The time has come for “Screen Talk” podcasts Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio (that’s us) to share their top 10 films of 2025. Ryan Coogler’s Southern vampire epic “Sinners” leads Anne’s list, with ...

In 2020, a captive audience, homebound by the pandemic, went wild over the story of Tiger King on Netflix and the story of Joe Exotic as it unfolded almost in real time. Nearly six years later, the ...

A multilayered political thriller, a dark-comedy salute to radical resistance, a ping-pong picaresque and a bluesy vampire tale set in Jim Crow Mississippi are among THR film reviewers’ favorites of ...

Our film critics watch a lot of movies in a year. By December, their viewing slates span international standouts, festival favorites, studio blockbusters, and plenty more in between. Below, Justin ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything ...

The music world refused to stand still in 2025. This wasn’t a year for playing it safe. Across the globe and all over the stylistic map, music kept mutating in the weirdest, wildest ways. The artists ...

Last week we published our annual list of 100 Notable Books; today, we winnow that list to the 10 Best Books of 2025. And now, we’re ready to discuss them. In this week’s episode, the Book Review ...

The best albums of 2025 spanned seismic rage rap, intricate guitar music, protest folk, spacey dream pop, and laptop twee. A virtuoso of experimental electronic music re-emerged, a Brooklyn band ...

2025 was a year that posed a lot of questions for movie lovers: Did the success of Sinners prove that there was still a mass audience hungry for original (read: non-IP) stories on a blockbuster level?

As the temperatures plummet in much of the continental United States, heading off for a week or two in Hawaii seems like an excellent idea. For those who have the wherewithal to sample the most ...