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
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Refuse Room
- Twenty-One Experimental Films That Defined 2024: Michael Sicinski
Let's Talk
- 25 Great Experimental Films of 2023: Michael Sicinski
Devil’s Peak
1. The Ten Best Experimental Films of 2022: Jordan Cronk
Fallen Arches
1. Top 30 Experimental Films of 2018: Michael Sicinski

Trending Lists

2025 Dublin Literary Award
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Diamond Eyes Deftones
The Sunshine Place
Oracle Cate Marvin
Liars Sarah Manguso
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Sly Thom Zimny
Clean Slate
Blue Moon Richard Linklater

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