Movie Club 2020

The Movies I Can’t Wait to Watch (in Movie Theaters??) in 2021

Dana Stevens

Jan 01, 2021 5:00 AM

This Global Box-Office Blockbuster Is a Reminder That Hollywood Doesn’t Have a Monopoly on Telling Big Stories

Alison Willmore

Dec 31, 2020 1:00 PM

I Was Moved by Riz Ahmed’s Understated, Intense Performance in Sound of Metal

Odie Henderson

Dec 31, 2020 5:40 AM

What It’s Like to Watch a Friend Make a Great Movie—and to Be Expected to Respond to It as an Asian American Critic

Justin Chang

Dec 30, 2020 2:01 PM

Nomadland’s Mix of Truth and Fiction Moved Me Like No Other Movie in 2020

Dana Stevens

Dec 30, 2020 1:00 PM

The Painter and the Thief Is the Kind of Real Movie That Gets Lost When Everything Is Released Like a Blockbuster

Sam Adams

Dec 30, 2020 11:26 AM

This Borderline Nonsensical Will Ferrell Comedy Made Me Feel Better Than Any Other Movie in 2020

Karen Han

Dec 30, 2020 5:40 AM

Wonder Woman 1984’s Soundtrack Should Have Been Nonstop ’80s Pop Songs

Dan Kois

Dec 29, 2020 3:03 PM

Why Do Even Big Netflix Movies Like The Midnight Sky Feel So Ersatz?

Alison Willmore

Dec 29, 2020 2:35 PM

Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche in The Truth Were the Soap Opera Divas I Needed in 2020

Odie Henderson

Dec 29, 2020 11:57 AM

What Was Cringier, the Body Swap in Wonder Woman 1984 or the Body Swap in Soul?

Justin Chang

Dec 29, 2020 10:58 AM

What’s Behind the Overwhelming Negative Response to Wonder Woman 1984?

Dana Stevens

Dec 29, 2020 5:50 AM

Thank God That Even in the Pandemic, Hollywood Studios Are Making World-Class, Franchise-Based Content, Monetized in the Most Optimal Way Across Platforms

Alison Willmore

Dec 28, 2020 1:18 PM

The Only Good Thing About Tenet Is Kenneth Branagh’s Gloriously Hammy Performance

Odie Henderson

Dec 28, 2020 11:00 AM

Even if You Think You Won’t Like First Cow, You Just Might Love First Cow

Justin Chang

Dec 28, 2020 5:50 AM

Why on Earth Was Christopher Nolan Trying to Lure Us Into Movie Theaters Teeming With Pathogens to Watch Tenet?

Dana Stevens

Dec 27, 2020 11:00 AM

In Bacurau, No Place Is Safe, but There’s No Place Like Home

Alison Willmore

Dec 27, 2020 5:59 AM

I Returned to American Utopia Every Time Things Felt Dire and Hopeless This Year

Odie Henderson

Dec 26, 2020 12:59 PM

The Impossible I’m Thinking of Ending Things Is the Perfect Movie for These Destabilizing Times

Justin Chang

Dec 26, 2020 9:01 AM

It’s Not Just That We Didn’t Get to Watch Movies This Year. It’s That We Didn’t Get to Talk About Them!

Dana Stevens

Dec 26, 2020 5:59 AM

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