Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Top 13 Films of 2016: David Hudson: Fandor: Keyframe Daily

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The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Monkey Man Dev Patel
Elsbeth
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
A Small Light
Plain Bad Heroines Emily M. Danforth
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Beginners Mike Mills
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Meet Me in the Bathroom Lizzy Goodman

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