I think we all hoped 2021 would improve upon 2020, and to a certain degree it did, but not to the level I think we all hoped.
I did see more movies in 2021 versus 2020, my feature count ticked way up to 121 from 97. This is still behind my normal pace from the before times, but I was able to muster more attention this year. 121 seems like a pretty solid number despite the rare theatre experience this year. Hopefully IFFBoston’s spring festival and the film club can return to something more normal in 2022.
Not really a surprise that I didn’t see much in a theatre this year….
I leaned pretty hard into comfort-viewing, especially towards the end of the year.. Still saw a surprising of first timers…
The genre breakdown is pretty typical, though docs at 30% is high.
Pretty typical distribution for me, tho IFFBoston’s (virtual) festival was in May this year.
You can find the charts for 2021 here. Once you are there you can use the filter controls at the top to slice and dice the data as you see fit.
(If you are interested in the technical guts of these graphs, you can find the source code here)