Year-End Lists

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Top 50 Albums of 2025: The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano
The 15 Best Films of 2025: USA Today: Cory Woodroof
2025: Dylan Thomas Prize
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Albums of 2022: Gorilla vs. Bear

2022 in Music: Sasha Frere-Jones

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Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
John Candy: I Like Me Colin Hanks
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Bleeds Wednesday
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
YU Rosie Lowe
Age of Panic Justine Triet
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
At Certain Points We Touch Lauren John Joseph
Getting Killed Geese
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Virtuoso Valee and Harry Fraud

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