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The 30 best films of 2025

1. One Battle After Another We’ll be honest: in the run-up to the release of Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle

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Coming of age with Rob Reiner

“It was the summer of 1959, a long time ago. But only if you measure it in terms of years.” Richard

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Christmas, Again review – a perfectly-rounded Yuletide bauble

This indie gem from 2014 comes to UK cinemas for the first time, and it’s an example of elite Holiday

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Lurker review – an excellent showcase for…

In his controversial but undeniably significant smash hit ​‘Stan’, Eminem relayed the story of an obsessive fan who would do

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Animalia review – sci-fi in the most elusive…

Itto (Oumaïma Barid) is alienated. After a series of elegantly composed shots of a house’s opulent if empty interiors, she is shown

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Cover-Up review – a film worthy of Seymour Hersh

When investigative journalist Seymour ​“Sy” Hersh is asked what made him a suitable candidate to run his father’s store in Chicago,

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Jafar Panahi: ‘We shouldn’t look at cinema too…

Jafar Panahi has had to navigate the most challenging set of circumstances in order to make films. Censored and persecuted

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Christy review – this ain’t ringing no box office…

When Robert De Niro radically transformed his body to play the boxer Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull, it meant he was

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Pillion review – a refreshingly sexy and touching…

Although based on the 2020 novel ​‘Box Hill’ by Adam Mars-Jones, Harry Lighton’s Pillion is mostly unrecognisable from its source

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The Carpenter’s Son review – FKA Twigs’ Mary is…

In the beginning there was nothing and then there was light. Or in the instance of The Carpenter’s Son, in the