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Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

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Newport and the Great Folk Dream (2025)

Robert Gordon

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I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2026)

Marina Zenovich

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Steal This Story, Please! (2026)

Carl Deal, Tia Lessin

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Death & Taxes (2025)

Justin Schein

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The Six Billion Dollar Man (2025)

Eugene Jarecki

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Films of 2025

A rough year for society, but a solid year for the movies

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Normal (2026)

Ben Wheatley

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The Drama (2026)

Kristoffer Borgli

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Project Hail Mary (2026)

Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

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Fantasy Life (2026)

Matthew Shear

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Obsession (2026)

Curry Barker

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CAMP (2025)

Avalon Fast

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The Hedonist

Nick Funess

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Saccharine (2026)

Natalie Erika James

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Sugar Rot (2025)

Becca Kozak

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Boorman and the Devil (2025)

David Kittredge

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The Bride! (2026)

Maggie Gyllenhaal

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Films of 2026

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Pee-wee as Himself (2025)

Matt Wolf

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A House of Dynamite (2025)

Kathryn Bigelow

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Familiar Touch (2025)

Sarah Friedland

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I Know Catherine, the Log Lady (2025)

Richard Green

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The Alabama Solution (2025)

Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman

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Sirât (2025)

Oliver Laxe

I'm Watching This Week

THE INVITE
Olivia Wilde (2026)

MOTHER MARY
David Lowery (2026)

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
David Frankel (2026)

KAILI BLUES
Bi Gan (2016)

COCKTAIL
Roger Donaldson (1988)

HARLAN COUNTY U.S.A.
Barbara Kopple (1977)

About Me

I’m a passionate cinema buff, occasional film producer, 35mm collector, theater proprietor, programmer, and movie podcaster. I was born in 1971, studied film in New York during the early 1990s, started programing and podcasting in the 2020s, and have lived and worked on the outskirts of the industry all my adult life. I've ranked and cataloged every film I've ever seen and have been writing reviews and essays about them since 2010.

This project is about seeing as many films as possible in a lifetime while still maintaining an actual life. I post my sometimes brief and sometimes detailed thoughts here for my own reference and in the hope that others will seek out the films I consider worthwhile and important. The more familiar you are with my opinions, the more you’ll know how they align with yours.

How I Rate Films

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An All-timer. One of the 5000 greatest films. Usually only awarded after repeat viewings.

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One of the year's best. An excellent film. Possibly one of the 5000 greatest and certainly worthy of repeated viewing.

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A very good film. Most films I see fall in the two- or three-star ranking. I give an extra half-star to three-star films that could end up on the list of the 5000 greatest.

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A good film that fully succeeds at what it sets out to accomplish. Well worth seeing, but less effective than a three-and-a-half stars films and often less consequential than a two-and-a-half star film.

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A noteworthy or enjoyable film that I can’t fully recommend. Still, two-and-a-half star films are often some of the most memorable films of a year.

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A disappointment, an interesting failure, or just a bad movie. But still worth seeing if you’ve got the time.

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A bad, rant-worthy film. Should be avoided regardless of hype or talent involved.

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One of the worst films.