Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily

Love in Exile

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Works

Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Idlewild Idlewild
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Sunshine Place
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Blue Moon Richard Linklater

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