FEATURES Film People of the Year The Best of 2012 Daniel Day-Lewis Best Actor Jessica Chastain Best Actress Kentucker Audley Best Multi-Tool Threat Bart Layton Best Documentarian Joss Whedon Best Fantasy Fulfillment Benh Zeitlin Best Reason to Follow Your Dream Wes Anderson Best Defender of Young Love Richard Pena Best Curated Life BEST OF 2012 Damsels in Distress Directed by Whit Stillman 21 Jump Street Directed by Phil Lord, Chris Miller Ruby Sparks Directed by Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris Undefeated Directed by Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin Little Birds Directed by Elgin James 2 Days in New York Directed by Julie Delpy Safety Not Guaranteed Directed by Colin Trevorrow Blue Like Jazz Directed by Steve Taylor Bully Directed by Lee Hirsch The Dark Knight Rises Directed by Christopher Nolan Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry Directed by Alison Klayman Nobody Walks Directed by Ry Russo-Young The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Silver Linings Playbook Directed by David O. Russell Bernie Directed by Richard Linklater The Sessions Directed by Ben Lewin Oslo, August 31st Directed by Joachim Trier Rust and Bone Directed by Jacques Audiard This is Not A Film Directed by Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi The Deep Blue Sea Directed by Terence Davies Cloud Atlas Directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski Liberal Arts Directed by Josh Radnor Les Miserables Directed by Tom Hooper Skyfall Directed by Sam Mendes Sound of My Voice Directed by Zal Batmanglij Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters The Loneliest Planet Directed by Julia Loktev Looper Directed by Rian Johnson The Cabin in the Woods Directed by Drew Goddard Your Sister's Sister Lynn Shelton Searching for Sugar Man Directed by Malik Bendjelloul West of Memphis Directed by Amy Berg Django Unchained Directed by Quentin Tarantino Compliance Directed by Craig Zobel Jiro Dreams of Sushi Directed by David Gelb Holy Motors Directed by Leos Carax Argo Directed by Ben Affleck The Avengers Directed by Joss Whedon The Imposter Directed by Bart Layton Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan Monsieur Lazhar Directed by Philippe Falardeau Lincoln Directed by Steven Spielberg The Kid with a Bike Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardennes, Luc Dardenne Low and Clear Directed by Kahlil Hudson, Tyler Hughen The Master Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Beasts of the Southern Wild Directed by Benh Zeitlin Amour Directed by Michael Haneke Moonrise Kingdom Directed by Wes Anderson Zero Dark Thirty Directed by Kathryn Bigelow Life of Pi Directed by Ang Lee COLUMNS Best Songs of 2012 Daytrotter Session Mumford & Sons and Friends Daytrotter Session Father John Misty Daytrotter Session PAPA Daytrotter Session REVIEWS The Hour "Episode Five" Parenthood "Keep on Rowing" Scribblenauts Unlimited (Wii U) Hawken (PC) Mobile Game of the Week Middle Manager of Justice (iOS) Sculpting in Time By Andrey Tarkovsky Conversations with Mani Ratnam By Baradwaj Rangan VIDEO Moon Taxi "Let's Go Back" The Rescues Everything's Gonna Be Better Next Year Bad Books Live from Paste
