to play the emotional card, but for domestic fans, the recognition is indeed not high, and it is difficult to establish a connection.
However, as a "science fiction comedy", Time Magazine still gave a high evaluation, in fact, this year, as long as it is a comedy movie response will not be too bad, think about the world is terrible, really need comedy to soothe people's hearts.
<h1 toutiao-origin="h2" > 9th place: Miss Juneteenth</h1>
Miss Juniteng first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and then in the United States in June, making it director Channing Godfrey Peoples' first full-length work (she is also a screenwriter). The film tells the story of the single mother of the former beauty queen and the teenage, rebellious daughter, which is another "beauty pageant" and an American-style main theme film.
<h1 toutiao-origin="h2" > 8th place: "Nomadland</h1>"
This is a film that is relatively familiar to domestic film fans, it is directed, written and even edited by Chinese director Zhao Ting, Zhao Ting also won the Golden Lion Award at the 77th Venice Film Festival and the "Audience Choice Award" at the 45th Toronto International Film Festival this year, and this is only Zhao Ting's third feature film, which is really promising in the future. In the future, when telling Zhao Ting's story, there is no need to mention the title of "stepmother is Song Dandan".
<h1 toutiao-origin="h2" > 7th place: Wolfwalkers</h1>
A comedy animation about an 11-year-old English girl set in 17th-century Ireland, when there was a historical conflict between England and Ireland.
The animation is presented in a fun and fascinating way, and any screenshot can be used as wallpaper. One of the film directors, Tom Moore, is also a "quality guarantee", he has previously written high-scoring animation films such as "The Breadwinner", "Song of the Sea", "The Secret of the Book of Kells" and other high-scoring animation films, and the last two have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
<h1 toutiao-origin="h2" > 6th place: Emma</h1>
Adapted from Jane Austen's comedy, one of the stars is this year's hit Anya Taylor-Joy, although it has been adapted many times, but each version of "Emma" still has its own fun. At the same time, the work of this version of "Emma" in terms of scene setting, art and costumes is also visible to the naked eye (this is the first big-screen film of Otum de Wilder, who is the director, and she is a fashion photographer and MV director, so the aesthetic and composition of the film are extremely reliable). The film is like a small dessert, and it is especially appropriate to appear this year.
The stills are all about being shot like a fashion blockbuster
<h1 toutiao-origin="h2" > 5th place: Lovers Rock</h1>
Directed by Steve McQueen, the 68-minute film is actually an episode by episode, and Lover's Rock is just one episode. The film tells a story about music and love in the early 1980s, but it is actually very abstract, and some viewers said that it is more like a nearly 70-minute MV, and the retro atmosphere of the whole film will make you think of the recent GUCCI commercial?
4th: David Byrne's American Utopia
Directed by Spike Lee and written and starring David Byrne, the film version of the Broadway stage play of the same name, Time magazine described the film as "full of joy and expressiveness."
It seems that the structure is very simple, and may even make people feel that it is a video of a concert of 19 songs (Mayday also played it this way), but it is simply blood, touch and strength, and many domestic fans have mentioned "Summer of the Band" after watching it, and "David Bourne's American Utopia" has more inheritance and tradition.
No. 3: "The Trial of the Chicago 7"
Probably the most famous on the list, directed and written by Alan Sorkin, starring "Little Freckles," Sasha Byron Cohen, "Luceff," John Carlo Lynch, Jeremy Strong, Yahya Abdul-Maidin, and many more.
The lineup of powerful factions is also worthy of the 1968 trial that Ellen Sokin wants to tell, which is considered to be the most notorious trial in history. This gave the actors plenty of room to play, the tension of the group scenes, and the whole story was a great fit for Alan Sorkin — in fact, the story told in "The Trial of the Seven Gentlemen of Chicago" was just like this movie before the US election, which gave the film full practical significance.
To review the trailer:
<h1 toutiao-origin="h2" > 2nd place: "Collective</h1>"
A special documentary set in the horrific concert fire in Korletsev, Romania, on October 30, 2015, exposing the chaos and corruption of the Romanian government, the medical system, and so on, and the film was filmed in parallel with the investigation of the incident – and the end result is still desperate: every link is "kicking the ball", covering each other... At least the film remains.
<h1 toutiao-origin="h2" > 1st place: "First Cow"</h1>
Based on Jonathan Raymond's novel Half-Life, Jonathan Raymond also participated in the film adaptation. Set in Oregon, the United States in the 1820s, the film is about a white man and a Chinese immigrant in the West— a little bit of "Western theme" (more critics say "anti-Western"), a little bit of same-sex interaction detail, and of course, humanistic feelings and American dreams.
"First Cow" may surprise many fans by ranking No. 1 over "Koletsev" and "The Trial of the Seven Gentlemen of Chicago", but in addition to Time magazine, "First Cow" also appears at no. 1 on several lists, including IndieWire, which is an easy to overlook but worthy of our attention.