Year-End Lists

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Top 10 Films of 2012, as submitted to the IndieWire Poll

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1. The Turin Horse
   Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
2. The Forgotten Space
   Allan Sekula and Noël Burch
3. Bernie
   Richard Linklater
4. The Hunter
   Rafi Pitts
5. The Kid with a Bike
   Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
6. Unforgivable
   André Téchiné
7. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
8. Moonrise Kingdom
   Wes Anderson
9. The Deep Blue Sea
   Terence Davies
10. Gerhard Richter Painting
    Corinna Belz

As Submitted to the Village Voice Poll

1. The Turin Horse
   Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
2. Bernie
   Richard Linklater
3. The Forgotten Space
   Allan Sekula and Noël Burch
4. The Kid with a Bike
   Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
5. Far from Afghanistan
   John Gianvito, Travis Wilkerson, Jon Jost, Minda Martin, and Soon-Mi Yoo
6. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
7. Unforgivable
   André Téchiné
8. Moonrise Kingdom
   Wes Anderson
9. Keyhole
   Guy Maddin
10. The Deep Blue Sea
    Terence Davies

As Submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Far from Afghanistan
  John Gianvito, Travis Wilkerson, Jon Jost, Minda Martin, and Soon-Mi Yoo
• Jerry & Me
  Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa
• Margaret
  Kenneth Lonergan
• The Last Time I Saw Macao
  João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata
• Tectonics
  Peter Bo Rappmund

This list contributes to:

• Top 11 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll