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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Todd Solondz’s Dark Horse

We’re not unconditional fans of Solondz, but we like the handpicked players and potential chemistry for this project and the fact that Solondz teamed with one of the better indie cinematographers in the business in Andrij Parekh (Blue Valentine).

Eric Lavallée

Published on January 14, 2011

#36. Dark Horse

Director/Writer: Todd Solondz
Producers: Ted Hope (Adventureland, The Savages)
Distributor: Rights Available.

The Gist: This is about Abe (Jordan Gelber), a 30-something who lives with his parents, reluctantly works for his father (Christopher Walken), and avidly collects toys. When Abe isn’t playing backgammon with his mother (Mia Farrow), he’s trying to romance Miranda (Selma Blair), another 30-something who has moved back in with her parents after her literary/academic career crashed...(more)

Cast: Donna Murphy, Christopher Walken, Justin Bartha, Selma Blair, Mia Farrow, Aasif Mandvi and Zachary Booth.

List Worthy Reasons…: We’re not unconditional fans of Solondz, but we like the handpicked players and potential chemistry for this project and the fact that Solondz teamed with one of the better indie cinematographers in the business in Andrij Parekh (Blue Valentine). Plus call us cruel…but we like how Solondz torments thesp Selma Blair.

Release Date/Status?: This could make a splash in Cannes…but a Venice and TIFF preem (where Life During Wartime showed) appears more feasible.

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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).