#CINEMAISOLATION
On 23 March 2020 the UK government announced a national lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A week before, with the inevitable announcement on the horizon, we began a project to watch a film every single day. We shared what we were watching on Instagram under the hashtag CINEMAISOLATION.
The idea was never to watch only the ‘best’ films, only to be honest in sharing our choices. This list is better seen as a diary of our isolation, rather than a list of recommendations. There’s no system or internal logic, just a mix of new releases and classic movies, independent and blockbusters, sourced from our DVD shelves, Netflix, BFI Player, television broadcasts and other streaming services. Images are all from our TV screen.
001: Penda’s Fen. Dir. Alan Clarke 002: Jacob’s Ladder. Dir. Adrian Lyne 003: Bloody Kids. Dir. Stephen Frears 004: Adaptation. Dir. Spike Jonze 005: Escape From Alcatraz. Dir: Don Siegel 006: Midnight Express. Dir. Alan Parker 007: Four Lions (live Q&A) Dir. Chris Morris 008: Parasite. Dir. Bong Joon Ho 009: Holy Motors. Dir. Leos Carax 010: Captain Fantastic. Dir. Matt Ross 011: The Death Of Stalin. Dir. Armando Iannucci 012: Midsommar. Dir. Ari Aster 013: I don’t feel at home in this world anymore. Dir. Macon Blair 014: The Guilty. Dir. Gustav Möller 015: Tallulah. Dir. Sian Heder 016: Suspiria. Dir. Luca Guadagnino 017: Funeral In Berlin. Dir. Guy Hamilton 018: The Invitation. Dir. Karyn Kusama 019: Filth. Dir. Jon S Baird 020: West Side Story. Dir. Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise 021: You Are Here. Dir. Daniel Cockburn 021: Fleabag. Feat. Phoebe Waller Bridge. Dir. Vicky Jones 022: Beetlejuice. Dir. Tim Burton 023: This Is Spinal Tap. Dir. Rob Reiner 024: Funny Games. Dir. Michael Haneke 025: Fargo. Dir. Joel and Ethan Coen 026: The Producers. Dir. Mel Brooks 027: The Long Good Friday. Dir. John McKenzie 028: The Secret of Marrowbone. Dir. Sergio G. Sánchez 029: Videodrome. Dir. David Cronenberg 030: Dr Strangelove or How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb. Dir. Stanley Kubrick 031: In The Loop. Dir. Armando Iannucci 032: Network. Dir. Sidney Lumet 033: All The President’s Men. Dir. Alan J. Pakula 034: The Arbor. Dir. Clio Barnard 035: Bad Lieutenant. Dir. Abel Ferrara 036: Best In Show. Dir. Christopher Guest 037: Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Dir. John Cameron Mitchell 038: What Did Jack Do? Dir. David Lynch 039: Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Dir. Blake Edwards 040: An American Werewolf in London. Dir. John Landis 041: Marathon Man. Dir. John Schlesinger 042: Misery. Dir. Rob Reiner 043: Frankenstein (NT Live). Dir. Danny Boyle 044: Uncut Gems. Dir. Safdie Brothers 045: A Field in England. Dir. Ben Wheatley 046: The King of Comedy. Dir. Martin Scorsese 047: Lady Bird. Dir. Greta Gerwig 048: Insomnia. Dir. Christopher Nolan 049: The Breakfast Club. Dir. John Hughes 050: Performance. Dir. Nicolas Roeg, Donald Cammell 051: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. Dir. Lasse Hallström 052: True Romance. Dir. Tony Scott 053: Being There. Dir. Hal Ashby 054: Female Trouble. Dir. John Waters 055: Appropriate Behavior. Dir. Desiree Akhavan 56: I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House. Dir. Osgood Perkins 057: Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Dir. Taika Waititi 058: Glengarry Glen Ross. Dir. James Foley 059: Carrie. Dir. Brian de Palma 060: The Blair Witch Project. Dir. Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez 061: Junebug. Dir. Phil Morrison 062: Facotum. Dir. Bent Hamer 063: Edge of Darkness. Dir. Martin Campbell 064: Mona Lisa. Dir. Neil Jordan 066: To the Devil a Daughter. Dir. Peter Sykes 067: Somers Town. Dir. Shane Meadows 068: The Disaster Artist. Dir. James Franco 069: A Crack in the World. Dir. Andrew Marton 070: Hell Below Zero. Dir. Mark Robson 071: What Happened, Miss Simone? Dir. Liz Garbus 072: Lawrence of Belgravia. Dir. Paul Kelly 073: Padre Padrone. Dir. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani 074: Under the Skin. Dir. Carine Adler 075: Stranger than Fiction. Dir. Marc Forster 076: Labyrinth Dir. Jim Henson 077: Mean Streets. Dir. Martin Scorcese 078: I Am Not Your Negro. Dir. Raoul Peck 079: Klute. Dir. Alan J. Pakula 80: Opening Night. Dir. John Cassavetes 81: The Day Shall Come. Dir. Chris Morris 82: How To Build A Girl. Dir. Coky Giedroyc 83: Cracker. Writer: Jimmy McGovern 84: Privilege. Dir. Peter Watkins 85: The Final Cut. Dir. Omar Naim 86: Cracker- The Big Crunch. Dir. Julian Jarrold 87: Withnail & I. Dir. Bruce Robinson 88: Cabaret. Dir. Bob Fosse 89: Prick Up Your Ears. Dir. Stephen Frears 90: I’m Not There. Dir. Todd Haynes 91: The Remains of the Day. Dir. James Ivory 92: The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 93: Love is the Devil. Dir. John Maybury 94: The Assistant. Dir. Kitty Green 95: I Am Thinking Of Ending Things. Dir. Charlie Kaufman