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Noel Murray: A.V. Club: 15 Best Films of 2012

21 December 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Noel Murray: 15 Best Films of 2012, as published by The A.V. Club

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Contributes to: 20 Best Films of 2012 (A.V. Club)
Also from the A.V. Club in 2012: Music
  1. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  2. Zero Dark Thirty
    Kathryn Bigelow
  3. Life of Pi
    Ang Lee
  4. Damsels in Distress
    Whit Stillman
  5. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax
  6. It’s Such a Beautiful Day
    Don Hertzfeldt
  7. Photographic Memory
    Ross McElwee
  8. Looper
    Rian Johnson
  9. The Queen of Versailles
    Lauren Greenfield
  10. The Deep Blue Sea
    Terence Davies
  11. Premium Rush
    David Koepp
  12. Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg
  13. This Is 40
    Judd Apatow
  14. I Wish
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
  15. The Cabin in the Woods
    Drew Goddard

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