Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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The Apartments

In and Out of the Light
1. Our Top 100 Albums of 2020: Les Inrocks
No Song, No Spell, No Madrigal
1. 75 Best Albums of 2015: Uncut

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Poems of Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Jen Cloher Jen Cloher
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
PC Music x DISown Radio PC Music
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Baldwin Nicholas Boggs
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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