In The Mood's Film Forecast 🔮

Our team's 2025 ins, outs, and must watches. Plus: our favourite David Lynch pieces from the archive and an interview with WASTEOFTASTE's Marc Basque.

A Note from the Editor

I always find the end of January, and not the beginning, to be a sort of reset. Already-broken New Year’s resolutions rejigged, winter blues fully sinking in post-holidays, but then thankfully noticing the sun setting just a little later than before. And the cold days of January mean you have an excuse to stay in and maybe do something you’ve been putting off: dig up the dusty art supplies, the long book you’ve been avoiding, the multi-step recipe, the blindspot film you just never have time for.

This particular January was certainly A Lot—we don’t have to tell you why, we’re all still going through it! Nearly two weeks ago, we lost David Lynch and the outpouring of appreciation for one of film’s most singular figures hasn’t abated. His life and work were a lesson in living and creating as authentically as possible while we still have time. Below, we have included two pieces from our archive about two of Lynch’s most challenging works, Inland Empire and Dune.

We don’t have a crystal ball, but we do have the next best (worst?) thing: a team of very online people with lots of thoughts and no filter about what’s coming up next in the film and pop culture landscape. We have collected our must-watch lists and a list of film trends we are willing to be in and praying will be out.

And in case you missed it: we’ve revamped our newsletter to a monthly missive, exclusive to paid subscribers. All paid subscriptions will go directly towards contributor honorariums and operating costs for In The Mood Magazine, which is free and volunteer-run. If you’d like to support what we do, we’re offering a 20% discount until the end of January! Thanks so much 🫶

—Gabrielle Marceau and Sennah Yee
Editors, In The Mood Magazine

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2025 Ins & Outs for film, TV, and pop culture

IN ✅

• rewatching a movie within 24 hours -S

• claymation -CC

• Rachel Sennott <3 -K

• water cooler movies - G

• Netflix real estate shows (I live for Zillow and interpersonal drama) -CS

• finally watching movies whose covers you remember as a kid at the video rental store (e.g. Hellraiser, Girl Next Door) -S

• vampires -CC

• Korean zombie shows -K

• film adaptations of classic lit - G

• replacing your old TV with another old TV from Facebook marketplace -CS

• monster fuckers -S

• female protagonists who are unequivocally losers (I need the representation) -CC

• celebrities on food-based talk shows (Last Meals, Hot Ones, Chicken Shop Date) -K

• light snobbism - G

• live theatre -CS