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2012 Movies

New Yorker: Richard Brody: 27 Best Movies of 2012

11 December 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Richard Brody: 27 Best Movies of 2012, as published by The New Yorker

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  1. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax
  2. Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson
  3. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  4. Oki’s Movie
    Hong Sang-soo
  5. This is Not a Film
    Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
  6. To Rome with Love
    Woody Allen
  7. Tabu
    Miguel Gomes
  8. The Color Wheel
    Alex Ross Perry
  9. The Deep Blue Sea
    Terence Davies
  10. Damsels in Distress
    Whit Stillman
  11. We Have a Pope
    Nanni Moretti
  12. This Is 40
    Judd Apatow
  13. Red Hook Summer
    Spike Lee
  14. Magic Mike
    Steven Soderbergh
  15. Fake It So Real
    Robert Greene
  16. Brenie
    Richard Linklater
  17. Chronicle
    Josh Trank
  18. Haywire
    Steven Soderbergh
  19. The Comedy
    Rick Alverson
  20. Bad Fever
    Dustin Guy Defa
  21. The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
    Marie Losier
  22. The Day He Arrives
    Hong Sang-soo
  23. In Another Country
    Hong Sang-soo
  24. Green
    Sophia Takal
  25. Almayer’s Folly
    Chantal Akerman
  26. The Kid with a Bike
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
  27. Jeff, Who Lives at Home
    Jay and Mark Duplass

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