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Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #14. Untitled Noah Baumbach project

Published on February 8, 2019

A film that Netflix could have easily placed in the 2018 calendar, Noah Baumbach‘s still untitled project might just follow in the footsteps of The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) and head to Cannes – if the policy in place does get adjusted. Production took place in March of 2018 with a cast comprised of Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Ray Liotta, Laura Dern. Baumbach reteams with cinematographer Robbie Ryan for a tale that takes place on both coastal major metropolitan American cities.

Gist: The story follows an unfolding divorce that spans from New York City to Los Angeles.

Release Date/Prediction: If we’re still going by last year’s Netflix and Cannes impasse, Cannes should be out of the equation. In a year where Roma is the Oscar front-runner, perhaps some new rule with be implemented.

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).