Year-End Lists

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Decibel: Top 40 Albums of 2025
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Magic Sign
- 2022 Year in Review: Aquarium Drunkard
Many Moons
1. Top 100 Albums of 2015: Under the Radar
2. 100 Best Albums of 2015: Les Inrocks

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Lego Movie Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
Be the Cowboy Mitski
Paper Girl Beth Macy
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
Silence Is Loud Nia Archives
A Seat at the Table Solange
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Suspicious Minds
XXX Danny Brown
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni

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