Year-End Lists

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Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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El Mirador
1. Top 20 Albums of 2022: Spectrum Culture
The Thread That Keeps Us
1. 75 Best Albums of 2018: Uncut
Edge of the Sun
1. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Paste
Algiers

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Instant Holograms on Metal Film Stereolab
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Dan's Boogie Destroyer
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
I Swear Kirk Jones
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
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