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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Lars von Trier’s Melancholia
Moving from losing your child, to the notion of losing the world and everything in it, Von Trier is in the challenging genre-types portion of his career if you pair this sci-fi, perhaps dystopian-utopian versed film with his version of a horror film in Antichrist.
HBO Go Bananas for James Marsh’s ‘Project Nim’
I'm not sure how this compares to previous years, but there are several pre-Sundance festival deals being announced including this docu-film pick-up. Looking to get into more involved in the theatrical release not just video/broadcast portion of the business, HBO have taken all U.S. rights to James Marsh's Project Nim - the opening docu film for this year's Sundance Film Festival.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Giorgos Lanthimos’ Alps
The most bizarre, wackiest and fascinating films of 2009 re-introduced us to Greek cinema and a filmmaker we hadn't heard of in Lanthimos. A stellar debut with Dogtooth means we are looking forward to his next offering -- which I'm sure will continue in the same unique and obscure tone. Stars Dogtooth alumni and Venice-winner for Best Actress in Ariane Labed.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Terrence Malick’s The Burial
In addition to Malcik here are five reasons why this is way up on the list: Emmanuel Lubezki. Jack Fisk. Rachel McAdams. Javier Bardem. Rachel Weisz.
Jeff Nichols to ‘Take Shelter’ Under Sony Pictures Classics Label
When I mentioned that we should expect Jeff Nichols' Take Shelter "to be quickly picked-up by serious indie-minded studio looking to push Shannon's performance during award season", I hadn't factored in a pre-festival buy. Selected in the U.S Dramatic Competition at Sundance, Sony Pictures Classics have prevented the other distributors from speculating on if this indie-minded/Hollywood effects jacked-up project might work as a bona-fide theatrical release item.
