Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Hue and Cry

by James Alan McPherson

Lists

2019 Books in Review: Anthony Domestico: Commonweal

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 100 Best Albums of 2024 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Lowdown
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Connie Connie Chung
Eddington Ari Aster
XXX Danny Brown
Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda
Ex Machina Alex Garland
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Furrows Namwali Serpell

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