Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Ani DiFranco

No Walls and the Recurring Dream
- Top Music Books of 2019: No Depression
¿Which Side Are You On?
1. Top 102 Albums of 2012: Robert Christgau: Barnes & Noble Review

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Pillion Harry Lighton
Weapons Zach Cregger
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Sinners Ryan Coogler
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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