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Zohran Mamdani officially took office as mayor after the New Year’s Eve ball drop, in a private ceremony held at a shuttered relic of the city’s subway.

Get insights into the best films of 2025 from a filmmaker's perspective. Learn what makes a great film, from engaging storytelling to exceptional performances. Discover my top picks for the year, cove...

These ARE NOT my “Ten Best Films of the year”, I defer that to the pictures in that same year of release. For example the “Ten Best Films of 2021” were all released in 2021. These are the best eight films I saw for the FIRST TIME in 2025 and they are all either great and or excellent. Some on this list I’ve been meaning to watch forever. A couple were spare of the moment because they were available to stream and I wanted to watch while they were still available. I saw MORE older films for the first time, but these were the greatest. The list in chronological order of release. •Psycho (1960) •Night of the Living Dead (1968)•Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song’ (1971) •Buck and the Preacher (1972)•Across 110th Street (1972)•Three Days of the Condor (1975)•Halloween (1978)•Dances With Wolves (1990) ☝🏽SEE my previous years list @ #DankGr8Eight #movies #cinema #DDBMediaMeditations

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