Year-End Lists

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The American Negro

by Adrian Younge

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Our 50 Favourite Albums of 2021: Vinyl Factory

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The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 40 Albums of 2024 Decibel
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2022 Screen Slate
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Idlewild Idlewild
The Sunshine Place
Diamond Eyes Deftones
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Oracle Cate Marvin
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Lighten Up Erin Rae
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Liars Sarah Manguso
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Clean Slate
Fingernails Christos Nikou

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