Cinema During A Pandemic

The Anomalous Duo (Tammy Remington & I) have watched 66 films since the pandemic asserted iteself — around mid-March. An average of one every two days.
Here is our list with director, year, and our mutual vote based on a 5 star rating.


The Painted Bird (Václav Marhoul) 2020 ★★★★.5
Last Exit To Brooklyn (Ulrich Edel, Uli Edel) 1989  ★★★.5
Thappad (Anubhav Sinha) 2020 ★★★
Melinda & Melinda (Woody Allen) 2004 ★★★★.5
Hamilton (Thomas Kail) 2020 ★★★
Yellow Submarine (George Dunning) 1968 ★★★★
Bullets Over Broadway (Woody Allen) 1994 ★★★★
Daisies (Vera Chytilová) 1966 ★★
Mr. Saturday Night (Billy Crystal) 1992  ★★★.5
Keyhole (Guy Maddin) 2011★★★.5
Polyester (John Waters) 1981 ★★★
Beats Per Minute (Robin Campillo)2017 ★★★★
Spa Nights (Andrew Ahn) 2016 ★★
Enchanted Cottage (John Cromwell) 1945 ★★★★
Titanic (James Cameron) 1997 ★★★★
Summer Of Sam (Spike Lee) (1999) ★★.5
Knives Out (Rian Johnson) (2019) ★★★★
The Original Kings Of Comedy (Spike Lee) ★
He Got Game (Spike Lee) ★★★
Da 5 Bloods (Spike Lee) (2020) ★★★★
Dana Carvey: Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies (2008) ★★.5
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary (John Scheinfeld) 2017 ★★★
Selma (Ava DuVernay) 2014 ★★★★
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (Timothy Greenfield-Sanders) 2019 ★★★★.5
Futuro Beach (Karim Aïnouz) 2014 ★★
Conspirators of Pleasure (Jan Svankmajer) 1997  ★★★★.5
One Million B.C. (Hal Roach & Hal Roach Jr.) 1940 ★★★.5
Saps At Sea ~ Laurel & Hardy (Gordon Douglas) ★★★★
Squirm (Mystery Science Theater 3000) 1940  (Jeff Lieberman) ★★★
The Trip To Greece (Michael Winterbottom) 1976 ★★★.5
The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie (Luis Bunuel) 1972  ★★★★
JT LeRoy (Justin Kelly) 2019  ★★★
Contempt (Jean-Luc Godard) 1964 ★
Beanpole (Kantemir Balagov) 2020 ★★.5
Stromboli (Roberto Rossellini) 1950 ★
Dear Diary / Caro Diario (Nanni Moretti) 1994 ★★★.5
Santiago, Italia (Nanni Moretti) 2018  ★★★★
The Party (Sally Potter) 2017 ★★★★★
And The Band Played On (Roger Spottiswoode) 1993   ★★★.5
Last Orders (Fred Schepisi) 2001  ★★★
Roxanne (Fred Schepisi) 1987  ★★★★
Lady In The Lake (Robert Montgomery) 1946  ★★★
Tweesprong (Crossroads) (Wouter Bouvjin) 2013  ★★★
Young Ahmed (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne) 2019  ★★.5
In The Valley of Elah 2007 (Paul Haggis)   ★★★
Dead Zone (David Cronenberg) 1983 ★★
Citizen Jane: Battle For The City (Matt Tyrnauer) 2014 ★★★★
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (Céline Sciamma) 2019  ★★★
New York: A Documentary Film (Ric Burns) 1999-2003 ★★★★
One Two Another (Chacun Sa Nuit) (Pascal Arnold) 2006 ★★.5
Madame Satã (Karim Aïnouz) 2002  ★★
Enter The Void (Gaspar Noe)  2009 ★★★★
Invisible Life (Karim Aïnouz)  2019  ★★★★.5
Love (Gaspar Noe) 2015  ★★★.5
Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly) 2001  ★★★
True Grit (Coen Brothers) 2010  ★★★.5
Ballad of Buster Scrubbs (Coen Brothers) 2018  ★★★
The Decameron (Pier Paolo Pasolini) 1971 ★★★.5
Hero (Stephen Frears) 1992   ★★★
Corpus Christi ( Boze cialo) (Jan Komasa) 2019  ★★★.5
Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog) 2005  .5
Last Night (Don McKellar)  1998 ★★★★.5
I’m For The Hippopotamus (Don Taylor) 1979  ★★
The Invisible Man (Leigh Whannell)  2020 ★★.5
The Road (Javier Aguirresarobe, John Hillcoat)  2009  ★★★
Mon Oncle (Jacques Tati) 1958   ★★★★★

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