Virgin Territory

Movies (DVD)
Standard Operating Procedure dir. Errol Morris
Sex Drive dir. Sean Anders
Smart People dir. Noam Murro
Slumdog Millionaire dir. Danny Boyle
Twilight dir. Catherine Hardwicke
Changeling dir. Clint Eastwood

Being Who You Are

Movies (DVD)
Beautiful Ohio dir. Chad Lowe
Let the Right One In dir. Tomas Alfredson
Mumbai Meri Jaan dir. Nishikant Kamath
Yes Man dir. Peyton Reed
Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na dir. Abbas Tyrewala

Books
The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry

Dream Life

Movies (DVD)
Rock On!! dir. Abhishek Kapoor
Nobel Son dir. Randall Miller
The Duchess dir. Saul Dibb
The Tale of Despereaux dir. Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen

Waiting for the Truth

Movies (DVD)
Frost/Nixon dir. Ron Howard
Zack and Miri make a Porno dir. Kevin Smith
Pineapple Express dir. David Gordon Green
Bachna Ae Haseeno dir. Siddharth Anand

Books
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

Born Again

Movies (DVD)
The Spirit dir. Frank Miller
Azur et Asmar dir. Michel Ocelot
Milk dir. Gus Van Sant
Persepolis dir. Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
Sleuth dir. Kenneth Branagh
Bedtime Stories dir. Adam Shankman
Doubt dir. John Patrick Shanley

Books
Swallow me Whole by Nate Powell

Going Overboard

Movies (DVD)
Donkey Punch dir. Oliver Blackburn
The Day the Earth Stood Still dir. Scott Derrickson
I.O.U.S.A. dir. Patrick Creadon
Vicky Cristina Barcelona dir. Woody Allen
Timecrimes dir. Nacho Vigalondo

Challenging Pessimism

Movies (DVD)
Happy-Go-Lucky dir. Mike Leigh
Beverly Hills Chihuahua dir. Raja Gosnell
Tell No One dir. Guillaume Canet
Seven Pounds dir. Gabriele Muccino

Movies (theater)
Adventureland dir. Greg Mottola
Sunshine Cleaning dir. Christine Jeffs
Monsters vs. Aliens dir. Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon

Books
Nothing to be Frightened of by Julian Barnes