Year-End Lists

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The Best Albums of 2022: Jim DeRogatis: Sound Opinions
Dean's List 2022: Robert Christgau

2022 Year in Review: Aquarium Drunkard
The 25 Best Albums of 2022: Esquire

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Weapons Zach Cregger
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Pillion Harry Lighton
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade

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