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50 Best Undistributed Films of 2012

By Film Comment
December 13, 2012
The best movies you probably haven't seen this year

Festivals: Thessaloniki

By Laura Kern
December 13, 2012
The 53rd edition of this Greek festival reaffirmed its devotion to socially conscious, independent cinema

Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

By R. Emmet Sweeney
December 13, 2012
Does the future of cinema lie in Bilbo’s past?

Festivals: Cottbus

By Alison Frank
December 10, 2012
An anatomy of a festival: Cottbus's showcase of Eastern European cinema

Review: Consuming Spirits

By Jonathan Robbins
December 10, 2012
Chris Sullivan's intensely personal, 15 years-in-the-making animated odyssey

Review: Heleno

By Graham Corrigan
December 7, 2012
Soccer, stardom, and syphilis: the life and times of Brazilian footballer Heleno de Freitas

Festivals: RIDM

By Eric Hynes
December 6, 2012
A slate of unpredictable and lively docs marked this year’s vibrant edition of the Montreal festival

Review: Deadfall

By John Wildman
December 5, 2012
Guess who’s coming to dinner? Brother-sister heist duo Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde, that's who

Review: Tchoupitoulas & Only the Young

By Justin Stewart
December 4, 2012
Two superb lyrical portraits of youth restore sensitive, intelligent realism to documentary

Miguel Gomes’s Last Ten Films

By Film Comment
December 3, 2012
The director of Tabu, which opens later this month, reveals his filmic consumption