Year-End Lists

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Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Darklife
1. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
2. Albums of the Year 2022: Quietus
Faith in Persona
1. Top 50 Albums of 2021: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
Heavy Black Heart
1. Top 50 Albums of 2017: Sputnikmusic
Classroom Sexxtape
1. 51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016: Tiny Mix Tapes
I’ll Try Living Like This
1. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Fact

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage

Trending Works

The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Magdalene FKA twigs
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
American Prison Shane Bauer

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