Year-End Lists

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Phantom Cabinet Vol. 1

by Pepe Deluxé

Lists

The 75 Best Albums of 2021: PopMatters

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Teenage Matt Wolf
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Boom Town Sam Anderson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
The Galleons Rick Barot
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Passages Ira Sachs
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
XXX Danny Brown

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