2012 - Year-End Lists

2012

All Movies Music Books Poetry

The Idler Wheel… - Fiona Apple

Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012

The Malady of the Century - Jon Leon

Dennis Cooper: 16 Favorite Poetry Books of 2012

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

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012

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

The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard - Joe Brainard

Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 18 Poetry Books of 2012

Publishers Weekly: 5 Best Poetry Books of 2012

Amour - Michael Haneke

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

Rust and Bone - Jacques Audiard

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

Neighboring Sounds - Kleber Mendonça Filho

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

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia - Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Sight & Sound Poll: Paul Tickell: Top Films of 2012

Cosmopolis - David Cronenberg

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

Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin

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

The Turin Horse - Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky

IndieWire Poll: Jonathan Rosenbaum: Top 10 Films of 2012

Elena - Andrey Zvyagintsev

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

Sightseers - Ben Wheatley

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

This is Not a Film - Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

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

Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson

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

Amour - Michael Haneke

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

Amour - Michael Haneke

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

A Dangerous Method - David Cronenberg

Sight & Sound Poll: Brad Stevens: Top Films of 2012

Differently, Molussia - Nicolas Rey

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

Sightseers - Ben Wheatley

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

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

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

Amour - Michael Haneke

New Republic: David Thomson: 5 Best Movies of 2012

Engine Empire - Cathy Park Hong

Coldfront: Top 40 Poetry Books of 2012

The Unspeakable Act - Dan Sallitt

Jaime Christley: 15 Favorite Films of 2012

The Kid with a Bike - Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

National Catholic Register: Steven D. Greydanus: Top 30 Films of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Michael Sicinski: Top 12 Films of 2012

Dan Sallitt: Favorite 18 Films of 2012

Leviathan - Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel

Cinema Scope: Top 15 Films of 2012

Americana - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Barnes & Noble Review: Robert Christgau: Top 102 Albums of 2012

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012

Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson

New Yorker: Anthony Lane: 8 Best Films of 2012

The Grey - Joe Carnahan

HitFix: Kristopher Tapley: Top 10 Films of 2012

San Francisco Bay Guardian: Dennis Harvey: Top 25 Narrative Films of 2012

New Yorker: David Denby: 11 Best Films of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Les Inrocks: 20 Best Films of 2012

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

MSN: 10 Best Albums of 2012

Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Slant: Fernando F. Croce: Top 20 Films of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Slant: Nick Schager: Top 20 Films of 2012

Slant: Ed Gonzalez: Top 20 Films of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

IndieWire: Matt Singer: 20 Best Films of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Guardian: Peter Bradshaw: 10 Best Films of 2012

Action, Figure - Frank Hinton

Dennis Cooper: 21 Favorite Books of 2012

Behind the Beautiful Forevers - Katherine Boo

Salon: Top 10 Books of 2012

Wuthering Heights - Andrea Arnold

Salon: Andrew O’Hehir: 20 Best Movies of 2012

Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin

Boston Globe: Ty Burr: Top 26 Movies of 2012