Mike Leigh’s dark, twisted and very, very funny 1993 effort Naked is as raw and as emotionally nude as anything the acclaimed filmmaker has ever made.

Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast is a true classic in every sense of the word.

Terrence Malick’s fifth motion picture The Tree of Life is a breathless cinematic miracle that’s unlike anything else I’ll see in all of 2011.

Marvel’s Thor may be silly, but that doesn’t make it any less entertaining.

All the President’s Men is the greatest journalism thriller ever made.

Another Year is an experience unlike almost any other. The world it showcases might be in London, might be filled with British customs and mannerisms, but what it is talking about in regards to friendship, family and life is stunningly universal.

The Naked Kiss is dynamite.

Army of Shadows is a masterpiece.

Somewhere is a hypnotic series of brief vignettes of a father trying to decide who he is and what the next step to being a better human being is, all of this seen through the eyes of a youngster wise beyond her years.