Kristian Lin
The Best Documentaries of 2025
My list of the year’s best documentaries looks different from other critics’ lists, mainly because I put a premium on things like entertainment value...
The Best Filmmaking Debuts of 2025
A lot of famous actors made their directing debuts in 2025, but none of their efforts were good enough to make it onto this...
Film Shorts // January 7-13, 2026
OPENING
The Chronology of Water (R) Kristen Stewart’s directing debut is based on Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir about recovering from an abusive childhood and discovering her...
The Best Lead Performances of 2025
There are some new faces on this feature this year, which is lucky for me, because otherwise I think I’d have trouble writing up...
The Best Supporting Performances of 2025
This will be the first year that the Oscars have a Best Casting category, and it’s long overdue. The films that have made the...
Film Shorts // December 31, 2025 – January 6, 2026
OPENING
The Dutchman (R) André Holland stars in this thriller as a successful business executive who starts an affair while his marriage is crumbling. Also...
The Top 10
Who was it who said that a critic’s year-end Top 10 list isn’t really a list of their 10 favorite films? Rather, it deliberately...
The Best Movie Dialogue of 2025
I thought I’d post this annual feature a bit early so that you’re not overly slammed in the coming days when I put my...
Marty Supreme: Paddle to the Metal
A couple of years ago, people started speaking of Timothée Chalamet and other male actors as “rodent men,” with their prominent teeth and messy...
Film Shorts // December 24-30, 2025
OPENING
Anaconda (PG-13) B- if you haven’t seen the original, B if you have. Paul Rudd portrays a struggling Hollywood actor who tells his friends...
