2012: World Premieres 2012: U.S. Releases 2012: Still Left to See 2012: Cannes Festival 2012: Chicago Festival Looking Back Moving Ahead Browse Films by Title / Year / Reviews Home / Blog / E-Mail The Movies of 2012: U.S. Releases  By Title // By Grade // By Screening Date Full Listing of Films Screened January 2013 Amour Dir. Michael Haneke. With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert A Rock of Ages Dir. Adam Shankman. With Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand F On the Road Dir. Walter Salles. With Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Tom Sturridge C+ Smashed Dir. James Ponsoldt. With Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally C Sister Dir. Ursula Meier. Kacey Mottet Klein, Léa Seydoux, Martin Compston, Gabin Lefebvre B+ Zero Dark Thirty Dir. Kathryn Bigelow. With Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler B Post Mortem Dir. Pablo Larraín. With Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, Amparo Noguera, Jaime Vadell B The Kid with a Bike Dirs. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. With Thomas Doret, Cécile de France B+ December 2012 ParaNorman Dirs. Chris Butler and Sam Fell. Animated. Voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi C+ The Words Dirs. Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal. With Bradley Cooper, Dennis Quaid, Jeremy Irons C Trouble with the Curve Dir. Robert Lorenz. With Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake D Girl Walk // All Day Dir. Justin Krapnick. With Anne Marsen, Daisuke Omiya, John Doyle B Django Unchained Dir. Quentin Tarantino. With Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio C Les Misérables Dir. Tom Hooper. With Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne D– Premium Rush Dir. David Koepp. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez D Starlet Dir. Sean Baker. With Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Stella Maeve, James Ransone A– Frankenweenie Dir. Tim Burton. Animated. Voices of Charlie Tahan, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara B The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Dir. Peter Jackson. With Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen C– The Impossible Dir. Juan Antonio Bayona. With Tom Holland, Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor C+ Rust and Bone Dir. Jacques Audiard. With Matthias Schoenaerts, Marion Cotillard, Armand Verdure B– This Is 40 Dir. Judd Apatow. With Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow, Albert Brooks D+ Footnote Dir. Joseph Cedar. With Shlomo Bar-Aba, Lior Ashkenazi, Micah Lewensohn, Aliza Rosen B– The Guilt Trip Dir. Anne Fletcher. With Barbra Streisand, Seth Rogen, Brent Cullen, Brandon Keener C Chronicle Dir. Josh Trank. With Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly B– The Color Wheel Dir. Alex Ross Perry. With Alex Ross Perry, Carlen Altman, Bob Byington B Ruby Sparks Dirs. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. With Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina D+ Safety Not Guaranteed Dir. Colin Trevorrow. With Aubrey Plaza, Jake Johnson, Mark Duplass B– Wreck-It Ralph Dir. Rich Moore. Animated. Voices of John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Alan Tudyk C– A Royal Affair Dir. Nikolaj Arcel. With Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard B Hitchcock Dir. Sacha Gervasi. With Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Danny Huston D Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Dir. Lasse Hallström. With Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, Amr Waked D+ Savages Dir. Oliver Stone. With Blake Lively, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Benicio Del Toro C– The Bay Dir. Barry Levinson. With Kether Donohue, Stephen Kunken, Christopher Denham, Nansi Aluka C Bernie Dir. Richard Linklater. With Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey C– The Central Park Five Dirs. Sarah Burns, David McMahon, and Ken Burns. Documentary B Hyde Park on Hudson Dir. Roger Michell. With Laura Linney, Bill Murray, Samuel West, Elizabeth Marvel F Elena Dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev. With Nadezhda Markina, Andrei Smirnov, Elena Lyadova, Aleksei Rozin A A Late Quartet Dir. Yaron Zilberman. With Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mark Ivanir C– Wuthering Heights Dir. Andrea Arnold. With Solomon Glave, James Howson, Shannon Beer B– Sound of My Voice Dir. Zal Batmanglij. With Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius, Brit Marling B– Brave Dirs. Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman. Animated. Voices of Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson C Killing Them Softly Dir. Andrew Dominik. With Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn B– November 2012 Barbara Dir. Christian Petzold. With Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock, Christina Hecke B Life of Pi Dir. Ang Lee. With Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Adil Hussain, Tabu, Ayush Tandon B+ Anna Karenina Dir. Joe Wright. With Keira Knightley, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander C Arbitrage Dir. Nicholas Jarecki. With Richard Gere, Brit Marling, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Nate Parker B– This Must Be the Place Dir. Paolo Sorrentino. With Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch B– Silver Linings Playbook Dir. David O. Russell. With Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence C+ Cloud Atlas Dirs. Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Andy Wachowski. With Bae Du-na, Halle Berry C Francine Dirs. Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky. With Melissa Leo, Keith Leonard, Victoria Charkut B Detropia Dirs. Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing. Documentary about downsizing and depopulating of Detroit B Lincoln Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Field, David Strathairn B+ Skyfall Dir. Sam Mendes. With Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw C+ Your Sister's Sister Dir. Lynn Shelton. With Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt C+ Paranormal Activity 4 Dirs. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. With Kathryn Newton, Matt Shively C+ The Loneliest Planet Dir. Julia Loktev. With Hani Furstenberg, Gael García Bernal, Bidzina Gujabidze B The Sessions Dir. Ben Lewin. With John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood C+ Flight Dir. Robert Zemeckis. With Denzel Washington, Kelly Reilly, Bruce Greenwood, Don Cheadle C+ October 2012 Middle of Nowhere Dir. Ava DuVernay. With Emayatzy Corinealdi, Omari Hardwick, David Oyelowo B+ The Wise Kids Dir. Stephen Cone. With Molly Kunz, Tyler Ross, Allison Torem, Stephen Cone B Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Dir. Lorene Scafaria. With Steve Carell, Keira Knightley D+ Sinister Dir. Scott Derrickson. With Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, James Ransone, Michael Hall D'Addario F People Like Us Dir. Alex Kurtzman. With Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Hall D'Addario C The House I Live In Dir. Eugene Jarecki. Documentary about the U.S.'s ill-conceived War on Drugs B+ Argo Dir. Ben Affleck. With Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Scoot McNairy, Kerry Bishé, Tate Donovan C+ Holy Motors Dir. Leos Carax. With Denis Lavant, Édith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue A– End of Watch Dir. David Ayer. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, David Harbour, Frank Grillo C+ Marvel's The Avengers Dir. Joss Whedon. With Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth C The Paperboy Dir. Lee Daniels. With Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, Macy Gray B– Room 237 Dir. Rodney Ascher. Documentary compilation of five narrators' odd readings of The Shining D+ Keep the Lights On Dir. Ira Sachs. With Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth, Julianne Nicholson B September 2012 The Perks of Being a Wallflower Dir. Stephen Chbosky. With Logan Lerman, Emma Watson B+ Looper Dir. Rian Johnson. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Pierce Gagnon B+ Pitch Perfect Dir. Jason Moore. With Anna Kendrick, Anna Camp, Skylar Astin, Brittany Snow C Won't Back Down Dir. Daniel Barnz. With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Oscar Isaac, Emily Alyn Lynd B Hello I Must Be Going Dir. Todd Louiso. With Melanie Lynskey, Christopher Abbott, Blythe Danner B How to Survive a Plague Dir. David France. Documentary about ACT-UP's activism against AIDS A– The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Dir. John Madden. With Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith D+ Snow White and the Huntsman Dir. Rupert Sanders. With Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth C– The Cabin in the Woods Dir. Drew Goddard. With Kristen Connolly, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams C+ The Five-Year Engagement Dir. Nicholas Stoller. With Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt C Bachelorette Dir. Leslye Headland. With Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan, Rebel Wilson, Isla Fisher C Alps Dir. Giorgos Lanthimos. With Aggeliki Papoulia, Johnny Verkis, Ariane Labed, Aris Servetalis C+ Think Like a Man Dir. Tim Story. With Romany Malco, Meagan Good, Terrence Jenkins, Regina Hall B– Bullhead Dir. Michaël R. Roskam. With Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy C+ The Hunter Dir. Daniel Nettheim. With Willem Dafoe, Frances O'Connor, Sam Neill, Morgana Davies C– August 2012 Oslo, August 31st Dir. Joachim Trier. With Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner B– Compliance Dir. Craig Zobel. With Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp, Philip Ettinger D The Imposter Dir. Bart Layton. Documentary about French man who impersonated a missing Texan teen B– Lawless Dir. John Hillcoat. With Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain B Kill List Dir. Ben Wheatley. With Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring, Emma Fryer C+ Virginia Dir. Dustin Lance Black. With Jennifer Connelly, Harrison Gilbertson, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan D Michael Dir. Markus Schleinzer. With Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Gisella Salcher, Ursula Strauss B Red Hook Summer Dir. Spike Lee. With Jules Brown, Clarke Peters, Toni Lysaith, Heather Simms B– Take This Waltz Dir. Sarah Polley. With Michelle Williams, Luke Riley, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman C A Burning Hot Summer Dir. Philippe Garrel. With Jérôme Robart, Louis Garrel, Céline Sallette C Cosmopolis Dir. David Cronenberg. With Robert Pattinson, Sarah Gadon, Kevin Durand, Paul Giamatti D+ The Queen of Versailles Dir. Lauren Greenfield. Documentary about billionaire couple in financial crisis B Return Dir. Liza Johnson. With Linda Cardellini, Michael Shannon, Talia Balsam, John Slattery B– Silent House Dirs. Chris Kentis and Laura Lau. With Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens B– Friends with Kids Dir. Jennifer Westfeldt. With Jennifer Westfeldt, Adam Scott, Maya Rudolph B– Sparkle Dir. Salim Akil. With Jordin Sparks, Carmen Ejogo, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps B– The Hunger Games Dir. Gary Ross. With Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth C– Joyful Noise Dir. Todd Graff. With Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan C+ 21 Jump Street Dirs. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. With Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Dave Franco B The Master Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson. With Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams B A Simple Life Dir. Ann Hui. With Deannie Yip, Andy Lau, Wang Fuli, Qin Hailu, Paul Chun B+ Hope Springs Dir. David Frankel. With Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell, Elisabeth Shue B The Bourne Legacy Dir. Tony Gilroy. With Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Stacy Keach B Haywire Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Channing Tatum, Michael Angarano C Killer Joe Dir. William Friedkin. With Emile Hirsch, Matthew McConaughey, Thomas Haden Church B– The Grey Dir. Joe Carnahan. With Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Joe Anderson B– Farewell, My Queen Dir. Benoît Jacquot. With Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen B Celeste and Jesse Forever Dir. Lee Toland Krieger. With Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Ari Graynor D Ted Dir. Seth MacFarlane. With Mark Wahlberg, voice of Seth MacFarlane, Mila Kunis, Giovanni Ribisi B Wanderlust Dir. David Wain. With Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux, Alan Alda, Ken Marino B– Mirror Mirror Dir. Tarsem Singh. With Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane B– Beasts of the Southern Wild Dir. Benh Zeitlin. With Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Gina Montana A– July 2012 The Dark Knight Rises Dir. Christopher Nolan. With Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway D+ Magic Mike Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey A– June 2012 Prometheus Dir. Ridley Scott. With Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba B– Moonrise Kingdom Dir. Wes Anderson. With Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Edward Norton, Bruce Willis B April 2012 In the Family Dir. Patrick Wang. With Patrick Wang, Trevor St. John, Sebastian Banes, Kelly McAndrew B+ Damsels in Distress Dir. Whit Stillman. With Greta Gerwig, Annaleigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke B+ This Is Not a Film Dirs. Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb. With Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb B Four Lovers Dir. Antony Cordier. With Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Roschdy Zem, Élodie Bouchez C+ The Deep Blue Sea Dir. Terence Davies. With Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale C+ March 2012 Good Deeds Dir. Tyler Perry. With Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Gabrielle Union, Brian White D December 2011 The Turin Horse Dir. Béla Tarr. With János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos A– October 2011 Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan. With Yilmaz Erdoğan, Muhammet Uzuner B The Snowtown Murders Dir. Justin Kurzel. With Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris A– Miss Bala Dir. Gerardo Naranjo. With Stephanie Sigman, Noe Hernandez, Miguel Couturier, Irene Azuela A– Corpo Celeste Dir. Alice Rohrwacher. With Yle Vianello, Salvatore Cantalupo, Pasqualina Scuncia B+ April 2011 Attenberg Dir. Athina Rachel Tsangari. With Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis, Evangelia Randou B