Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another bested Ryan Coogler’s Sinners to take the top spot on Sight and Sound Best films of 2025 poll.
COVER-UP (2025)
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‘One Battle After Another’ Tops Sight and Sound Best Films of 2025
Regina Hall in One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
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‘One Battle After Another’ Tops National Board of Review 2025 Honorees
Teyana Taylor and Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (Warner Bros. Pictures) One Battle After Another topped the National Board of Review 2025 honorees, winning Best Film; Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson; Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio; Best Supporting Actor for Benicio Del Toro; and Breakthrough Performance for Chase Infiniti.
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‘One Battle After Another’ ‘Sentimental Value’, Sinners Lead Nominations for Astra Film Awards
Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård in Sentimental Value directed by Joachim Trier (Neon / Christian Belgaux) Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another led the nominations for the 2025 Astra Film Awards with 11 nominations, earning nods for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, Best Director for Anderson, and four supporting nominations for Teyana Taylor, Regina Hall, Sean Penn, and Benicio del Toro.
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‘Cover-Up’ Trailer – Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus’s Documentary Profiles Reporter Seymour Hersh
Seymour Hersh, the legendary Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist whose reporting has exposed some of the darkest episodes of U.S. military and intelligence history – from My Lai, to Abu Ghraib, to clandestine surveillance programs is the subject of the new documentary Cover-Up by Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus.
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Hamnet, Sinners, ‘Train Dreams’ Lead AARP Movies for Grownups Awards Nominations
Hamnet by Chloé Zhao AARP’s Movies for Grownups Awards revealed the nominees lead by Hamnet, A House of Dynamite, One Battle After Another, Sinners and Train Dreams competing for Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups.
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‘Apocalypse in the Tropics’ Leads Nominations for 41st IDA Documentary Awards
Apocalypse in the Tropics directed by Petra Costa Petra Costa’s Apocalypse in the Tropics leads the nominees for the 41st IDA Documentary Awards with 4 nominations for Best Feature Documentary, Best Director, Best Production and Best Writing.
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‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ Leads Feature Film Nominations for 19th Cinema Eye Honors
Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley appear in Come See Me in the Good Light by Ryan White. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Brandon Somerhalder) Ryan White’s Come See Me in the Good Light leads the feature film nominations for the 19th Cinema Eye Honors with six nominations including Outstanding Nonfiction Feature, Direction and Unforgettable Honors for Gibson and Falley.
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Sirât, Blknws: Terms & Conditions, Sentimental Value Win Top Awards at Montclair Film Festival
Sirât (Courtesy of NEON) The 2025 Montclair Film Festival has officially wrapped, and announced the winners of the audience and jury awards.
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SFFILM Reveals 11th Doc Stories Film Festival Lineup
TOP ROW, L TO R: Cover-Up, photo courtesy of The New York Times/Redux. A LIFE ILLUMINATED, photo courtesy of Sandbox Films.
BOTTOM ROW L TO R: Director Laura Poitras, photo by Jan Stürmann. Director Mark Obenhaus, photo courtesy of Mark Obenhaus. Director Tasha Van Zandt, photo courtesy of Tasha Van Zandt.SFFILM unveiled the lineup of ten features and 12 short films for the 11th Doc Stories film festival taking place at the Vogue Theatre in San Francisco, November 6–9, 2025.
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Orwell: 2+2=5 Leads 10th Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominations
ORWELL: 2+2=5 by Raoul Peck (Courtesy of NEON) Orwell: 2+2=5 leads the nominations for the 10th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards with seven nominations including Best Documentary Feature.
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‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ to Open 26th Woodstock Film Festival Lineup
The Testament of Ann Lee by Mona Fastvold (Searchlight Pictures) The 26th Woodstock Film Festival taking place October 15–19, 2025 will kick off on Opening Night with The Testament of Ann Lee, and Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man’s Wire headlining on Closing Night film.
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33rd Hamptons International Film Festival to Close with Premiere of Merrily We Roll Along
Merrily We Roll Along directed by Maria Friedman The 33rd Hamptons International Film Festival will close with the world premiere of Maria Friedman’s Merrily We Roll Along starring Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez. .