Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Katy Waldman: New Yorker: My Favorite Fiction of 2020
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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For the Plasma
1. Best Films of 2016: Dan Sallitt: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
2. 35 Best Movies of 2016: Richard Brody: New Yorker

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

The Giverny Document (Single Channel) Ja’Tovia Gary
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Deepa Anappara
Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
Them
Titanic Rising Weyes Blood
Un conte de Michel de Montaigne Jean-Marie Straub
La Pivellina Tizza Covi
Rakshak Bloodywood
The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley David Waldstreicher
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Red Capriccio Blake Williams
Down Cemetery Road
Drumming Up Trouble Alvin Curran

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