Sasha Frere-Jones of The New Yorker: 50 Most Impressive Albums of 2014 (listed chronologically within three tiers)
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Cokemachineglow assembles a variety of ways to find some of the music their staff loved most this year. Below are the albums labeled “Unison” — representing the staff as a whole — but browse also their “Harmony” of individual voices.
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Darren Hughes: 10 Favorite Films of 2014 (as published at his site, Long Pauses, where he also has lists of favorite unreleased films, experimental shorts, and discoveries)
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Steve Erickson: 20 Best Films of 2014, as published by Gay City News
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Runners-up (alphabetically)
Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2014
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Wesley Morris: Top 30 Movies of 2014, as published by Grantland