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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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