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Hedda (2025)

Hedda is a movie I can easily imagine a small subset of viewers declaring the best of the year, and I am very sure I am not one of those people.

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The Red Balloon (1956)

You’d be hard-pressed to find a more poetic movie than The Red Balloon, Albert Lamorisse’s 34-minute daydream.

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Frankenstein (2025)

Guillermo del Toro has finally dragged his dream project Frankenstein across the finish line, a decades-in-the-making adaptation that arrives with the weight of cinema prestige and awards expectations on its sewn-together shoulders.

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Straight Up (2019)

Rejoice: an exciting new cinematic voice.

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Community – Pilot (S01E01)

I was a senior in college and a devotee of NBC’s Thursday night programming in September 2009 when Community premiered.

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Griffin in Summer (2025)

It takes a certain intestinal fortitude to be a true coming-of-age movie die-hard.

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This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse (1967)

At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul ends with Coffin Joe’s death, but when has a villain’s demise ever prevented a horror sequel?

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Gaslight (1944)

Remember when Merriam-Webster crowned “gaslighting” the word of the year in 2022?

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Once (2007)

A piece of trivia that always makes me smile: at the 80th Academy Awards, my beloved Enchanted somehow earned three of the five Best Song nominations.

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Varsity Blues (1999)

American Pie has “MILF” and the fucking of baked goods.