Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Best Albums of 2013: Jim DeRogatis: WBEZ: Sound Opinions

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Getting Killed Geese
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Cat’s Eyes Cat’s Eyes
Dìdi Sean Wang
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: The Podcast
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Here Bas Devos
Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
Wander/Wonder Balam Acab
XXX Danny Brown
In the Dark
House of Huawei Eva Dou

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