Eric Lavallée

Thanks to one Republican party member for giving this project tremendous buzz when it was in the development stage - rumors that an the Academy award winning director had classified Bin Laden information in her possession is beyond ridiculous, but aligning herself with scribe Mark Boal assures an authenticity, fleshed out combat zone situations and characters (soldiers quirks have always been a point of fascination for me. We saw how great journalism and popcorn could be a winning formula on the smaller scaled The Hurt Locker, but working from a backdrop and a form she is accustomed to, this might be slightly less badass than her Oscar wining pic but a great pulled from the headlines account.

While we have a stronger allegiance to the other Anderson, the child at heart Wes Anderson can't do any wrong with first loves, summer camps, concerned parents by enlisting the help of the likes of co-writer Roman Coppola (The Darjeeling Limited), regular DP Robert Yeoman and with Fantastic Mr.Fox's Composer Alexandre Desplat with a slew of supporting plays both new (Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Harvey Keitel) and old (Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman). I'll be more buzzed about this when the first images and trailer arrive.

Talk about having this project tattooed to his heart (and arm - see pic above) - one of our U.S indie filmmaker revelations to watch out for is helmer Matthew Porterfield. His sophormoe feature, Putty Hill was a major hit at several film festival stops in 2010 (where we meet up with him for this viral interview) and the pic was not surprisingly mentioned on several top lists of the year 11'. He didn't waste anytime putting this project together - in one of the most funniest crowd-sourcing pleas, and we're kind of excited for this project in the way thousands incomprehensibly fell for music-imbedded in narrative Once.

Supplied with a strong Euro and North American cast, apparently Cronenberg's adaptation of Don DeLillo's work is fairly strong. The novel is a modern re-interpretation of James Joyce's Ulysses smack dab in NYC's corporate world.

We often discuss performance, image, sound and a distinct voice in what makes the measures of a great film. Refn check-marked all these boxes when he made the cinematic wallop known as Drive. One of the highlights for 2011, the union between Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn might provide one more cinematic gem for 2012, that is if they get back together quick enough.