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Germany (Oscar) Hopeful with Haneke’s The White Ribbon
You'd have to go way back until 1988's Bille August's Pelle the Conqueror to find the last picture to win both the Cannes Palme d'or and the Oscar for Best Foreign film in the same year.
Toronto Buyers Club: Top 10 Most Sought After Titles at TIFF 2009
While I'm more curious about who'll end up with Todd Solondz's Life During Wartime, Werner Herzog's My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?, Rick Jacobson's Bitch Slap, Giuseppe Tornatore epic Baaria and the only Cannes title I think that is remaining and is worth buying (Bong Joon-ho's Mother), after scouring the entire program - I came up with a top 10 list of the high profile films should be high priorities for the buyers.
TIFF Picks 09: Bruno Dumont’s Hadewijch
There was plenty of speculation about the status of Hadewijch and why it may not have been included at Cannes and now even more talk about why its not competing in Venice. For those who love philosophy lessons embedded in their cinema - this may be one more exercise in just that.
TIFF Picks 09: Claire Denis’ White Material
Making this two in two years, (Cinema Guild is releasing 35 Shots of Rum in Sept.), for those keeping tabs on Denis' filmography, this is a return to sources for the helmer.
IFC Goes Legitimate with ‘Vincere’
There wasn't much left shopping to do for in comp titles from Cannes, so after Loach’s Looking for Eric, Arnold’s Fish Tank, Porumboiu’s Police, Adjective and Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist, IFC Films have grabbed Marco Bellocchio's mildly satisfying biography on Ida Dalser - Mussolini's stubborn, proud first wife expertly played by Italian thesp Giovanna Mezzogiorno.
