Critics' Picks 2025 - The Film Verdict

TFV International Picks from 2025

January 6, 2026 di The Film Verdict

Films that mattered in 2025.

January 6, 2026 di Deborah Young

A trip to Mecca, an escape from Venezuela and a very old tree.

January 6, 2026 di Stephen Dalton

An SF comedy, a doc on a Ugandan poet and Kirsten Stewart’s directing bow.

January 6, 2026 di Clarence Tsui

Japanese kabuki artists, women’s solidarity in India and the chaos of Chinese history.

January 6, 2026 di Max Borg

Religious sects, queer romance, a European actioner and more.

January 6, 2026 di Adham Youssef

Refugees of the Sudan civil war, missing family members and remodeling a cinema.

January 6, 2026 di Ben Nicholson

Those permanently online. A ghostly atmosphere. An SF documentary.

January 5, 2026 di Lucy Virgen

Films with unusual form, unique content, that gave hope in 2025.