Year-End Lists

Death and Taxes: 25 Best Albums of 2012 (in no particular order)

• The Haunted Man
  Bat for Lashes
• Kindred
  Burial
• Mister M
  Lambchop
• Lonerism
  Tame Impala
• Visions
  Grimes
• Mourning in America
  Brother Ali
• Break It Yourself
  Andrew Bird
• Little Broken Hearts
  Norah Jones
• Tohu Bohu
  Rone
• Channel Orange
  Frank Ocean
• Celebration Rock
  Japandroids
• Winterval
  Sam Willis
• Big Inner
  Matthew E. White
• In Our Heads
  Hot Chip
• Blue Chips
  Action Bronson
• Bloom
  Beach House
• 88:88
  Makeup & Vanity Set
• Nocturne
  Wild Nothing
• Orchard
  Minotaur Shock
• The Money Store
  Death Grips
• Ufabulum
  Squarepusher
• Azari & III
  Azari & III
• The Heist
  Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• Oshin
  DIIV
• Into The Waves
  Sophia Knapp

Ben Kenigsberg: 10 Best Movies of 2012, as published by Time Out Chicago

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1. The Master
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Zero Dark Thirty
   Kathryn Bigelow
3. This is Not a Film
   Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
4. Moonrise Kingdom
   Wes Anderson
5. Miss Bala
   Gerardo Naranjo
6. Lincoln
   Steven Spielberg
7. In the Family
   Patrick Wang
8. Amour
   Michael Haneke
9. The Color Wheel
   Alex Ross Perry
10. Oslo, August 31st
    Joachim Trier

Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2012

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1. Any Day Now
   Travis Fine
2. Chicken with Plums
   Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
3. Magic Mike
   Steven Soderbergh
4. Cloud Atlas
   Lana & Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer
5. The Master
   Paul Thomas Anderson
6. Moonrise Kingdom
   Wes Anderson
7. Beasts of the Southern Wild
   Benh Zeitlin
8. Killer Joe
   William Friedkin
9. Argo
   Ben Affleck
10. Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg
11. Les Misérables
    Tom Hooper
12. Bernie
    Richard Linklater
13. ParaNorman
    Chris Butler & Sam Fell
14. 21 Jump Street
    Phil Lord and Chris Miller
15. The Impossible
    Juan Antonio Bayona

William Fowler: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• The Bruce Lacey Experience
  Jeremy Deller and Nick Abrahams
• All Divided Selves
  Luke Fowler
• Two Years at Sea
  Ben Rivers
• Dredd 3D
  Pete Travis

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Wendy Ide: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Beasts of the Southern Wild
  Benh Zeitlin
• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Argo
  Ben Affleck
• Killing Them Softly
  Andrew Dominik
• Children of Sarajevo
  Aida Begić

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Vic Pratt: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Reality
  Matteo Garrone
• Dark Horse
  Todd Solondz
• Dredd 3D
  Pete Travis
• Searching for Sugar Man
  Malik Bendjelloul
• Skyfall
  Sam Mendes

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Vadim Rizov: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

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• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Cosmopolis
  David Cronenberg
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Abendland
  Nikolaus Geyrhalter
• Magic Mike
  Steven Soderbergh

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Tony Rayns: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Emperor Visits the Hell
  Li Luo
• Morning of Saint Anthony’s Day
  João Pedro Rodrigues
• Noodle Fish
  Kim Jinman
• Walker
  Tsai Ming-liang
• White Night
  Lee-Song Hee-il

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Tom Charity: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Act of Killing
  Joshua Oppenheimer
• Killing Them Softly
  Andrew Dominik
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
  Benh Zeitlin
• Leviathan
  Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Tim Robey: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
  Benh Zeitlin
• Nostalgia for the Light
  Patricio Guzmán
• War Witch
  Kim Nguyen
• Beauty
  Oliver Hermanus

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012