My Top Ten of 2011...

...as of December 31st, roughly in this order:

• Alps
• Melancholia
• A Separation
• Bridesmaids
• We Need to Talk About Kevin
• Drive
• Sleeping Beauty
• The Artist
• Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Contagion

Honorable mention: Beginners, which would be in my top five but had a festival release last year, so I'm counting it as a 2010 film.


The five I'm most looking forward to seeing:

• Margaret
• Shame
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• Weekend
• Young Adult

Honorable mention: The Muppets.


The five I'm not looking forward to seeing at all, but will see nonetheless because I try to be a completist:

• J. Edgar
• War Horse
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
• My Week with Marilyn
• The Iron Lady

Dishonorable mention: The Descendants. I've liked/really liked every Alexander Payne film so far, but his latest seems like a misfire.
Another dishonorable mention: Moneyball. Maybe I should trust Bennett Miller more after Capote, but I just can't imagine giving a f*ck about this movie.