Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Letters Never Read

by Dori Freeman

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20 Favorite Albums of 2017: Listening Through The Lens

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Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 15 Films of 2012 Cinema Scope
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Diamond Eyes Deftones
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Clean Slate
Idlewild Idlewild
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Sly Thom Zimny
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
The Sunshine Place
Blue Moon Richard Linklater

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