I shudder with anticipa . . .
Forgive the stupid title. Rocky Horror was on TV the other night, and I was surprised to discover how many lines I still knew by heart. Anyway, tomorrow, July 6, is a big day for TIFF fans. Ticket packages go on sale to Visa cardholders. The website is scheduled to go live. And, because it's now been nearly two weeks since the first film titles were announced, presumably a few more press releases will be posted.
Along with several Cannes films yet to be announced, at the top of my "Most Wanted" list is Claire Denis's White Material. Last week, Peter Knegt at Indiewire published his list of "30 Films to Watch for at TIFF," which covers a lot of English-language ground. I wonder which of these will be the next Best Picture winner?
- Amelia, directed by Mira Nair
- Biutiful, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Brothers, directed by Jim Sheridan
- Dear John, directed by Lasse Hallstrom
- Green Zone, directed by Paul Greengrass
- The Informant, directed by Steven Soderbergh
- Love Ranch, directed by Taylor Hackford
- Nine, directed by Rob Marshall
- Ondine, directed by Neil Jordan
- The Road, directed by John Hillcoat
- A Serious Man, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
- The Tempest, directed by Julie Taymor
- All Good Things, directed by Andrew Jarecki
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, directed by Werner Herzog
- The Box, directed by Richard Kelly
- Crazy Heart, directed by Scott Cooper
- Desert Flower, directed by Sherry Hormann
- The Good Heart, directed by Dagur Kari
- The Last Station, directed by Michael Hoffman
- The Men Who Stare At Goats, directed by Grant Heslov
- My Own Love Song, directed by Oliver Dahan
- Sympathy For Delicious, directed by Mark Ruffalo
- Untitled Michael Moore Project, directed by Michael Moore
- Freakonomics, directed by Heidi Ewing, Alex Gibney, Rachel Grady, Eugene Jarecki and Morgan Spurlock
- The Invention of Lying, directed by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson
- Jennifer’s Body, directed by Karyn Kusama
- Up In The Air, directed by Jason Reitman
- Whip It, directed by Drew Barrymore
- Youth In Revolt, directed by Miguel Arteta
- Where The Wild Things Are, directed by Spike Jonze
2 comments:
Drew Barrymore directed a movie? What? I'm looking forward to where the wild things are just for nostalgia sake. I don't know whether it will actually be any good. Although If I were going to tiff I of course wouldn't watch it (or almost any of these) there as they will be in theaters soon.
Jeff, each year I put together an obscure spreadsheet when researching TIFF films, and one of my categories is "availability." Films that will likely never even get a DVD release get 7 points; Hollywood films opening in September and October get 0. I also give points for nationality, with 0 for the U.S. and as many as 5 points for others. So, yeah, I probably won't see any of these films either. Except for maybe The Road, which I'm really curious about.
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