critics’ picks – must see movies of 2012

I have officially reverted from my stance that I need to try to see all ‘good’ movies, or that I need to see all of the Academy Award, and in particular best pic, nominations. I’ll definitely catch a couple of these on dvd though I’m still debating ZDT… In bold you can see what I have seen to date, and stay tuned for the list of my faves from 2012. List of critics and awards referenced at the bottom with links to see what they have to say.

• 2 Days in New York – ML
• 28 Hotel Rooms – ML
• Amour – AOS, AA, OG, KT, LS, MD, RC
• Anna Karenina – RC
• Argo – AFI, AA, BA, BS, CC, CFC, GG, KT, LH, ML, NBR, OG, PGA, PH, LS, SA
• Beasts of the Southern Wild – AFI, AOS, AA, BS, CC, CFC, LS, NBR, PGA, PH, RC, SA
• Bernie – GA, LH, OG, PH
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – GG
• The Cabin in the Woods – PH
• Cloud Atlas – LH
• Dark Horse – RC
• The Dark Knight Rises – AFI, KT, LH, PH, RC
• The Deep Blue Sea – KT, MD, ML
• The Details – ML
• Detropia – BS
• Django Unchained – AFI, AOS, AA, BS, CC, GG, ML, NBR, PGA
• Dragon – RC
• Farewell My Queen – ML
• Flight – OG
• Footnote – AOS, KT
• Frankenweenie – BS, RC
• Gatekeepers – KT, LS, MD
• Goodbye, First Love – AOS
• The Grey – AOS
• Holy Motors – MD
• How to Survive a Plague – LS
• The Impossible – BS
• The Invisible War – RC
• Killing them Softly – OG
• The Law In These Parts – KT
• Les Miserables – AFI, AA, BA, CC, GG, NBR, PGA, SA
• Life of Pi – AFI, AA, BA, BS, CC, GG, PGA, RC, SA
• Lincoln – AFI, AOS, AA, BA, BS, CC, CFC, GG, OG, PGA, KT, LH, LS, ML, NBR, PH, SA
• The Loneliest Planet – GA, LS
• Looper – NBR, PH
• The Master – AOS, CC, CFC, GA, MD
• Middle of Nowhere – GA, KT
• Moonrise Kingdom – AFI, BS, CC, GA, GG, MD, PGA, SA
• Neighboring Sounds – AOS
• Not Fade Away – LH
• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia – MD
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower – NBR, OG
• Promised Land – NBR
• Quartet – LH
• Robot & Frank – KT
• Room 237 – OG
• Rust and Bone – KT
• Safety Not Guaranteed – KT
• Salmon Fishing in the Yemen – GG
• Searching for Sugar Man – MD, PH
• The Sessions – SA
• Silver Linings Playbook – AFI, AA, BS, CC, GG, KT, MD, NBR, OG, PGA, PH, SA
• Skyfall – BS, LH, LS, PGA, SA
• The Waiting Room – LH, ML
• Zero Dark Thirty – AFI, AOS, AA, BA, BS, CC, CFC, GG, OG, PGA, KT, LH, LS, MD, ML, NYFCC, PH, RC, SA

AFI – AFI Awards, AOS – A. O. Scott for NYT, AA – The Academy Awards, BA – Bafta Awards, BS – Betsey Sharkey for LAT, CC – Critics Choice, CFC – Chicago Film Critics, GA – Gotham Awards, GG –Golden Globes, OG – Owen Gleiberman for EW, KT – Kenneth Turan for LAT, LH – Leba Hertz for SFG, LS – Lisa Schwarzbaum for EW, MD – Manohla Dargis for NYT, ML – Mick LaSalle for SFG, NBR – National Board of Review, NYFCC – New York Film Critics Circle, PGA – Producers Guild, PH – Peter Hartlaub for SFG, RC – Richard Corliss for Time Magazine, SA – Satellite Awards

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