Lists

  • Best Films of 2025: Runners-Up (Honorable Mentions)

    Angela’s Honorable Mentions:
    Rebuilding, dir: Max Walker-Silverman (on demand)
    Cloud, dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Criterion)
    The Baltimorons, dir: Jay Duplass (AMC, on demand)
    HappyEnd, dir: Neo Sora (Criterion)
    Homebound, dir: Neeraj Ghaywan (Netflix)
    The Balconettes, dir: Noémie Merlant (Kanopy)
    Universal Language, dir: Matthew Rankin (Kanopy)
    Black Bag, dir: Steven Soderbergh (Prime)
    Sly Lives, (aka The Burden of Black Genius) dir: Questlove (Hulu)
    40 Acres, dir: R.T. Thorne (Hulu)
    Twinless, dir: James Sweeney (Hulu)
    Hedda, dir: Nia DaCosta (Prime)
    Sister Midnight, dir: Karan Kandhari (Hulu)

    Autumn’s Honorable Mentions:
    Black Bag, dir: Steven Soderbergh (Prime)
    The Balconettes, dir: Noémie Merlant (Kanopy)
    Teki Cometh, dir: Daihachi Yoshida
    Left-Handed Girl, dir: Shih-Ching Tsou (Netflix)
    My Sunshine, dir: Hiroshi Okuyama (on demand)
    It Ends, dir: Alexander Ullom
    Urchin, dir: Harris Dickinson (Hulu)
    The Testament of Ann Lee, dir: Mona Fastvold
    Sister Midnight, dir: Karan Kandhari (Hulu)

  • Reel Film Snobs: Best of 2024 #1-5

    Angela:

    Hard Truths. Director: Mike Leigh (Streaming: on demand)
    Between the Temples. Director: Nathan Silver (streaming: Netflix)
    La Chimera. Director: Alice Rohrwacher (streaming: Hulu)
    Evil Does Not Exist. Director: Ry?suke Hamaguchi (streaming: Criterion Channel)
    A Real Pain. Director: Jesse Eisenberg (streaming: Hulu)

      Autumn:

      Cloud. Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
      Baby Assassins: Nice Days. Director: Yugo Sakamoto
      Chime. Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
      Nickel Boys. Director: RaMell Ross (streaming: on demand)
      The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Director: Mohammad Rasoulof (on demand)

      1. Reel Film Snobs: Best Films of 2024, #10-6 and Runner-Ups

        Angela’s Picks 10-6
        10. A Different Man. Director: Aaron Schimberg (streaming: Max)
        9. His Three Daughters. Director: Azazel Jacobs (streaming: Netflix)
        8. Nickel Boys. Director: Ramell Ross (in theaters)
        7. Girls will be Girls. Director: Shuchi Talati (streaming: Prime)
        6. I Saw the TV Glow. Director: Jane Schoenbrun (streaming: Max)

        Autumn’s Picks 10-6
        10. Juror #2,. Director: Clint Eastwood (streaming: Max)
        9. Furiosa. Director: George Miller (streaming: Max)
        8. Girls Will be Girls. Director: Shuchi Talati (streaming: Prime)
        7. I Saw the TV Glow. Director: Jane Schoenbrun (streaming: Max)
        6. Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In. Director: Soi Cheang (Prime)

        Angela’s Runner-Ups
        The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Director: Mohammad Rasoulof (theaters)
        Last Summer. Director: Catherine Breillat (streaming: Criterion)
        Cloud. Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
        Piano Lesson. Director: Malcolm Washington (streaming: Netflix)
        Bird. Director: Andrea Arnold (streaming: Mubi)
        The Beast. Director: Bertrand Bonello (Criterion)
        I Used to Be Funny. Director: Ally Pankiw (Netflix)
        Janet Planet. Director: Annie Baker (Max)
        Close Your Eyes. Director: Victor Erice (Mubi)
        The Shadowless Tower. Director: Zhang Lu (Criterion)
        Pictures of Ghosts. Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho (Criterion)
        Humanistic Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person. Director: Ariane Louis-Seize (Mubi)
        Green Border. Director: Agnieszka Holland (Kanopy)
        Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell. Director: Pham Thiên Ân
        Sujo. Directors: Fernanda Valadez, Astrid Rondero

        Autumn’s Runner-Ups
        A Different Man. Director: Aaron Schimberg (streaming: Max)
        Rumours. Directors: Guy Madden, Galen Johnson, and Evan Johnson (on demand)
        Caught by the Tides. Director: Jia Zhang-ke (streaming: Criterion)
        Ghost Cat Anzu. Directors: Yoko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita (on demand)
        All Shall Be Well: Director: Ray Yeung (streaming: Criterion)

      2. Angela’s Best Films of 2023 List

        1. Fallen Leaves. Dir: Aki Kaurismäki
        2. Past Lives. Dir: Celine Song
        3. All of Us Strangers.Dir: Andrew Haigh
        4. Perfect Days. Dir: Wim Wenders
        5. Anatomy of a Fall. Dir: Justine Triet
        6. Poor Things. Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos
        7. Killers of the Flower Moon. Dir: Scorsese
        8. May/December. Dir: Todd Haynes
        9. The Boy and the Heron. Dir: Miyazaki
        10. Zone of Interest. Dir: Jonathan Glazer
        11. The Taste of Things. Dir: Tran Anh Hung
        12. You Hurt My Feelings. Dir: Nicole Holofcener
        13. Bottoms. Dir: Emma Seligmann
        14. Passages. Dir: Ira Sachs
        15. The Holdovers. Dir: Alexander Payne
        16. A Thousand and One. Dir: A.V. Rockwell
        17. Spider-Man Into the Spider Verse. Dirs: Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, Kemp Powers
        18. Afire. Dir: Christian Petzold
        19. Shortcomings. Dir: Randall Park
        20. The Promised Land. Dir:  Nikolaj Arcel
        21. The Five Devils. Dir:  Léa Mysius
        22. Brother. Dir: Clement Virgo

        23. Barbie. Dir: Greta Gerwig (Max)

      3. Reel Film Snobs, Best Films of 2022 #5-1

        RFS Episode 582

        Join Angela and her guest host Ernie Quiroz in their discussion of their top 10 films from 2022:

        Angela’s #5-1

        5. Tár. Director: Todd Field
        4. Decision to Leave. Director: Park Chan-wook
        3. A Love Song. Director: Max Walker-Silverman
        2. Everything Everywhere All at Once. Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
        1. Descendant. Director: Margaret Brown

        Ernie’s #5-1
        5. Riottsville, USA
        4. Decision to Leave. Director: Park Chan-wook
        3. Aftersun. Director: Charlotte Wells
        2. Everything Everywhere All at Once. Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
        1. Tar. Director: Todd Fields

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      4. Reel Film Snobs: Best of 2022, #6-#10

        RFS Episode 581  

        Join Angela and her guest host Ernie Quiroz in their discussion of their top 10 films from 2022:  

        Angela’s #10-6
        10. Fire in the Mountains. Director: Ajitpal Singh
        9. Women Talking. Director: Sarah Polley
        8. Lingui the Sacred Bonds. Director: Mahamat Saleh Haroun
        7. Marte Um (Mars One). Director: Gabriel Martins
        6. Nope. Director: Jordan Peele

        Ernie’s #10-6
        10. RRR. Director: S. S. Rajamouli
        9. Subject. Directors: Camilla Hall, Jennifer Tiexiera
        8. Top Gun Maverick. Director: Joseph Kosinski
        7. Moonage Daydream. Director: Brett Morgen
        6. All Quiet on the Western Front. Director: Edward Berger

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      5. Reel Film Snobs: Best Films of 2021 #5-#1

        Best Films of 2021 #5-1

        Angela’s top 5
        5. Procession. Director: Robert Greene
        4. Parallel Mothers. Director: Pedro Almodóvar
        3. Drive My Car. Director: Ryûsuke Yamaguchi
        2. Flee. Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
        1. A Hero. Director: Asghar Farhadi

        Ernie’s top 5
        5. Memoria. Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
        4. The Power of the Dog. Director: Jane Campion
        3. Bo Burnham Inside
        2. The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic. Director: Teemu Nikki
        1. Spencer. Director: Pablo Larraín