These are arriving later than usual, but I’ve finally complied my list of my favorite films of 2025. While the year itself was terrible, at least for me, there were at least some excellent films, as is usually the case with bad years. Here are my thoughts of the films I saw in 2025. 40) Motherland - I saw this at the Valley Film Festival and I was intrigued by the premise. It’s similar to The Handmaid’s Tale , but is unique and specific enough to stand on its own. It had

It’s that time of the year again. I completely forgot to do my predictions for the Golden Globes this year because life is crazy for me right now, but I will not forget the Oscars no matter what. So, without further ado, here are my predictions for this year’s Oscar nominations. Best Picture: Bugonia F1 Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sinners Train Dreams Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Anot

I may have forgotten to do my Golden Globe predictions this year because life’s currently crazy for me, but I’m still doing my anticipated films list. And since I’m still a Film Independent member who has films to watch for voting, I’m going to release this list before announcing my favorite films of last year. As always, these aren’t necessarily the ones I’m looking forward to seeing myself (that somewhat applies to number one this year), but includes ones I’m looking forw

Just like last year, I’m releasing my anticipated film list before my favorites list from last year since I still have plenty of films to...