Moving up to the top 6, there are picks I agree with a lot (Looper, Cabin in the Woods, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia) and ones I really don't (Beasts of the Southern Wild in particular), but once it hits the top 6 it is in full gear and there's stuff that's among my very favorites as well like the Loneliest Planet and…

Moving up to the top 6, there are picks I agree with a lot (Looper, Cabin in the Woods, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia) and ones I really don't (Beasts of the Southern Wild in particular), but once it hits the top 6 it is in full gear and there's stuff that's among my very favorites as well like the Loneliest Planet and…

Real bummed about Goodfellas being number 1.  It's the epitome of style over substance which is well and good until we're talking about films with any emotional center or anything to take away from them at all.

Real bummed about Goodfellas being number 1.  It's the epitome of style over substance which is well and good until we're talking about films with any emotional center or anything to take away from them at all.

What does an "airtight" reason even imply?  You need to understand how you feel about a film, and the "need" ends there.  You don't even have to be able to articulate it to yourself.  Anything past understanding your own feelings is icing on the cake.

What does an "airtight" reason even imply?  You need to understand how you feel about a film, and the "need" ends there.  You don't even have to be able to articulate it to yourself.  Anything past understanding your own feelings is icing on the cake.