Year-End Lists

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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Autumn Eternal

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100 Favorite Metal Albums of the Decade: A.A. Dowd

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Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda
Blind Spot Teju Cole
Mad God Phil Tippett
XXX Danny Brown
Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You Ethel Cain
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Lowdown
Essex Honey Blood Orange
Connie Connie Chung
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Total S**t! Shit & Shine
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Wandering Stars Tommy Orange
Ex Machina Alex Garland

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