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The Austin Chronicle’s Top 10 Movies of 2025
The year’s best feature films, plus critics lists
Richard Whittaker
The Chronicle's first Culture Desk editor, Richard has reported on Austin's growing film production and appreciation scene for over a decade. A graduate of the universities of York, Stirling, and UT-Austin, a Rotten Tomatoes certified critic, and eight-time Best of Austin winner, he's currently at work on two books and a play.
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Avatar: Fire and Ash Review: Bigger, Hotter, Wetter, Longer
James Cameron’s motion-capture eco epic is now a trilogy about families and messiahs
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Friday Night Lights and Homicide: Life on the Street Get Major Retrospectives at ATX TV Festival 2026
Plus your chance to break into the TV industry and experience a late-night talk show
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Dust Bunny Review: Hit Men and Monsters, Oh My!
The Hannibal team of Bryan Fuller and Mads Mikkelsen reunite for an unexpected urban bedtime tale
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Silent Night, Deadly Night Review: Santa’s New Slayride
Regifting of the exploitation classic gets weird in unexpected ways
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One Battle After Another, Sinners Lead Austin Film Critics Association Awards Nominations
And Richard Linklater pulls off a double in the Best Austin Film category
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It Takes a Village: Inside the Community of Man Finds Tape
The cast of the Austin-made horror on working within a cosmic mystery
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SXSW Film and TV 2026 to Open With Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters
Sorry to Bother You director returns to fest with the prime slot
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Horror for the Holidays Brings Holly Jolly Haunts to Austin
Blood Over Texas’ Bunny Voodoo talks what’s new and frightening at this 11-year-old “baby con”
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100 Nights of Hero Review: A Tale of Tales
Fantastical British reworking of One Thousand and One Nights finds the power of women’s stories
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Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair Review: The Action Classic Becomes a Melancholy Drama
The legendary integral version of Tarantino and Thurman’s roaring rampage of revenge is worth the wait and the runtime
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A Tale as Old as Time Is New Again in the Touring Beauty and the Beast
Director and choreographer Matt West revives the Disney classic after three decades