Felicita (2020) ****

Excellent French film full of surprising plot twists.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) ****

Greyhound (2020) ***

Tense war drama about the Battle of the Atlantic.

I Care A Lot (2020) ***

Pieces Of A Woman (2020) ***

Emma. (2020) ***

United States Vs Billie Holliday (2020) ***

Wolfwalkers (2020) ***

An Irish "Princess Mononoke".

Mank (2020) ***

Speak Love (2020) ***

Love And Monsters (2020) ***

Hamilton (2020) ***

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (2020) ***

The Trial Of The Chicago 7 (2020) ***

A film about young political activists accused of inciting a riot in Chicago in 1968, released shortly before President Donald Trump was accused of inciting a riot in Washington in January 2021.

Enola Holmes (2020) ***

Promising Young Woman (2020) ***

Surprising revenge drama with crafty plot twists.

The White Tiger (2020) ***

Pinocchio (2020) ***

Eurovision Song Contest The Story Of Fire Saga (2020) ***

The Mauritanian (2020) ***

Excellent film about an innocent man imprisoned in Guantanamo.

Collective (2020) ***

Nomadland (2020) ***

Quo Vadis Aida (2020) ***

My Octopus Teacher (2020) ***

South African nature documentary about a unique relationship between a diver and an octopus.

News Of The World (2020) ***

David Byrne's American Utopia (2020) ***

Tenet (2020) ***

Wintopia (2020) ***

Music (2020) ***

Musical numbers include:

"Oh Body" **

"1+1" ***

"Insecure" **

"Beautiful Things Can Happen" *

"Could I Love With No Fear" **

"Easy" *

"Music" *

"Mountains" *

"Together" ***

Palm Springs (2020) ***

A very entertaining variation on "Groundhog Day".

Onward (2020) ***

Another Round (2020) ***

Soul (2020) ***

Horse Girl (2020) ***

Better Days (2020) ***

Chinese drama about bullying and murder. A coproduction with Hong Kong (which submitted it for the Oscars).

The Forbidden Reel (2020) ***

Fascinating documentary about the Afghan film industry before the Soviet invasion and before the Taliban.

The Father (2020) ***

Touching and sad film about an old man losing his memory.

Dave Not Coming Back (2020) ***

The Man Standing Next (2020) ***

Excellent, very tense drama about the assassination of a South Korean dictator in 1979.

The Little Things (2020) ***

The Devil All The Time (2020) ***

Adolescentes (2020) **

Wasp Network (2020) ***

Deux (2020) *

La Verite (2020) *

La Daronne (2020) *

ADN (2020) *

A French film about identity.

Antoinette dans les Cévennes (2020) *

A jealous mistress is stalking her lover on vacation with his wife and family.

Adieu les cons (2020) ***

Ete 85 (2020) ***

Mignonnes (2020) ***

Les Choses qu'on dit les choses qu'on fait (2020) ***

DAU Natasha (2020) ***

Cocoon (2020) ***

Monday (2020) ***

The Life Ahead (2020) **

Sophia Loren's swan song.

The Mole Agent (2020) *

Chilean documentary set in an old folks home.

La Nuit des rois (2020) **

Sheherazade in an Ivory Coast prison.

Un Divan à Tunis (2020) **

Tunesian film about a female psychiatrist.

The Best Years (2020) ***

The Island Of Giant Insects (2020) ***

La Hija de un ladron (2020) ***

The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020) *

Very weird satire about art and immigration. A Tunesian film set in Syria and Belgium.

DAU New Man (2020) ***

DAU Katya Tanya (2020) ***

DAU Degeneration (2020) ***

Climax (2020) ***

The Cloud In Her Room (2020) ***

Drowsy City (2020) ***

Death Of A Ladies’ Man (2020) **

The Personal History Of David Copperfield (2020) **

Guest Of Honour (2020) ***

A solid Atom Egoyan's film.

Random Acts Of Violence (2020) **

Horror movie directed (and costarring) Jay Baruchel.

Kid Detective (2020) **

Canadian film about a detective.

My Salinger Year (2020) **

Blood Quantum (2020) **

Castle In The Ground (2020) *

Boring Canadian film about boring drug addicts.

Falling (2020) *

Unpleasant Canadian film about a horrible old man.

Come To Daddy (2020) ***

Pompei (2020) ***

Sugar Daddy (2020) ***

Possessor (2020) ***

Tito (2020) ***