Year-End Lists

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Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
In Review Online: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Yulene Olaizola

Artificial Paradises
- Favorite 18 Films of 2012: Dan Sallitt
- Personal Best Films of 2011: J Hoberman: Village Voice

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
PC Music x DISown Radio PC Music
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Southernmost Leo Boix
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Poems of Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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