Year-End Lists

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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20 Favorite Books of 2015: A.V. Club

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The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 40 Albums of 2024 Decibel
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Idlewild Idlewild
Oracle Cate Marvin
Clean Slate
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Liars Sarah Manguso
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Sly Thom Zimny
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Blue Moon Richard Linklater

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