Year-End Lists

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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1. Best Poetry Books & Poetry Collections of 2019: Entropy
- 14 Unmissable Poetry Books from 2019: Christina Orlando: Electric Lit

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Weapons Zach Cregger
Like Cattle Towards Glow Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph

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