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2011 Cannes Film Festival: 60 Film Predictions
The Berlin Film Festival begins today and in typical IONCINEMA.com fashion, I've decided to unveil my predictions for the 2011 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. I've taken the liberty at breaking down the predictions by what should logically fit into what sections: Main Comp, UCR and the Director's Fortnight sidebar.
Samuel Goldwyn and Sony Join ‘Old Fashioned Orgy’
Announcing the deal right before the Berlin Film Fest, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions and Samuel Goldwyn Films have will distribute the co-drected debut from television writing pair of Pete Huyck and Alex Gregory. Featuring a cast of Jason Sudeikis, Tyler Labine, Leslie Bibb, Will Forte, Lucy Punch, Lake Bell, Michelle Borth, Martin Starr, Nick Kroll, Lindsay Sloane and David Koechner, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy will be pegged with a summer release.
Rashaad Ernesto Green’s Top Ten Films
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of favorite films. Rashaad Ernesto Green (Gun Hill Road) was busy with Sundance and couldn't get to this portion of the IONCINEPHILE feature.
Film in Pictures: Virginie Despentes’ Bye Bye Blondie
Unlike Cannes 2010, this year's expected Main Competition will be so rich and textured that a film such as Virginie Despentes' Bye Bye Blondie might actually be shown elsewhere on the Croisette. Here are a pair of pics which depict different eras in one relationship -- the teenage years will see actress Soko take on a young Béatrice Dalle. I look forward in seeing what kind of soundtrack will accompany the film, especially the punk years.
Film in Pictures: Philippe Garrel’s That Summer
We've got what appears to be screen caps for Philippe Garrel's That Summer (Un Été Brûlant) (which was in our Top 100 Most Anticipated List at #73) and which would by all logic, will be ready and preem in for Cannes this May. The pic stars Louis Garrel (who I recently saw in Ferdinando Cito Filomarino's excellent short film Diarchy, alongside Riccardo Scamarcio and Alba Rohrwacher), Monica Bellucci and Céline Sallette (last pic below).
