Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Decibel: Top 40 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Kris Davis Trio

Run the Gauntlet
1. 40 Favorite Albums of My 2024: Brad Luen
- The Best Albums of 2024: David Hajdu: The Nation

Kris Davis

Diatom Ribbons Live At The Village Vanguard
- Our 50 Favorite Albums of 2023: Boston Globe
Diatom Ribbons
1. 25 Best Albums of 2019: NPR: NPR Music
Aeriol Piano
1. Top 10 Albums of 2011: Ben Ratliff: New York Times

Trending Lists

10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2020 Empire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

U R HERE Honesty
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
Suspicious Minds
Be the Cowboy Mitski
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
XXX Danny Brown
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
A Seat at the Table Solange
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer

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