Daniel’s Best & Worst Films of 2025 Quasi-disgraced pseudo-critic Daniel Barnes takes a solo excursion through the year in cinema to share his best and worst films of 2025. Daniel also discusses some of the awards contenders, blockbusters and bombs that did not make either of his lists. […]
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By Daniel Barnes My submitted ballot for the 2025 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle awards: BEST PICTURE Caught by the Tides One Battle After Another It Was Just an Accident Sentimental Value No Other Choice BEST DIRECTOR Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another Jafar Panahi, […]
By Daniel Barnes My complete ballot for the 2024 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle awards: BEST PICTURE Hard Truths Anora Flow Touch Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga BEST DIRECTOR Sean Baker, Anora Mike Leigh, Hard Truths Matteo Garrone, Io Capitano George Miller, Furiosa: A Mad Max […]
By Daniel Barnes Below is my complete ballot for the 2021 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle awards. BEST FILMS OF 2021 Licorice Pizza The Power of the Dog Parallel Mothers The French Dispatch Annette BEST DIRECTOR Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza Jane Campion, The Power of the […]
By Daniel Barnes Below is my complete ballot for the 2020 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle awards. Official nominees and winners will be announced on Monday, Jan. 18. Read about my top ten films of 2020 HERE. BEST FILMS OF 2020 Wolfwalkers Lovers Rock The Truth […]
By Daniel Barnes DANIEL’S TOP TEN FILMS OF 2020 1. Wolfwalkers For over a decade, Kilkenny, Ireland-based Cartoon Saloon has produced under-the-radar animated features for adults and smart kids. With the astonishing Wolfwalkers, Cartoon Saloon gives us a profound and humane movie that should shame Pixar. Set in […]
