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It's coming together

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Slowly but surely.

Note: some section titles and all page numbers beyond Chapter 2 are placeholders, but the final structure is pretty much nailed down at this stage.

Top 10 films of 2012 - #1

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And there we have it - my ten favourite films of 2012, by UK release date (hence the inclusion of the likes of SHAME, which actually came out in some countries in 2011).

If you're interested, my entire Top 20, as it currently stands, looks like this:

1. Polisse (France, Maïwenn)
2. Argo (USA, Ben Affleck)
3. Skyfall (UK/USA, Sam Mendes)
4. Prometheus (USA/UK, Ridley Scott)
5. Headhunters (Norway/Germany, Morten Tyldum)
6. Killer Joe (USA, William Friedkin)
7. A Royal Affair (Denmark/Sweden/Czech Republic, Nikolaj Arcel)
8. Rust and Bone (France/Belgium, Jacques Audiard)
9. Shame (UK, Steve McQueen)
10. Brave (USA, Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman)
11. Lawless (USA, John Hillcoat)
12. Carnage (France/Germany/Poland/Spain, Roman Polanski)
13. The Innkeepers (USA, Ti West)
14. Ted (USA, Seth MacFarlane)
15. The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (UK/USA, Peter Lord)
16. The Imposter (UK, Bart Layton)
17. Ruby Sparks (USA, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)
18. The Muppets (USA, James Bobin)
19. The Hunger Games (USA, Gary Ross)
20. The Dark Knight Rises (USA/UK, Christopher Nolan)

Top 10 films of 2012 - #2

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Top 10 films of 2012 - #3

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Top 10 films of 2012 - #4

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Top 10 films of 2012 - #7

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Top 10 films of 2012 - #8

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Top 10 films of 2012 - #9

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Top 10 films of 2012 - #10

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I'm going to reveal these gradually over the next ten days - i.e. at a rate of one a day. Hopefully, by the time I reach #1, those who are interested will already have listened to our podcast on the subject and therefore won't have had any of the surprise spoiled.

Movie Matters #19 - Top 10 of 2012

3:00 PM / Podcast / 14 Comments

Later than intended and longer than anticipated, the Movie Matters podcast returns for its first instalment of the new year. In the first part of this bumper six-hour epic, co-hosts Lee Howard and Michael Mackenzie count down their personal top ten films of the previous year, celebrating both the very best and worst that 2012 had to offer. In part two, the attention shifts to the listeners' choices as Lee and Michael read out and listen to MP3s of submitted Top 10 lists, before turning their attention to the year ahead, revealing their most anticipated films of the next twelve months.

• Part I - Top 10 of 2012
• Part II - Honourable Mentions, Listeners' Lists and 2013 Preview
• iTunes

The music in this episode is all sampled from films in our Top 10 lists.

Created by Lee Howard & Michael Mackenzie
Edited by Michael Mackenzie
Music selection and editing by Lee Howard

PS. Listeners, we want YOUR feedback. What do you think of the format for this year's show? Do you like the listeners' lists being kept separate, or would you prefer them to be interspersed with the hosts' Top 10 lists? Do you like the show being split into two instalments, or would you prefer just to have a single MP3 file? Let us know how this experiment was for you, and we'll take any suggestions into consideration this time next year when we come to do our "best of 2013" show.

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