Year-End Lists

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2025: Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025: David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025: Economist
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The Neon Gate
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2024: The Fader
2. 50 Best Albums of 2024: Exclaim
Snapshot of a Beginner
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Far Out
Thought Rock Fish Scale
1. Top 50 Albums of 2016: Austin Town Hall

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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