Top 10 of 2025 (Pt. 1) with Alison Willmore and Michael Phillips (#1044)

Filmspotting

Adam Kempenaar & Josh Larsen

Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Film History

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🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 145 minutes

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Adam and Josh’s Top 10 Films of 2025 conversation with Michael Phillips and Vulture critic Alison Willmore went so long that it had to be split into two parts. In this offering, the roundtable shares their "outlier" choices, and we hear film of the year picks from Matt Singer⁠, Amy Nicholson⁠, Roxana Hadadi⁠, Mitchell Beaupre⁠, and more. Plus, the finalists for the 2025 Golden Brick Award⁠. This episode is presented by⁠ Regal Unlimited⁠⁠, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits. (Timecodes and chapter starts may not be precise with ads.) Intro (00:00:00-00:06:16) The Year in Movies (00:06:17-00:25:06) 'Outest' Outliers (00:25:07-01:00:22) 'Expected' Outliers (01:00:23-01:53:52) More Top 10s / Brick Finalists (01:53:53-02:21:55) Links: Ted Gioia On the Future's Demand for Human Curators ⁠https://youtu.be/OF8kBtVNJXI?si=dF0akmcpGBJlvf4F&t=1750⁠ -"Derek Cianfrance’s Midlife Crisis" | Roxana Hadadi ⁠https://www.vulture.com/article/roofman-director-derek-cianfrance-interview.html⁠ -Poll: 2025 Golden Brick ⁠⁠https://poll.fm/16408482⁠ -Filmspotting's Top 10s ⁠https://www.filmspotting.net/top10lists⁠ Feedback: -Email us at ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠. -⁠⁠⁠Ask Us Anything⁠⁠⁠ and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and archive access. ⁠⁠⁠http://filmspottingfamily.com⁠⁠⁠ -T-shirts and more available at the Filmspotting Shop. ⁠⁠https://www.filmspotting.net/shop⁠⁠ Follow: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://facebook.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/larsenonfilm ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/larsenonfilm.bsky.social⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Film spotting is presented by Regal Unlimited, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits.
0:07.2	Sign up now in the Regal app or at the link in the show description and use code FilmSpot 25.
0:12.3	That's FilmSpot 2,000, to receive your discount.
0:15.9	Hey, film spotters, over the years, we had managed to streamline these top 10 shows down to about, oh, three hours, three hours 15.
0:23.7	We had so much fun talking to Michael Phillips and Alison Wilmore about the best films of the year.
0:29.0	The show ended up being a little over four hours, maybe closer to four and a half hours, right, Josh?
0:34.7	So we decided it was best to split these into two. You're going to get two parts.
0:41.6	The worst thing about this, Adam, is like I was all dressed up for our video version for the show proper. Now we had to jump back on to explain all this. And here I'm just wearing an old hoodie. I mean, I know. We're casual. We'll manage.
0:54.8	Here is part one of our top 10 films of 2025.
1:02.2	What kind of a show are you guys putting on here today?
1:05.1	You're not interested in art?
1:06.2	No.
1:06.7	Now look, we're going to do this thing.
1:08.1	We're going to have a conversation.
1:11.4	From Chicago, this is film spotting, celebrating our 20th year.
1:15.0	I'm Adam Kempanar.
1:16.1	And I'm Josh Larson.
1:19.5	Hey, I ain't mean to scare you.
1:23.3	Thought you all you forgot about me in here.
1:25.8	Come on, open the door letting all out here.
1:28.3	Stay. Is you? Of course,. Come on, open the door letting on out here. Stay.
1:29.3	Is you?
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