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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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Cosmopolis - David Cronenberg

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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Sightseers - Ben Wheatley

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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Leviathan - Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel

Top Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Andrea Picard

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No - Pablo Larraín

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

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Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Michael Brooke

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Skyfall - Sam Mendes

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

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The Loneliest Planet - Julia Loktev

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

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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 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Mark Le Fanu

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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia - Nuri Bilge Ceylan

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

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Tabu - Miguel Gomes

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

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The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Tom Charity

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Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Maria Delgado

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The Deep Blue Sea - Terence Davies

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Graham Fuller

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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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Tabu - Miguel Gomes

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

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Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Kieron Corless

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Amour - Michael Haneke

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Agnieszka Gratza

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Tabu - Miguel Gomes

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

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Margaret - Kenneth Lonergan

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Kong Rithdee

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