#258: At Home At The Movies: Our Top 5 Films of 2020

The Next Picture Show

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Tv & Film, Film History, Film Reviews

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🗓️ 29 December 2020

⏱️ 96 minutes

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As we say goodbye to a moviegoing year like none other, we go off-format this week for a year-end discussion about what it meant to go to the movies — or not, as the case may be — in a pandemic year that’s still in the midst of upending the theatrical experience as we’ve known it. We also share our hopes for our filmgoing futures; look for some glimpses of a silver lining amid the havoc 2020 has wreaked on the industry; and welcome some special guests to share their under-the-radar favorites of the year. Then, we collectively grit our teeth and present our individual Top 5 films of the year lists, despite everyone but Scott’s reluctance to commit to a ranked list in a year when there was so much we missed… and yet we still manage to find some consensus picks for the best of this remarkable year for movies. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about this year, or any year, in film by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Outro Music: New Pornographers, “Twin Cinema” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Next Picture Show listeners. Here's a friendly reminder that if you enjoy the next picture
0:04.0	show, you'll really enjoy getting more Next Picture Show by subscribing to our Patreon. You can get our weekly
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0:16.0	ad-free versions of the podcast. We recently released a new bonus episode about Steve McQueen's
0:22.2	Small Axe movie series for Amazon, and we have another in the works about our favorite TV
0:26.8	shows of 2020. To subscribe to our Patreon, please visit patreon.com slash next picture show.
0:35.3	It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.
0:39.1	You believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living being?
0:45.8	We may be true with the past, but the past is not through with us.
0:53.3	Welcome to The Next Picture Show, a movie the week podcast about it to a classic film and how it shaped our thoughts on a recent release.
0:59.5	I'm Scott Tobias here with Keith Phipps, Tasha Robinson, and Genevieve Koski.
1:04.7	Back on March 2nd, we got together for a recording of an episode on The Invisible Man and Gaslight.
1:10.6	Little did we suspect it would
1:12.1	be the last time we do a show in person again. And when we followed that episode with a special
1:17.5	pairing of Panic in the Streets and Contagion, we did not expect to be doing episodes in quarantine
1:22.8	for the remainder of the year, with theaters largely closed in the streaming universe evolving dramatically before our eyes. On today's special one-off episode of the year, with theaters largely closed in the streaming universe evolving dramatically
1:28.4	before our eyes. On today's special one-off episode of the Next Picture Show, we wanted to take
1:33.5	some time to reflect on this most unusual movie year and share our individual top five films of 2020.
1:40.9	We've also invited some guests who have appeared on the show to share their hidden gems,
1:45.7	a movie that may or may not be their favorite of the year, but is the one they've championed
1:49.6	the most.
1:50.6	We've scattered those voicemails throughout the episode.
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