Looking Back Before Moving On | Year in Review

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As the year comes to a close, we step away from the weekly release cycle to reflect on what actually stayed with us. This episode isn’t about quick rankings or surface-level reactions, but about the films, performances, and moments that continued to resonate long after the credits rolled. We look back at the year as a whole, discussing how our expectations shifted, which movies surprised us, and what this stretch of cinema revealed about where the medium is headed. It’s a moment of reflection before moving forward, taking stock of what mattered and why it mattered.