Year-End Lists

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Don Hertzfeldt

World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime
1. The 25 Best Films of 2020: David Ehrlich
World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts
1. Top 50 Films of 2017: Film Stage
World of Tomorrow
- 24 Favorite Films of 2015: M. Leary
It’s Such a Beautiful Day

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Books of 2021 Michael Silverblatt · KCRW
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Liars Sarah Manguso
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Francesca David Murray Quartet
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Sly Thom Zimny
The Sunshine Place
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Oracle Cate Marvin
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Clean Slate

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