Year-End Lists

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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A Radical Act of Free Magic

by H.G. Parry

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Best Fiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews

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Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 15 Films of 2012 Cinema Scope
Albums of 2025 Gorilla vs. Bear
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize

Trending Works

Clean Slate
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Idlewild Idlewild
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Oracle Cate Marvin
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Liars Sarah Manguso
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Sly Thom Zimny
The Sunshine Place

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