Movies I Watched (October 2020)
A list of all the films I watched in October 2020.
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- DirectorJean BeaudinStarsKarine VanasseMarie-Thérèse FortinMaxim GaudetteOn her return from Florence, where she was a victim of Stendhal Syndrome, a young Quebec violinist undertakes research to find her mother who has been missing for two years.4/10
#22 in "Top 25 Worst of 2020" - DirectorDeb EllisDenis MuellerStarsMatt DamonDaniel BerriganHoward ZinnThe life and times of Howard Zinn: the historian, activist, and author of several classics including "A Peoples History of the United States". Archival footage, and commentary by friend, colleagues and Zinn himself.6/10
- DirectorJoe MantelloStarsJim ParsonsZachary QuintoMatt BomerAt a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.9/10
#7 in "Top 10 Best of October 2020" - DirectorJán KadárElmar KlosStarsIda KaminskaJozef KronerFrantisek ZvaríkA carpenter in the Fascist Slovak State is appointed "Aryan controller" of a Jewish widow's store.9/10
#9 in "Top 10 Best of October 2020" - DirectorMarleen GorrisStarsWilleke van AmmelrooyJan DecleirVeerle van OverloopA Dutch matron establishes and, for several generations, oversees a close-knit, matriarchal community where feminism and liberalism thrive.10/10
#4 in "Top 10 Best of October 2020" - DirectorJirí MenzelStarsVáclav NeckárJosef SomrVlastimil BrodskýAn apprentice train dispatcher at a village station seeks his first sexual encounter and becomes despondent when he is unable to perform.7/10
- DirectorGeorge SluizerStarsBernard-Pierre DonnadieuGene BervoetsJohanna ter SteegeRex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.9/10
#8 in "Top 10 Best of October 2020" - DirectorLotte ReinigerCarl KochA handsome prince rides a flying horse to faraway lands and embarks on magical adventures, which include befriending a witch, meeting Aladdin, battling demons and falling in love with a princess.8/10
- DirectorDiane KurysStarsMiou-MiouIsabelle HuppertGuy MarchandA Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him.8/10
- DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerExperience the thrill of the hunt and the heartwarming fun of a mother lion caring for her playful cubs as wildlife experts Elma Milotte and Alfred Milotte spend three years on the plains of Africa studying the king of beasts.6/10
- DirectorKirsten JohnsonStarsMichael HilowAna HoffmanDick JohnsonA daughter helps her father prepare for the end of his life.10/10
#3 in "Top 10 Best of October 2020"
#13 in "Top 20 Best of 2020" - DirectorFrederick WisemanDocumentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside the Massachusetts Correctional Institution Bridgewater where people stay trapped in their madness.8/10
- DirectorFrançois DelisleStarsNoémie Godin-VigneauFrançois DelisleDany BoudreaultForty-something Pierre is serving a fourteen year prison sentence. His mother, who is approaching eighty, visits him every week. Suzanne, Pierre's current wife, has moved on since he was sent away. Each character gives us a frank account of a period in their lives that seems suspended in time by the fragile connection between life on the inside and the world outside. Their destinies are linked by crime, guilt and loneliness, and like casualties of love and desire, they are dying to stick their heads above the water and breathe the air of life.8/10
- DirectorChristos NikouStarsAris ServetalisSofia GeorgovassiliAnna KalaitzidouAmidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities.
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsPaula BeerFranz RogowskiMaryam ZareeUndine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin's urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with her. Undine has to kill the man who betrays her and return to the water.6/10
- DirectorLina WertmüllerStarsGiancarlo GianniniFernando ReyShirley StolerThe defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso.7/10
- DirectorLarisa ShepitkoStarsBoris PlotnikovVladimir GostyukhinSergey YakovlevTwo Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the winter cold, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches.6/10
- DirectorMárta MészárosStarsKatalin BerekGyöngyvér VighPéter FriedA lonely middle-aged woman wants to give birth to a child, but her acquaintance with dysfunctional teenagers leads her to the idea of adoption.5/10
- DirectorThomas BurstynStarsPeter KarenaColleen KarenaLlewelyn Ottley-KarenaA lionhearted father struggles valiantly to create a life of idyllic simplicity for his family.7/10
- DirectorIvan IkicStarsMarijana NovakovTijana MarkovicValentino ZenuniReal life people play versions of themselves, in a love triangle set in a facility for intellectually disabled youth.8/10
- DirectorAnaïs Barbeau-LavaletteStarsMaxime Desjardins-TremblayMaxime DumontierJulianne CôtéA coming-of-age saga set in the slums of Montreal as a young boy comes to grips with the temptations of the street while hopelessly aspiring to become a professional wrestler.6/10
- DirectorAaron SorkinStarsEddie RedmayneAlex SharpSacha Baron CohenThe story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.10/10
#2 in "Top 10 Best of October 2020"
#19 in "Top 20 Best of 2020" - DirectorIvan OstrochovskýStarsSamuel SkyvaSamuel PolakovicVlad IvanovTwo students of a theological seminary in totalitarian Czechoslovakia must decide if they'll choose the easier way of collaboration, or if they'll subject themselves to the surveillance of the secret police.8/10
- DirectorIvan I. TverdovskiyStarsNatalya TsvetkovaFilipp AvdeevYan TsapnikMany years after a deadly terrorist siege in a Moscow theatre, survivor Natasha returns to the crime scene to hold a memorial evening, finally able to confront her survivor's guilt and her estranged daughter and husband.9/10
#6 in "Top 10 Honorable Mentions" - DirectorXinyuan Zheng LuStarsZhou ChenYe HongmingJin JingZhao Muzi went back to her hometown Hangzhou for spring festival. Her parents divorced years ago, her mother is dating a foreigner now while her father started a new family and had a new kid.2/10
#3 in "Top 25 Worst of 2020" - DirectorGreg BarkerStarsSergio Vieira de MelloTony BlairSamantha PowerA look at the life and work of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and the rescue operation when he was trapped and injured by a bomb explosion at UN headquarters in Baghdad.8/10
- DirectorPascal PlanteStarsAnthony TherrienRose-Marie PerreaultLysandre NadeauTheo spends his 18th birthday alone, getting drunk at a punk rock show. There, he meets Mag, a teenage girl who invites him to spend the night at her place...7/10
- DirectorJoachim LafosseStarsÉmilie DequenneClaire BodsonNiels ArestrupHappy couple, will marry and have children under the roof of the benevolent Doctor. Little by little, relationships become complex, suffocating the couple and the family, who are unaware of the tragic end towards which they are heading8/10
- DirectorBert SternAram AvakianStarsLouis ArmstrongMahalia JacksonChuck BerryThe highlights of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.9/10
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.10/10
- DirectorEmily KunstlerSarah KunstlerStarsHerman BadilloHarry BelafonteClyde BellecourtThe life of the great American lawyer and advocate for the political underdog, William Kunstler.7/10
- DirectorMurray LernerStarsIsaac SternDavid GolubDelun LiIsaac Stern's cultural tour of China is seen, with the master violinist performing and mentoring young Chinese musicians. He visits rehearsals of the Peking Opera, meeting with their musicians who use traditional Chinese instruments, and also visits a sports academy and other venues. The lingering effects of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), which opposed any western influences and oppressed those who introduced western approaches, are evident in the lack of skill development among many of the young musicians and the emphasis on technical skill rather than artistic interpretation.9/10
#3 in "Top 10 Honorable Mentions" - DirectorLemohang Jeremiah MoseseStarsMary TwalaJerry MofokengMakhaola NdebeleWhen her village is threatened with forced resettlement due to reservoir construction, an 80-year-old widow finds a new will to live and ignites the spirit of resilience within her community.9/10
#6 in "Top 10 Best of October 2020" - StarsKeith DavidWynton MarsalisGary GiddinsA survey of the musical form's history and major talents.10/10
#5 in "Top 10 Best of October 2020" - DirectorStefan HauptStarsMatthias HungerbühlerPeter JecklinMarie LeuenbergerA young teacher in Zurich in the 1950s falls in love with a transvestite star but is torn between his bourgeois existence and his commitment to homosexuality.5/10
- DirectorSam CullmanJennifer GrausmanMark BeckerStarsMark A. LandisLester SullivanIrwin LakovWhen one of the most prolific art forgers in US history is finally exposed, he must confront the legacy of his 30-year con.7/10
- DirectorValentyn VasyanovychStarsAndriy RymarukLiudmyla BilekaVasyl AntoniakA soldier suffering from PTSD befriends a young volunteer hoping to restore peaceful energy to a war-torn society.9/10
#10 in "Top 10 Best of October 2020" - DirectorAndrés WoodStarsFrancisco AcuñaJuan AlfaroOrlando AlfaroA portrait of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, filled with her musical work, her memories, her loves, and her hopes.6/10
- DirectorMohammad RasoulofStarsBaran RasoulofZhila ShahiMahtab ServatiThe four stories that are variations on the crucial themes of moral strength and the death penalty that ask to what extent individual freedom can be expressed under a despotic regime and its seemingly inescapable threats.10/10
#1 in "Top 10 Best of October 2020"
#8 in "Top 20 Best of 2020" - DirectorDung Luong DinhA young man who works as a slaughterman is forced to take revenge on three strangers that brutally attack his simple life.6/10