Tag: Best Films of 2025

• The Year of Relationships: 2025 Movies That Get Love Right (and Wrong)

  

  Where do we, as a society, currently stand when it comes to relationships? Dating? Commitment? The landscape has shifted so dramatically that it sometimes feels like we’re living in an entirely new emotional era. The openness of relationships has expanded far beyond where it once was—breaking away from antiquated, traditional notions and allowing people to…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  December 4, 2025

  A24 Movies, Comedy, Drama, Entertainment, Film Reviews, Horror, Independent Film, Movie Analysis, Psychological Drama, Romantic Comedy, Sci-Fi, Women Directors

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• Arco Is a Future You Want to Get Lost In — Here’s Why

  

  Release Date: limited U.S. release November 14, 2025 (Neon) Runtime: 89 minutes (1h 29m) Rated: PG Production Companies: Remembers, MountainA, France 3 Cinéma, Fit Via Vi Film Productions, Sons of Rigor Producers: Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman, Ugo (Ugo/Ugo Bienvenu) Bienvenu (producer credits) Animation/Visual leads: Adam Sillard (animation lead) and Fabio Besse (production design)…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  December 3, 2025

  2025 Movie Reviews, Action, Animation, Drama, Entertainment, Film Reviews, Independent Film, Sci-Fi

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• Sirāt Is the Bad-Feel Movie of the Year — And It Hurts to Look Away

  

  Release Date: November 14, 2025 (U.S. Release) Runtime: 115 minutes (1h 55m) Rated: R Production Companies: Los Desertores Films AIE, Telefónica Audiovisual Digital, Filmes da Ermida, El Deseo, Uri Films, 4A4 Productions Producers: Domingo Corral, Óliver Laxe, Xavi Font, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Oriol Maymó, Mani Mortazavi, Andrea Queralt Cinematography: Mauro Herce Editing: Cristóbal…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  December 2, 2025

  2025 Movie Reviews, Drama, Entertainment, Film Reviews, Independent Film, Psychological Drama, Thriller

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• “Sentimental Value”: Joachim Trier’s Most Tender Exploration of Family, Art, and Memory

  

  Release Date: November 7, 2025 (Limited) Runtime: 133 minutes (2h 14m) Rated: R — some language, a sexual reference, and brief nudity Production Companies: Mer Film, Eye Eye Pictures, MK Productions, BBC Film, Lumen Production, Komplizen Film, Zentropa, Zentropa Sweden, Film i Väst, Alaz Film Producers: Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar Cinematography: Kasper Tuxen Editing: Olivier…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  November 19, 2025

  2025 Movie Reviews, Comedy, Drama, Entertainment, Film Reviews, Movie Analysis

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• It Was Just an Accident: Jafar Panahi’s Defiant Masterwork of Vengeance and Forgiveness

  

  Release Date: US theatrical release began Oct 15, 2025 Runtime: 104 minutes (1h 44m) Rated: PG-13 — violence, smoking, thematic elements, strong language Production Companies: Jafar Panahi Productions, Les Films Pelléas, Bidibul Productions, Pio & Co, Arte France Cinéma Producers: Jafar Panahi, Philippe Martin Cinematography: Amin Jafari Editing: Amir Etminan Music / Composer: Abdorreza Heidari It…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  November 12, 2025

  2025 Movie Reviews, Comedy, Drama, Entertainment, Film Reviews, Independent Film, Movie Analysis, Thriller

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