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Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland

Sight & Sound Poll: Anton Bitel Top 5 Films of 2012

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Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin

Sight & Sound Poll: Demetrios Matheou Top 5 Films of 2012

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Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry - Alison Klayman

Sight & Sound Poll: So Mayer Top 5 Films of 2012

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Lincoln - Steven Spielberg

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

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Holy Motors - Leos Carax

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

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Amour - Michael Haneke

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

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Searching for Sugar Man - Malik Bendjelloul

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

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The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

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

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Sightseers - Ben Wheatley

Sight & Sound Poll: Kim Newman Top 5 Films of 2012

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This is Not a Film - Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

Sight & Sound Poll: Geoffrey O’Brien Top 5 Films of 2012

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The Turin Horse - Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky

Sight & Sound Poll: Henry K. Miller Top 5 Films of 2012

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No - Pablo Larraín

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

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Emperor Visits the Hell - Li Luo

Sight & Sound Poll: Tony Rayns Top 5 Films of 2012

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Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Sight & Sound Poll: Vadim Rizov Top 5 Films of 2012

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Leviathan - Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel

Sight & Sound Poll: Nicolas Rapold Top 5 Films of 2012

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The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Sight & Sound Poll: Jonathan Romney Top 5 Films of 2012

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Nostalgia for the Light - Patricio Guzmán

Sight & Sound Poll: Tim Robey Top 5 Films of 2012

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The Turin Horse - Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky

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

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Dreams of a Life - Carol Morley

Sight & Sound Poll: Dylan Cave Top 5 Films of 2012

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Skyfall - Sam Mendes

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

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No - Pablo Larraín

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

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Amour - Michael Haneke

Sight & Sound Poll: Wendy Ide Top 5 Films of 2012

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Three Sisters - Wang Bing

Sight & Sound Poll: Nicole Brenez Top 5 Films of 2012

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The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

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

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