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Zhao Tao touches a robot in Caught by the Tides, one of film critic Daniel Barnes' best films of 2025.

Daniel’s Best & Worst Films of 2025

Quasi-disgraced pseudo-critic Daniel Barnes takes a solo excursion through the year in cinema to share his best and worst films of 2025. Daniel also discusses some of the awards contenders, blockbusters and bombs that did not make either of his lists. He also previews next week’s new Canon Fodder episode, in which Daniel and Corky review Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot le Fou.

CLIPS & CLIPPINGS

Daniel’s 2025 Ranked list on Letterboxd

Daniel’s 2025 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards ballot

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

Pierrot le Fou (1965; Dir.: Jean-Luc Godard)

IMDB synopsis: “Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.”

Our review of Pierrot le Fou comes out Tuesday, Jan. 20.

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