Happy 20th Anniversary to The Wife, also known as Lisa, The Love of My Life!
But – this dreadful year was like no other. We’ve sheltered in place together 24/7, with each of us working from home, for ten months. Overall, the year has been horrible, but our mutual confinement hasn’t been.
Like me, she has been evangelizing for Driveways, 2020’s most overlooked film. We enjoyed lighter fare, too: Lovebirds, Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo, Mucho, Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado, The Speed Cubers and Voices of Fire.
This year we binged more episodic television together than ever, like The Crown (and, yes, Tiger King). Her favorite has been Derry Girls. And AT LEAST TWENTY FULL SEASONS of British crime dramas – Prime Suspect, Marcella, Vera, DCI Banks, Shetland, Deadwater Fell, Hidden, Broadchurch. As far as we can tell, England, Scotland and Wales are filled with entertaining murders.
As usual, I got to introduce her to some film classics: Key Largo, Witness to Murder and Le Boucher.
Once again, she tolerated my spending huge chunks of time covering Cinequest and Noir City in person and the SXSW, Mill Valley Film Festival, Cinequest’s Cinejoy and Noir City (again) virtually.
She’s the biggest fan and supporter of this blog DURING ALL OF ITS TEN YEARS, and I appreciate her and love her. Happy Anniversary, Honey!