2012 has been widely hailed as an exceptional year for film, but I’m at a loss as to where all these great films are supposed to be. (But then, if we’ve lowered our standards of “greatness” to the point that something like “Silver Linings Playbook” is being proclaimed as a masterwork ... .)
Last year brought us a lot of time-wasting dreck, with absolutely no notable wide releases for months on end. I’m still bitter. However, I will concede that the handful of great movies I saw in 2012 were really, really great, making for one of the strongest top 10 lists in years.
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