Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell

by Brian Evenson

Lists

The Best Books of 2021: Boston Globe
The Best Books of 2021: Patrick Rapa: The Philadelphia Inquirer

Trending Lists

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
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Like Cattle Towards Glow Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Perfect Neighbor Geeta Gandbhir
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
All This Could Be Different Sarah Thankam Mathews
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
Weapons Zach Cregger

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