Category: 2025
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Little Gold Man Watch — My Thoughts on the 2026 Oscars Documentary Short Film Nominees
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. If you’re a frequent reader of Nate at the Movies, you know that I’ve been on my second-ever Oscars Death Race over the last month-plus. That race is coming to a close pretty quickly here, with just a few weeks until the Oscars, and now with all five Documentary Short Film nominees in the rearview, I can finally share my thoughts on them with you! I…
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Sirāt: Stress in the Key of EDM
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Sirāt (2025) Oliver Laxe There was good news and bad news as I headed into my showing of Sirāt today. The good: I’m almost done with my Oscars Death Race, and after Sirāt, there would only be one more loose end for me to find. The bad: I had to drive to north Dallas to see this, meaning I spent just as much time driving to and from the…
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EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert: An Electric Return to the Big Screen
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2025) Baz Luhrmann Even with my various film checklists to work on, from Star Wars and Marvel to the Oscars Death Race, this weekend was still looking pretty bare. I didn’t care about Scream 7, so instead I took a swing on EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, which had been getting good enough reviews for me to consider. I remember enjoying Elvis back in 2022, and if this doc…
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Kokuho: In Pursuit of Greatness, for the Umpteenth Time
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Kokuho (2025) Sang-il Lee Another Saturday, another extended drive to catch a film showing nowhere near me. Last week it was Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, and today it was Kokuho, which I knew literally nothing about going in. Just before the movie started, I saw that it had a 3-hour runtime, which made me only a little nervous, and while I definitely felt that runtime,…
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Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie: F is for Friends Who Make Absolute Cinema
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025) Matt Johnson Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie was the third film of my historic film-watching weekend, and it was the one that popped up on my radar the latest. It’s 4.4 rating on Letterboxd was striking, to say the least, and the trailer looked funny, so I drove all the way to Denton to see it—that was…
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The Secret Agent: Style, Substance, and Struggling to Synthesize
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. The Secret Agent (2025) Kleber Mendonça Filho After seeing Arco at the Cinépolis in Euless yesterday, I guess I could’ve just stayed there overnight, because my next movie started 17 hours later in the auditorium across the hall! No one joined me this time for The Secret Agent, but I am proud to say that, even with little fanfare, I have now seen all of the 2026 Best Picture…
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Arco: A Great, Big, Beautiful Tomorrow
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Arco (2025) Ugo Bienvenu After my depressing trip to Dallas earlier today for The Voice of Hind Rajab, I needed a cinematic pick-me-up, and Arco with Liz and Gabe was the perfect prescription. I’d had this movie on my watchlist since like September, so it was great to finally see it and check off the last of the Best Animated Feature nominees for this year. I’m glad to report…
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Come See Me in the Good Light: Ending on a Make
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Come See Me in the Good Light (2025) Ryan White My fingers are crossed that today’s my last snow day so I can go back to school tomorrow, but that snow just isn’t melting. I’ve been grateful, though, for the time I’ve had to put a significant dent in my Oscars Death Race, which continued today with Come See Me in the Good Light, a documentary with…
