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The best of film 2018: The ballots

By The A.V. Club, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Katie Rife, Charles Bramesco, Mike D'Angelo, Lawrence Garcia, Jesse Hassenger, Noel Murray, Vikram Murthi, Allison Shoemaker  |  December 19, 2018 | 12:00pm
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