"BEST OF 2025"

• film, games, music, tv The best of The A.V. Club: Our favorite pieces from 2025 By Danette Chavez December 31, 2025 | 2:43pm
• news 20 maddening (and 5 alright) news stories from 2025 By Drew Gillis December 31, 2025 | 7:00am
• tv Late night with the devil: How attacks on Kimmel and Colbert brought a fading format back to life By Tim Lowery December 29, 2025 | 11:00am
• games The best board games of 2025 By Keith Law December 20, 2025 | 12:00pm
• film The best film scenes of 2025 By The A.V. Club December 19, 2025 | 4:00pm
• anime The 10 best anime of 2025 By Elijah Gonzalez December 19, 2025 | 12:00pm
• tv The best TV episodes of 2025 By A.V. Club Staff December 19, 2025 | 5:00am
• tv Elevated-trash TV found its footing in 2025 By Saloni Gajjar December 18, 2025 | 9:00am
• games The best games of 2025: The ballots By A.V. Club Staff December 18, 2025 | 4:01am
• games The best games of 2025 By A.V. Club Staff December 18, 2025 | 4:00am
• music The only thing worse than bad AI music is good AI music By Shannon Miller December 17, 2025 | 1:00pm
• film The best films of 2025: The ballots By The A.V. Club December 17, 2025 | 4:01am
• film The 25 best films of 2025 By The A.V. Club December 17, 2025 | 4:00am
• aux Political symbols are everywhere now—on our streets and our screens By Laura Zornosa December 16, 2025 | 2:00pm
• books The best comics of 2025 By Oliver Sava December 16, 2025 | 6:00am
• tv Changing the game: How Dropout broke through in 2025 By William Hughes December 15, 2025 | 12:00pm
• tv The best TV shows of 2025 By A.V. Club Staff December 15, 2025 | 4:00am
• tv The best TV of 2025: The ballots By A.V. Club Staff December 15, 2025 | 4:00am
• film, tv The A.V. Club's guide to the best pop culture gifts of 2025 By A.V. Club Staff December 9, 2025 | 10:00am
• tv In 2025, TV finally reflected the lingering effects of living through COVID-19 By Mary Kate Carr December 9, 2025 | 7:00am
• aux 2025 was the year comedians defended comedy from itself By Matt Schimkowitz December 8, 2025 | 6:00am
• music The best songs of 2025 By Paste Staff December 6, 2025 | 7:00am
• music The best albums of 2025 By Paste Staff December 3, 2025 | 1:00pm
• film The best 4K and Blu-ray releases coming out in December 2025 By Jacob Oller December 1, 2025 | 10:00am
• anime The best anime of fall 2025 (so far) By Elijah Gonzalez November 17, 2025 | 4:41pm