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the 2025 political cine-schisms
nasty-funny tightly controlled cinema: Eddington, No Other Choice, Bugonia, Materiaists
lived-in frayed cinema: Sinners, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Marty Supreme
moms have had it cinema: Die My Love, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
discuss
nasty-funny tightly controlled cinema: Eddington, No Other Choice, Bugonia, Materiaists
lived-in frayed cinema: Sinners, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Marty Supreme
moms have had it cinema: Die My Love, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
discuss
January 3, 2026 at 3:18 AM
the 2025 political cine-schisms
nasty-funny tightly controlled cinema: Eddington, No Other Choice, Bugonia, Materiaists
lived-in frayed cinema: Sinners, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Marty Supreme
moms have had it cinema: Die My Love, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
discuss
nasty-funny tightly controlled cinema: Eddington, No Other Choice, Bugonia, Materiaists
lived-in frayed cinema: Sinners, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Marty Supreme
moms have had it cinema: Die My Love, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
discuss
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Here is my integral top ten list for 2025. Three lists combined: 2025 world premiere films; 2025 world premiere features only; and 2025 commercial releases. Nineteen films in all.
Trust me, it makes sense. (Read the notes.)
letterboxd.com/msicism/list...
Trust me, it makes sense. (Read the notes.)
letterboxd.com/msicism/list...
TOP "TEN" OF 2025 -- INTEGRAL
A combined list of the best feature films the world premiered in 2025; feature films that were released in 2025; and short films from 2025. [See notes for clarification.]
letterboxd.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Here is my integral top ten list for 2025. Three lists combined: 2025 world premiere films; 2025 world premiere features only; and 2025 commercial releases. Nineteen films in all.
Trust me, it makes sense. (Read the notes.)
letterboxd.com/msicism/list...
Trust me, it makes sense. (Read the notes.)
letterboxd.com/msicism/list...
belated xmas gift 🔥
January 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
belated xmas gift 🔥
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It's alive!
I served as guest editor for this special issue of the peer-reviewed, open-access journal, MONSTRUM: Vegan and Animal Liberation Horror.
- 6 feature essays
- 2 original fiction pieces (by @kkoja.bsky.social & me)
- 3 retrospective reviews
And more! Read now!
tinyurl.com/2hp6967b
I served as guest editor for this special issue of the peer-reviewed, open-access journal, MONSTRUM: Vegan and Animal Liberation Horror.
- 6 feature essays
- 2 original fiction pieces (by @kkoja.bsky.social & me)
- 3 retrospective reviews
And more! Read now!
tinyurl.com/2hp6967b
December 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
It's alive!
I served as guest editor for this special issue of the peer-reviewed, open-access journal, MONSTRUM: Vegan and Animal Liberation Horror.
- 6 feature essays
- 2 original fiction pieces (by @kkoja.bsky.social & me)
- 3 retrospective reviews
And more! Read now!
tinyurl.com/2hp6967b
I served as guest editor for this special issue of the peer-reviewed, open-access journal, MONSTRUM: Vegan and Animal Liberation Horror.
- 6 feature essays
- 2 original fiction pieces (by @kkoja.bsky.social & me)
- 3 retrospective reviews
And more! Read now!
tinyurl.com/2hp6967b
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Fritz on Fridays — Joshua Polanski's (joshuapolanski.bsky.social) monthly column reflecting on the works of Austrian "Master of Darkness" Fritz Lang — kicks off for 2026 with a look at Lang's insignificant but entertaining CLASH BY NIGHT.
midwestfilmjournal.com/2026/01/02/f...
midwestfilmjournal.com/2026/01/02/f...
January 2, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Fritz on Fridays — Joshua Polanski's (joshuapolanski.bsky.social) monthly column reflecting on the works of Austrian "Master of Darkness" Fritz Lang — kicks off for 2026 with a look at Lang's insignificant but entertaining CLASH BY NIGHT.
midwestfilmjournal.com/2026/01/02/f...
midwestfilmjournal.com/2026/01/02/f...
some extremely funny milestones here
January 2, 2026 at 6:40 PM
some extremely funny milestones here
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Watching Road House in 4K by myself, saying "hell yeah" to all my favorite bits
January 2, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Watching Road House in 4K by myself, saying "hell yeah" to all my favorite bits
halfway through the decade, what are your favorite films each year so far?
2020: Vitalina Varela
2021: Zeros and Ones
2022: Armageddon Time
2023: Music
2024: Close Your Eyes
2025: Caught By the Tides
2020: Vitalina Varela
2021: Zeros and Ones
2022: Armageddon Time
2023: Music
2024: Close Your Eyes
2025: Caught By the Tides
(a little more than) halfway through the decade! what are your favorite films each year so far?
2020: Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
2021: Drive My Car
2022: Something in the Dirt
2023: Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
2024: Furiosa
2025: Reflection in a Dead Diamond
2020: Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
2021: Drive My Car
2022: Something in the Dirt
2023: Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
2024: Furiosa
2025: Reflection in a Dead Diamond
Six tenths through the decade! What are your favorite films each year so far?
2020: WOLFWALKERS
2021: WEST SIDE STORY
2022: RRR
2023: THE ZONE OF INTEREST
2024: RUMOURS
2025: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
2020: WOLFWALKERS
2021: WEST SIDE STORY
2022: RRR
2023: THE ZONE OF INTEREST
2024: RUMOURS
2025: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
January 2, 2026 at 3:14 PM
halfway through the decade, what are your favorite films each year so far?
2020: Vitalina Varela
2021: Zeros and Ones
2022: Armageddon Time
2023: Music
2024: Close Your Eyes
2025: Caught By the Tides
2020: Vitalina Varela
2021: Zeros and Ones
2022: Armageddon Time
2023: Music
2024: Close Your Eyes
2025: Caught By the Tides
Happy Last 4 Friday to all who celebrate; back on my dumb guy bullshit for 2026 baybeeeeee
January 2, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Happy Last 4 Friday to all who celebrate; back on my dumb guy bullshit for 2026 baybeeeeee
Describe your BlueSky account in a single image.
January 1, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Describe your BlueSky account in a single image.
2025-12-14 (izzy film) (2025; Jake Panek)
December 31, 2025 at 11:50 PM
2025-12-14 (izzy film) (2025; Jake Panek)
2026 mood board
December 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
2026 mood board
essential thread:
It's December, which means it's time for my favorite post of the year (which will be updated all day), the cinema of 2025 as gags from 30 Rock. Starting with ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
December 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
essential thread:
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The Best Films You Missed (But Shouldn’t Have) in 2025.
www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the...
www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the...
The Best Films You Missed (But Shouldn't Have) in 2025
There’s no time like the present to catch up!
www.thedailybeast.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The Best Films You Missed (But Shouldn’t Have) in 2025.
www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the...
www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the...
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we're still alive and kickin' and we'll keep kickin' for as long as we can
Just hit publish on @avclub.com's year in review, which could not possibly include ALL of our favorite pieces of 2025, but it does reflect where we've been and where we're going.
www.avclub.com/best-of-the-...
www.avclub.com/best-of-the-...
The best of The A.V. Club: Our favorite pieces from 2025
The best of The A.V. Club: Our favorite pieces from 2025
www.avclub.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
we're still alive and kickin' and we'll keep kickin' for as long as we can
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TEN EXPERIMENTAL FILMS THAT DEFINED 2025.
In the past I've done longer lists. And there are other films from this year that are quite worthy. However I think this was an "off" year. For the most part, consensus coalesced around a few select films, and I found myself in agreement.
Alphabetically:
In the past I've done longer lists. And there are other films from this year that are quite worthy. However I think this was an "off" year. For the most part, consensus coalesced around a few select films, and I found myself in agreement.
Alphabetically:
December 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
TEN EXPERIMENTAL FILMS THAT DEFINED 2025.
In the past I've done longer lists. And there are other films from this year that are quite worthy. However I think this was an "off" year. For the most part, consensus coalesced around a few select films, and I found myself in agreement.
Alphabetically:
In the past I've done longer lists. And there are other films from this year that are quite worthy. However I think this was an "off" year. For the most part, consensus coalesced around a few select films, and I found myself in agreement.
Alphabetically:
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Online at @nybooks.com, the introduction to my new book, Algorithm of the Night. www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
A Total Breakdown of All the Easter Eggs | A. S. Hamrah
In December 2019, three months before the pandemic, I was standing on a subway platform in Brooklyn when I recognized a prominent older film critic also
www.nybooks.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Online at @nybooks.com, the introduction to my new book, Algorithm of the Night. www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
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I have a new piece in the latest @nymag.com about the crisis at Mubi www.vulture.com/article/mubi...
Who Is Mubi For?
The art-house movie streamer had a cultlike following. Then it started to expand.
www.vulture.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I have a new piece in the latest @nymag.com about the crisis at Mubi www.vulture.com/article/mubi...
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commissions are open for next month! two spaces
Commissions are open for hand embroidery again if anyone's into that kind of thing nightingale-embroidery.myshopify.com/pages/commis...
December 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
commissions are open for next month! two spaces
had to get reader glasses it’s all over for your boy
December 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
had to get reader glasses it’s all over for your boy
this is the level of my dedication to @boxofficegross.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
this is the level of my dedication to @boxofficegross.bsky.social
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It's here! The 2025 Action Cinema recap!
An overview of the year's most interesting action films. Everything from Ne Zha 2 and Avatar 3 to Last Bullet, Kantara and The Prosecutor, to smaller gems like The Forbidden City, Tatsujin Warriors, and many more!
youtu.be/74ckedulSgo
An overview of the year's most interesting action films. Everything from Ne Zha 2 and Avatar 3 to Last Bullet, Kantara and The Prosecutor, to smaller gems like The Forbidden City, Tatsujin Warriors, and many more!
youtu.be/74ckedulSgo
The Action Year in Review - 2025
YouTube video by Kinemotions
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December 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It's here! The 2025 Action Cinema recap!
An overview of the year's most interesting action films. Everything from Ne Zha 2 and Avatar 3 to Last Bullet, Kantara and The Prosecutor, to smaller gems like The Forbidden City, Tatsujin Warriors, and many more!
youtu.be/74ckedulSgo
An overview of the year's most interesting action films. Everything from Ne Zha 2 and Avatar 3 to Last Bullet, Kantara and The Prosecutor, to smaller gems like The Forbidden City, Tatsujin Warriors, and many more!
youtu.be/74ckedulSgo
Comrades: Almost a Love Story
December 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Comrades: Almost a Love Story
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FOLKS! For episode 46, @boxofficegross.bsky.social stops a man in his tracks with a SINGLE LOOK!!! The great @maxrebosroadie.bsky.social swoops in at the eleventh hour to save us again as we cover moribund Oscar bait MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA!
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December 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
FOLKS! For episode 46, @boxofficegross.bsky.social stops a man in his tracks with a SINGLE LOOK!!! The great @maxrebosroadie.bsky.social swoops in at the eleventh hour to save us again as we cover moribund Oscar bait MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Here's that comic I did with @lanedraws.bsky.social for @maconblair.bsky.social's TOXIC AVENGER. What an honor.
December 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Here's that comic I did with @lanedraws.bsky.social for @maconblair.bsky.social's TOXIC AVENGER. What an honor.