Year-End Lists

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The Best Films of 2025: New Yorker: Richard Brody
The 20 Best Movies of 2025: Rolling Stone: David Fear
The Best Books of 2025: New Yorker
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Tarantula Heart
- 20 Best Albums of 2024: Glide
Bad Mood Rising
1. Top 30 Rock Albums of 2022: Ultimate Classic Rock
Working With God
1. Top 40 Rock Albums of 2021: Ultimate Classic Rock
2. Albums of the Year 2021: Quietus
A Walk with Love and Death
1. Top 25 Albums of 2017: Diffuser

Trending Lists

The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
2025 Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win

Trending Works

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

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