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A sub-par edition of Cannes might signify a better than average year for the heads of the Venice and the Toronto Int. Film Festival. I'm sure Venice's Marco Müller and TIFF's Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey are already making some tough decisions as we speak. Since I'm already looking forward to the Fall movie going season and festival editions, I thought I would speculate on some of the titles that should be unveiled at these stalwart festivals.

European and French-language heavyweight Studiocanal (a production co. and theatrical release company) comes to Cannes with plenty of auteur-driven ammo. They have Robert Guediguian's The Army of Crime (L'Armee du crime) in a non-competitive slot and Nassim Amaouche's debut film Farewell Gary (Adieu Gary) is competing in the Critic's Week section.

There was no certainty that relaunching a decades old franchise and aiming it at a generation that really had nothing to do with it past having to sit through organized marathons with their potentially costumed fathers. Yet here we are, $72 million later.

You can withdraw the claws, Hugh Jackman; You’ll be able to don those muttonchops for years to come.

For the most part, it appears that the festival is combining the old auteurs (Resnais) along with the new (Andrea Arnold), and have once again come to help out & support a filmmaker such as Lou Ye, who was banned from filmmaking in China for a couple of years for coming to Cannes with the uncensored Summer Palace (2006). This year he brings Spring Fever - about a young threesome overcome with erotic longings. Here are some thoughts on some of the announcements.