Year-End Lists

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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The Best Albums of 2022
The Best Albums of 2021
The 50 Best Albums of 2020
The Best Albums of 2019
Best Albums of 2018
Best Albums of 2017

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2023 Marilou Duponchel · Les Inrocks
75 Best Albums of 2016 Uncut
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2024 Guardian
Top 50 Albums of 2013 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2022 Marilou Duponchel · Les Inrocks
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Off-Season J. Cole
Slow West John Maclean
You Can’t Go Back If There’s Nothing to Go Back To Richmond Fontaine
Ancestor Trouble Maud Newton
Luminous Intimacy: The Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler [retrospective] Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler
The Farewell Lulu Wang
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Aftersun Charlotte Wells
Communion Park Jiha
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Afterparties Anthony Veasna So
Jade Pan Daijing
Never Rarely Sometimes Always Eliza Hittman
Sorry to Bother You The Coup

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