It wasn t so bad in the end, at least where cinema was concerned. Even with all those tentpole releases pushed back to next year, 2020 was so thronged with quality movie titles that narrowing down this selection of the best titles was quite a task.
With theatrical releases few and far between, we found ourselves excellently served by platforms such as Curzon, IFI@Home, and Netflix (which emerged as a feature-film market leader). When cinemas could be returned to in safety, there were still home-grown wonders and big-studio productions worth venturing out for, with the odd bloated anti-climax thrown in for good measure (Christopher Nolan s Tenet was hugely disappointing).
Books, Netflix, and National Theatre live were three of the pillars supporting my sanity this year. As it draws to a close, we must remember that there was lots of good stuff in 2020 and much of it came from the arts.
Whether it was a new novel from Maggie O Farrell or William Boyd, Gillian Anderson (as powerful in Streetcar as she was in The Crown), or The Queen s Gambit, they brought comfort and joy.
Our erudite quiz setter Alison Walsh has looked back at the strange year that was 2020 and devised a compelling test of artistic knowledge. So take time out from trimming the tree and see how much attention you were paying.
‘Louis Van Beethoven’ and ‘Assassins’ top this week’s streaming movies at Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
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CLEVELAND, Ohio It’s been 250 years since the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth, and director Niki Stein marks the occasion with deep dive into the nearly deaf composer’s life.
The lavish new biographical drama “Louis Van Beethoven,” which starts streaming Dec. 18 via the Cleveland Institute of Art’s Cinematheque, details how an 8-year-old musical prodigy became a legend.
Also beginning on Dec. 18, Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee, the Capitol and Chagrin Cinemas) is screening director Ryan White’s new documentary, “Assassins.”
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