Year-End Lists

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2023
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Smoketown

The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance

by Mark Whitaker

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100 Notable Books of 2018: Washington Post

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The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
Best Movies of 2024 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2023 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Gladiator II Ridley Scott
The Beasts Rodrigo Sorogoyen
We Grown Now Minhal Baig
A Brighter Tomorrow Nanni Moretti
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Syn Innode
Rakshak Bloodywood
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Güeros Alonso Ruizpalacios
For Liz Harris Dicky Bahto
God on All Fours Edwin R Stevens
Human! Sound! —> & or the record i could never finish (even if i wanted to) Chris Olsen
XXX Danny Brown

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