Walter's Top Ten of 2025 (or so)
In three months, I’ll officially be a senior citizen. I accept this as justification for a curmudgeonly blend of losing any interest in justifying my choices and even less interest in what critics think. (I consider this year’s Oscar nominees, for example, a mess and mostly a waste of time; there, that’s my curmudgeon practice). But I’ll try not to impose too much of my curmudgeonly attitude on you all. I also take my time before I see movies these days, usually in the comfort of my living room (and, so, several of these films are late 2024 films). On a more positive note, for the first time in years, I had no trouble at all coming up with ten films I found worthy to celebrate in a top ten list, and I’m very happy to share them and recommend them. I will note at the outset that, as always, there are several films that I expect could have competed if I’d seen them in 2025. I’ll include among these: The Secret Agent, Sirat, Song Sung Blue, and Sorry, Baby. Here are my top ten: ...
