Year-End Lists

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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1. 40 Favorite Albums of 2015: Jim DeRogatis: WBEZ: Sound Opinions

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
25 Best Films of 2012 David Ehrlich
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top Ten Films of 2023 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker
Noble and Godlike in Ruin Deerhoof
Spunky! Grrrl Gang
Silence Is Loud Nia Archives
A Sharp Endless Need Marisa Crane
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Palabras Manuales Danay Suárez
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni
The Lego Movie Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Dawson City: Frozen Time Bill Morrison
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie

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