Top 10 Films of 2012

1. "Post Tenebras Lux" (Carlos Reygadas, Mexico)

2. "Searching For Sugar Man" (Malik Bendjelloul, Sweden)

3. "Les Adieux a la reine" (Benoit Jacquot, France)

4. "Django Unchained" (Quentin Tarantino, USA)

5. "Moonrise Kingdom" (Wes Anderson, USA)

6. "Zero Dark Thirty" (Kathryn Bigelow, USA)

7. "The Master" (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)

8. "Silver Linings Playbook" (David O. Russell, USA)

9. "Damsels In Distress" (Whit Stillman, USA)

10. "Mirror Mirror" (Tarsem Singh, USA)

Other great films:

7 Days In Havana (Cuba)

80 milionow (Poland)

Act Of Valor

L'Affaire Dumont (Canada)

Amour (Austria)

The Angels' Share (UK)

Anna Karenina

Argo

The Artist And The Model

Asa Akira To The Limit

Atlas Shrugged Part II The Strike

Au galop (France)

Augustine (France)

The Avengers

Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Bernie

Beyond The Hills (Romania)

Big Love (Poland)

Brave

Call Girl (Sweden)

Camille redouble (France)

Chinese Zodiac (Hong Kong)

Chroniques sexuelles d'une famille d'aujourd'hui (France)

Cloud Atlas

Compliance

Cosmopolis (Canada)

Dans la maison (France)

The Dark Knight Rises

Ernest et Celestine (France)

La Fille de nulle part (France)

Flight

Frankenweenie

The Gang Of Oss (Holland)

The Gardener (Iran)
The Gatekeepers (Israel)

The Hat Goes Wild (Canada)

Hemel (Holland)

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hunt (Denmark)

Il n'y a pas de rapport sexuel (France)

The Impossible

Joven y alocada (Chile)

Kirikou et les hommes et les femmes (France)

Klip (Serbia)

Lesson Of The Evil (Japan)

Life Of Pi

Looper

Lore (Germany)

Louise Wimmer (France)

Love Is In The Air (Italy)

Magic Mike

Marfa Girl

Mauvaise fille (France)

Midnight's Children (India)

Les Miserables

Mort subite d'un homme-theatre (Canada)

My Daughter The Teenage Nudist (UK)

Naked Harbour (Finland)

On The Road

Over My Dead Body (Canada)

The Paperboy

Paradise Faith (Austria)

Paradise Love (Austria)

Paraisos artificiais (Brazil)

The Pirates Band Of Misfits (UK)

Le Prenom (France)

Rebelle (Canada)

Rise Of The Guardians 

Savages

Les Saveurs du palais (France)

The Sessions

Seven Psychopaths

El Sexo de los angeles (Spain)

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (Canada)

Skyfall

Stand Up Guys

Starlet

Stories We Tell (Canada)

Ted

Thale (Norway)

To Rome With Love

Le Torrent (Canada)

Tout ce que tu possedes (Canada)

Traffickers (South Korea)

Urban Tale (Israel)

Virgem Margarida (Mozambique)

Wasteland

White Tiger (Russia)
Wreck-It Ralph

Short Top 3:

1. "Curfew" (Shawn Christensen, USA)

2. "Death Of A Shadow" (Tom Van Avermaet. Belgium)

3. "Henry" (Yan England, Canada)

Other great shorts:

Acrobat (Canada)

Faillir (Canada)

Keep A Modest Head (Canada)

Sparkle

Top 3 Music Videos:

1. "Gangnam Style" (Cho Soo-Hyun, Psy, South Korea)

2. "Bad Girls" (Romain Gavras, M.I.A., France)

3. "Great Strings" (Seb Caudron, Holger, Brazil)

Other great music videos:

Beat It Tonight

It’s Easy To Lose Yourself
J'aime ta grand-mere (Canada)

Ride
Wide Awake

Top Commercial:

"L'Odyssée de Cartier" (Bruno Aveillan, Cartier)

Other great commercials:

The Journey

TV Top 5:

1. "The Walking Dead: Season 3" (AMC)

2. "Game Of Thrones: Season 2" (HBO)

3. "Breaking Bad: Season 5" (AMC)

4. "Mad Men: Season 5" (AMC)

5. "Downton Abbey: Season 3" (ITV)

Other great TV shows:

Boardwalk Empire: Season 3

Weeds: Season 8

Cartoon Top 3:

1. "Paperman" (John Kahrs, Disney)

2. "Edmond était un âne" (Franck Dion, France)

3. "Eight-Minute Deadline" (Zina Papadopoulou, Petros Papadopoulos, Greece)

Other great cartoons:

Adam And Dog

Bydlo (Canada)

Fresh Guacamole
Head Over Heels (UK)
The Longest Daycare

Oh Willy (France)

Rabbit And Deer (Hungary)
Tangled Ever After

Weak films of 2012:

38 temoins (France)
5 Broken Cameras (Palestine)
Adieu Berthe (France)
L'Age atomique (France)
The Almost Man (Norway)
Alphée des étoiles (Canada)
Another Silence (Canada)
A perdre la raison (Belgium)
Apres la neige (Canada)
Arbitrage

Avant que mon cœur bascule (Canada)
Battleship
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Bestiaire (Canada)

Blancanieves (Spain)
Un Bouteille dans la mer (Israel)
The Boxing Girls Of Kabul (Canada)
Camion (Canada)
Chasing Ice

Cherchez Hortense (France)
Chimpanzee
China Heavyweight (Canada)

Cloclo (France)
Cold Call (Spain)
Collaborator (Canada)
Colombarium (Canada)
Comme des frères (France)
Dark Shadows

The Deep Blue Sea
Dérapages (Canada)

De rouille et d'os (France)
Dragon (Hong Kong)
L'Empire Bossé (Canada)

The Empty Home (Kyrgyzstan)
L'Enfant d'en haut (Switzerland)
Esimesac (Canada)
The Expendables 2

The Girl In The White Coat (Canada)

Goon (Canada)
La Grande Invasion (Canada)
Hannah Arendt
Hitchcock
Holy Motors (France)
Hors les murs (Belgium)
Hotel Transylvania
How To Survive A Plague
The Hunger Games
Ice Age 4 Continental Drift
Inch' Allah (Canada)
Indie Game: The Movie (Canada)
Into The Dark (Norway)
The Invisible War
It's Such A Beautiful Day
Jack Reacher
Kon-Tiki (Norway)
The Lady

Laurence Anyways (Canada)
Let The Daylight Into The Swamp (Canada)
Lincoln
Liv And Ingmar (Sweden)
Liverpool (Canada)
The Lorax
Mabul (Israel)
Magnifica presenza (Italy)
Mars et Avril (Canada)
Men In Black
Mes heros (France)

Mesnak (Canada)
Mince alors (France)
No (Chile)
La Nuit d'en face (Chile)
Omerta (Canada)
The Orheim Company (Norway)
Oslo August 31 (Norway)
ParaNorman
Les Pee Wee 3D (Canada)
Poklosie (Poland)

Populaire (France)
Prometheus
Quelques heures de printemps (France)
The Quiet Game (Sweden)
Reality (Italy)
Rengaine (France)
Roman Polanski A Film Memoir
Romeo Onze (Canada)
Room 237

A Royal Affair (Denmark) 
Ruby Sparks
Ruta de la luna (Panama)
Safe
Safe House
Safety Not Guaranteed
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen (UK)
The Secret World of Arrietty (Japan)
Shifting The Blame (Germany)
Still Mine (Canada)
Thérèse Desqueyroux (France)
Tres Marias (Costa Rica)
Underworld Awakening
The Vow
The World Before Her (India)

Weak shorts:

Anata o korosu (Canada)
Asad
Asparragos (Peru)
Attack Of The Brainsucker (Canada)
Avec Jeff, à moto (Canada)
Buzkashi Boys
Chef de meute (Canada)
Edwige (France)
Foxes (Ireland)
Frost (Canada)
The Fuse Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar (Canada)
Le Futur proche (Canada)
Grace (Australia)
Kings Point
Là où je suis (Canada)
Love (Canada)

Mondays At Racine
Name Of The Father (Holland)
Ne pas reculer (Canada)
One Minute (Russia)
La Peur au ventre (Canada)
Premiere neige (Canada)
Sur la plage (Switzerland)
Three Walls (Canada)
Throat Song (Canada)
Vous n'avez encore rien vu (France)

Weak cartoons:

Demoni (Bulgaria)
Flamingo Pride (Germany)
Le Grand ailleurs et le petit ici (Canada)
Joda (Canada)
Kaspar (Canada)
MacPherson (Canada)
Requiem For Romance (Canada)
Triptyque 2 (Canada)

Top Musical of 2012

"Les Miserables" (Tom Hooper, Universal)

Post Tenebras Lux (2012) *****

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) ****

Superb prequel to the "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy, with fabulous action scenes and breathtaking scenery.

Silver Linings Playbook (2012) ****

The Master (2012) ****

Zero Dark Thirty (2012) ****

Moonrise Kingdom (2012) ****

Django Unchained (2012) ****

Les Adieux a la reine (2012) ****

Le Prenom (2012) ****

Excellent French comedy/drama about a family supper that turns quite ugly. And hilarious.

Searching For Sugar Man (2012) ****

Fabulous documentary about fame.

Argo (2012) ***

 

Excellent thriller about the rescue of American diplomats in Iran in 1980.

Life Of Pi (2012) ***

Impressive adaptation of Yann Martel's magnificent novel.

Skyfall (2012) ***

Excellent James Bond movie with a memorable villain (Javier Bardem).

Frankenweenie (2012) ***

Excellent variation on the "Frankenstein" story, with a puppy dog brought back to life. Directed by Tim Burton.

Les Miserables (2012) ***

Superlative film adaptation of the legendary stage musical adapted from Victor Hugo's immortal novel.

Beasts Of The Southern Wild (2012) ***

Impressive film set in Louisiana bayou country.

The Angels' Share (2012) ***

Ken Loach in a lighter mode than usual.

Act Of Valor (2012) ***

Fine action film about Navy Seals, with actual soldiers playing all the roles.

Ted (2012) ***

Mirror Mirror (2012) ***

Very amusing parody of the Snow White tale, starring Julia Roberts. Nominated for an Oscar (best costumes).

Stand Up Guys (2012) ***

Looper (2012) ***

The Sessions (2012) ***

Savages (2012) ***

The Paperboy (2012) ***

The Impossible (2012) ***

Flight (2012) ***