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2025 was an incredible year for cinema. Keep your phone in your pocket, put your Apple Watch in theater mode, and go to the movies.
My favorite film of 2026 that I saw in 2025... NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE - director Matt Johnson
Lastly, what may end up being my favorite film of 2026 that I saw in 2025... NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE - director Matt Johnson
MY FAVORITE FIRST WATCHES OF 2025, RANKED
1. ERASERHEAD - director David Lynch 2. APOCALYPSE NOW - director Francis Ford Coppola 3. YI YI - director Edward Yang 4. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - director David Lean 5. BROADCAST NEWS - director James L. Brooks 6. THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE - director Joseph Sargent 7. DOG DAY AFTERNOON - Sidney Lumet 8. WHAT'S UP, DOC? - Peter Bogdanovich 9. GOOD MORNING - YasujirΕ Ozu 10. ROPE - director Alfred Hitchcock
11. PETITE MAMAN - director CΓ©line Sciamma 12. THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY - director Anthony Minghella 13. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - director Ang Lee 14. STRANGE DAYS - director Kathryn Bigelow 15. PAPER MOON - director Peter Bogdanovich 16. SEVEN SAMURAI - director Akira Kurosawa 17. THE BIRDCAGE - director Mike Nichols 18. IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD - director Stanley Kramer 19. OUT OF SIGHT - director Steven Soderbergh 20. MIDNIGHT RUN - director Martin Brest
21. POLICE STORY - director Jackie Chan 22. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE - director Martin Scorsese 23. GREEN ROOM - director Jeremy Saulnier 24. HUNGER - director Steve McQueen 25. TALK TO ME - directors Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou 26. HEARTS OF DARKNESS: A FILMMAKER'S APOCALYPSE - directors George Hickenlooper, Fax Bahr, Eleanor Coppola 27. A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH - directors Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 28. THE GREAT DICTATOR - director Charlie Chaplin 29. DEFENDING YOUR LIFE - director Albert Brooks 30. THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD! - director David Zucker
MY FAVORITE FIRST WATCHES OF 2025
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MY FAVORITE FILMS OF 2025, RANKED
1. ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - director Paul Thomas Anderson 2. BUGONIA - director Yorgos Lanthimos 3. NO OTHER CHOICE - director Park Chan-wook 4. SINNERS - director Ryan Coogler 5. HAPPYEND - director Neo Sora 6. TWINLESS - director James Sweeney 7. MARTY SUPREME - director Josh Safdie 8. WEAPONS - director Zach Cregger 9. BRING HER BACK - directors Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou 10. WAKE UP DEAD MAN - director Rian Johnson
11. RESURRECTION - director Bi Gan 12. FRIENDSHIP - director Andrew DeYoung 13. SORRY, BABY - director Eva Victor 14. BLUE MOON - director Richard Linklater 15. TRAIN DREAMS - director Clint Bentley 16. SENTIMENTAL VALUE - director Joachim Trier 17. THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME - director Wes Anderson 18. THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE - director Mona Fastvold 19. SPLITSVILLE - director Michael Angelo Covino 20. DIE MY LOVE - director Lynne Ramsay
21. IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT - director Jafar Panahi 22. SUPERMAN - director James Gunn 23. HAMNET - director ChloΓ© Zhao 24. THE BALTIMORONS - director Jay Duplass 25. OBEX - director Albert Birney 26. PRESENCE - director Steven Soderbergh 27. LURKER - director Alex Russell 28. 28 YEARS LATER - director Danny Boyle 29. PETER HUJAR'S DAY - director Ira Sachs 30. THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS - director Matt Shakman
MY FAVORITE FILMS OF 2025
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incoming cinema related post that the people have been waiting for...
finally finding out that the Criterion controversy is about kpop demon hunters and I think Criterion should add kids movies regularly, take them entirely seriously, and get those kids into movies and movie making at an early age. hell yeah.
this happened to my buddy Brian
my favorite Christmas movies are ELF, THE HOLDOVERS, and EYES WIDE SHUT
So am I the last person to know Wendyβs discontinued their sweet and sour sauce or
my current set of A-List reservations is GOAT level
haul 11/22/25
The most important lesson to be learned from Vince Gilliganβs incredible new show PLURIBUS is that the ultimate key to survival in a scary world is owning physical media.
Amazing game that has made me want to throw myself out a window many, many times
At the Oasis show - 50% of the people here are dressed like the dudes from the end of 28 YEARS LATER
Could someone just pay me to watch movies, please?
Follow me on Letterboxd!
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hey remember when a rich ceo died then when they caught the suspect they made a circus of it like they found osama bin laden and charged him with terrorism but less than weeks ago two democrat lawmakers and their spouses were shot as literal assassination to shift control and everyone already forgot
Some impossible missions with a dash of rageful zombies!
More thoughts on the rest of the incredible movies at the fest:
What a week at @chicagocritics.bsky.social !!!
A LITTLE PRAYER
Closing Film of the Chicago Critics Film Festival 2025
"You know what they'd call us back home? Kindred spirits."
ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT
The death of one movie becomes the life of another in this interesting, funny meta documentary.
HAPPYEND
"It's wrong to follow a society that's wrong."
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2025 Day 6 and 7 Thread! Four wonderful films, starting with my surprise favorite of the festival and capped off by a lovely closing film featuring a final scene that nearly brought tears to my eyes.
OBEX
"What does your heaven look like?"
"Just a day at the beach with my dog."
FANTASY LIFE
"Your privilege makes you undeserving of care?"
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2025 Day 5 Thread! Saw two films: one a well performed character drama about lonely people in New York City, one a man entering a video game to save his dog, who is a very good dog.
