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Best films of 2012
A list of the new cinema releases I’ve seen in 2012 from best to worst. Somehow Elizabeth Olsen stars in each of those.
The list is based upon UK release dates and doesn’t include reissues, concert films, straight to DVD releases, films only shown at festivals and so on…
1. Martha Marcy May Marlene
2. The Hunt
3. The Imposter
4. Searching For Sugar Man
5. The Master
6. Sightseers
7. Shame
8. Marley
9. My Brother The Devil
10. Life of Pi
11. Seven Psychopaths
12. Into The Abyss
13. Safety Not Guaranteed
14. Berberian Sound Studio
15. Looper
16. Red Lights
17. Shut Up And Play The Hits
18. Young Adult
19. Holy Motors
20. In Darkness
21. Ted
22. Like Crazy
23. End of Watch
24. 7 Days in Havana
25. Juan of the Dead
26. Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet
27. Offender
28. Strawberry Fields
29. The Dictator
30. 2 Days in New York
31. Piggy
32. Wild Bill
33. Detachment
34. Shadow Dancer
35. War Horse
36. Carnage
37. Beasts of the Southern Wild
38. Ill Manors
39. Dark Horse
40. Casa di mi Padre
41. Mission To Lars
42. This Must Be The Place
43. The Monk
44. Headhunters
45. The Descendants
46. Alps
47. Moonrise Kingdom
48. Tiny Furniture
49. Contraband
50. Take This Waltz
51. Seeking A Friend For The End of the World
52. Lawless
53. She Monkeys
54. The Sweeney
55. On The Road
56. Fast Girls
57. Chernobyl Diaries
58. Jeff Who Lives At Home
59. Breathing
60. Return
61. Great Expectations
62. Anton Corbijn: Inside Out
63. Pusher
64. The Woman in Black
65. Hunky Dory
66. The Pact
67. Keep The Lights On
68. Haywire
69. Ruby Sparks
70. Red Tails
71. Cosmopolis
72. Silent House
Want to promote a film? Send a “death threat”
Full marks for effort for whoever is promoting the film Some Guy Who Kills People – as you can see below, posting a “death threat” along with the DVD is a novel way of grabbing some attention.
Total Recall ads recall Limitless
The London Underground adverts for the Total Recall remake are pretty cool. A photo of two bikini-clad ladies on a yacht is accompanied by the caption: “Tell us your dream. We’ll make it real.”
Being a sci-fi film, such promises aren’t going to be delivered quite as stated and so the adverts carry a faux health warning: “Side effects may include sleeplessness, headaches, memory loss, paranoia, delusions, schizophrenia, and possible death.”
But wait a moment; this all seems alarmingly familiar. No, I’m not going to compare this to all of the real products that may well cause such health issues, because last year’s Limitless was advertised in the exact same fashion.
At first glance, the Limitless advert had no obvious connection to the product it was promoting. Even at second glance you might not have spotted Bradley Cooper. But when it finally grabbed your attention enough to read the text, you would’ve realised it was a film.
“Accessing 100% of your brain is now possible with The Clear Pill,” it boasted in a bland typeface. “Unlock your potential. Become the perfect version of yourself.” And it too contained its own fake health warning: “Side effects will include paralysis, psychosis, amnesia, extreme sexual appetite, brain damage, irreversible coma, homicidal blackouts and sudden death. Ask your doctor if the clear pill is right for you.”
Designed to look like a standard advert for a health product, and both wittier and more extremely worded, I make this a clear win for Limitless.
Clash poster quotes and the 7 Days in Havana newspaper.
Clash’s Andrew Law was quoted on the posters for William Friedkin’s Killer Joe.
Around the same time, my quote featured on the posters for 7 Days in Havana.
Soda Pictures produced a newspaper to promote 7 Days in Havana, which featured my Cuban Chronicle feature on the front page.
New Clash film issue out now
My second film issue created with the Clash team is out now, featuring the following array of cinematic content:
- Cover star Cillian Murphy on his solo show Misterman, new movie Red Lights and working with Robert De Niro.
- Werner Herzog looking Into The Abyss.
- The world of prescient sci-fi.
- Ones To Watch: New movie talent in the shape of MyAnna Buring, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Sam Claflin, Will Poulter and Riann Steele.
- Edith Bowman’s summer movie preview.
- The life and work of Saul Bass.
- Orbital’s score to Pusher.
- Don Letts presents his expert guide on How To Make A Music Documentary.
- Crispin Glover meets J. Mascis in Personality Clash.
- A Cuban Chronicle: the story behind 7 Days in Havana.
- Riz Ahmed’s Write On examines stories started on albums that evolve into film.
- Stalker: Paul Weedon uncovers ten unlikely tales behind the genius that is Bill Murray.
- Nick Frost considers how he’d spent his last day on earth in Swansong.
Plus – lots of film-related music news, fashion inspired by film and new reviews.
