January 5, 2026
My Year in Lists: 2025
My Top 5s and Top 10s of 2025.
Best Films of 2025
- One Battle After Another by Paul Thomas Anderson
- Sinners by Ryan Coogler
- In die Sonne schauen (Sound of Falling) by Mascha Schilinski
- Weapons by Zach Cregger
- Mad Bills to Pay by Joel Alfonso Vargas
- Bugonia by Yorgos Lanthimos
- Mit der Faust in die Welt schlagen (Punching the World) by Constanze Klaue
- The Ballad of Wallis Island by James Griffiths
- Warfare by Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland
- If I Had Legs I’d Kick You by Mary Bronstein
Best Albums of 2025
- Let God Sort Em Out by Clipse
- Stardust by Danny Brown
- I Heard That Noise by quickly, quickly
- Magic, Alive! by McKinley Dixon
- Getting Killed by Geese
- GOLLIWOG by billy woods
- Songs for Other People’s Weddings by Jens Lekman
- Sinister Grift by Panda Bear
- Cowards by Squid
- LOWER by Benjamin Booker
Most-played Albums of 2025
- NEVER ENOUGH by Turnstile
- Let God Sort Em Out by Clipse
- Racing Mount Pleasant by Racing Mount Pleasant
- Losin’ by Colin Miller
- Burnover by Greg Freeman
- I Heard That Noise by quickly, quickly
- SABLE, fABLE by Bon Iver
- Sinister Grift by Panda Bear
- Raspberry Moon by Hotline TNT
- Cowards by Squid
Best TV Shows of 2025
- Task (Miniseries)
- Severance (Season 2)
- The Pitt (Season 1)
- Andor (Season 2)
- Pluribus (Season 1)
Top 5 Concerts of 2025
- Radiohead at Uber Arena, Berlin
- LCD Soundsystem at O2 Academy Brixton, London
- MJ Lenderman at Columbia Theater, Berlin
- Bruce Springsteen at Olympiastadion, Berlin
- Shout Out Louds at Immergut Festival, Neustrelitz
Honorable mentions:
Dendemann, Greg Freeman, The Wedding Present, Kylie Minogue, Father John Misty