Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #75. Carter’s Maladies

Date:

January 4, 2012

IONCINEMA.com Top 100 Films

#75. Maladies

Director/Writer: Carter
Producers: Vince Jolivette, Miles Levy, Jeff Most, Jeff Rice, Marni Zelnick
Distributor: Rights Available

The Gist: A talented and successful actor retires at a young age due to a perceived mental illness. Now living in a small town with his deranged sister and his best friend, we watch as their Maladies intertwine...(more)

Cast: James Franco, Catherine Keener, Fallon Goodson and David Strathairn

List Worthy Reasons…: Joined by a solid supporting cast in Catherine Keener and David Strathairn, Maladies will forever be known as the film that set Franco off towards a stint on General Hospital in 2010. Despite not knowing much on Carter, we’re curious enough to include this in our top 100.

Release Date/Status?: Passed on or not submitted to Park City, a 2012 film festival release is a certainty.

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Eric Lavallée https://www.ericlavallee.com

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury 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 was a New Flesh Juror for Best First Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival. His top films for 2023 include The Zone of Interest (Glazer), Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Pham Thien An), Totem (Lila Avilés), La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher), All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Raven Jackson). He is a Golden Globes Voter.

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