Year-End Lists

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Top 10 Films of 2020: Cole Duffy: Cinema Etc.

These Are the 12 Best Albums of 2020: British Vogue

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut

Trending Works

Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
Getting Killed Geese
The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
Magdalene FKA twigs
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
American Prison Shane Bauer

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