NEW YORK TIMES BEST LISTS.
Let's get back to 2012 BEST LISTS. I'd like to report the New York Times' three chief critics' 2012 llists, which were published yesterday (Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012). Click on the names to go to the whole articles with accompanying discussion, for each critic.
AMOUR and ZERO DARK THIRTY were the winners. On all three top ten lists. LINCOLN and THE MASTER on two top ten lists. Only Manohla lists HOLY MOTORS- points from me for that. MOONRISE KINGDOM doesn't do as well as I would have thought. Notably absent here: LOOPER. SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK only on one list. I'm pleased that THE GRAY got one top ten listing, and regret having neglected that myself. I'm glad RUST AND BONE fared well. DJANGO only once.
Scott is doing like me, somewhat, with a separate documentaries list, though I don't think five is enough. Like Oscar who thought my referring to COMPLIANCE as a "documentary," I am jarred somehow by having THIS IS NOT A FILM persistently listed as one. It is more than and different from a documentary.
MANOHLA DARGIS.
Top ten, alphabetically:
AMOUR
THE DEEP BLUE SEA
THE GATEKEEPERS
HOLY MOTORS
THE MASTER
MOONRISE KINGDOM
ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
ZERO DARK THIRTY
The rest of the best, alphabetically: AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY, ARGO, AUGUST AND AFTER, AUTO=COLLIER xv, BARBARA, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, BERNIE, BROOKLYN CASTLE, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, DEPARTURE, FOOTNOTE, THE HOUSE I LIVE IN, THE KID WITH A BIKE, LIFE OF PI, MAGIC MIKE, A MAN VANISHES, MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, MISS BALA, NAPOLEON OSLOW, AUGUST 31ST, THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS, RUST AND BONE, SKYFALL, STARLET, THIS IS NOT A FILM, THE TURIN HORSE, VIEW FROM THE ACROPOLIS.
A.O. SCOTT
1. AMOUR
2. LINCOLN
3. BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
4. FOOTNOTE
5. THE MASTER
6. ZERO DARK THIRTY
7. DJANGO UNCHAINED
8. GOODBYE, FIRST LOVE
9. NEIGHBORING SOUNDS
10. THE GREY
HONORABLE MENTION
ARGO, BARBARA, BRAVE, CONSUMING SPIRITS, THE DEEP BLUE SEA, MOONRISE KINGDOM, PITCH PERFECT, RUST AND BONE, TAKE THIS WALTZ, THE TURIN HORSE.
TOP FIVE DOCUMENTARIES:
1. THE GATEKEEPERS
2. THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES
3. HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE
4. THIS IS NOT A FILM
5. THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE
STEPHEN HOLDEN
1. LINCOLN
2. AMOUR
3. ZERO DARK THIRTY
4. BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
5. ARGO
6. ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA
7. ELENA
8. HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE
9. THE INVISIBLE WAR
10. THE SESSIONS
11. RUST AND BONE
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