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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #97. Sally Potter’s Bomb
Two decades since she her magnificent debut (Orlando), Potter has fallen off the radar with what panned out to be further films experimenting with the form. We haven't cared much for her recent slate, but with a Ban the Bomb movement and the sexual revolution serving as the backdrop, this counterculture item with a possible Lolita situation germinating makes this a rare Sally Potter film to look forward to.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #98. Untitled Drake Doremus Drama
We liked, but didn't love Doremus' third feature (Like Crazy) - aside from the sugar-coatedness and scattered observational POV, we think a more fleshed out drama, Pearce and Amy Ryan supporting Felicity Jones in her second Doremus outing will provide more substantial results from the this untapped potential.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #99. James Clauer’s When The World’s On Fire
Six years since his breakout short film debut "The Aluminum Fowl," hit the festival circuit (Sundance, Rotterdam, Cannes), James Clauer's feature length debut in glorious 35mm is finally upon us and should make the immigrant experience samples as Sin Nombre feel like a Disney film. Backed by the Nomadic Independence clan, this Gotham in Progress selected project will surely be a fierce commentary about the unattainable and indoctrinated myth that has been going strong since 1931.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #100. Leos Carax’s Holly Motors
The pic above (Denis Lavant aiding an Eva Mendes from a manhole) tells us that Carax appears to have incorporated some narrative and film character elements from his portion of the Carax-Michel Gondry-Bong Joon-ho triptych Tokyo!. In it, Lavant plays some excruciatingly annoying Godzilla-like creature, which wouldn't be a selling point for this project as it was worst than fingernails on a chalkboard, but we're curious about how this "meta" film within a film formula might work out. Also worth noting: this is Carax's first feature film since 1999's Pola X.
Angelina Nikonova Says ‘Welcome Home’ to Olga Dykhovichnaya
Screen Daily have learned that filmmaker Angelina Nikonova (pictured on the right) will once again team up with Olga Dykhovichnaya (the star and co-writer of her Venice Days and TIFF showcased debut feature film Twilight Portrait) on a film item that carries a whole other DNA. Welcome Home will most likely be followed by a third project by the pair -- they are looking for Japanese co-producers to board "a Russian-Japanese story set in the early 20th century Japan."
