Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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40 Favorite Albums of 2015: Jim DeRogatis: WBEZ: Sound Opinions

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Movies of 2020 Stephanie Zacharek · Time
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Podcasts of 2018 Sarah Larson · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Past Lives Celine Song
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World Radu Jude
All This Could Be Different Sarah Thankam Mathews
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Book of Disquiet Fernando Pessoa
The Post Steven Spielberg
Peter Hujar's Day Ira Sachs
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Heavy Metal Cameron Winter
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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