Richard Brody: 27 Best Movies of 2012

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Richard Brody: 27 Best Movies of 2012 (as published by The New Yorker)

  1. Holy Motors – Leos Carax
  2. [tie] Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson [pictured]
  3. [tie] The Master – Paul Thomas Anderson
  4. Oki’s Movie – Hong Sang-soo
  5. [tie] This is Not a Film – Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
  6. To Rome with Love – Woody Allen
  7. Tabu – Miguel Gomes
  8. The Color Wheel – Alex Ross Perry
  9. The Deep Blue Sea – Terence Davies
  10. Damsels in Distress – Whit Stillman
  11. We Have a Pope – Nanni Moretti
  12. This is 40 – Judd Apatow
  13. Red Hook Summer – Spike Lee
  14. Magic Mike – Steven Soderbergh
  15. Fake It So Real – Robert Greene
  16. Brenie – Richard Linklater
  17. Chronicle – Josh Trank
  18. Haywire – Steven Soderbergh
  19. The Comedy – Rick Alverson
  20. Bad Fever – Dustin Guy Defa
  21. The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye – Marie Losier
  22. The Day He Arrives – Hong Sang-soo
  23. In Another Country – Hong Sang-soo
  24. Green – Sophia Takal
  25. Almayer’s Folly – Chantal Akerman
  26. The Kid with a Bike – Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
  27. Jeff, Who Lives at Home – Jay & Mark Duplass