I cheked my letterbox and find the films of 2025, which rated 4,5-5*. Here is the list:
MY BEST OF 2025 (22*)
Marty Supreme by Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another by Paul Thomas Anderson
Yes by Nadav Lapid
Back Home by Tsai Ming-liang
Past Future Continuous by Firouzeh Khosrovani, Morteza Ahmadvand
Our Girls by Mike van Diem
Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch
After the Hunt by Luca Guadagnino
Two Seasons, Two Strangers by Sho Miyake
Dry Leaf by Alexandre Koberidze
The Legend of the Happy Worker by Duwayne Dunham
Divia by Dmytro Hreshko
Militantropos by Alina Gorlova, Yelizaveta Smith, Simon Mozgovyi
Nino by Pauline Loquès
The Secret Agent by Kleber Mendonça Filho
What Does That Nature Say to You by Hong Sang-soo
Timestamp by Kateryna Gornostai
Kontinental ’25 by Radu Jude
Special Operation by Oleksiy Radynski
Eighty Plus by Želimir Žilnik
Fiume o morte! by Igor Bezinović
2000 Meters to Andriivka by Mstyslav Chernov
MY BEST OF 2025 (22*)
Marty Supreme by Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another by Paul Thomas Anderson
Yes by Nadav Lapid
Back Home by Tsai Ming-liang
Past Future Continuous by Firouzeh Khosrovani, Morteza Ahmadvand
Our Girls by Mike van Diem
Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch
After the Hunt by Luca Guadagnino
Two Seasons, Two Strangers by Sho Miyake
Dry Leaf by Alexandre Koberidze
The Legend of the Happy Worker by Duwayne Dunham
Divia by Dmytro Hreshko
Militantropos by Alina Gorlova, Yelizaveta Smith, Simon Mozgovyi
Nino by Pauline Loquès
The Secret Agent by Kleber Mendonça Filho
What Does That Nature Say to You by Hong Sang-soo
Timestamp by Kateryna Gornostai
Kontinental ’25 by Radu Jude
Special Operation by Oleksiy Radynski
Eighty Plus by Želimir Žilnik
Fiume o morte! by Igor Bezinović
2000 Meters to Andriivka by Mstyslav Chernov
❤10❤🔥5🔥2
I just had a 1:1 interview with wonderful Kate Winslet about her directorial debut, Goodbye June (coming soon to Netflix). The film tells the story of a woman, played by Helen Mirren, who dies on Christmas surrounded by her large family. I told Kate that both my aunt and my grandmother died on Christmas, and she was so deeply moved that it actually took some effort to steer the conversation back to the film.
❤22🤯1
Старий добрий Джармуш. Не було нудно жодної хвилинки
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Father Mother Sister Brother
… quite literally the old, familiar Jarmusch that audiences remember from the 1990s.
❤7
25 MUST-SEE FROM Sundance Film Festival 2026
How to Divorce During the War /Lithuania, Luxembourg, Ireland, Czech Republic, Director and Screenwriter: Andrius Blaževičius
Closure / Poland, Director and Producer: Michał Marczak
The Incomer /U.K. , Director and Screenwriter: Louis Paxton
zi /U.S.A. , Director and Screenwriter: Kogonada
Chasing Summer / U.S.A. , Director: Josephine Decker
Frank & Louis / Switzerland, U.K. , Director and Screenwriter: Petra Biondina Volpe
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass / U.S.A. , Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: David Wain
The Gallerist / U.S.A., France , Director and Screenwriter: Cathy Yan
I Want Your Sex / U.S.A. , Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Gregg Araki
In The Blink of An Eye / U.S.A. , Director: Andrew Stanton
The Invite / U.S.A. , Director: Olivia Wilde
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie / U.S.A. , Director and Producer: Alex Gibney
The Moment / U.S.A. , Director and Screenwriter: Aidan Zamiri
How to Divorce During the War /Lithuania, Luxembourg, Ireland, Czech Republic, Director and Screenwriter: Andrius Blaževičius
Closure / Poland, Director and Producer: Michał Marczak
The Incomer /U.K. , Director and Screenwriter: Louis Paxton
zi /U.S.A. , Director and Screenwriter: Kogonada
Chasing Summer / U.S.A. , Director: Josephine Decker
Frank & Louis / Switzerland, U.K. , Director and Screenwriter: Petra Biondina Volpe
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass / U.S.A. , Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: David Wain
The Gallerist / U.S.A., France , Director and Screenwriter: Cathy Yan
I Want Your Sex / U.S.A. , Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Gregg Araki
In The Blink of An Eye / U.S.A. , Director: Andrew Stanton
The Invite / U.S.A. , Director: Olivia Wilde
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie / U.S.A. , Director and Producer: Alex Gibney
The Moment / U.S.A. , Director and Screenwriter: Aidan Zamiri
❤1
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York / U.S.A. , Director and Screenwriter: Noah Segan
Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story / U.S.A. , Directors and Producers: Judd Apatow, Neil Berkeley
See You When I See You / U.S.A. , Director and Producer: Jay Duplass
The Shitheads / U.S.A. , Director and Screenwriter: Macon Blair
Troublemaker / South Africa, U.S.A., U.K.,Director and Producer: Antoine Fuqua
The Weight / U.S.A. ,Director: Padraic McKinley
Wicker / U.S.A. ,Directors and Screenwriters: Eleanor Wilson
Leviticus /Australia ,Director and Screenwriter: Adrian Chiarella
BAIT /U.K., U.S.A. , Executive Producers: Riz Ahmed, Allie Moore, Ben Karlin)
The Screener / U.S.A. , Directors: Jim Cummings
Tuner / Canada, U.S.A. , Director and Screenwriter: Daniel Roher
Fing! /Australia, U.K. , Director: Jeffrey Walker
The Story of Documentary Film / U.K., Director: Mark Cousins
Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story / U.S.A. , Directors and Producers: Judd Apatow, Neil Berkeley
See You When I See You / U.S.A. , Director and Producer: Jay Duplass
The Shitheads / U.S.A. , Director and Screenwriter: Macon Blair
Troublemaker / South Africa, U.S.A., U.K.,Director and Producer: Antoine Fuqua
The Weight / U.S.A. ,Director: Padraic McKinley
Wicker / U.S.A. ,Directors and Screenwriters: Eleanor Wilson
Leviticus /Australia ,Director and Screenwriter: Adrian Chiarella
BAIT /U.K., U.S.A. , Executive Producers: Riz Ahmed, Allie Moore, Ben Karlin)
The Screener / U.S.A. , Directors: Jim Cummings
Tuner / Canada, U.S.A. , Director and Screenwriter: Daniel Roher
Fing! /Australia, U.K. , Director: Jeffrey Walker
The Story of Documentary Film / U.K., Director: Mark Cousins
❤2
About Kate Winslet's directorial debut
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Goodbye June
... adiates warmth, emotional clarity, and genuine compassion.
Ахахаха мій улюблений режисер Патрік Чіа - зрадофіл. Берлінале оголосоло перші тайтли, ось його новий фільм:
Un hiver russe (A Russian Winter)
by Patric Chiha
France 2026
Panorama Dokumente | World premiere | Documentary form
After the invasion of Ukraine, many people in Russia faced a brutal choice: prison, the army – or exile. Margarita, Yuri and their friends
are caught in the crosscurrents of history, with no way to return home, but also no place where they feel truly welcome.
CAN I ASK YOU WHY???
Un hiver russe (A Russian Winter)
by Patric Chiha
France 2026
Panorama Dokumente | World premiere | Documentary form
After the invasion of Ukraine, many people in Russia faced a brutal choice: prison, the army – or exile. Margarita, Yuri and their friends
are caught in the crosscurrents of history, with no way to return home, but also no place where they feel truly welcome.
CAN I ASK YOU WHY???
😱13
Цікава добірка. Символічно, що Вес Андерсон обрав мій улюблений різдвяний фільм "Зустрінь мене у Сент-Луїсі" Вінсента Міннеллі. От вже не думала, що наші смаки співпадають. А який ваш улюблений різдвяний фільм?
BFI
The 12 films of Christmas: filmmakers on their festive favourites
It’s a time for sharing, so in a spirit of goodwill to all cinephiles, a dozen directors, including Guillermo del Toro, Wes Anderson, Alice Rohrwacher, Luna Carmoon and Steven Soderbergh, choose their favourite Christmas films.
❤3
Подивилася вдруге, претензій трохи менше, але вони все одно є
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Sentimental Value
... essentially a set of clichés, dressed in Nordic freshness ...
❤4👎2
нагадаю, що цей фільм з Сашком Рудинським буде змагатися за "Оскар"
DMovies
Rock, Paper, Scissors - DMovies
German-directed, British-made short film shortlisted for the Oscars builds empathy with teenage Ukrainian soldier through quiet observation rather than jingoism and cheap heroics
Вже четвертий рік я співпрацюю з німецьким журналом Cargo і ось вперше мій топ-3 року у цьому часописі німецькою 🌲 Vielen Dank Bert Rebhandl 🎅 Для тих, хто хоче почитати українською
❤6