Just to be very clear, this is an incomplete list since we haven’t yet seen Zero Dark Thirty, Moonrise Kingdom, The Sessions, Skyfall, Lincoln, Django Unchained, Looper, This Is Not a Film, The Invisible War, Chasing Ice, Monsieur Lazhar, The Loved Ones, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, The House I Live In, The Queen of Versailles, Marley, The Angels’ Share, The Central Park Five, Bernie, Compliance, Life of Pi, Shut Up and Play the Hits, or Bully. Still, to this point in the year, here are my favourite movies in alphabetical order:

• Argo
• The Avengers
• Beasts Of The Southern Wild
• Brooklyn Castle
• The Cabin In The Woods
• The Dark Knight Rises
• The Hunt
• The Imposter
• Safety Not Guaranteed
• Sightseers