Otis (2011) ***

Excellent music video by Kanye West and Jay-Z, directed by Spike Jonze.

We Found Love (2011) ***

Gritty music video from Rihanna.

Beast (2011) ***

Judas (2011) ***

Time Freak (2011) ***

A guy invents a time machine, but it doesn't get him very far.

The Shore (2011) ***

Set in Northern Ireland, a sweet little short film about love, immigration, nostalgia and forgiveness.

Blink (2011) **

Innovative short film about love, computers, delusions and technology.

Ryan & Ally (2011) **

Ryan and Ally are just fuck friends, but he would like it to be more than that.

No Words Came Down (2011) **

Intriguing short film about a very strange blind date.

Vodka canneberge (2011) **

A short film set in a bar during closing time.

Hotel Alpha Mike (2011) **

Nice experimental film about ham radio operators.

Pas de deux (2011) **

Two dancers used to be lovers.

Beyond Man (2011) **

Short film about a former soldier who becomes an actor in student films.

Les Bons termes selon Dewey (2011) **

Short comedy about a guy trying to break with his girlfriend in a library (so that she will not be able to yell too loudly).

Mise a pied (2011) **

Short film about losing a job.

Landing (2011) **

Short film about marital infidelity.

Bill Please (2011) **

Short comedy about who will pay the bill.

La Queue du peloton (2011) **

Short film about a man and woman competing for a promotion.

I'll Be Waiting Outside (2011) **

Short film about a young man trying to find a job.

Les Interdits (2011) **

Short film set in a post-apocalyptic future, when people are forbidden from going outside.

Tuba Atlantic (2011) **

An old man has only 6 days left to live and uses that time to shoot seabirds. Uneven short from Norway.

Raju (2011) **

A German couple adopting a child in India discover that he isn't an orphan.

La Statege (2011) **

A documentary about Olga Hrycak, a short 63-year-old woman coaching a male basketball team. Quite a character.

Noeud papillon (2011) **

Amusing Canadian short about a little boy forced to wear a fancy suit to school.

Bred In Captivity (2011) **

What if someone's life was just a koala`s dream ?

La Piece (2011) **

This short film is set on September 11, 2001, but the story concerns an old man suffering from Alzheimer.

L'Invite (2011) **

Short film about a solitary fisherman who finds a frozen body.

Je les aime encore (2011) **

Surprising documentary about a surprising seducer of women.

Suburban Swingers (2011) **

Either a real documentary or a mockumentary about a swingers' club in suburban Ontario.

Dulce (2011) *

Tragic film about love. Unbearably old-fashioned and emotionally manipulative. What pornography is to erotica, this film is to romanticism.

Going (2011) *

Short film about kendo.

Strike 3 (2011) *

Set in a bowling alley, a short film about false hopes and disappointments.

Close To Her (2011) *

A young man wants to leave a desolate Canadian Prairie town to go to an arts school and asks his girlfriend to come with him.

Wiggle Your Toes (2011) *

Documentary short about drunk driving.

Entre deux etats (2011) *

Short film about a tragic death.

It's Nobody's Fault (2011) *

Short Spanish film about a husband who tries to break up with his wife.

Moving Slowly (2011) *

Short film about two brothers and grief.

De quel sommeil reviendrons-nous ? (2011) *

Experimental film.

The Kidnapping (2011) *

Clearly inspired by Quentin Tarantino, a short film about two killers.

Breathing (2011) *

Short experimental film from Canada.

Hit Me (2011) *

A man hires a hitman to kill himself.

Rising Son (2011) *

Experimental film about a young man.

Bip Bip (2011) *

A watch. A bip. A couple inside a car.

Eka utshite - N'oublie pas (2011) *

Documentary short about an Innu abstract painter.

Release (2011) *

War. Forest. Killing.

Brother's Keeper (2011) *

A young boy saves his older brother from drowning, but his chances of recovery from a coma are very slim.

Bento Monogatari (2011) *

Belgian short about a worker's wife who is obsessed by every thing Japanese, from manga to sushi.

Celia (2011) *

Strange film about a strange woman.

Recits d'hyperinflation (2011) *

Confusing and disjointed short film about hyperinflation. A failure.

All That You Loved (2011) *

Short film and grief and despair.

Brain Juice (2011) *

Short comedy about stealing someone else's ideas.

She's A Soul Man (2011) *

Short film about a young suburban girl raised on soul music.

Leben Lassen (2011) *

Short film about a Russian nurse who discovers that an old man under her care is a former SS-man.

Despertar (2011) *

Short film about a maid in Mexico.

Les Fausses notes (2011) *

Short film about two excellent pianists.

Pentecost (2011) *

Irish short about soccer and religion.

Looking Up (2011) *

Short film about an astronomer living like a hermit in a mobile home in the middle of nowhere.

Liz (2011) *

Short film about separation.

Faraway (2011) *

A short film about a relationship between a Chinese-Canadian girl who doesn't speak Chinese and her grandmother who doesn't speak English.

Jardiniers clandestins (2011) *

Short documentary about clandestine gardeners illegally cultivating public spaces.

Exilio e transhumancia (2011) *

Documentary short about traveling artisans in northern Argentina.

Smoulder (2011) *

short film about a shy lesbian girl from a very conservative family.

Le Grand Cycle (2011) *

Documentary short about cyclist vagabonds.

L'Ete indien (2011) *

A short film about an arranged Indian marriage.

Cafe Cleopatre (2011) *

Documentary short about a transvestite strip club.

Awake (2011) *

Short film about death.

Amor Azul (2011) *

Un court metrage sur un echange de couples.

Shades Of Grey On The Silver Screen (2011) *

Short film about a Oriental actress from the Jazz Age.

The Fruit Machine (2011) *

Boring and bizarre film about a strange family.

Muybridge's Strings (2011) ****

A Morning Stroll (2011) ***

Oscar-nominated cartoon set in three different times: 1959, 2009 and 2059.

Breakfast On The Grass (2011) ***

Ballad Of Nessie (2011) ***

Whimsical cartoon about the Loch Ness monster.

Door (2011) **

Amusing cartoon about trying to open a door.

Les Petites chimeres (2011) **

Pixilated animated film set in an old house.

Dimanche (2011) **

Cartoon about a little boy so bored on Sundays he places coins on train tracks.

The Ame Seller (2011) **

Puppet-animated film based on a Japanese folk tale about a premature burial.

La Luna (2011) **

Oscar-nominated cartoon about a family cleaning the Moon.

Wild Life (2011) **

A cartoon about a lazy Englishman trying to become a farmer in Alberta and failling miserably.

The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr Morris Lessmore (2011) *

Mushy and sentimental cartoon about a strange library full of flying books. An undeserved winner of an Academy Award for best animated short.

Rivière au Tonnerre (2011) *

Another abstract animated film from Pierre Hébert.

House: Two Stories (2011) ***

Arguably the best episode of "House". 13th episode of Season 7. Excellent parodies of "Pulp Fiction" and other "old" movies. With Haley Pullos in top form going toe-to-toe against Hugh Laurie.

Downton Abbey: Season 2 (2011) ***

Game Of Thrones: Season 1 (2011) ****

The Walking Dead: Season 2 (2011) ****

Homeland: Season 1 (2011) ***

Boardwalk Empire: Season 2 (2011) ***

Weeds: Season 7 (2011) ***

Tango To Romance (2011) ***

Portrait Of A Call Girl (2011) ***

The Bunny Game (2011) ***

Breaking Bad: Season 4 (2011) ****

Black Mirror: Season 1 (2011) **

True Blood: Season 4 (2011) ***

Take Shelter (2011) **

Grossly overrated film about a man who becomes obsessed with building a storm shelter.

Warrior (2011) **

Nick Nolte received an Oscar nomination for his performance in this overlong, but interesting film about two brothers competing in a mixed martial arts championship.

J. Edgar (2011) **

Visually unimpressive, but thematically fascinating portrait of the legendary director of the FBI. Written by Dustin Lance Black ("Milk").

Undefeated (2011) **

An all-Black football team from Memphis with a White coach.

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (2011) **

Very different from “Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes” (1972), the fourth film in the original series, which it most closely resembles. Unlike that earlier film, which was about an ape revolution violently overthrowing human domination, this film is only about intelligent apes liberating themselves and escaping to a forest (while – SPOILER ALERT - a deadly virus – deadly only to the humans but not to the apes – is accidentally released and will presumably wipe out the human race). So while the earlier film reflected its era of the Watts riots, Che Guevara and Black Panthers, this film reflects the era of the bird flu, the swine flu and animal rights.

Sherlock Holmes A Game Of Shadows (2011) **

Robert Downey Jr returns as the famed detective in this sequel to the 2009 film.