The best films of 2025 emerged from a landscape as politically volatile and competitively lopsided as the darkest days in Hollywood history. This climate of consolidation and capitulation gave a ...

As 2025 unfolded, returning to the ritual of asking filmmakers about the films that moved them feels both fragile and necessary. This exercise appears days after yet another grotesque display of ...

The season of overeating and slumping in front of the TV—also known as Christmas—is here. But what to watch? Judging by broadcasters’ schedules, and their prominence on streaming platforms, war films ...