Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Christian Tetzlaff, The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Hannu Lintu

Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
1. 50 Best Albums of 2018: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Sunshine Place
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Liars Sarah Manguso
Sly Thom Zimny
Clean Slate
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Oracle Cate Marvin
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Fingernails Christos Nikou
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story

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