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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #16. Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves
Coming off her career best in Meek's Cutoff (which was one of our top films of the year regardless if you think of the title as a 2011 or 2010 release -- as we saw this in Toronto the year before), we hope that Reichardt has a long-lasting wind in her sails. Her she tacks the rarely explored subject matter of eco-terrorism and would be joined by actors (Dano for a second time in a row) in touch with their indie roots. Watch the doc If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front to get prepped for this work.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #17. Sergei Loznitsa’s In the Fog
Once again working with Cinematographer Oleg Mutu (4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days), I'm expecting this depiction of WWII to employ the same sort of gritty realism found in his 2010 Cannes preemed My Joy, his feature film debut about a grizzly road trip gone terribly wrong was totally up my alley, but was dissed by fellow Cannes critics. The helmer describes his film as the tale “about a man trying to make a moral choice under the immoral circumstances” and with a harsh, wilderness backdrop we expect humanity to be put to test once again. We can't wait for this.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #18. Park Chan-wook’s Stoker
Based on the highly touted 2010 Blacklist script by Wentworth Miller, this has undergone a wave or two or changes since appearing on that list, despite the loss of Colin Firth, certain casting changes such as Wasikowska in place of Carey Mulligan might prove in the long-term to be for the better. We have high hopes that Chan-wook's first English language project carries some of his signature stylistic choices found in Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and of course, Lady Vengeance, but expectation levels are in check.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #19. Walter Salles’ On the Road
Cult novel, an epic 30 plus years for Coppola to bring this to the big screen, a talented filmmaker whose best films are those about personal search/quests (Central Station and The Motorcycle Diaries), A grade ensemble and one of the better cinematographers in Eric Gauthier should make for a brilliant film.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #20. John Hillcoat’s Wettest County
We're huge fans of revisionist Westerns and Gangster Films in general, and such a blend in the hands of John Hillcoat and his creative partnership with musical genius Nick Cave (they last gave us gold in 2005's The Proposition) should make Wettest County one of the year's earliest must see pics of the year.
