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2012
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Rust and Bone - Jacques Audiard

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

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Skyfall - Sam Mendes

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Kate Muir

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Skyfall - Sam Mendes

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

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The Deep Blue Sea - Terence Davies

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Armond White

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The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

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

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Differently, Molussia - Nicolas Rey

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

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Tabu - Miguel Gomes

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

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The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

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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Holy Motors - Leos Carax

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

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Holy Motors - Leos Carax

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

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Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin

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

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Night Across the Street - Raoul Ruiz

Top Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Andrea Picard

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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia - Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Suzy Gillett

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Beyond the Hills - Cristian Mungiu

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Derek Malcolm

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Amour - Michael Haneke

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

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Leviathan - Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel

Top Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Alexander Horwath

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Cosmopolis - David Cronenberg

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Dan Callahan

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To Rome with Love - Woody Allen

Top Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Sergio Angelini

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Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland

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

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House of Pleasures - Bertrand Bonello

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

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Beyond the Hills - Cristian Mungiu

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

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Neighboring Sounds - Kleber Mendonça Filho

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Carmen Gray

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House with a Turret - Eva Neymann

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Peter Hames

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