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  • December 2, 2012

    Tis the season for critics groups to begin announcing their “Best of 2012″ lists and one of the earliest announcements come from the Sight and Sound critics. Comprised of about 100 international critics, it’s one of the more influential voting bodies, and this year their top spot went to Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master. Other Oscar contenders such as Amour (#3), Beasts of the Southern Wild (#5, tie) and Moonrise Kingdom (#7) made the list as well. Check out the full list after the jump!

    1. The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
    2. Tabu (Miguel Gomes, Portugal/Germany/France)
    3. Amour (Michael Haneke, France/Germany/Austria)
    4. Holy Motors (Leos Carax, France/Germany)
    5. Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin, USA)
    5. Berberian Sound Studio (Peter Strickland, UK/Germany)
    7. Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, USA)
    8. Beyond the Hills (Christian Mungiu, Romania/France/Belgium)
    8. Cosmopolis (David Cronenberg, Canada/France/Portugal/Italy)
    8. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey/Bosnia & Herzegovina)
    8. This is Not A Film (Jafar Pahani & Mojtaba Mirtahmaseb, Iran)

    About Terence Johnson


    When he's not enduring Shade Samurai training from Victoria Grayson, you can find Terence spends his time being an avid watcher of television, Criterion film collector, Twitter addict, and awards season obsessive. Opinionated but open minded, ratchet but with class, Terence holds down the fort as the producer of the Power Hour podcast and will soon be taking over Historical Circuit, bringing you the best films and hidden gems from the lovely history of cinema. As the only person with a degree in a STEM field (B.S. in Civil Engineering), he's holding it down for the nerds who love film. You can follow him on Twitter at @LeNoirAuteur.

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    1. Critics are not Oscar voters – it doesn’t really change the race at all, and “Cosmopolis” is really of a shock to see it there.

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    2. The Master, Holy Motors, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, and Cosmopolis are all excellent choices–The Master is my #2 film and Holy Motors my #9 (and could go much higher on a second viewing).

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    3. It looks like this year’s critical darling is going to be a film that I just can’t fully warm up to, though it’s encouraging to see that people haven’t forgotten about Beasts of the Southern Wild.

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    4. Glad to see Holy Motors mentioned…

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