Year-End Lists

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Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

Craig Jenkins: New York The Best Albums of 2021

Music
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

The Line of Best Fit The Best Albums of 2021 Ranked

Books
The Copenhagen Trilogy - Tove Ditlevsen

Lit Hub Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021

Music
Outside Child - Allison Russell

Marissa R. Moss: Stereogum The 10 Best Country Albums Of 2021

Books

Maureen Corrigan: NPR 2021 Best Books

Movies
The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

IndieWire Poll Best Films of 2021

Music
Glow On - Turnstile

Spin The 30 Best Albums Of 2021

Movies
Memoria - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Hyperallergic Our Top 10 Films of 2021

Music
Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

Vinyl Me, Please The Best Albums of 2021

Movies
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) - Questlove

Jason Gorber: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
The Woman in the Window - Joe Wright

Kyle Turner: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
The Disciple - Chaitanya Tamhane

Seongyong Cho: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
Nine Days - Edson Oda

Mark Dujsik: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

Jonah Koslofsky: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
The Green Knight - David Lowery

Collin Souter: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) - Anders Edström and C.W. Winter

Scout Tafoya: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
West Side Story - Steven Spielberg

Sergio Mims: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
Saint Maud - Rose Glass

Michał Oleszczyk: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
All Light, Everywhere - Theo Anthony

Nick Allen: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Godfrey Cheshire: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
Annette - Leos Carax

Peter Sobczynski: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection - Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

Isaac Feldberg: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
Undine - Christian Petzold

Glenn Kenny: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
Quo Vadis, Aida? - Jasmila Žbanić

Matt Fagerholm: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

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