I’m not American, but that doesn’t matter.
Living in Melbourne, Australia, means I have spent a large amount of the year in a strict lockdown. But I am extremely thankful that we have a leader who did something about that and now we’re back out in the world and I have been able watch Mank and Ammonite in cinemas this last week. Here’s some other things I am personally thankful for in the world of movies and entertainment that kept me sane in 2020:
The Film Experience, “It’s fashion”; The Invisible Man; having a new Scream movie to obsess over; Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets; Kristen Johnson as director; Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny; “Oh, the fracking?”; that tracking shot in The Vast of Night; the rest of The Vast of Night; randomly remembering that The Forbidden Dance and Lambada were made by rival producer brothers and released on the exact same day; Kylie Minogue’s Disco; Jessie Ware’s What’s Your Pleasure; “Nicole Kidman theme night”; film scores with saxophone on them; any scene in Mank with Amanda Seyfried; Paul Mescal (and his rugby shorts); my fave podcasts (The Record Doctor, This Had Oscar Buzz, Deep Cuts and Superficial Wounds, Little Gold Men); Parasite winning Best Picture.