Take This Waltz (2011)

The characters of Take This Waltz live in a leafy urban neighbourhood the likes of which only exist in North America. Their bubble is coated with bright colours that insulate them from anything that happens outside their self-absorbed lives. There is a scene where two characters munch on their chicken drumsticks while an overly enthusiastic news reporter tries very hard to make his voice heard amidst the cacophony a nearby earthquake is causing.

Of course there is nothing wrong with characters inhabiting a world of their own, a world where the rules don't follow ours. A good script never lets its viewers to question the probability of the events taking place in the world of the story. Sarah Polley's script manages to do that just fine - you never question whether what transpires on the screen could or would happen. But, you keep asking yourself the same nagging question over and over again. Why? And why to these people?

Meek's Cutoff (2010)

That, ladies and gentlemen, was the best film I have seen all year.

Blue Valentine (2010)

Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams star in this heartbreakingly bleak and poignant tale of two people fiercely falling in and out of love in the lifetime of a young girl. If the trailer have misled you to a Once-like sweet romantic meanderings of two people that are meant to be together, but can't, then you will be disappointed. If you go by the happy-go-lucky poster where the leads are smooching against a blue sky (not the one shown here), then you will be disappointed too.