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01 Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (Johnson)

01. Sound of Falling
02. Magellan
03. Resurrection
04. Mirrors No. 3
05. What Does That Nature Say to You?
06. Kontinental '25
07. The Love That Remains
08. La grazia
09. Father Mother Sister Brother
10. The Drama

Runners-up (Tier 1):

Runners-up (Tier 2): The Moment

Not a fan: Young Mothers

Rubbish: I Love Boosters

To see: Dreams; Romería; Two Prosecutors; Blue Heron; Dry Leaf; Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma; The Samurai and the Prisoner; Bitter Christmas; La bola negra; Coward; Fatherland; Fjord; Gentle Monster; Minotaur; Paper Tiger; Club Kid; La Gradiva; The Currents; Everytime; Hope; Late Fame; The Wizard of the Kremlin; Silent Friend; Queen at Sea; A Man of His Time

2025—2024—2023—2022—2021—2020—2019—2018—2017—2016—2015—2014—2013—2012—2011

"Here we go again."

1. All That’s Left Of You
2. I Swear
3. L'Étranger/The Stranger
4. My Undesirable Friends: Chapters 1-5
5. A Poet
6. The Love That Remains
7. The Invite
8. Maspalomas
9. On The Sea
10. The Plague


Very Good: Test, Mr. Nobody vs Putin, 10s Across The Border, Blue Film, The Drama, Pillion, On The Road, The Last Guest Of The Holloway Hotel

Good: The Christophers, The Librarians, Kokuho, Silent Friend, Natchez, The Odyssey

Meh: Magellan, Leviticus, Our Hero Balthazar, Trial Of Hein

Hated It: Rose Of Nevada

Restoration screenings: Nadja, Fleischer Cartoons, Ben-Hur: A Tale Of Christ (1925), Queen Kelly, The Headless Woman, Days & Nights In The Forest, Janko The Musician, The Crowd, Hitler: A Film From Germany, Toni, Lumiere d'ete, 1900, St. Michael Had A Rooster, Beau Geste, Landscape In The Mist, The Spook Who Sat By The Door, The Devil Queen, Virgina, My Best Girl, Letty Lynton, Teresa la ladra, Io so che tu sai che io so, The Story Of Yanagawa's Canals, The Black Pirate (MOMA Technicolor restoration print)

My understanding from my teenager is that the 6-7 meme is beyond played out and cringy so this already feels outdated.

1. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

2026 here we come!
The Secret Agent
No Other Choice

Sentimental Value
It Was Just An Accident
The Testament of Ann Lee
Project Hail Mary
The Secret Agent
Sirat
The Drama
The Christophers

Top Ten:
1. Para Perasuk [Levitating] (Wregas Bhanuteja)
2. Night Nurse (Bernstein)
3. Everybody to Kenmure Street (Bustos Sierra)
4. American Doctor (Teng)
5. Who Killed Alex Odeh? (Osder; Youmans)
6. The Lake (Ellis)
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Also Seen:

1. The Drama
2. Wuthering Heights
...
3. The Moment
4. The Rip
5. The Devil Wears Prada 2
6. Crime 101
7. How to Make a Killing
8. Erupcja

1. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2. The Odyssey
3. Obsession
4. The Sheep Detectives
5. Project Hail Mary

1. The Odyssey
2. Disclosure Day
3. The Bride!
4. Obsession


Honourable Mentions:


Others Seen: The Drama, Send Help, Project Hail Mary, The Invite, Crime 101, Backrooms

BLUE HERON, Sophy Romvari
CACTUS PEARS, Rohan Kanawade

Disclosure Day
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
The Rip

01. Minotaur (Andrey Zvyvagintsev)
02. La Bola Negra (Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo)
03. Queen at Sea (Lance Hammer)
04. Mouse (Kelly O'Sullivan & Alex Thompson)
05. Coward (Lukas Dhont)
06. All of a Sudden (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
07. Ben'Imana (Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo)
08. Everytime (Sandra Wollner)
09. On the Road (David Pablos)
10. Fjord (Cristian Mungiu)

I had better take advantage of seeing a film at the cinema this year now to start my list (spoiler: there may probably still only be one film on here by the year's end!):

1. Backrooms

Lowry_Sam wrote: Thu Jan 01, 2026 8:52 pm The Spook Who Sat By The Door

Did you see Spook Who Sat by the Door in 35mm as well? That print looks incredible, and it was followed by a very interesting Q&A from the daughters of Ivan Dixon and Sam Greenlee. Talk about a film we need more than ever.

I thought it was a digital projection of the 4K restoration, not a print, but it did look good and captured that 70s film look/feel very well.