Year-End Lists

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Emily, Alone

by Stewart O’Nan

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Books of the Year 2011: Benjamin Schwarz: Atlantic

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Motherland Julia Ioffe
Zbig Edward Luce
Resurrection Bi Gan
See You in the Stars Lightning Seeds
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt

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