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2012
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Holy Motors - Leos Carax

IndieWire Poll: Top 50 Films of 2012

Amour - Michael Haneke

Los Angeles Times: Kenneth Turan: Top 10+ Films of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

L Magazine: 25 Best Films of 2012

New York Times: Stephen Holden: Top 11 Films of 2012

Amour - Michael Haneke

New York Times: Manohla Dargis: Top 36 Movies of 2012

Amour - Michael Haneke

New York Times: A.O. Scott: 25 Favorite Films of 2012

Slant: 25 Best Films of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

IndieWire: Eric Kohn: 10 Best Movies of 2012

Artforum: J Hoberman: 12 Best Films of 2012

Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson

New Yorker: Richard Brody: 27 Best Movies of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

David Ehrlich: 25 Best Films of 2012

Atlantic Wire: 10 Best Movies of 2012

Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow

Entertainment Weekly: Lisa Schwarzbaum: 10 Best Movies of 2012

Entertainment Weekly: Owen Gleiberman: 10 Best Movies of 2012

Amour - Michael Haneke

Tom Shone: 10 Best Films of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Time: Richard Corliss: 10 Best Movies of 2012

Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow

HuffPost: 30+ Best Movies of 2012

Cosmopolis - David Cronenberg

Artforum: Amy Taubin: Top 10 Films of 2012

Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow

New York: David Edelstein: Top Ten Movies of 2012

The Deep Blue Sea - Terence Davies

Artforum: John Waters: 10 Best Films of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2012

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