It had been billed as the year when cinema came roaring back.After the global pandemic ruined Hollywood’s 2020 blockbuster release calendar, we had finally started to see the big stars back on the big screen over the past couple of months, before we were placed back into a nationwide lockdown this week.
But that’s not where the true cinematic delights of 2021 so far have come from. Instead, it has been a mix of streaming service gems and edgier fare, where the emphasis is on story and character, rather than pyrotechnics.
After looking back over the seven-and-a-half months since the start of January, Stuff to Watch has come up with this list of the dozen movies we’d gladly watch again (and where you can currently see them).
Source: Lockdown viewing: The best movies of the year so far (& where you can watch them) | Stuff.co.nz