Cutting Takedown

Movies (DVD)
The Decameron dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
After.Life dir. Agnieszka Wójtowicz-Vosloo
Terri dir. Azazel Jacobs

Unbearably Uncomfortable

Movies (theater)
Texas Chainsaw 3D dir. John Luessenhop

Movies (DVD)
Aarakshan dir. Prakash Jha
War Horse dir. Steven Spielberg

Untold Stories

Movies (DVD)
We Bought a Zoo dir. Cameron Crowe
Jiro Dreams of Sushi dir. David Gelb
The Bounty Hunter dir. Andy Tennant
Black Is... Black Ain't dir. Marlon Riggs
Pariah dir. Dee Rees

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