this year’s eye-catchers (click for links)

film

1. a serious man
2. where the wild things are
3. fantastic mr fox
4. zombieland
5. adventureland
6. moon
7. district 9
8. 500 days of summer
9. in the loop

music

1. manic street preachers – journal for plague lovers (try me and stephen hawking)
2. bill callahan – sometimes i wish we were and eagle (try jim cain)
3. god help the girl – god help the girl (try perfection as a hipster)
4. idlewild – post electric blues (try city hall)
5. the pains of being pure at heart – the pains of being pure at heart (try everything with you)
6. morrissey – years of refusal (try something is squeezing my skull)
7. bruce springsteen – working on a dream (try queen of the supermarket)
8. beirut – march of the zapotec / the real people – holland (try the concubine)
9. st vincent – actor (try the party)
10. alela diane – to be still (try dry grass and shadows)
11. grizzly bear – veckatimest (try two weeks)
12. bibio – ambivalence avenue (try lovers carvings)
13. tegan and sara – sainthood (try red belt)

television

1. in treatment
2. dexter
3. the thick of it
4. curb your enthusiasm