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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Abdellatif Kechiche’s Black Venus
Working with probably his largest budget to date, Kechiche touches upon the immigrant narrative once again, but inside the context of a biographical, historical approach - Baartman is perhaps this year's most unusual choice for a biopic treatment.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist
The notion of an untold Jacques Tati story finally being revealed is enough to put this high up on the list, but then factor in the amazing work in Triplets of Belleville -- easily among the decades' best films up there with the Pixar work and Hayao Miyazaki 2d brilliance. I wouldn't be surprised if Chomet's stylishly told, highly inventive brand pushes The Illusionist to the top of the animated field next year.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Wong Kar-Wai’s The Grand Master
We commenced the 00 decade with In the Mood for Love and ended with the Blueberry blemish - an uncharacteristic low point in an otherwise bullet proof filmography. Now the big question and curiosity is what kind of aesthetic and tonal treatment is planning for a film with two WKW firsts: biographical and martial art elements.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Cristi Puiu’s Aurora
Puiu's examination of a broken system in Un Certain Regard Award winning The Death of Mr. Lazarescu wasn't economical in design (running over the 150 minute mark) but I'm hoping that Puiu can offer both a sturdy character study and make a social commentary as he did with the fascinating treatment of a man's final hours. Puiu will appear in front of the camera this time.
Sundance 2010: New Frontier Artists including Gordon-Levitt’s hitRECord and Ragnar Kjartansson’s The End
Just before the opening press conference of the festival, the journos are invited to what has become a permanent installation (over the course of the fest of course) display of some installation set-ups that use various forms of the moving image. This year's group (see names above and the family picture below with curator Shari Frilot) includes actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt Orwellian side project....
