My top five films
The Painter and The Thief (pictured above)
Nomadland
Another Round (Thomas Vinterberg interview here)
Rocks
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (article here)
And a further 25 that I loved, listed alphabetically:
Ammonite
The Assistant
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
First Cow
Gunda
Herself
Misbehaviour
The Nest
News of the World
Promising Young Woman (Sundance London roundtable here)
The Reason I Jump
Small Axe (yes, I’m cheating I know it’s 5 films)
Soul
Stray
Supernova (Harry McQueen interview here)
Sweat (Magnus von Horn interview here)
Time
Tove
The Truffle Hunters
White Riot
Wildland (interview here)
The World To Come
Zola (Sundance London roundtable here)
I’m not proud of this but I should admit that I laughed the hardest I have in years at the debutante ball scene in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.
A few great UK 2020 releases like Babyteeth, Parasite, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, And Then We Danced, A White, White Day, Sound of Metal and Saint Maud were on my 2019 list which you can find here: https://www.filmwendy.com/post/highlights-of-2019
My top 15 TV shows of 2020
I May Destroy You
The Morning Show (article here)
Normal People
The Crown
I Hate Suzie
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Schitt’s Creek
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
McMillions
Never Have I Ever
Staged
Unorthodox
Lenox Hill
The Durrells
Industry
And my always-comforting faves: The Dog House, Gogglebox, Great British Bake Off, Masterchef, Portrait Artist of the Year, Flirty Dancing, etc.
My top three books of 2020
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Theatre for Dreamers by Polly Samson
Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton
