Year-End Lists

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Jordan Cronk: Sight & Sound Poll: Best Films of 2026
National Book Award: Nonfiction 2026
Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2026
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Yûzô Kawashima

Elegant Beast (1962)
- #6 10 Best Films of 2018: James Quandt: Artforum
- Best Films of 2018: James Quandt: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Lists

20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
2026 Award The Mercury Prize
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
Best Films of 2026 Jordan Cronk · Sight & Sound Poll
10 Best Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
10 Best Books of 2015 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
2016 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2026 National Book Award
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2014 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Paper Tiger James Gray
Going Home Tom Lamont
The Dead Don't Hurt Viggo Mortensen
Death Above Life Orbit Culture
Story of My Death Albert Serra
Bastard Music Meatraffle
The Unknown Arthur Harari
Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos
Robe of Gems Natalia López
We the People Jill Lepore
XXX Danny Brown
The Dreamed Adventure Valeska Grisebach
The Diary of a Chambermaid Radu Jude
Cosmic Wink Jess Williamson

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