Year-End Lists

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Top 50 Albums of 2025: The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano
The Best Movies of 2025: Wall Street Journal: Kyle Smith
The 20 Best Movies of 2025: Rolling Stone: David Fear
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fantasy of a broken heart

Feats of Engineering
1. My Favorite Albums of 2024: Kelsie Herzog: The Yellow Button
2. Albums of the Year for 2024: God Is In The TV

Trending Lists

The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
2025 Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Getting Killed Geese
Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 Chaeyoung
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Virtuoso Valee and Harry Fraud
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Bleeds Wednesday
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
John Candy: I Like Me Colin Hanks
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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