Listism: Best of 2012

Our love of lists borders on compulsion, so a 'best of 2012' was inevitable. Please note these are by no means exhaustive/comprehensive, and in no particular order:

Andrew R. Hill:

• VIC.ism
• The Pastels @ Neu! Reekie! (Summerhall)
• Cry Parrot vs Green Door @ Nice N Sleazy
• Eastern Promise @ Platform
• Savages @ The Führer Bunker
• Grouper (part of Counterflows) @ St Andrew’s in the Square
• Leo Condie @ The Voodoo Rooms
• Veronica Falls, Palms @ Stereo
• Bish Bosch – Scott Walker
• Electric Cables – Lightships
• Lawrence of Belgravia - Paul Kelly
• Holy Motors - Leos Carax
• Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland
• Hitchcock season @ The Filmhouse
• David Lynch retrospective @ The Filmhouse

Erika Sella:

• The Monochrome Set/Wake The President @ The Vodoo Rooms
  
• VIC.ism
• Muscles of Joy @ Summerhall (part of Art Late South)
• Tabu - Miguel Gomes
  
• Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland
• Holy Motors - Leos Carax
• Lawrence of Belgravia - Paul Kelly
• Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock  (Thank you, Sight and Sound)
  
• Picasso & Modern British Art @ The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
• Flying to Berlin/Husbands - Savages
• North - Casual Sex
• Lemondale - Bill Wells
  

Review: 'Tabu' →

A cinephile’s paradise, from Lisbon to Mozambique: Erika Sella revels in Miguel Gomes’ sublime story of love, memory and loss.

Review: 'Amour' →

Austrian director Michael Haneke is notorious for an unflinching and uncompromising approach to the violent and the taboo. As Erika Sella finds, Haneke's eye is no less unyielding in his new film as he tackles inescapably universal themes: ageing and Amour...

Review: Berberian Sound Studio →

Erika Sella delves into the murky world of 1970s Italian horror cinema, as seen through the eyes of a shy and retiring British Foley artist, in her review of Berberian Sound Studio.

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