Jacqueline Monahan

Jacqueline Monahan’s Pandemic Top Ten (2020)

Jacqueline Monahan’s Pandemic Top Ten (2020)

1. Promising Young Woman
2. The Father
3. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
4. Judas and the Black Messiah
5. Nomadland
6. Mank
7. One Night in Miami
8. The Dissident (Documentary)
9. Crip Camp (Documentary)
10. Da Five Bloods

Honorable Mentions:
The Trial of the Chicago Seven
My Octopus Teacher (Documentary)
Soul (Animated)

What a long, strange year it’s been. No, I didn’t get out much, but luckily, films came to me via studio (Warner Bros., Lionsgate), Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus, and Apple TV to name a few. Of the films I’ve seen, the ones listed above have made an impression that lasted well beyond their screening. The three honorable mentions bring the total to 13, a fitting number to commemorate the events of 2020. The industry is not dead, and here’s the proof. –JM 2/2021

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