Year-End Lists

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2012
All Movies Music Books Poetry
Music
The Idler Wheel… - Fiona Apple

60 Best Albums of 2012 Pretty Much Amazing

Poetry
The Malady of the Century - Jon Leon

16 Favorite Poetry Books of 2012 Dennis Cooper

Poetry

8 Best Poetry Books of 2012 Boston Globe: Michael Andor Brodeur

Music
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Top 50 Albums of 2012 Frontier Psychiatrist

Poetry

7 Best Small-Press Poetry Books of 2012 Chicago Tribune: Michael Robbins

Poetry
The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard - Joe Brainard

Top 18 Poetry Books of 2012 Frontier Psychiatrist

Poetry

5 Best Poetry Books of 2012 Publishers Weekly

Movies
Beyond the Hills - Cristian Mungiu

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Vlastimir Sudar

Movies
Rust and Bone - Jacques Audiard

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Thirza Wakefield

Movies
Amour - Michael Haneke

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Sam Wigley

Movies
Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Top Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Paul Tickell

Movies
Nostalgia for the Light - Patricio Guzmán

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Matthew Taylor

Movies
Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson

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

Movies
The Turin Horse - Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky

Top 10 Films of 2012 IndieWire Poll: Jonathan Rosenbaum

Movies
Elena - Andrey Zvyagintsev

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: John Wrathall

Movies
Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Jasper Sharp

Movies
The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Isabel Stevens

Movies
This is Not a Film - Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Francine Stock

Movies
Searching for Sugar Man - Malik Bendjelloul

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Fernanda Solorzano

Movies
Holy Motors - Leos Carax

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

Movies
A Dangerous Method - David Cronenberg

Top Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Brad Stevens

Movies
Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Barbara Wurm

Movies
Sightseers - Ben Wheatley

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Anna Smith

Movies
Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Andrew Schenker

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