Year-End Lists

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This is Not a Film - Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

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

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House with a Turret - Eva Neymann

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

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Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland

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

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Nostalgia for the Light - Patricio Guzmán

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Ryan Gilbey

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This is Not a Film - Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

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

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Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin

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

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Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland

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

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Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Melissa Anderson

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Almayer’s Folly - Chantal Akerman

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Adrian Martin

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Amour - Michael Haneke

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

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Margaret - Kenneth Lonergan

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

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The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Geoffrey Macnab

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The Act of Killing - Joshua Oppenheimer

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

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Almayer’s Folly - Chantal Akerman

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

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Amour - Michael Haneke

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

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Holy Motors - Leos Carax

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

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Spring Breakers - Harmony Korine

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Jason Wood

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Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Catherine Wheatley

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Amour - Michael Haneke

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

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Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Graham Fuller

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Three Sisters - Wang Bing

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

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Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland

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

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Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Jean-Michel Frodon

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Tabu - Miguel Gomes

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

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