5 Interesting A24 Movies Destined For Critical Acclaim In 2020

Few distributors have street credit like A24. A cinephile's studio of choice, the reason for its golden reputation is that few distributors have the track record of A24. In the short time that has passed since its creation in 2012, A24 has produced classic after classic, reliably adding refreshing and groundbreaking work to the cinematic landscape.

With every passing year, the number of brilliant movies they release seems to increase. Take a look at 2019 and you'll be hit with an assault on your eyes by critical darlings. The Lighthouse, Uncut Gems, The Souvenir, Midsommar. Climax, The Farewell, The Last Black Man in San Francisco. The list goes on. And 2020 promises to be no different.

A number of A24 projects are still under wraps, so we don't know details about the likes of C'mon C'mon, apart from the fact that it's directed by Mike Mills and stars Joaquin Phoenix. That was almost enough for it to make our list but that is only one of many exciting projects coming our way over the coming months. While there are household names attached to these projects, what promises to be the greatest thing about them is that stars will emerge.

A24 have backed the best directors of a generation in the likes of Ari Aster, Robert Eggers, Lulu Wang, The Safdie Brothers, and Barry Jenkins. The pages ahead will detail what other potential names you may need to remember so that you can say you knew them before they were huge. It is inevitable. It is the A24 way.

Colin Farrell and (Queen and Slim's) Jodi Turner-Smith star in this futuristic drama about a father and daughter who have to save their robotic family member. That's the one-sentence doesn't-give-away-much blurb. Now we elaborate.

After Yang is based on a short story by Alexander Weinstein called Saying Goodbye to Yang from his collection of short stories Children of the New World. Received with positive reviews and, as you might expect, compared with Black Mirror, it is by turns funny, chilling and sad. After Yang sounds like it could be one of the saddest movies of the year.

Set in a world where robot children are purchased to act as live-in babysitters, a couple buys Yang, a Chinese big brother to help their adopted infant daughter Mika understand her cultural heritage. Things become complicated when, after several years, Yang begins to malfunction. Is Yang a robot that they can replace or is he more than that? A big brother and a son, Yang's state will force an audience to ponder about artificial intelligence.

After Yang is directed by Kogonada, whose debut film Columbus made the top ten lists of many critics in 2017. A regular contributor to film magazines like Sight and Sound, he gained renown for his brilliant video essays on cinema. We can't wait to see what such a keen eye does with this source material.