Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Hold on to Your Heart
1. 47 Favorite Albums Of 2018: Hanif Abdurraqib

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 40 Albums of 2024 Decibel
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Clean Slate
The Sunshine Place
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Sly Thom Zimny
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Idlewild Idlewild
Liars Sarah Manguso
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward

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