Film Comment 2012

1. Holy Motors

France, Germany
Leos Carax

Lists: Cinema Scope (3, 2012) | New York Times (Dargis, 2012) | Sight & Sound (4, 2012)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2012) | Locarno (Leos Carax Tribute, 2012) | New York (Main Slate, 2012)

2. The Master

USA
Paul Thomas Anderson

Lists: Cinema Scope (4, 2012) | New York Times (Dargis / 5 - Scott, 2012) | Sight & Sound (1, 2012)

Festivals: Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2013) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2012) | Venice (In Competition, 2012)

3. Moonrise Kingdom

USA
Wes Anderson

Lists: Cinema Scope (10, 2012) | New York Times (Dargis, 2012) | Sight & Sound (7, 2012)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition - Opening Film, 2012)

4. This Is Not a Film

In film nist
Iran
Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

Lists: Cinema Scope (1, 2011) | New York Times (4 [Documentary] - Scott, 2012) | Sight & Sound (8, 2012 / 10, 2011)

Festivals: Cannes (Special Screenings, 2011) | New York (Main Slate, 2011) | Toronto (Masters, 2011)

5. Amour

France, Germany, Austria
Michael Haneke

Lists: New York Times (Dargis / 1 - Scott, 2012) | Sight & Sound (3, 2012)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2012) | New York (Main Slate, 2012) | Telluride (2012) | Toronto (Masters, 2012)

6. The Turin Horse

A torinói ló
Hungary, France, Germany, Switzerland
Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky

Lists: Cinema Scope (2, 2011) | Sight & Sound (6, 2011)

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2011) | New York (Main Slate, 2011) | Telluride (2011) | Toronto (Masters, 2011)

7. The Kid with a Bike

Le gamin au vélo
Belgium, France, Italy
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

Lists: Cinema Scope (10, 2011) | Sight & Sound (3, 2011)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2011) | New York (Main Slate, 2011) | Telluride (2011) | Toronto (Masters, 2011)

8. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da
Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Lists: Cinema Scope (5, 2011) | New York Times (Dargis, 2012) | Sight & Sound (8, 2012 / 6, 2011)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2011) | New York (Main Slate, 2011) | Toronto (Masters, 2011)

9. Lincoln

USA
Steven Spielberg

Lists: New York Times (2 - Scott, 2012)

10. Zero Dark Thirty

USA
Kathryn Bigelow

Lists: New York Times (Dargis / 6 - Scott, 2012)

11. Tabu

Portugal, Germany, Brazil, France
Miguel Gomes

Lists: Cinema Scope (2, 2012) | Sight & Sound (2, 2012)

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2012) | New York (Main Slate, 2012) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2012)

12. The Deep Blue Sea

UK, USA
Terence Davies

Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2012)

Festivals: Toronto (Special Presentations, 2011)

13. Bernie

USA
Richard Linklater

14. Beasts of the Southern Wild

USA
Benh Zeitlin

Lists: New York Times (3 - Scott, 2012) | Sight & Sound (5, 2012)

Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2012) | Sundance (US Dramatic Competition, 2012)

15. Cosmopolis

Canada, France
David Cronenberg

Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2012) | Sight & Sound (8, 2012)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2012)

16. Barbara

Germany
Christian Petzold

Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2012)

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2012) | New York (Main Slate, 2012) | Telluride (2012) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2012)

17. The Loneliest Planet

USA, Germany
Julia Loktev

Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2011) | New York (Main Slate, 2011) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2012) | Toronto (Visions, 2011)

18. Silver Linings Playbook

USA
David O. Russell

Lists: New York Times (Dargis, 2012)

Festivals: Toronto (Gala Presentations, 2012)

19. Oslo, August 31st

Oslo, 31. august
Norway
Joachim Trier

Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2011) | Rotterdam (Bright Future, 2012) | Sundance (Spotlight, 2012) | Toronto (Vanguard, 2011)

20. Neighboring Sounds

O som ao redor
Brazil
Kleber Mendonça Filho

Lists: Cinema Scope (9, 2012) | New York Times (9 - Scott, 2012)

Festivals: Locarno (Jury Films, 2012) | Rotterdam (Tiger Awards Competition, 2012)

1. Our Children

À perdre la raison
Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland
Joachim Lafosse

Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2012) | New York (Main Slate, 2012)

2. Memories Look at Me

Ji yi wang zhe wo
China
Song Fang

Festivals: Locarno (Filmmakers of the Present, 2012) | New York (Main Slate, 2012) | Rotterdam (Bright Future, 2013)

3. First Cousin Once Removed

USA
Alan Berliner

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2012)

4. When Night Falls

Wo hai you hua yao shou
South Korea, China
Ying Liang

Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2012) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2013) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2012)

5. Bwakaw

Philippines
Jun Robles Lana

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2012) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2012)

6. Gebo and the Shadow

Gebo et l'ombre
Portugal, France
Manoel de Oliveira

Festivals: Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2013) | Toronto (Masters, 2012) | Venice (Out of Competition, 2012)

7. differently, Molussia

autrement, la Molussie
France
Nicolas Rey

Lists: Cinema Scope (8, 2012)

Festivals: Berlin (Forum Expanded, 2012) | New York (Views From the Avant-Garde, 2012) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2012)

8. Perret in France and Algeria

Perret in Frankreich und Algerien
Germany
Heinz Emigholz

Festivals: Locarno (Out of Competition, 2012) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2012)

9. The Extravagant Shadows

USA
David Gatten

Festivals: New York (Views From the Avant-Garde, 2012)

10. Three Sisters

San zimei
Hong Kong, France
Wang Bing

Festivals: Toronto (Wavelengths, 2012) | Venice (Horizons, 2012)

11. Dormant Beauty

Bella addormentata
Italy, France
Marco Bellocchio

Festivals: Toronto (Special Presentations, 2012) | Venice (In Competition, 2012)

12. Far From Afghanistan

USA
John Gianvito, Travis Wilkerson, Jon Jost, Minda Martin, Soon-mi Yoo

Festivals: Locarno (Out of Competition, 2012)

13. Camille Rewinds

Camille redouble
France
Noémie Lvovsky

Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2012) | Locarno (Piazza Grande, 2012) | New York (Main Slate, 2012)

14. Greatest Hits

Los mejores temas
Mexico, Canada, Netherlands
Nicolás Pereda

Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2012)

15. small roads

USA
James Benning

Festivals: New York (Views From the Avant-Garde, 2012) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2012)

16. Everybody in Our Family

Toata lumea din familia noastra
Romania, Netherlands
Radu Jude

Festivals: Berlin (Forum, 2012)

17. Shepard & Dark

USA
Treva Wurmfeld

Festivals: Toronto (Docs, 2012)

18. Hannah Arendt

Germany
Margarethe von Trotta

Lists: New York Times (8 - Scott, 2013)

Festivals: Toronto (Special Presentations, 2012)

19. Araf - Somewhere in Between

Araf
Turkey, France, Germany
Yeşim Ustaoğlu

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2012) | Venice (Horizons, 2012)

20. Thursday Till Sunday

De jueves a domingo
Chile, Netherlands
Dominga Sotomayor

Festivals: Rotterdam (Tiger Awards Competition, 2012)