Year-End Lists
A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
Movies
TV Shows
Music
Books
Poetry
Podcasts
Highlights
Atlantic: David Sims: The 10 Best Films of 2023
Economist: The Best Books of 2023
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2023
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2023
Washington Post: Ann Hornaday: The 10 Best Movies of 2023
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William Basinski
Lamentations
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2020
On Time out of Time
Dennis Cooper: Favorite Music of 2019
A Shadow in Time
Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2017
The Deluge
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2015
Cascade
Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2015
Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2015
Dennis Cooper: 31 Favorite Albums of 2015
Sasha Frere-Jones: 89 Favorite Albums of 2015
Nocturnes
New Yorker: Sasha Frere-Jones: 42 Best Albums of 2013
The Disintegration Loops
Dennis Cooper: 20 Favorite Albums of 2012