Topic: Best of 2025

Gwyneth Paltrow in "Marty Supreme" (A24)

Gwyneth Paltrow, 2025's patron saint...?

Coleman Spilde
Preparing linguine vongole (GMVozd / Getty Images)

26 tiny ways to be a better cook in 2026

Ashlie D. Stevens
(Photo illustration by Salon / Adult Swim / Netflix / ©Hyuganatsu, Imagica Infos / “The Apothecary Diaries” Project)

The best animation of 2025

Hanh Nguyen, Melanie McFarland, Coleman Spilde
Icebox cake with layers of berry jam (Anastassiya Bezhekeneva / Getty Images)

Salon's most popular recipes of 2025

Ashlie D. Stevens
Carmen Machi as Marga in "Rage" (Jau Fornes/HBO)

The 10 best TV shows of 2025

Melanie McFarland
Jared Leto in "Tron: Ares" (Disney Enterprises, Inc.)

6 soundtracks hit a high note in 2025

Melanie McFarland
(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Craig Barritt / Matt Winkelmeyer / Kevin Mazur / Phillip Faraone / Kevin Dietsch / Andrew Harnik / Saul Loeb / Vittorio Zunino Celotto)

The best takedowns of 2025

Andi Zeisler
Amanda Seyfried as Ann Lee in "The Testament of Ann Lee" (Searchlight Pictures)

9 films that made an insane year livable

Coleman Spilde
A collection of some of our staff picks. (Photo illustration by Salon / Courtesy of Netflix, Apple TV+, Darren Vargas, Penguin Random House)

The best of 2025 . . . so far

Kelly McClure, Natalie Moore, Coleman Spilde, Melanie McFarland, Hanh Nguyen, Erin Keane, Andi Zeisler, Amanda Marcotte, Bennett LT, Alex Galbraith, Ashlie D. Stevens