My Winners: The 2025 Hollmann Awards, Part Two

Continuing from yesterday, here are more of my picks for the best in 2025 cinema:

Best Score

5. The Ugly Stepsister

John Erik Kaada / Vilde Tuv

4. Highest 2 Lowest

Howard Drossin

3. Sinners

Ludwig Göransson

2. Frankenstein

Alexandre Desplat

1. The Testament of Ann Lee

Daniel Blumberg

My Winners: The 2025 Hollmann Awards, Part One

For the next three days, I present my winners for the 2025 Hollmann Awards, finally putting a button on last year.

Beginning with:

Best Original Song

5. Sinners - "Pale, Pale Moon"

music and lyrics by Brittany Howard and Ludwig Göransson

4. Highest 2 Lowest - "Highest 2 Lowest"

music and lyrics by Aiyana-Lee Anderson and Daciana-Nicole Anderson

3. KPop Demon Hunters - "Golden"

music and lyrics by EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick

2. Freakier Friday - "Baby"

music and lyrics by Sarah Aarons

1. Highest 2 Lowest - "Trunks"

music and lyrics by Rakim "A$AP Rocky" Myers

Best Actor, Best Director, and more, after the jump...

My Nominees: The 2025 Hollmann Awards

After 101 movies, a Top Ten, and yes, even Longlists, I present my ballot: in eighteen categories, these are the nominees for the 2025 Hollmann Awards:

My Top Ten of 2025

This year, I've decided to try something different. On my Letterboxd, I have, alphabetically, the 23 movies I considered for this list. I have finally whittled that number down to this Top Ten, which I present here, not in alphabetical order, nor ranked, but in the order in which I saw them: