Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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- Favorite Albums of 2025: Tone Glow
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1. Albums of 2023: Gorilla vs. Bear
- Our Favorite Albums, 2023: Tone Glow

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Loneliest Planet Julia Loktev
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
The CIA Book Club Charlie English
Getting Killed Geese
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Finest Hotel in Kabul Lyse Doucet
Crossroads Jonathan Franzen
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Johan Grimonprez
House of Huawei Eva Dou
LP Big Stick

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