Year-End Lists

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Top 10 Films of 2025: Ryan Swen
Top 50 Albums of 2025: The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano
Best Films of 2025: Mark Kermode
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The Scapegoat
- Lit Hub: Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Truly, Madly Stephen Galloway
Babygirl Halina Reijn
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 Chaeyoung

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