The Year From Hell (and its cinematic saving graces)

April 14, 2021 00:05:23
The Year From Hell (and its cinematic saving graces)
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The Year From Hell (and its cinematic saving graces)

Apr 14 2021 | 00:05:23

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Show Notes

Chris Dashiell presents his favorite films released in 2020. Among the dreadful costs of our shared global disaster, one of the least important was the shutting down of movie theaters. Count it among the many losses of “normality” required for the public good. New films were released, and we watched them at home via streaming platforms. I believe that movies are best experienced on a big screen with an audience, but that wasn’t possible for most of last year, so my list of favorites is largely taken from films I saw on a smaller screen. And fittingly, my top pick,…

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