Jim Healy is the Cinematheque’s Director of Programming.
I saw 452 movies that were all new to me in 2025. Here are my 10 favorites, in alphabetical order:
IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU (2025, Mary Bronstein)
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (2025, Jafar Panahi)
MARTY SUPREME (2025, Josh Safdie)
THE MASTERMIND (2025, Kelly Reichardt)
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2025, Paul Thomas Anderson)
ONE TO ONE: JOHN AND YOKO (2025, Kevin MacDonald)
ROSAURA A LAS 10/ROSAURA AT 10 O’CLOCK (1958, Mario Soffici)
THE SECRET AGENT (2025, Kleber Mendonca Filho)
SHOLAY (1975, Ramesh Sippy)
WEAPONS (2025, Zach Cregger)
Here are 10 that I discovered for the first time and adored:
BASHU, THE LITTLE STRANGER (1986, Bahram Beyzaie)
CAIN AND ABEL (1982, Lino Brocka)
CAT AND MOUSE/LE CHAT ET LA SOURIS (1975, Claude Lelouch)
CONFESSIONS OF A CONGRESSMAN/EL DIPUTADO (1978, Eloy de la Igelisa)
FUCKING ÅMÅL/SHOW ME LOVE (1998, Lukas Moodysson)
THE GLASS WALL (1953, Maxwell Shane)
THE LIFE OF VERGIE WINTERS (1934, Alfred Santell)
THE PROUD REBEL (1958, Michael Curtiz)
SAVE THE CHILDREN (1973, Stan Lathan)
SAVE THE TIGER (1973, John G. Avildsen)
I have to mention these other 10 terrific movies:
DANGEROUS ANIMALS (2025, Sean Byrne)
DREAMS (2025, Michel Franco)
ELIO (2025, Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi)
FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES (2025, Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein)
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE THE FINAL RECKONING (2025, Christopher McQuarrie)
THE LIFE OF CHUCK (2024, Mike Flanagan)
THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME (2024, Bogdan Muresanu)
NOBODY 2 (2025, Timo Tjahjanto)
THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME (2025, Wes Anderson)
PREDATOR BADLANDS (2025, Dan Trachtenberg)
Special Mention to: KILL BILL THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR