Year-End Lists

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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1. Favorite Books of 2022: Salon
- Best Nonfiction of 2022: BookPage
- Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2022: Electric Lit
America Is Not the Heart
- 100 Recommended Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

Top Ten Films of 2025 Tasha Robinson · The Next Picture Show
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Silver Eye Goldfrapp
The Taste of Things Trần Anh Hùng
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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