Loath as I am to use the meaningless descriptor "underrated," surely no major album got so little critical attention as Lil Wayne's best studio release in a decade, shit-ass Bono collaboration and all. More of my favorite albums of 2025. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/the…

Wet Leg's superior second album, Deep Sea Diver's excellent guitar dynamics, and other entries in this morning's countdown of 2025's best. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/t...

Go read Part 2 of this Year's Binge-Worthy Award-Type Movies, or the plant gets it! No Other Choice! thepageaholic.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/bin…

Sasha Stone has never caught on as a right-wing influencer because that audience doesn’t care about the Oscars. There’s nobody who believes that Hollywood is too woke and PC that also wonders if nabbing the NYFCC Award gives Amy Madigan the edge in Supporting this year.

Winners at noon. See you soon.

GOLDEN ORANGE Sasha Wortzel's River of Grass A poetic documentary about the fragility of the Everglades, presenting its history through the words of conservationist Marjory Stoneman Douglas and highlights the native and queer voices that defend the historic landscapes today.

PAULINE KAEL BREAKOUT AWARD Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another) Runner-up: Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)

BEST FIRST FEATURE Eva Victor's Sorry, Baby Runner-up: Carson Lund's Eephus

It's obscene that any film other than RESURRECTION is winning Best Production Design prizes this year. What Qiang Liu achieves here is nothing short of miraculous, a metamorphosis from retro Expressionism to noir to historical realism to red-tinged immersiveness to sci-fi...

BEST DIRECTOR Park Chan-wook (No Other Choice) Runner-up: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another) Runner-up: Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)

BEST ACTRESS Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You) Runner-up: Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love)

BEST ACTOR Josh O’Connor (The Mastermind) [No clear runner-up]

This. This right here is the year's sweetest FFCC win. Josh O'Connor went four for four in 2025. Also seek out his work in REBUILDING, THE HISTORY OF SOUND and WAKE UP DEAD MAN. Job well done, sir.

So proud of us.

After seeing the film last night, I understand the appeal of this performance. Again, it's nice to see Florida doing something different from the pack.

In My Honest Opinion Reviews Moderna Love Gets Me to the Church on Time Matt Neglia Or maybe they are awarding excellent work rather than discounting it because it didn't win somewhere else.

A great Mother's Day double feature for the bravest among us.

Here they are. The four best albums of 2025. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2025/12/19/the…