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2012
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Any Day Now - Travis Fine

Favorite Fifteen Films of 2012 Marya E. Gates

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Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Top 20 Films of 2012 In Review Online

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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia - Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Philip French

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The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: William Fowler

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The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Nick James

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To The Wonder - Terrence Malick

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Gabe Klinger

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The Kid with a Bike - Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Philip Kemp

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Skyfall - Sam Mendes

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Naman Ramachandran

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Skyfall - Sam Mendes

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Vic Pratt

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The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: James Bell

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Beyond the Hills - Cristian Mungiu

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Philip Horne

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11:25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate - Kôji Wakamatsu

Top Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Christoph Huber and Olaf Möller

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The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Cameron Bailey

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Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Mar Diestro-Dopido

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This is Not a Film - Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Thomas Dawson

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Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Jane Giles

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The Avengers - Joss Whedon

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Ian Christie

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Sofia's Last Ambulance - Ilian Metev

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Mark Cousins

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Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Michel Ciment

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The Loneliest Planet - Julia Loktev

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Sukhdev Sandu

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Nostalgia for the Light - Patricio Guzmán

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Gareth Evans

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Rust and Bone - Jacques Audiard

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Nick Hasted

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Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Jean-Michel Frodon

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Leviathan - Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel

Top Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Andrea Picard

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