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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Arnaud Desplechin’s Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian
Call this my "hail mary" pick of the Top 100 list, as the chances of Desplechin's project going into production and somehow being ready for 2011 are next to impossible. Fans of his more recent films Kings and Queen and A Christmas Tale should come to expect a different curriculum here with this.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin
You can say we've been anticipating HHH's genre switching project for a while now, as we first got word of the project back in 2007. Working with a foursome of Takeshi Kaneshiro, Shu Qi, Chang Chen and Tadanobu Asano, this martial arts and fantasy film blend certainly makes us wonder what kind of aesthetic the Taiwanese filmmaker might employ.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Alexander Payne’s The Descendants
Same ranking as last year, we're big on the narrative elements of the project and think it is well-suited for Alexandre Payne's styled humor. And who isn't a fan of the multi-tasker (dramatic/comedic) George Clooney?
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Antonio Campos’ Simon Killer
Campos' debut film left us shellshocked, disarmed and craving for more. With the synopsis below we imagine this to be a trippy, nightmare version of Before Sunrise and I'm guessing that'll have the same gravitational pull as Afterschool which propelled Ezra Miller's career. This Paris-based project comes equipped with an actor we like a lot in Brady Corbet, who works for foreign filmmakers Von Tier, Haneke as well as, up-and-coming indie helmers in Sean Durkin and Alistair Banks Griffin.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Jeff Nichols’ Take Shelter
Jeff Nichols' Shotgun Stories (2008), a tension-filled, slow-cooker drama which counts as one of Michael Shannon's best screen perfs. So now we have this talented filmmaker once again teaming with Shannon, we have an indie film with a burst of special effects with Sundance saying that Nichols "create(s) a haunting tale that will creep under your skin and expose your darkest fears."
