Cinema Year '25
Reviews of new releases and notable discoveries from the year that was:
Cinema Year '25: September
Welcome back to Cinema Year ‘25, a monthly review supplement. September’s new releases delivered three major filmmakers at their peak of bombast. Words by Blaise Radley, Esmé Holden, and Ben Flanagan.
Cinema Year '25: August Discoveries
Welcome back to Cinema Year ‘25, a monthly review supplement. June’s discoveries took us from the peak of Viennese decadence, through a rural archival oddyssey, to the finale of British Comedy. Words by Jeremy Arblaster, Kirsty Asher, and Ben Flanagan.
Cinema Year '25: August
Welcome back to Cinema Year ‘25, a monthly review supplement. August’s new releases used the trappings of genre to wrestle with contemporary fetish. You could even say they were elevated. Words by Kirsty Asher, Ben Flanagan, and Blaise Radley.
Cinema Year '25: July Discoveries
Welcome back to Cinema Year ‘25, a monthly review supplement. June’s discoveries took us from France’s West coast, to the frontlines of Police Squad, to an Ōshima pop oddity. Words by Ben Flanagan, Blaise Radley, and Esmé Holden.
Cinema Year '25: July
Welcome back to Cinema Year ‘25, a monthly review supplement. July was all about late style, with new films from master auteurs, and a David Cronenberg joint too. Words by Ben Flanagan, Esmé Holden, and Blaise Radley.
Cinema Year '25: June Discoveries
Welcome back to Cinema Year ‘25, a monthly review supplement. June’s discoveries took us from deeper Russell research, to a film print with a shady past, to a Danny Boyle DV classic. Words by Blaise Radley, Ben Flanagan, and Kirsty Asher.
Cinema Year '25: June
Welcome back to Cinema Year ‘25, our monthly round up of notable new releases.
Cinema Year '25: May Discoveries
Hello and welcome back to Cinema Year ‘25, a monthly review supplement. May’s discoveries offered us one of London’s finest festivals, a policier classic, and the possibility that Sodey’s goose is cooked.
Cinema Year '25: April Discoveries
Hello and welcome back to Cinema Year ‘25, a monthly review supplement. Our April Discoveries were a globalised affair. A revelatory BFI season, Texas’ last picture show, Japanese DTV, and Ozu in a Californian hotel room. Words by Kirsty Asher, Ben Flanagan, Esmé Holden, and Blaise Radley.
Cinema Year ‘25: April
Welcome back to Cinema Year ‘25, our monthly round up of notable new releases.
Cinema Year '25: March Discoveries
Hello and welcome back to Cinema Year ‘25, a monthly review supplement. Our March Discoveries took us from the grandest repertory palaces of central London to the highest-bit-rendering of Netflix.
Cinema Year ‘25: March
Good morning and welcome to a new feature on Cinema Year Zero… Cinema Year ‘25.