Year-End Lists

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2012
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Movies

25 Best Films of 2012 Slant

Movies
Holy Motors - Leos Carax

10 Best Movies of 2012 IndieWire: Eric Kohn

Music
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

25 Best Albums of 2012 Slant

Movies

12 Best Films of 2012 Artforum: J Hoberman

Music
The Seer - Swans

75 Favorite Albums of 2012 Quietus

Books

7 Favorite Books of 2012 Daily Beast: Tina Brown

Books
Bring Up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel

11 Best Books of 2012 Economist

Music
Fin - John Talabot

The Top 100 Albums of 2012 Crack Magazine

Movies
Holy Motors - Leos Carax

27 Best Movies of 2012 New Yorker: Richard Brody

Music
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

25 Best Albums of 2012 A.V. Club

Music
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

75 Best Albums of 2012 PopMatters

Movies
Holy Motors - Leos Carax

25 Best Films of 2012 David Ehrlich

Movies

10 Best Movies of 2012 Atlantic Wire

Movies
Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow

10 Best Movies of 2012 Entertainment Weekly: Lisa Schwarzbaum

Movies

10 Best Movies of 2012 Entertainment Weekly: Owen Gleiberman

Movies
Amour - Michael Haneke

10 Best Films of 2012 Tom Shone

Movies
The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Top 11 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll

Music

Top 25 Albums of 2012 BBC Music

Music

50 Favorite Albums of 2012 NPR Music

Books

10 Best Books of 2012 Publishers Weekly

Music
Kaleidoscope Dream - Miguel

10 Best New Albums of 2012 Idolator

Music
The Idler Wheel… - Fiona Apple

50 Best Albums of 2012 Spinner

Movies

10 Best Movies of 2012 Time: Richard Corliss

Movies
Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow

30+ Best Movies of 2012 HuffPost

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