Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Randall Kenan

Black Folk Could Fly
- 100 Notable Books of 2022: New York Times: New York Times
If I Had Two Wings
- Fiction 2020: National Book Award

Trending Lists

The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Films of 2025 A.A. Dowd
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Eternity, In Your Arms Creeper
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Text Me When You Get Home Kayleen Schaefer
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt
Emails I Can't Send Sabrina Carpenter
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Moderation Elaine Castillo
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt

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