Lane's 2009

Anthony Lane has written about his favorite movies of 2009, even though he acknowledges that it's a bit premature: "Foolish is the soul who would lay money on the candidates for Best Picture before Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel has even been released."

Find out which movie caused Lane to write: "I don’t know one human being who did not come out of this movie with the feeling that life seemed more possible—more likely to surprise and nourish us, even in our sloughs and setbacks—than it did at the start of the day."