Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #88. Ross Bros.’ Tchoupitoulas

I’ll re-iterate what I mentioned before, Bill & Turner Ross’ magical docu 45365 brought much deserved acclaim to the pair. Hopefully this will see a progression of their docu style.

Eric Lavallée

Published on January 4, 2012

#88. Tchoupitoulas

Director/Producers: Ross Brothers
Distributor: Rights Available

The Gist: Three young brothers take a secret sunset journey across a river to a pleasure island that’s always been forbidden to them. As such, the narrative conceit of Tchoupitoulas is as timeless as a fairy tale. But through the eyes of our juvenile protagonists, we experience an impressionistic immersion into this beguiling kaleidoscope of dancers, musicians, hustlers, drag queens, and revelers that parade through the lamp-lit streets between Rampart and the river...(more)

List Worthy Reasons…: I’ll re-iterate what I mentioned before, Bill & Turner Ross’ magical docu 45365 brought much deserved acclaim to the pair. Hopefully this will see a progression of their docu style.

Release Date/Status?: The SXSW folks are certainly hoping that they’ll get to showcase the pic, so we’re hopeful for a 2012 film fest premiere.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).