#800: Top 5 Questions about the Fall(ish) 2020 Movie Season

Which stage adaptation will provide the best showcase for its immensely talented star who seems destined for a Best Actor nomination, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (Chadwick Boseman) or THE FATHER (Anthony Hopkins)?
In the voice of your Documentary film prof... Compare/contrast Steve James’ (CITY SO REAL) and Frederick Wiseman’s (CITY HALL) presentation of local politics. What are the unique and common challenges between Chicago and Boston? How do the esteemed documentarians approach and express these challenges in similar or different ways? Does either provide a more hopeful view of civic engagement?
Will ZAPPA be the rousing, competently made ‘70s rock god exploration that STARDUST almost surely will not be? Or will I have to seek my music fix in SOUND OF METAL?
Who will I most wish I could be stuck longer with: Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke (ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI); Martha and Franklin (SMALL AXE LOVERS ROCK); or the ‘friend’ and family of HAPPIEST SEASON?
Will LUPIN III: THE FIRST steal the animation-fan hearts of the Kempenaars and successfully relaunch our family movie nights?

Will Wolfwalkers or Soul overtake Weathering With You as my favorite animated movie of the year? (Wolfwalkers, Soul)
Will Steven Yuen make it a trifecta with Minari? (Minari)
Can I handle another dementia movie? (The Father)
Will The Truffle Hunters do for truffles what Honeyland did for honey? (The Truffle Hunters)
Is George Clooney, director, DOA? (The Midnight Sky)

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#799: Top 5 High-Concept Horror Movies

“Birds go bonkers” - The Birds
“A proudly virginal high schooler discovers she has teeth … well, where there shouldn’t be any.” (Teeth)
“A vegetarian vet student develops an insatiable desire for meat” (Raw)
“If you say a killer’s name in the mirror five times, he’ll appear” (Candyman)
“A malevolent spirit haunts a chat room” (Unfriended)

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Amadeus (Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Confutatis maledictis)
The Shawshank Redemption (Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Che soave zeffiretto)
Five Easy Pieces (Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major + Fantasy in D minor)
The New World (Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488)
Trading Places (Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture)

A Man Escaped (Great Mass in C Minor, K. 427: 1. Kyrie) — Scene | Music
Amadeus (Serenade K361 "Gran Partita" for 13 wind instruments: Adagio) — Scene | Music
Moonlight (Laudate Dominum from Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339) — Scene: at 13:20 on Netflix | Music
Alien (Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": II. Romanze: Andante)
The Tree of Life (Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": II. Andante) — Scene | Music