New Direction

Books
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou
Stuffed! by Glenn Eichler, Nick Bertozzi
Britten and Brülightly by Hannah Berry

Movies (DVD)
Street Kings dir. David Ayer
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire dir. Lee Daniels
Up in the Air dir. Jason Reitman
Zombieland dir. Ruben Fleischer
La Belle Personne dir. Christophe Honoré
Welcome to Sajjanpur dir. Shyam Benegal
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant dir. Paul Weitz

Movies (theater)
She's Out of my League dir. Jim Field Smith

History Lessons

Movies (theater)
Formosa Betrayed dir. Adam Kane
Alice in Wonderland 3D dir. Tim Burton

Movies (DVD)
Dead Snow dir. Tommy Wirkola
My Best Friend's Girl dir. Howard Deutch
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! dir. Dibakar Banerjee

Nothing or Everything

Books
Low Moon by Jason
Ridiculous!: the theatrical life and times of Charles Ludlam by David Kaufman
The Best American Comics 2008 edited by Lynda Barry

Movies (DVD)
Hostel dir. Eli Roth
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts dir. Spike Lee
The Mutant Chronicles dir. Simon Hunter
Hunger dir. Steve McQueen

Movies (theater)
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightening Thief dir. Chris Columbus
Valentine's Day dir. Garry Marshall

Otherwise Familiar

Books
Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan

Movies (DVD)
Hounddog dir. Deborah Kampmeier
Straight - Ek Tedi Medi Love Story dir. Parvati Balagopalan
Videsh: Heaven on Earth dir. Deepa Mehta

Run to Ground

Books
Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli
What the Dog Saw: and Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell

Movies (DVD)
Che dir. Steven Soderbergh

Lifelong Obsession

Movies (theater)
Broken Embraces dir. Pedro Almodovar

Movies (DVD)
New York, I Love You dir. various
Not Quite Hollywood dir. Mark Hartley

A Second Chance

Movies (DVD)
Terminator Salvation dir. McG

Paper Heart dir. Nicholas Jasenovec
Gomorrah dir. Matteo Garrone
The Burning Plain dir. Guillermo Arriaga

Books
Going Bovine by Libba Bray