Firmly Grounded

Movies (theater)
Django Unchained dir. Quentin Tarantino
Citadel dir. Ciaran Foy
Hitchcock dir. Sacha Gervasi
The Wizard of Oz dir. Victor Fleming
The Life of Pi 3D dir. Ang Lee
Lincoln dir. Steven Spielberg

Movies (DVD)
Casa de mi Padre dir. Matt Piedmont

Books
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead

Beautifully Observed

Movies (DVD)
Of Gods and Men dir. Xavier Beauvois
Rampart dir. Oren Moverman
Spring Breakdown dir. Ryan Shiraki
That's My Boy dir. Sean Anders

Movies (theater)
The Hobbit 3D dir. Peter Jackson

Books
The Music Room by Namita Devidayal

Interest and Insight

Movies (theater)
North Sea, Texas dir. Bavo Defurne

Movies (DVD)
Three Monkeys dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
The Next Three Days dir. Paul Haggis
The Eagle dir. Kevin Macdonald

Apparent Immunity

Movies (DVD)
Me and Orson Wells dir. Richard Linklater
Page One dir. Andrew Rossi
The Beatles Yellow Submarine dir. George Dunning

Movies (theater)
Saturday Morning Massacre dir. Spencer Parsons
Mon Ami dir. Rob Grant
Rise of the Guardians dir. Peter Ramsey
Wreck-it Ralph dir. Rich Moore
The Collection dir. Marcus Dunstan

Books
The Right Way to do Wrong by Harry Houdini

Isolation and Reëmergence

Books
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

Movies (theater)
Skyfall dir. Sam Mendes
Challange 2 dir. Raja Chanda
Holy Motors dir. Leos Carax
Beasts of the Southern Wild dir. Benh Zeitlin

Movies (inflight)
To Rome With Love dir. Woody Allen
Safe dir. Boaz Yakin
Dark Shadows dir. Tim Burton
Vicky Donor dir. Shoojit Sircar
Brave dir. Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman

Grand and Vibrant

Movies (DVD)
High School dir. John Stalberg, Jr.
Hysteria dir. Tanya Wexler
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer dir. John McNaughton

Movies (theater)
Samsara dir. Ron Fricke
Frankenweenie 3D dir. Tim Burton
The Master dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

Books
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman

Plague Years

Movies (DVD)
Lockout dir. James Mather, Stephen St. Leger
Bait dir. Kimble Rendall
We Were Here dir. David Weissman, Bill Weber
Wanderlust dir. David Wain

Movies (theater)
Argo dir. Ben Affleck

Many-faceted

Books
Where'd you go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple

Movies (theater)
The House at the End of the Street dir. Mark Tonderai
Looper dir. Rian Johnson
Hotel Transylvania 3D dir. Genndy Tartakovsky

Movies (DVD)
Klown dir. Mikkel Nørgaard

Intriguing Oddity

Movies  (theater)
The Breakfast Club dir. John Hughes

Movies (DVD)
Heat dir. Michael Mann
Jeff, Who Lives at Home dir. Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass
Attenberg dir. Athina Rachel Tsangari

Curiosity Cabinet

Movies (DVD)
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Trick R Treat dir. Michael Dougherty
Unstoppable dir. Tony Scott
Don 2 dir. Farhan Akhtar
The Pirates! Band of Misfits dir. Peter Lord

Movies (theater)
Bachelorette dir. Leslye Headland

Books
King City by Brandon Graham

Justifiably Paranoid

Movies (DVD)
Headhunters dir. Morten Tyldum
Tyrannosaur dir. Paddy Considine
The Box dir. Richard Kelly
Mirror Mirror dir. Tarsem Singh

Books
What in God's Name! by Simon Rich

Awkward Silence

Books
Aristotle and Dante Discuss the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Movies (DVD)
Hell House dir. George Ratliff
Chimpanzee dir. Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield
Real Steel dir. Shawn Levy
Franklyn dir. Gerald McMorrow
Puncture dir. Adam Kassen, Mark Kassen

Movies (theater)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days dir. David Bowers
Premium Rush dir. David Koepp

Ludicrously Epic

Books
The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour

Movies (DVD)
Le Havre dir. Aki Kaurismäki
My Name is Bruce dir. Bruce Campbell
The Ides of March dir. George Clooney
What's Your Number dir. Mark Mylod
Project X dir. Nima Nourizadeh
The Switch dir. Josh Gordon, Will Speck

Movies (theater)
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 3D dir. Tsui Hark
The Possession dir. Ole Bornedal

Misanthropic Fantasy

Movies (DVD)
God Bless America dir. Bobcat Goldthwait
Leaves of Grass dir. Tim Blake Nelson

Movies (theater)
Paranorman 3D dir. Sam Fell, Chris Butler
The Expendables 2 dir. Simon West

Nominally Heroic

Movies (theater)
The Bourne Legacy dir. Tony Gilroy

Movies (DVD)
Ra-One dir. Anubhav Sinha
J. Edgar dir. Clint Eastwood
The Karate Kid dir. Harald Zwart

Books
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Yin Yang

Movies (theater)
Red Lights dir. Rodrigo Cortés
Killer Joe dir. William Friedkin
Hope Springs dir. David Frankel
The Campaign dir. Jay Roach

Movies (DVD)
Private Romeo dir. Alan Brown
Killer Elite dir. Gary McKendry

Cutting Loose

Movies (DVD)
Man on a Ledge dir. Asger Leth
Detention dir. Joseph Kahn
The Whistleblower dir. Larysa Kondracki
The Perfect Family dir. Anne Renton

Movies (theater)
Bernie dir. Richard Linklater

Books
Wandering Son Vol. 3 by Takako Shimura
Hole in my Life by Jack Gantos

Sharp Observations

Movies (DVD)
Perfect Sense dir. David Mackenzie
Crank dir. Neveldine/Taylor
The Decoy Bride dir. Sheree Folkson
Crank 2: High Voltage dir. Neveldine/Taylor
Gone dir. Heitor Dhalia

Movies (theater)
The Amazing Spider Man dir. Marc Webb
Frankenstein NT Live dir. Danny Boyle

Books
The Red House by Mark Haddon

Robustly Physical

Movies (DVD)
The Good, The Bad, The Weird dir. Kim Jee-woon
Fritz Lang's Indian Epic Part 2 dir. Fritz Lang
My Son, My Son, What Have you Done? dir. Werner Herzog
Waiting for Armageddon dir. Kate Davis, David Heilbroner, Franko Sacchi

Movies (theater)
Moonrise Kingdom dir. Wes Anderson
Brave dir. Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
The Dark Knight Rises dir. Christopher Nolan
Ted dir. Seth MacFarlane

Uncomfortable Emotions

Movies (DVD)
Beavis and Butt-Head do America dir. Mike Judge
Chronicle dir. Josh Trank
Dreamworld dir. Ryan Darst
Keyhole dir. Guy Maddin
Fritz Lang's Indian Epic Part 1 dir. Fritz Lang
The Secret Life of Arrietty dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Movies (theater)
Katy Perry: Part of Me dir. Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz

Books
Next to Normal by Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey

Actively Dismal

Movies (DVD)
The Devil Inside dir. William Brent Bell
Abar Byomkesh dir. Anjan Dutt
Kahaani dir. Sujoy Ghosh
Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows dir. Guy Ritchie

Books
Are you My Mother? by Alison Bechdel

A Sort of Magic

Movies (theater)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter dir. Timur Bekmambetov
Magic Mike dir. Steven Soderbergh
Brave 3D dir. Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman

Movies (DVD)
21 Jump Street dir. Phil Lord, Chris Miller

Books
Among Others by Jo Walton

Scorchingly Intense

Movies (DVD)
The Rum Diary dir. Bruce Robinson
We Need to Talk About Kevin dir. Lynne Ramsay
The Innkeepers dir. Ti West

Emotional Vernacular

Movies (theater)
Snow White and the Huntsman dir. Rupert Sanders

Movies (DVD)
The Warrior's Way dir. Sngmoo Lee
The Company Men dir. John Wells
Bluffmaster! dir. Rohan Sippy
Like Crazy dir. Drake Doremus

Books
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler

Cult Film

Movies (theater)
Piranha 3DD dir. John Gulager
Prometheus dir. Ridley Scott
Zombadings dir. Jade Castro
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted dir. Eric Darnell, Conrad Vernon, Tom McGrath
Men in Black 3 dir. Barry Sonnenfeld

Movies (DVD)
Martha Marcy May Marlene dir. Sean Durkin
Michael dir. Markus Schleinzer
Pankh dir. Sudipto Chattopadhyay
Certified Copy dir. Abbas Kiarostami

Books
The Young Man from Atlanta by Horton Foote

Emotional Victimhood

Movies (DVD)
Henry's Crime dir. Malcolm Venville
W./E. dir. Madonna
Dive! dir. Jeremy Seifert
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara dir. Zoya Akhtar

Movies (theater)
Chernobyl Diaries dir. Bradley Parker

Books
Finder: Voice by Carla Speed McNeil
The Heidi Chronicles by Wendy Wasserstein

Tumultuous Time

Movies (DVD)
Singapore Sling dir. Nikos Nikolaidis
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey dir. Constance Marks
The Black Power Mixtape 1967 - 1975 dir. Göran Olsson
Birdemic: Shock and Terror dir. James Nguyen
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle dir. Alan Rudolph
Fish Tank dir. Andrea Arnold

Movies (theater)
Girl on the Run dir. Arthur J. Beckhard and Joseph Lee
The Sinister Urge dir. Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Horse Feathers dir. Norman Z. McLeod
Dark Shadows dir. Tim Burton
The Dictator dir. Larry Charles

Books
The Best American Comics 2011 edited by Alison Bechdel

Inevitable Sag

Movies (DVD)
Santa Sangre dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky
Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie dir. Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim

Movies (theater)
Dark Shadows dir. Tim Burton

Shrewdness and Clarity

Movies (DVD)
Morning Raga dir. Mahesh Dattani
Good Will Hunting dir. Gus Van Sant
The Mill and the Cross dir. Lech Majewski
The Adonis Factor dir. Christopher Hines
The Adjustment Bureau dir. George Nolfi
The Thing dir. Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
The Iron Lady dir. Phyllida Lloyd

Movies (theater)
The Avengers 3D dir. Joss Whedon

Books
Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley

Personal Demons

Movies (DVD)
A Little Bit of Heaven dir. Nicole Kassell
Prodigal Sons dir. Kimberly Reed
30 Minutes or Less dir. Ruben Fleischer
August Rush dir. Kirsten Sheridan
Finding Forrester dir. Gus Van Sant

Movies (theater)
The Five-year Engagement dir. Nicholas Stoller
The Avengers dir. Joss Whedon

Books
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick

Cluttered but Sincere

Movies (DVD)
Anonymous dir. Roland Emmerich
The Descendents dir. Alexander Payne
Corman's World dir. Alex Stapleton
Zookeeper dir. Frank Coraci
Date Night dir. Shawn Levy
Death at a Funeral dir. Neil LaBute
Colombiana dir. Olivier Megaton

Movies (theater)
The Raven dir. James McTeigue
They Call it Myanmar dir. Robert H. Lieberman

Appealingly Hazy

Movies (DVD)
The Big Year dir. David Frankel
House of Pleasures dir. Bertrand Bonello
Bhooter Bhabishyat dir. Anik Dutta
Mysteries of Lisbon Part 1 dir. Raúl Ruiz
Pyaar Ka Punchnama dir. Luv Ranjan
The Darkest Hour dir. Chris Gorak

Movies (theater)
Wrath of the Titans 3D dir. Jonathan Liebesman
The Three Stooges dir. Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly

Forward and Back

Movies (DVD)
The Rite dir. Mikael Håfström
Limitless dir. Neil Burger
Freaky Chakra dir. V. K. Prakash, Ziba Bhagwagar
Ek Din 24 Ghante dir. Anant Balani
The Debt dir. John Madden

Movies (theater)
The Cabin in the Woods dir. Joss Whedon
American Reunion dir. Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
The Turin Horse dir. Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky

Transforming Testament

Movies (theater)
The Hunger Games dir. Gary Ross

Movies (DVD)
Patrick, Age 1.5 dir. Ella Lemhagen
Captain America: The First Avenger dir. Joe Johnston
The Dreamers dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Dirty Pretty Things dir. Stephen Frears
Margin Call dir. J. C. Chandor
Martyrs dir. Pascal Laugier
$5 a Day dir. Nigel Cole

Books
Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu

Gently Subversive

Movies (DVD)
Incredibly Loud and Extremely Close dir. Stephen Daldry
I Melt With You dir. Mark Pellington
Royal Bengal Rahasya dir. Sandip Ray
Police, Adjective dir. Corneliu Porumboiu
The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) dir. Tom Six
Meet Monica Velour dir. Keith Bearden

Movies (theater)
The Raid: Redemption dir. Gareth Evans
Mirror Mirror dir. Tarsem

Surface of Things

Movies (theater)
A Thousand Words dir. Brian Robbins

Movies (DVD)
General Orders No. 9 dir. Robert Persons
Yeh Saali Zindagi dir. Sudhir Mishra
Take Shelter dir. Jeff Nichols

Books
Life: An Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet