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.
SILENT FRIEND (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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‘Calle Malaga’ and ‘Glenrothan’ Headline 37th Palm Springs International Film Festival Lineup
Calle Malaga by Maryam Touzani Calle Malaga directed by Maryam Touzani will open the 37th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) set to run from January 2-12, 2026.
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Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man’s Wire Headlines 22nd Marrakech International Film Festival Lineup
Dead Man’s Wire by Gus Van Sant Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man’s Wire will open the 22nd Marrakech International Film Festival kicking off today November 28th, and running through December 6th, 2025.
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‘Sirât’ ‘One Golden Summer’ Win Awards at 61st Chicago International Film Festival
Sirât by Oliver Laxe Spain’s Oscar submission, Sirât, directed by Oliver Laxe, has won the Gold Hugo for Best Film at the 61st Chicago International Film Festival.
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European Film Awards 2026 Reveals Feature, Documentary and Animated Feature on Shortlist
Young Mothers (Jeunes Mères) by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne (Christine Plenus) The European Film Academy revealed the 67 feature-length films shortlisted and eligible for a nomination for the 38th European Film Awards.
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34th Philadelphia Film Festival to Open with ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (John Wilson/Netflix) The 34th Philadelphia Film Festival spanning October 16 through 26, 2025, unveiled its lineup, opening with Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.
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Kevin Shaw’s One Golden Summer Headlines Opening Night of Chicago Film Festival
One Golden Summer (Chicago Tribune TCA) The 61st Chicago International Film Festival will open with World Premiere of Kevin Shaw’s documentary One Golden Summer, the true story behind Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West Little League team’s heartbreaking fall from grace and the subsequent road to redemption, as told by the players themselves.
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Father Mother Sister Brother and The Voice of Hind Rajab Win Top Prizes at Venice Festival
Father Mother Sister Brother (Mubi) Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch has won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival. The anthology film starring Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, consists of three stories on relationships between adult children, their parents and each other.
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Toronto Film Festival Unveils Gala and Special Presentations with Films by Steven Soderbergh, Guillermo del Toro, Gus Van Sant
Michaela Coel as “Lori Butler” and Ian McKellen as “Julian Sklar” in The Christophers directed by Steven Soderbergh. (Claudette Barius.) The 50th Toronto International Film Festival taking place September 4–14, 2025, unveiled the lineup of Official Selections in its Gala and Special Presentations program including films from Steven Soderbergh, Guillermo del Toro, Mamoru Hosoda, Zacharias Kunuk, Baz Luhrmann, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Jafar Panahi, Benny Safdie, and Gus Van Sant.
