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Staff List: The 40 Best Films of 2012

#20: Cosmopolis (50 points) Directed by David Cronenberg Written by David Cronenberg Canada / France, 2012 Every time Cronenberg answers the prayers of his fans with a new movie, it seems that the first reflex is to attempt to categorize it. Is this new film more like the old Cronenberg, in which very strange, very …

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‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ is outlandish, heart-wrenching and magical

Beasts of the Southern Wild Directed by Benh Zeitlin Written by Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin USA, 2012 Fair warning: Beasts of the Southern Wild is one of those movies that’s not going to leave you. You’ll walk out of the theater, laid low by its forthright and fully earned emotion, but its apocalyptic yet …

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‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ visualizes the untamable imagination of childhood

Beasts of the Southern Wild Directed by Benh Zeitlin Screenplay by Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin 2012, USA Fully immersed in characters that refuse to be changed by nature’s fury or modern society’s encroachment, director Behn Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild sweeps the audience into a chaotic, isolated world of unchained imagination. Set deep …

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