The Edge of the Frame

“Artist, The” (Michael Hazavanicius)  =  B+

“Another Earth” (Mike Cahill)  =  B-

“Attack the Block” (Joe Cornish)  =  C

“Bad Teacher” (Jake Kasdan)  =  C-

“Battle: Los Angeles” (Jonathan Liebesman)  =  D

“Beaver, The” (Jodie Foster)  =  B-

“Beginners” (Mike Mills)  =  B

“Bill Cunningham New York” (Richard Press)  =  B-

“Bridesmaids” (Paul Feig)  =  B+

“Certified Copy” (Abbas Kiarostami)  =  C+

“Conan O’Brien: Can’t Stop” (Rodman Flender)  =  B-

“Contagion” (Steven Soderbergh)  =  B

“Crazy Stupid Love” (Glenn Ficarra and John Requa)  =  B+

“Descendants, The” (Alexander Payne)  =  A-

“Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” (Troy Nixey)  =  C-

“Drive” (Nicholas Winding Refn)  =  B

“Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The” (David Fincher)  =  A-

“Hanna” (Joe Wright)  =  B+

“Happythankyoumoreplease” (Josh Radnor)  =  C+

“Hell and Back Again” (Danfung Dennis)  =  C+

“Help, The” (Tate Taylor)  =  A-

“Hugo” (Martin Scorsese)  =  C+

“Ides of March, The” (George Clooney)  =  B+

“If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front” (Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman)  =  B

“Interrupters, The” (Steve James)  =  A-

“Into the Abyss” (Werner Herzog)  =  A-

“Iron Lady, The” (Phyllida Lloyd)  =  C

“J. Edgar” (Clint Eastwood)  =  B

“Jane Eyre” (Cary Fukunaga)  =  B-

“Life, Above All” (Oliver Schmitz)  =  B+

“Lincoln Lawyer, The” (Brad Furman)  =  B-

“Margin Call” (J.C. Chandor)  =  A-

“Martha Marcy May Marlene” (Sean Durkin)  =  B

“Meek’s Cutoff” (Kelly Reichardt)  =  C+

“Melancholia” (Lars von Trier)  =  D

“Midnight in Paris” (Woody Allen)  =  B

“Moneyball” (Bennett Miller)  =  A

“My Week with Marilyn” (Simon Curtis)  =  B-

“New Year’s Eve” (Garry Marshall)  =  D+

“No Strings Attached” (Ivan Reitman)  =  C

“Page One: Inside the New York Times” (Andrew Rossi)  =  B

“Paranormal Activity 3” (Henry Joost and Ariel Shulman)  = B-

“Project Nim” (James Marsh)  =  B+

“Rango” (Gore Verbinski)  =  B-

“Red State” (Kevin Smith)  =  C

“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (Rupert Wyatt)  =  B

“Scream 4” (Wes Craven)  =  C

“Senna” (Asif Kapadia)  =  B

“Separation, A” (Asghar Farhadi)  =  A

“Shame” (Steve McQueen)  =  A

“Source Code” (Duncan Jones)  =  B-

“Super 8” (J.J. Abrams)  =  B+

“Take Shelter” (Jeff Nichols)  =  B+

“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” (Tomas Alfredson)  =  B+

“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (Michael Bay)  =  C-

“Tree of Life, The” (Terrence Malick)  =  C+

“Trust” (David Schwimmer)  =  B-

“Tyrannosaur” (Paddy Considine)  =  B

“War Horse” (Steven Spielberg)  =  B+

“Warrior” (Gavin O’Connor)  =  B-

“Water for Elephants” (Francis Lawrence)  =  C+

“We Need to Talk About Kevin” (Lynn Ramsay)  =  B+

“Win Win” (Tom McCarthy)  =  B+

“X-Men: First Class” (Matthew Vaughn)  =  B