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2025 in film
Jan. 26th, 2026 16:28Things I watched for the first time (mostly) and (mostly) enjoyed.
Strictly speaking, I watched The Right Stuff over the course of New Year’s Eve and, strictly speaking, it was a rewatch. In my area (to my chagrin) fireworks start at sundown on NYE and carry on until sometime between midnight and 3am. My dog trembles through the whole thing and selfishly climbs onto my lap. I now see this as a matter of inevitability and put on a long film. I had not seen The Right Stuff since I was perhaps 12 and had forgotten almost all of it. But I loved it. It’s a beautiful epic of a film, with elements of the war drama and the western. The cast is great; the cast dynamics are good. I don’t care very much that the astronauts, overall, did not like it. I also enjoyed Tom Wolfe’s book. (And it led me to a rewatch of For All Mankind; I highly recommend seasons 1-3, but unfortunately found season 4 unwatchable. Others may differ.) I have it in me to get weird about this film.
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In conclusion: it is not a long list (and would not be even if I included rewatched films). I think I should watch more films. Not new films necessarily, because they are often not very good; equally, not old films exclusively. But more films. And particularly more non-Anglophone films.
Strictly speaking, I watched The Right Stuff over the course of New Year’s Eve and, strictly speaking, it was a rewatch. In my area (to my chagrin) fireworks start at sundown on NYE and carry on until sometime between midnight and 3am. My dog trembles through the whole thing and selfishly climbs onto my lap. I now see this as a matter of inevitability and put on a long film. I had not seen The Right Stuff since I was perhaps 12 and had forgotten almost all of it. But I loved it. It’s a beautiful epic of a film, with elements of the war drama and the western. The cast is great; the cast dynamics are good. I don’t care very much that the astronauts, overall, did not like it. I also enjoyed Tom Wolfe’s book. (And it led me to a rewatch of For All Mankind; I highly recommend seasons 1-3, but unfortunately found season 4 unwatchable. Others may differ.) I have it in me to get weird about this film.
( and the rest )
In conclusion: it is not a long list (and would not be even if I included rewatched films). I think I should watch more films. Not new films necessarily, because they are often not very good; equally, not old films exclusively. But more films. And particularly more non-Anglophone films.
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