Year-End Lists

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Top 20 of 2020: Folk Alley

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Wander/Wonder Balam Acab
Getting Killed Geese
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Dìdi Sean Wang
In the Dark
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: The Podcast
XXX Danny Brown
Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Here Bas Devos
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
You Didn't See Nothin

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