My 2011 In Culture, Part I: Film

2011 is over, so it's time for my annual appraisal of the previous year. As usual, I've done an abysmal job of keeping up on the latest releases in film, so I'll be continuing my yearly tradition of doing a film list about the best films I saw for the first time during 2011, rather than the best films actually released in 2011. Each entry in the below list includes an excerpt from my writings on