People We Meet On Vacation (2026) ***

A romantic comedy about two friends who decide to meet every year for a shared summer vacation, even as their lives take very different paths. A charming riff on "When Harry Met Sally" (1989).

Top 10 Films of 2025

1. "One Battle After Another" (Paul Thomas Anderson, Warner)

2. "The Secret Agent" (Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil)

3. "It Was Just An Accident" (Jafar Panahi, Iran)

4. "Left-Handed Girl" (Tsou Shih-Ching, Taiwan)

5. "Train Dreams" (Clint Bentley, Netflix)

6. "Nouvelle Vague" (Richard Linklater, Netflix)

7. "Weapons" (Zach Cregger, Warner)

8. "Sinners" (Ryan Coogler, Warner)

9. "Materialists" (Celine Song, A24)

10. "K-Pop Demon Hunters" (Maggie Khan, Chris Appelhans, Netflix)

Other great films:

2000 Meters To Andriivka (Ukraine)

After The Hunt

Black Bag

Blue Moon

Bugonia

Connection

A House Of Dynamite

Jay Kelly

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Kokuho (Japan)

Mr Nobody Against Putin (Russia)

Primera Parte Cantar Segunda Parte Desnuda (Argentina)

Roofman

Sirat (Spain)

The Smashing Machine

Sorry Baby

The Sun Rises On Us All (China)

The Things You Kill (Canada)

Trois amies (France)

Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 2025:

1. "Sentimental Value" (Joachim Trier, Norway)

2. "Die My Love" (Lynne Ramsay, UK)

3. "Honey Don't" (Ethan Coen, Focus)

4. "Play Dirty" (Shane Black, Amazon Prime)

5. "The Ugly Stepsister" (Emilie Blichfeldt, Norway)

6. "Magic Farm" (Amalia Ulman, Argentina)

7. "Hiver à Sokcho" (Koya Kamura, France)

8. "Deux femmes en or" (Chloe Robichaud, Canada)

9. "Frankenstein" (Guillermo del Toro, Netflix)

10. "Cantar desnuda" (Gonzalo García Pelayo, Argentina)

Top 3 Shorts:

1. "Perfectly A Strangeness" (Alison McAlpine, Canada)

2. "Beatrix Is Invisible" (Alex Farias, USA)

3. "Deux personnes échangeant de la salive" (Natalie Musteata, Alexandre Singh, France)

Other great shorts:

Last Days On Lake Trinity

Top 5 Music Videos:

1. "I luv that babe" (Claudia Valentina, Claudia Valentina)

2. "When I'M High" (Claudia Valentina, Claudia Valentina)

3. "The Dead Dance" (Tim Burton, Lady Gaga)

4. "Tears" (Bardia Zeinali, Sabrina Carpenter)

5. "SexOnTheBeat" (91 Rules, Adela)

Other great music videos:

Boy Crazy

End Of The World

Fame Is A Gun

High Fashion

Top Commercial:

"A Smile In The Ritz Salty Club" (Ritz)

Other great commercials:

Auk Mini

TV Top 10:

1. "MobLand" (Paramount)

2. "The Studio" (Apple)

3. "Adolescence" (Netflix, UK)

4. "The White Lotus: Season 3" (HBO)

5. "The Last Of Us: Season 2" (HBO)

6. "Landman: Season 2" (Taylor Sheridan, Paramount)

7. "Pluribus" (Apple)

8. "Aka Charlie Sheen" (Netflix)

9. "Dexter: Ressurection" (Showtime)

10. "Hacks: Season 4" (HBO)

Top 3 Cartoons:

1. "I Died In Irpin" (Anastasiia Falileieva, Ukraine)

2. "The Girl Who Cried Pearls" (Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, NFB, Canada)

3. "The Shyness Of Trees" (France)

Top VR film:

"Les Derniers remparts" (France)

Top Stand-Up Comedy Show:

"Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years" (Ben Tishler, Hulu)

Other great stand-up comedy shows:

Jim Jefferies: Two Limb Policy

Weak films of 2025:

Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes (France)

Come See Me In The Good Light

Eddington

Elio

Heart Eyes

Hedda

If I Had Legs I'D Kick You

Jeunes meres (Belgium)

Mickey 17

Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning

The Phoenician Scheme

Wicked For Good

Weak shorts:

All The Empty Rooms

The Devil Is Busy

A Friend Of Dorothy

Weak TV shows:

Asura (Japan)

Dying For Sex

Weak cartoons:

Retirement Plan (Ireland)

Snow Bear

Top Musical of 2025

"K-Pop Demon Hunters" (Maggie Khan, Chris Appelhans, Netflix)

One Battle After Another (2025) *****

Paul Thomas Anderson's masterpiece. Incredibly entertaining. Superbly directed. Visually stunning. Profound, mesmerizing and provocative.

It Was Just An Accident (2025) *****

Jafar Panahi's greatest film, shot in secret in Iran, without a filming permit. It's a story of former political prisoners who face the question of whether to exact revenge on their tormentor. Gripping, suspenseful and constantly surprising.

The Secret Agent (2025) *****

An amazing thriller about a hunted man in Brazil in 1977 during the military dictatorship. The story is fascinating in itself, but the way it is told make it even more exciting, and the weird surrealistic touches only add an extra level of complexity.

Train Dreams (2025) ****

A unique film. Beautiful and poetic, but also extremely sad.