Best Film of the Year: Drive

2011 Year in Review

Best Actor: Michael Fassbender – Shame
Best Actress: Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer – Beginners
Best Supporting Actress: Carey Mulligan – Shame
Best Director: Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
Best Original Screenplay: Shame
Best Adapted Screenplay: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Score: Drive
Best Song: “Lay Your Head Down” – Albert Nobbs
Best Editing: Drive
Best Cinematography: Melancholia
Best Production Design: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Costume Design: J. Edgar
Best Makeup: The Iron Lady
Best Sound: Drive
Best Sound Effects: Hanna
Best Visual Effects: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

Top Ten of 2011

Drive
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Hanna
Midnight in Paris
X-Men: First Class
Kung Fu Panda 2

Honorable Mentions: The Adventures of Tintin, The Artist, Beginners, Bridesmaids, Captain America: The First Avenger, Contagion, The Descendants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, Horrible Bosses, Hugo, Melancholia, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Rango, Source Code, The Tree of Life, We Were Here

— A —

The Adjustment Bureau (***) (Full Review) (Short Review)
The Adventures of Tintin (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Albert Nobbs (***) (Full Review) (Short Review)
The Artist (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— B —

Battle: Los Angeles (**) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Beginners (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Bridesmaids (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— C —

Captain America: The First Avenger (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Cars 2 (** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Contagion (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Coriolanus (**) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— D —

The Descendants (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Drive (****) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— G —

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (American) (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
The Green Hornet (*) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Green Lantern (** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— H —

Hanna (*** ½) (Full Review)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (****) (Full Review)
The Help (*** ½) (Short Review)
Horrible Bosses (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Hugo (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
The Human Centipede II (* ½) (Short Review)

— I —

I Am Number Four (** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Immortals (** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
The Iron Lady (***) (Full Review)

— J —

J. Edgar (***) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— K —

Kung Fu Panda 2 (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— L —

La Luna (Short Film) (***)

— M —

Martha Marcy May Marlene (****) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Melancholia (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Midnight in Paris (*** ½) (Short Review)
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
The Muppets (** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
My Week with Marilyn (***) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— P —

The Perfect Host (**) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (***) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Priest (*) (Full Review)
Puss in Boots (** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— R —

Rampart (***) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Rango (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Real Steel (***) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Red State (**) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (****) (Short Review)

— S —

Scream 4 (***) (Full Review)
Shame (****) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Shark Night (½ *) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Source Code (*** ½) (Full Review)
Sucker Punch (* ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Super 8 (** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— T —

Thor (***) (Full Review)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (****) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
The Tree of Life (*** ½) (Short Review)
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (***) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— V —

Vampire Boys (* ½)

— W —

Warrior (***) (Full Review)
Water for Elephants (** ½) (Full Review)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
We Were Here (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)