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2012
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Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Catherine Wheatley

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Spring Breakers - Harmony Korine

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

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Holy Motors - Leos Carax

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

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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia - Nuri Bilge Ceylan

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

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The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

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

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Beyond the Hills - Cristian Mungiu

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

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Almayer’s Folly - Chantal Akerman

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

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Neighboring Sounds - Kleber Mendonça Filho

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

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Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Anton Bitel

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Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Demetrios Matheou

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Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry - Alison Klayman

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: So Mayer

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Beyond the Hills - Cristian Mungiu

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Daniela Michel

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Tabu - Miguel Gomes

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

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Amour - Michael Haneke

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

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Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson

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

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This is Not a Film - Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

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

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The Turin Horse - Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Henry K. Miller

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Night Across the Street - Raoul Ruiz

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

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Emperor Visits the Hell - Li Luo

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Tony Rayns

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Tabu - Miguel Gomes

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

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Almayer’s Folly - Chantal Akerman

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Nicolas Rapold

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The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

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

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Nostalgia for the Light - Patricio Guzmán

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

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Alps - Yorgos Lanthimos

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Michael Atkinson

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