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To be unveiled on the Lido and to be presented in San Sebastian after TIFF, things are certainly looking good for this twisted, dark comedy especially if Magnolia Pictures, a distributor who usually jumps on finished films, bought the pic still unfinished. If you're not sold on the sequences below, then let the buzz from Venice do the convincing.

Quentin Tarantino might be in for a treat if Alex de la Iglesia completes his A Sad Trumpet Ballad on time. I first heard of the project via our Spanish film correspondent Mario Balarezo del Caz (back in March) and a friend pointed the project out to me at Cannes. This bizarro fantasy war pic looks on the surface to be Fellini-esque with equal parts Terry Gilliam and I can assure you will be one of the better, most pursued Euro titles to either come out this year, or next.

As we enthusiastically await the make-up of the major fall film festivals there is one theory that is being advanced: the "Festival of Festivals"...

And finally it's the Giornate degli Autori folks headed by topper Gaia Furrer that have unveiled their sidebar selections. Of the ten feature films...

Pop Goes the Remake: Campanella Returns with Ghoulish Remake of Black Comedy In the 2000s, the New Argentine Cinema gained international prominence thanks to a...