JANUARY FILM PREVIEW
JANUARY FILM PREVIEW
R egardless of which films YOU thought were the best of 2025, every top ten list will most likely have some mention of at least one of the films listed below. It ' s completely subjective, but here is my list. What were your top films of the year? 1. One Battle After Another, 2. Sinners, 3. Hamnet, 4. Marty Supreme, 5. Bugonia, 6. Sorry, Baby, 7. Sentimental Value, 8. No Other Choice, 9. It Was Just An Accident, 10. The Secret Agent. On to a new
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year! Here are some new releases to check out in January.
The Plague
Directed by Charlie Poling Rated R • January 2- In Theaters
At camp, a 12-year-old boy is pulled into a cruel tradition targeting an outcast with an illness. As the lines between game and reality blur, he fears the joke may be hiding something real. Joel Edgerton, Everett Blunck, Kayo Martin, and
Kenny Rasmussen star.
We Bury The Dead
Directed by Zak Hilditch Rated NYR • January 2- In Theaters
A terrifying yet moving story about grief, loss, and the undead, which follows Ava( Daisy Ridley), a desperate woman whose husband is missing in the aftermath of a catastrophic military experiment. Hoping to find him alive, Ava joins a“ body retrieval unit”, but her search takes a chilling turn when the corpses she’ s burying start showing signs of life.
The Dutchman
Directed by Andre Gaines Rated R • January2-InTheaters
In this reimagining of Amiri Baraka’ s 1964 Obie-winning play, Clay( André Holland) prepares for his friend Warren’ s( Aldis Hodge) campaign launch when he meets Lula( Kate Mara), a provocative woman, on the subway. Baraka’ s work explores the tensions between Black men and white women, and Gaines’ s update suggests that healing comes from moving beyond these dynamics. Stephen McKinley Henderson and Zazie Beets co-star.
Greenland 2: Migration
Directed by Ric Roman Waugh Rated PG-13 • January8-InTheaters
In the aftermath of a comet strike that decimated most of the earth, the sequel follows the Garrity family( Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, and Roman Griffin Davis) as they’ re forced to leave the safety of their bunker in Greenland to traverse a shattered world in search of a new home.
Primate
Directed by Johannes Roberts Rated NYR • January 8- In Theaters
In PRIMATE, a natural horror film, a group of friends’ tropical vacation turns into a terrifying quest for survival when their pet chimpanzee named Ben suddenly becomes violent after being bitten by a rabid animal.
The Chronology of Water
Directed by Kristen Stewart Rated NYR • January 9- In Theaters
Based on the beloved memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch, the film gives a raw and unflinching portrait of survival, sexuality, and self-invention. It traces Lidia’ s( Imogene Poots) life from her earliest memories in the Pacific Northwest, as a promising swimmer, through fractured relationships, near-motherhood, addiction, and encounters with artistic heroes. Told as a fluid memory wash, the story transforms trauma into art, embodying Yuknavitch’ s defiant voice that made her work a modern cult classic. Co-starring Thora Birch, Susannah Flood, Tom Sturridge, Kim Gordon, Michael Epp, Jim Belushi.
28 Year Later
The Bone Temple
Directed by Nia DaCosta Rated NYR • January 16- In Theaters
Expanding upon the world created by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland, Nia DaCosta directs the continuation of the epic story. Dr. Kelson( Ralph Fiennes) finds himself in a shocking new relationship- with consequences that could change the world as they know it- and Spike ' s( Alfie Williams) encounter with Jimmy Crystal( Jack O '- Connell) becomes a nightmare he can ' t escape. In the world of The Bone Temple, the infected are
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