Cannes Film Festival 2013

Kristopher Tapley's Top 10 Films of 2012

From 'A(mour)' to 'Z(ero Dark Thirty)'

1. "The Grey" (Joe Carnahan)

1. "The Grey" (Joe Carnahan)

Joe Carnahan's latest is an atmosphere-as-theme kind of film, one that penetrates on every level. I didn't feel anything as deeply as I did this film this year; it made me want to come home and curl up next to my wife, safe, warm. Liam Neeson's performance has been vastly underrated as he's tapped into some deep, real-life fissures here, and Carnahan's vision of fighting off grief, staving off inner darkness, it resonates profoundly with me and landed just right. It is way more than mere genre: it's an elemental tale, and it is, in my humble opinion, the best film of 2012.

Photo Credit: Open Road Films

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