THE KRIEGER LIST: I ON THE ARTS' TOP 2025
Hello dear readers!
Before I get into my 2025 lists, I wanted to share a little info about my big project this year. I co-curated an exhibition at Louis Stern Fine Arts, where I am the Outreach and Research Manager. You can learn more about Perspective and Plane here, and/or enjoy this video overview!
And now....Here's my year-end round-up of media I liked in 2025, including media from 2025 and media that I experienced for the first time in 2025. Everything is in chronological order (where possible).
Enjoy!
- Movies
- Rope, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1948
- That Thing You Do!, directed by Tom Hanks, 1996
- In the Mood for Love, directed by Wong Kar-Wai, 2000
- Paprika, directed by Satoshi Kon, 2006
- I Saw the TV Glow, directed by Jane Schoenbrun, 2024
- Sinners, directed by Ryan Coogler, 2025
- Wake Up Dead Man, directed by Rian Johnson, 2025
- Marty Supreme, directed by Josh Safdie, 2025
- Television
- Heated Rivalry, 2025-present
- The Beast and Me, 2025
- The Pitt, 2025-present
- Severance, 2022-present
- Books
- Hench, written by Natalie Zina Walschots, 2020
- The Tainted Cup, written by Robert Jackson Bennett, 2024
- Music
- The Wonders, "That Thing You Do!" 1996
- Eddie Vedder, "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," 2002 (Beatles cover)
- Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary, 2010
- Feist, "My Moon My Man," 2007
- Fleet Foxes, "White Winter Hymnal," 2008
- CHVRCHES, "Miracle," 2018
- Normani, "Motivation," 2019
- Halsey, "Hometown," 2024
- Doechii, "Anxiety," 2025
- Chloe Slater, "Harriet," 2025
- Chappell Roan, "The Subway," 2025
- Sabrina Carpenter, "My Man on Willpower," 2025
- Boys Go to Jupiter, Meet Me After Practice, 2025
- Taylor Swift, "The Fate of Ophelia," 2025
- Artists
- Maria Martorell (1909-2010)
- Georg Karl Pfahler (1926-2002)
- Sofia Loeb
- Jessica Woo Jung Ghil
- José de Jesus Rodriguez
- Christopher Page
- Ben Cowan
- Alfie Caine
- Art/Cultural Experiences
- Live Read: Conclave, February 10, 2025, The Wallis/Film Independent, Los Angeles
- Dan Herschlein from King's Leap Gallery at Post-Fair, Santa Monica, February 20 – 22, 2025
- Portland Japanese Garden, visited August 2025
- Manet & Morisot, October 11, 2025 – March 1, 2026, Legion of Honor, San Francisco
- Lucy Williams: Radiant City, November 6, 2025 – January 8, 2026, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
- Alejandro Cartagena: Ground Rules, November 22, 2025 – April 19, 2026, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Black Cowboys: An American Story, June 14, 2025 – January 4, 2026, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles
- Articles
- Andrew Dubbins, "The After Dark Bandit," The Atavist, December 2024
- Andrea Long Chu, "The Romance of Being Unreadable," Vulture, May 6, 2025
- Gideon Lewis-Kraus,"Did Lead Poisoning Create a Generation of Serial Killers?" The New Yorker, June 25, 2025
- Mary Jane Gibson, "My Best Friend's Murder Was A Tabloid Circus. Now, I'm Looking for the Truth," Rolling Stone, June 29, 2025
- Toby Buckle, "The Politics of Humiliation," Liberal Currents, July 21, 2025
- Emma Dexter, "The Sick Shall Inherit the Earth," East of Borneo, October 17, 2025
- Video Essays
- "How Austin Powers Predicted the Future of Cinema," Patrick Willems, 2020
- "The Wire, Police Reform, and Capitalism," by Skip Intro, 2020
- "Three Stories at the End of the World," by Big Joel, 2022
- "We Must Destroy What the Bomb Cannot," by Big Joel, 2023
- "Panem's Capitol is where?? Geographer talks the Hunger Games," by Dove Makes, 2025
- "Love, Lust, & Disaster Capitalism: HBO's True Blood," by Biz Barclay, 2025
- "The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Is Nightmare Fuel," Be Kind Rewind, 2025
- "The Bluth-Fünke Family Explained: A Psychological Analysis of Dysfunction," let's talk about it, 2025

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