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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Bradley Rust Gray’s Jack and Diane

We have a teenage lesbian vampire themed film on the list in Mary Harron’s The Moth Diaries and forming the perfect tandem in 2011, we have a teenage lesbian werewolf romance via The Exploding Girl helmer Bradley Rust Gray. With his last film, Gray demonstrated his knack for getting inside the mind of his characters, and he’ll continue the skin-deep, transformative process with a Riley Keough and Juno Temple pairing.

Eric Lavallée

Published on January 12, 2011

#57. Jack and Diane

Director/Writer: Bradley Rust Gray
Producers: Karin Chien, Jen Gatien, Bradley Rust Gray and So Yong Kim
Distributor: Rights Available.

The Gist: This revolves around the two women who meet in New York City and spend the night kissing ferociously. Diane’s charming innocence quickly begins to open Jack’s tough skinned heart. But when Jack (Riley Keough) discovers that Diane (Juno Temple) is moving she pushes her away. Unable to grasp her new feelings, Diane’s emotions begin to cause unexplainable violent changes to her body. Through these awkward and insecure feelings, the two girls must struggle to turn their first love into an enduring one.….(more)

Cast: Jena Malone, Juno Temple, Kylie Minogue and Riley Keough

List Worthy Reasons…: We have a teenage lesbian vampire themed film on the list in Mary Harron’s The Moth Diaries and forming the perfect tandem in 2011, we have a teenage lesbian werewolf romance via The Exploding Girl helmer Bradley Rust Gray. With his last film, Gray demonstrated his knack for getting inside the mind of his characters, and he’ll continue the skin-deep, transformative process with a Riley Keough and Juno Temple pairing.

Release Date/Status?: Needs to find a major film festival premiere and highest bidder which shouldn’t be a problem. Would be neat if he gets to preem in Cannes, where I think his wife might show her film.

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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).