CAST Awards 2012

This year I participated in the third annual awards for the “Cinema Appreciation Society of Toronto,” made up of various film bloggers and semi-professional critics within the city of Toronto.  Pretty much we pooled our individual top ten lists together to decide on the best films of 2012.  The list is made up of any film that screened theatrically in Toronto 2012, which includes Festival screenings.  In the end, a final list of 122 films was creating with votes from 33 individuals. The top pick of the list was Moonrise Kingdom, which was followed by Looper in second and Skyfall in third.  Even though I really liked all three of those films, none of them were part of my own personal list.  In fact, only about half of my list made it into the top twenty-five (three of which were in the top ten).

Here is the CAST Awards Top 25 (click here for full list and individual rankings):

1. Moonrise Kingdom
2. The Master
3. Looper
4. Skyfall
5. The Imposter
6. Django Unchained
7. Stories We Tell
8. Argo
9. The Dark Knight Rises
10. Lincoln
11. Amour
12. The Avengers
13. Silver Linings Playbook
14. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
15. Holy Motors
16. Prometheus
17. Cloud Atlas
18. Life of Pi
19. Les Miserables
20. Beasts of the Southern Wild
21. Killer Joe
22. The Raid: Redemption
23. Compliance
24. Beyond the Hills
25. The Cabin in the Woods

Sean Patrick Kelly

Sean Patrick Kelly is a Toronto-based freelance film critic and blogger with a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies from York University. Since founding his site in 2004, Sean has shared his passion for cinema through insightful reviews and commentary. His work has also been featured in prominent outlets, including Toronto Film Scene, HuffPost Canada, Screen Anarchy, ScreenRant, and Rue Morgue Magazine.