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The Searchers [Top 10 of 2025]
The best films I saw that were released in US theaters in 2025.
Jan 1
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Stylistic Vampirism [RESURRECTION and DRACULA]
On two fascinating and divisive films involving stylistically distinct chapters and vampires.
Dec 31, 2025
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Ryan Swen
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Night and Jours [BLUE MOON and NOUVELLE VAGUE]
On Richard Linklater's pair of great 2025 films about art and its passionate advocates.
Dec 29, 2025
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Ryan Swen
CineFile Plays Itself [VIDEOHEAVEN]
On Alex Ross Perry's other Gen X subculture documentary of the year.
Dec 28, 2025
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Ryan Swen
AFI Fest 2025: THE CURRENTS, FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER, KONTINENTAL ’25
Capsules about some of the best films I saw at AFI Fest 2025.
Dec 25, 2025
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Ryan Swen
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Of Time and the City [THE SECRET AGENT and BELOW THE CLOUDS]
On two brilliant films about a city's relationship to the past and present.
Dec 24, 2025
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Ryan Swen
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To the Ends of the Earth [SIRĀT]
The boldest, most wrenching film of the year.
Nov 21, 2025
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Ryan Swen
7 Walks With Mark Brown
Pierre Creton and Vincent Barré's humble botanist exploration is one of the best documentaries of the year.
Nov 19, 2025
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Ryan Swen
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