Year-End Lists

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Searching for Sugar Man - Malik Bendjelloul

Sight & Sound Poll: Vic Pratt Top 5 Films of 2012

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Differently, Molussia - Nicolas Rey

Sight & Sound Poll: Andrea Picard Top Films of 2012

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To The Wonder - Terrence Malick

Sight & Sound Poll: Gabe Klinger Top 5 Films of 2012

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Amour - Michael Haneke

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

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Cosmopolis - David Cronenberg

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

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Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson

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

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Martha Marcy May Marlene - Sean Durkin

Sight & Sound Poll: Catherine Wheatley 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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The Kid with a Bike - Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

Sight & Sound Poll: Philip Kemp Top 5 Films of 2012

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Holy Motors - Leos Carax

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

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The Deep Blue Sea - Terence Davies

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

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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia - Nuri Bilge Ceylan

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

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Beyond the Hills - Cristian Mungiu

Sight & Sound Poll: David Jenkins Top 5 Films of 2012

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The Act of Killing - Joshua Oppenheimer

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

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Leviathan - Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel

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

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Beyond the Hills - Cristian Mungiu

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

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Amour - Michael Haneke

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

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Argo - Ben Affleck

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

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Holy Motors - Leos Carax

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

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Holy Motors - Leos Carax

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

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Tabu - Miguel Gomes

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

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Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin

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

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The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Sight & Sound Poll: William Fowler Top 5 Films of 2012

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Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland

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

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