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Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #38. Lisandro Alonso’s Untitled Drama
Director: Lisandro Alonso
Writers: Lisandro Alonso, Fabian Casas
Producers: Ilse Hughan, Andy Kleinman, Viggo Mortensen, Helle Ulsteen
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Ghita Nørby
We're used to...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #39. Fatih Akin’s The Cut
The Cut
Director: Fatih Akin
Writer: Fatih Akin
Producers: Fatih Akin, Karl Baumgartner, Reinhard Brundig, Fabienne Vonier
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Tahar Rahim, George Georgiou, Akin Gazi
It's when...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #40. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman
Birdman
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Writers: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
Producers: Alejandro González Iñárritu, John Lesher, Arnon Milchan, James W. Skotchdopole
U.S. Distributor:...
Forget the Soap…12 Years A Slave Pulls Five Finger Discount at the 2014 Indie Spirit Awards
Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave pulled a five finger discount at the 2014 Indie Spirit Awards grabbing hardware in the Best Feature, Best...
Non-Stop | Review
Murder on the Familiar Express: Collett-Serra’s Airborne Caper a Watchable Throwback
Director Jaume Collet-Serra has jumped aboard the Liam Neeson renaissance train, reuniting with star...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #41. Spike Lee’s Da’ Blood of Jesus
Da' Blood of Jesus
Director: Spike Lee
Writer: Spike Lee
Producer: Spike Lee's 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Michael K. Williams, Felicia...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #42. Anton Corbijn’s Life
Life
Director: Anton Corbijn
Writer: Luke Davies
Producers: See-Saw Films’ Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, First Generation Films' Christina Piovesan
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Dane DeHaan,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #43. Kornél Mundruczó’s The White God
White God
Director: Kornél Mundruczó
Writers: Kornél Mundruczó, Kata Weber, Viktoria Petranyi
Producers: Viktória Petrányi, Eszter Gyárfás
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Zsofia Psotta, Sandor Zsoter, Lili Horvath
It was...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #44. Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher
Foxcatcher
Director: Bennett Miller
Writers: Dan Futterman and E. Max Frye
Producers: Miller, Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman, Annapurna Pictures’ Megan Ellison, Jon Kilik
U.S. Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Cast:...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #45. Craig Zobel’s Z for Zachariah
Z for Zachariah
Director: Craig Zobel
Writers: Pall Grimson, Nissar Modi
Producers: Sophia Lin, Tobey Maguire, Skuli Fr. Malmquist, Matthew Plouffe
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Chris...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #46. Sebastian Silva’s Nasty Baby
Nasty Baby
Director: Sebastian Silva
Writer: Sebastian Silva
Producers: Fabula's Juan de Dios Larrain and Pablo Larrain, Funny Balloons' Peter Danner, Versatile's Pape Boye and Violaine Pichon
U.S....
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #47. David Michôd’s The Rover
The Rover
Director: David Michôd
Writer(s): David Michôd
Producers: David Linde, David Michôd, Liz Watts
U.S. Distributor: a24
Cast: Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson
It's hard to not overpraise David Michôd....
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #48. Mia Hansen-Love’s Eden
Eden
Director: Mia Hansen-Love
Writers: Mia Hansen-Love, Sven Hansen-Love
Producers: Charles Gillibert, Jimmy Price
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Greta Gerwig, Brady Corbet, Laura Smet, Golshifteh Farahani, Pauline Etienne
After...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #49. Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck’s Mississippi Grind
Mississippi Grind
Directors: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
Writers: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
Producers: Electric City Ent.'s Lynette Howell and Jamie Patricof, Sycamore Pictures' Ben Nearn...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #50. Jessica Hausner’s Amour Fou
Amour Fou
Director: Jessica Hausner
Writer: Jessica Hausner
Producers: Martin Gschlacht, Antonin Svoboda, Bruno Wagner, Bady Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Philippe Bober
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Christian Friedel, Birte...
Stalingrad | Review
Back in the U.S.S.R.: Bondarchuk’s Latest a Visual Feast and Narrative Folly
Arriving with a small coterie of distinctive firsts, actor/director Fedor Bondarchuk’s latest directorial...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #51. Laura Poitras’ Untitled Surveillance Documentary
Director: Laura Poitras
Writer: Laura Poitras
Producer: Laura Poitras
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
We wonder if Laura Poitras ever gets any quality shut eye as the documentarian and...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #52. James Gray’s Lost City of Z
The Lost City of Z
Director: James Gray
Writer: James Gray
Producers: Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner
U.S. Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Pattinson
During Cannes 2013,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #53. Fabrice Du Welz’s Colt 45
Colt 45
Director: Fabrice Du Welz
Writer: Fathi Beddiar
Producers: Julien Arnoux, Sébastien Delloye, Thomas Langmann, Emmanuel Montamat
U.S. Distributor: Rights Avilable
Cast: Gerard Lanvin, Joey Starr, Alice Taglioni,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #54. Mark Jackson’s War Story
War Story
Director: Mark Jackson
Writers: Kristin Gore, Mark Jackson
Producers: Kristin Gore, Catherine Keener, Matt Ratner, Shona Tuckman
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Catherine Keener, Hafsia Herzi,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #55. Pablo Fendrik’s The Ardor
The Ardor
Director: Pablo Fendrik
Writer(s): Pablo Fendrik
Producers: Juan Pablo Gugliotta, Nathalia Videla Peña, Gael García Bernal
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Gael García Bernal, Alice Braga
In terms...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #56. Wim Wenders’ Everything Will be Fine
Everything Will Be Fine
Director: Wim Wenders
Writer: Bjorn Olaff Johanessenn
Producers: Gian-Piero Ringel, Erwin M. Schmidt
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Rachel McAdams, James Franco, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marie-Josée...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #57. David Gordon Green’s Manglehorn
Manglehorn
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Paul Logan
Producers: Lisa Muskat, David Gordon Green, Derrick Tseng
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Chris Messina, Harmony Korine
Aside...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #58. Joe Dante’s Casting the Runes
Casting the Runes
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: David Tully
Producers: Daniel Tully, Rob Heydon
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Simon Pegg
So Joe Dante's last film was the underrated 2009...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #59. Robinson Devor’s You Can’t Win
You Can't Win
Director: Robinson Devor
Writers: Robinson Devor, Michael Pitt, Barry Gifford and Charles Mudede
Producers: Robert Scarff, Zach Sebastian, Michael Pitt
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Jeremy...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #60. Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups
Knight of Cups
Director: Terrence Malick
Writer: Terrence Malick
Producers: Nicolas Gonda, Sarah Green, Ken Kao
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Joel Kinnaman, Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Imogen Poots,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #61. Andy & Lana Wachowski’s Jupiter Ascending
Jupiter Ascending
Director: Andy & Lana Wachowski
Writers: Andy & Lana Wachowski
Producers: Grant Hill, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
U.S. Distributor: Warner Bros.
Cast: Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Sean...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #62. Todd Field’s Beautiful Ruins
Beautiful Ruins
Director: Todd Field
Writers: Todd Field and Jess Walter
Producers: Brian Carmody, Todd Field, Patrick Milling Smith, Brian Oliver, Tyler Thompson
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Imogen...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #63. Errol Morris’ Holland, Michigan
Holland, Michigan
Director: Errol Morris
Writer: Andrew Sodroski
Producers: Adam Kassan, John Lesher
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Naomi Watts, Bryan Cranston, Edgar Ramírez
Documentarian Errol Morris has signed on...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #64. John Hillcoat’s Triple Nine
Triple Nine
Director: John Hillcoat
Writer: Matt Cook
Producers: Anonymous Content's Bard Dorros, Steve Golin and Keith Redmon
U.S. Distributor: Open Road
Cast: Aaron Paul, Michael B. Jordan, Kate...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #65. Michael Rowe’s Rest Home
Rest Home
Director: Michael Rowe
Writer: Michael Rowe
Producers: Possibles Media, Freshwater Pictures
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Melissa George, Roy Dupuis
We’ve been a huge of Michael Rowe since...
Criterion Collection: Blue is the Warmest Color | Blu-ray Review
Not quite a year after its memorable premiere at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where it would snatch the Palme d’Or from the Steven...
Criterion Collection: King of the Hill | Blu-ray Review
After a pair of edgy indies and a Palme d’Or to boot, Steven Soderbergh was given his first opportunity to bed down with the...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #67. Park Chan-wook’s Corsica 72
Corsica 72
Director: Park Chan-wook
Writers: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade
Producers: 1984 Private Defense Contractors' Adi Shankar and Spencer Silna, Ruby Films' Alison Owen and Paul Trijbits,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #68. Marco Bellocchio’s La Monaca
La Monaca (La Prigione di Bobbio)
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Writer: Marco Bellocchio
Producer: Simone Gattoni
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Ambra Angiolini, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Lidiya Liberman, Alberto Bellocchio
Bellocchio-ian...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #69. Abel Ferrara’s Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
Director: Abel Ferrara
Writers: Abel Ferrara, Christ Zois
Producer: Belladonna Productions' Adam Folk
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Jacqueline Bisset, Maria Di Angelis
While...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #70. Terence Davies’ Sunset Song
Sunset Song
Director: Terence Davies
Writer: Terence Davies
Producers: Sol Papadopoulos, Roy Boulter
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Agyness Deyn, Peter Mullan
The bad news is that there are needle...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #71. Cutter Hodierne’s Fishing without Nets
Fishing Without Nets
Director: Cutter Hodierne
Writers: Cutter Hodierne, David Burkman, Sam Cohan, John Hibey
Producers: THINK Media Studios’ Brian Glazen and Stephanie Pinola, Raphael Swann, John...
Odd Thomas | Review
Odd Man Out: Delayed Koontz Adaptation a Tone Deaf Misfire
Filmed way back in 2011 and then delayed indefinitely in 2013 due to legal actions...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #72. Hubert Sauper’s We Come as Friends
We Come as Friends
Director: Hubert Sauper
Producers: Hubert Sauper, Gabriele Kranzelbinder
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Winner of a Special World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Prize for Cinematic...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #73. Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury’s Among the Living
Among the Living (Aux yeux des vivants)
Director:Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury
Writer(s): Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury
Producer(s): Fabrice Lambot, Caroline Piras, Jean-Pierre Putters
U.S. Distributor: Rights...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #74. Francois Ozon’s The New Girlfriend
The New Girlfriend (Une Nouvelle Amie)
Director: Francois Ozon
Writer: Francois Ozon
Producers: Mandarin Films' Eric and Nicolas Altmayer
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Romain Duris, Anais Demoustier, Raphael...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #75. Ziad Doueiri’s Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs
Director: Ziad Doueiri
Writers: Ziad Doueiri, Ghassan Salhab, Joelle Touma
Producers: Rachid Bouchareb, Jean Brehat
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Gerard Depardieu
If you’re familiar with his very...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #76. Sophie Barthes’ Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary
Director: Sophie Barthes
Writers: Sophie Barthes and Rose Barreneche
Producers: Aden Films’ Barthes, Occupant Films’ Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Mia Wasikowska,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #77. Marjane Satrapi’s The Voices
The Voices
Director: Marjane Satrapi
Writer: Michael R. Perry
Producers: Matthew Rhodes, Adi Shankar, Roy Lee, Spencer Silna
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Anna Kendrick, Gemma Arterton,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #78. Carter Smith’s Jamie Marks Is Dead
Jamie Marks Is Dead
Director: Carter Smith
Writer: Carter Smith
Producers: Alex Orlovsky, Hunter Gray, Jacob Jaffke, Omri Bezalel, Carter Smith
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Cameron Monaghan, Noah...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #79. Anders Morgenthaler’s I’m Here
I'm Here
Director: Anders Morgenthaler
Writer: Anders Morgenthaler
Producers: Marie Gade Denessen, Julie Lind-Holm
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Kim Basinger, Jordan Prentice, Peter Stormare
While his 2006 film, Princess,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #80. Michael R. Roskam’s The Drop
The Drop
Director: Michael R. Roskam
Writer: Dennis Lehane
Producers: Chernin Entertainment’s Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark, Mike Larocca
U.S. Distributor: Fox Searchlight
Cast: Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #81. Terrence Malick’s Untitled Romantic Drama
Lawless
Director: Terrence Malick
Writer: Terrence Malick
Producers: Nicolas Gonda, Sarah Green, Ken Kao
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett,...
3 Days to Kill | Review
Days Go By: McG Can’t Find the Beat in Mottled Espionage Drama
Now with a handful of brightly lit baubles of films to his name...
