Year-End Lists

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Favorite Films of 2023
Best Films of 2021 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2019 Seventh Row · Seventh Row Critics Survey
Best Black Films of the 2010s
The 10 Best Films of 2017
The 10 Best Films of 2016

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The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Pitchfork
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
50 Best Albums of 2014 Complex
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Graduation Cristian Mungiu
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
In the Dark
XXX Danny Brown
Sorry I Haven't Called Vagabon
The Blackmailer's Guide to Love Marian Thurm
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
Beginners Mike Mills
Destroyer of Light Jennifer Marie Brissett
The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández
Golden Girl Elin Hilderbrand
Spotlight: Snitch City
Holy Hell Architects
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade

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