OKAY, SO I HAVE TOO MUCH TIME ON MY HANDS: The best of the year so far

I know there's three and a half months left until the end of the year, but since I have a little free time, I thought I'd go ahead and list my best of the year so far. This list will surely change come January of next year (and I don't have a fourth supporting actress), but here it is anyway.

BEST PICTURE

Mother

The rest are in no particular order:

3 Idiots

Mesrine, Parts I and II

The Killer Inside Me

Mother and Child

Toy Story 3

Scott Pilgrim v. The World

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

Animal Kingdom

Cyrus

Winter’s Bone

BEST ACTOR

Aamir Kahn--3 Idiots

Vincent Cassel – Mesrine, Parts I and II

Casey Affleck—The Killer Inside Me

John C. Reilly—Cyrus

Ben Stiller--Greenburg

BEST ACTRESS

Hye-ja Kim--Mother

Annette Benning—The Kids Are All Right; Mother and Child

Tilda Swinton—I Am Love

Noomi Rapace--The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; The Girl Who Played With Fire

Jennifer Lawrence--Winter’s Bone

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Helena Bonham-Carter—Alice In Wonderland

Jacki Weaver--Animal Kingdom

Dale Dickey--Winter’s Bone

Catherine Keener—Cyrus, Please Give

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Gerard Depardieu—Mesrine, Part I, Killer Instinct

Kieran Caulkin—Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Ned Beatty--Toy Story 3

John Hawkes--Winter’s Bone

Mickey Rourke--Iron Man 2

BEST ENSEMBLE

Cyrus

Animal Kingdom

BEST DIRECTOR

Christopher Knight—Inception

Joon-ho Bong--Mother

Edgar Wright--Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Rajkumar Hirani--3 Idiots

Michael Winterbottom--The Killer Inside Me

BEST SCREENPLAY

Eun-kyo Park, Joon-ho Bong, Wun-kyo Park--Mother

Rodrigo Garcia--Mother and Child

Michael Bacall, Edgar Wright--Scott Pilgrim v. the World

Mark and Jay Duplass--Cyrus

David Michod--Animal Kingdom