Film Feature: Carrie’s Top 10 Films of 2025

With Oscar nominations announced in just a few short weeks on January 22nd, Spinning Platters closes out the year by weighing in with our own Best Films of 2025! Check out fellow critic Chad Liffmann’s Top 20 here, and read on below for my Top 10:

10. BOB TREVINO LIKES IT

Way back in March, I boldly predicted that this understated but powerful film would secure a spot on my Top 10 list. Despite the many outstanding movies that followed since then, I always remembered this well-told, empathetic story about loneliness, unexpected connections, and found family. Released early in the year, the picture seems to have been forgotten at awards time, which is unfortunate. It deserves a wide audience.

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Film Review: “Fairyland”

San Francisco-set dramatization one of year’s best

Alysia (Emilia Jones) shares a moment with her dad, Steve (Scoot McNairy).

One of the best movies of the year opens today, and it also happens to be a quintessential San Francisco film that a smart theater programmer (Roxie? Vogue?) might put on a double bill with the award-winning 2008 Harvey Milk biopic Milk. Also based on a true story, Fairyland similarly captures a time and place in San Francisco history that makes the personal political and vice versa. Continue reading “Film Review: “Fairyland””