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The Mercury Prize: 2026 Award
Polaris Music Prize: 2026 Award
Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2026
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The Calming

by Song Fang

Appears on seven lists

#3 Ten Best Films of 2020: Michael J. Anderson
#5 The Best Films of 2020: Ela Bittencourt: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#6 Top 10 Films of 2020: Dennis Lim: Film at Lincoln Center
#6 Best Films of 2020: Julian Ross: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#7 Best Films of 2020: Susannah Gruder: Screen Slate
#7 Best Films of 2020: Matt Turner: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#9 Top Ten Films of 2020: Susannah Gruder: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
10 Best Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
2026 Award The Mercury Prize
2026 Award Polaris Music Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times

Trending Works

The Cordillera of Dreams Patricio Guzmán
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Heartstopper
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
You’re Not You Anymore Counterparts
The Gold
Nostalgia, Ultra Frank Ocean
Aftersun Charlotte Wells
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Goodbye to Language Jean-Luc Godard
The Genius Myth Helen Lewis
Tragedy Girls Tyler MacIntyre
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Isao Takahata

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