The Best Movies of 2020
Parasite
The deserved Best Picture Oscar winner, Parasite starts off as one thing, before constantly taking you by surprise and building to an unforgettable climax and a perfect final scene.
The Assistant
Director Kitty Green’s scripted debut depicts a long day in the life of a low-level drone at an unnamed New York film studio not unlike the Weinstein Company. Jane (Julia Garner) takes calls and makes copy and scrubs the bodily fluids off the couch in her boss’ office, all with the same look of grim understanding that this is what she has to endure to get ahead in her dream industry.
Spare and devastating, The Assistant serves up a portrait of an abusive workplace in which the behavior of the unseen man at its head trickles down to inform the power dynamics and behavior of the rest of the company. That includes HR, to which Jane pays a visit in a brutal centerpiece scene that emphasizes what it’s like when the only choices open seem to be to become complicit or to give up.
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
1917
Tense, powerful and breathtaking, 1917 – two British soldiers sent on an impossible mission – is a visceral movie you won't forget in a hurry.
By The Twins and Adriana, Step 10
