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Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #128. Mona Fastvold’s The Sleepwalker
The Sleepwalker
Director: Mona Fastvold
Writers: Mona Fastvold, Brady Corbet
Producers: 4 1⁄2′s Karin Julsrud and Turid Øversveen, Tandem Pictures’ Julie Christeas and Schuyler Weiss
U.S. Distributor: Rights...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #129. Ted Melfi’s St. Vincent De Van Nuys
Director: Ted Melfi
Writer: Ted Melfi
Producers: Chernin Entertainment’s Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping, Ted Melfi, Fred Roos, Don Cheadle
U.S. Distributor: The Weinstein Co.
Cast: Bill Murray,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #130. Morton Tyldum’s The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game
Director: Morten Tyldum
Writer: Graham Moore
Producers: Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman
U.S. Distributor: The Weinstein Co.
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark...
Best of Fest: Caitlin’s Top Five Films of Sundance 2014
#5. Love Is Strange
Big-screen romance has moved far beyond cigar smoking gentlemen with obscenely chiseled jaw lines holding doors for iconic beauties that don’t...
The Cinema of Alain Robbe-Grillet | Blu-ray Review
Trans-Europ-Express (1967)
Redemption films resurrects two long unavailable titles from director Alain Robbe-Grillet, a member of the Nouvelle Vague best known as the screenwriter for...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #131. Margaret Brown’s The Great Invisible
The Great Invisible
Director: Margaret Brown
Producer: Jason Orans
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
We've been hyping the talents of Margaret Brown the moment she introduced Be Here...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #132. Paul Solet’s Dark Summer
Dark Summer
Director: Paul Solet
Writer: Mike Le
Producer: Ross M. Dinerstein
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Peter Stormare, Grace Phipps, Keir Gilcrhist
After the success of his delightfully creepy...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #133. Tristan Patterson’s Electric Slide
Electric Slide
Director: Tristan Patterson
Writer: Tristan Patterson
Producers: Myriad Pictures’ Kirk D’Amico, Skyscraper Films’ Hans Ritter & Killer Films’ Christine Vachon
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Jim Sturgess,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #134. Mitchell Lichtenstein’s Anjelica
Anjelica
Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein
Writer: Mitchell Lichtenstein
Producer: Joyce M. Pierpoline
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Jena Malone, Janet McTeer, Ed Stoppard
Well, you should all be excited that Mitchell...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #135. Ira Sachs’ Love is Strange
Love is Strange
Director: Ira Sachs
Writers: Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias
Producers: Sachs, Parts and Labor’s Lars Knudsen & Jay Van Hoy, Lucas Joaquin, Jayne Baron...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #136. Adam Wingard’s The Guest
The Guest
Director: Adam Wingard
Writer: Simon Barrett
Producers: Snoot Entertainment’s Keith Calder and Jessica Wu
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Dan Stevens, Joel David Moore, Lance Reddick
After segments...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #137. Bent Hamer’s 1001 Grams
1001 Grams
Director: Bent Hamer
Writer: Bent Hamer
Producer: Bulbul Films' Bent Hamer
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Ane Dahl Torp, Laurent Stocker, Hildegun Riise, Stein Winge, Per Christian...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #138. Rio, I Love You
Rio, I Love You
Director: Stephan Elliott, Fernando Meirelles, José Padilha, Paolo Sorrentino, Vicente Amorim, Guillermo Arriaga, Im Sang-soo, Nadine Labaki, Carlos Saldanha, Andrucha Waddington
Writer(s):...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #139. Jean Baptiste Leonetti’s The Reach
The Reach
Director: Jean-Baptiste Leonetti
Writer: Stephen Susco
Producer: Michael Douglas, Robert Mitas
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Michael Douglas, Jeremy Irvine, Ronny Cox
Jean-Baptiste Leonetti's directorial debut was the...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #140. Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man
A Most Wanted Man
Director: Anton Corbijn
Writer: Andrew Bovell
Producers: Andrea Calderwood, Simon Cornwell, Stephen Cornwell, Gail Egan, Malte Grunert
U.S. Distributor: Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions
Cast: Philip...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #141. Neil LaBute’s Dirty Weekend
Dirty Weekend
Director: Neil LaBute
Writer: Neil LaBute
Producers: Duncan Montgomery, Tiller Russell, Joey Stewart
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Alice Eve, Phil Burke
It seems LaBute had...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #142. Lynn Shelton’s Laggies
Laggies
Director: Lynn Shelton
Writer: Andrea Seigel
Producers: Craig Chapman, Kevin Scott Frakes, Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin, Kyle Dean Jackson
U.S. Distributor: A24
Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Keira Knightley,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #143. John Boorman’s Queen and Country
Queen and Country
Director: John Boorman
Writer: John Boorman
Producer: John Boorman, Kieran Corrigan
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Tamsin Egerton, David Thewlis, Richard E. Grant, Caleb Landry Jones
The...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #144. Barry Levinson’s Rock the Kasbah
Rock the Kasbah
Director: Barry Levinson
Writer: Mitch Glazer
Producers: Steve Bing, Bill Block, Jacob Pechenik
U.S. Distributor: Open Road Films
Cast: Zooey Deschanel, Shia LaBeouf, Bruce Willis, Kate...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #145. James Ponsoldt’s The End of the Tour
The End of the Tour
Director: James Ponsoldt
Writers: Donald Margulies
Producers: James Dahl, Matt DeRoss, David Kanter
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg
The success of...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #146. Shira Piven’s Welcome to Me
Welcome to Me
Director: Shira Piven
Writer: Eliot Laurence
Producers: Kristen Wiig, BRON Studios' Aaron L. Gilbert and Marina Grasic, Gary Sanchez Productions' Will Ferrell, Adam...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #147. Jalmari Helander’s Big Game
Big Game
Director: Jalmari Helander
Writers: Jalmari Helander, Petri Jokiranta
Producers: Altitude Film Entertainment, Cinet, Egoli Tossell Film, Subzero Film Entertainment
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Samuel Jackson, Jim...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #148. George Clooney’s The Monuments Men
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #148. George Clooney's The Monuments Men
The Monuments Men
Director: George Clooney
Writers: George Clooney and Grant Heslov
Producers: George Clooney...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #149. Volker Schlondorff’s Diplomacy
Diplomacy
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Writers: Volker Schlondorff, Cyril Gely
Producers: Film Oblige's Marc de Bayser and Frank de Bayser
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Andre Dussollier, Niels Arestrup, Robert...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #150. Gregg Araki’s White Bird in a Blizzard
White Bird in a Blizzard
Director: Gregg Araki
Writer: Gregg Araki
Producer: Gregg Araki, Why Not Productions’ Pascal Caucheteux and Sebastien Lemercier, Pavlina Hatoupis
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast:...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #151. Tsai-ming Liang’s Xi You (Journey to the West)
Xi You (Journey to the West)
Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Writer: Tsai Ming-liang
Producer: Vincent Wang, Fred Bellaiche
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Lee Kang-sheng, Denis Lavant
This weekend, the Berlin...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #152. Jasmila Zbanic’s Love Island
Love Island
Director: Jasmila Zbanic
Writers: Aleksandar Hemon, Jasmila Zbanic
Producers: Deblokada Produkcija, Komplizen Film, Okofilm Productions, Ziva Produkcija
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Ariane Labed, Franco Nero, Ada...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #153. Bill Pohlad’s Love and Mercy
Love and Mercy
Director: Bill Pohlad
Writer: Oren Moverman
Producers: Bill Pohlad, Claire Rudnick Polstein, John Wells, Brian Wilson
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Elizabeth Banks, Paul Dano, John...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #154. Jean-Paul Civeyrac’s My Friend Victoria
My Friend Victoria (Mon amie Victoria)
Director: Jean-Paul Civeyrac
Writers: Jean-Paul Civeyrac
Producer(s): Les Films Pelleas
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Catherine Mouchet, Pascal Greggory, Aurore Broutin
Director Jean-Paul Civeyrac...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #155. Darren Aronofsky’s Noah
Noah
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Writers: Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel
Producers: Darren Aronofsky, Scott Franklin, Arnon Milchan, Mary Parent
U.S. Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Russell Crowe, Emma Watson, Jennifer Connelly,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #156. James Franco’s The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury
Director: James Franco
Writer: Matt Rager
Producers: Caroline Aragon, Lee Caplin, Vince Jolivette
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Loretta...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #157. Diane Bell’s Shiva & May
Shiva & May
Director: Diane Bell
Writer: Diane Bell
Producers: Super Crispy Films’ Jonathan Schwartz and Andrea Sperling, Manage-ment’s Dan Halsted, Greg Ammon
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Jessica...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #158. Michel Hazanavicius’ The Search
The Search
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Writer: Michel Hazanvicius
Producers: Thomas Langmann
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Berenice Bejo, Annette Bening
Michel Hazanavicius’ follow-up feature to his Oscar winning 2011 film...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #159. Jason Reitman’s Men, Women & Children
Men, Women & Children
Director: Jason Reitman
Writer(s): Jason Reitman, Erin Cressida Wilson
Producers: Right of Way Films' Helen Estabrook & Reitman
U.S. Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Adam Sandler,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #160. Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Blackbird
Blackbird
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Writers: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Producers: Stephanie Allain, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Ryan Kavanaugh
U.S. Distributor: Relativity Media
Cast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Minnie Driver, Danny Glover, Nate Parker
Sharing the...
Best of Fest: Jordan’s Top Five Films of Sundance 2014
5. The Guest (Adam Wingard)
Having not seen A Horrible Way to Die, You’re Next or either editions of V/H/S, I had not a clue...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #161. Patricia Riggen’s The 33
The 33
Director: Patricia Riggen
Writers: Mikko Alanne, Michael John Bell, Craig Borten, Jose Rivera
Producers: Robert Katz, Edward McGurn, Mike Medavoy
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Rodrigo Santoro,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #162. Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler
Nightcrawler
Director: Dan Gilroy
Writer: Dan Gilroy
Producers: Michel Litvak, David Lancaster, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Fox, Tony Gilroy
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #163. Djinn Carrenard’s Making Love
Making Love (Faire L’Amour)
Director: Djinn Carrenard
Writer: Djinn Carrenard
Producers: Realitism Films' Grégory Bernard and Diane Jassem
U.S. Distributor: Right Available
Cast: Unknown
This was a title we had...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #164. Claude Lelouch’s Salaud on t’aime
Salaud on t'aime
Director: Claude Lelouch
Writers: Claude Lelouch, Valerie Perrin
Producer: Jean-Paul De Vidas
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Johnny Hallyday, Jacky Ido, Irene Jacob, Valerie...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #165. Cameron Crowe’s Deep Tiki
Deep Tiki
Director: Cameron Crowe
Writer: Cameron Crowe
Producers: Scott Rudin and Crowe
U.S. Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Emma Stone, Alec Baldwin, Danny McBride
Excluding his...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #166. Christoph Hochhausler’s Lichtjahre
Light Years (Lichtjahre)
Director: Christoph Hochhausler
Writer: Christoph Hochhausler
Producer: Heimatfilm
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Florian David Fitz, Horst Kotterba, Lilith Stanenberg
A member of what's referred to as...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #167. Michael Tully’s Ping Pong Summer
Ping Pong Summer
Director: Michael Tully
Writer(s): Michael Tully
Producers: George M. Rush, Ryan Zacarias, Brooke Bernard, Billy Peterson, Jeff Allard, Michael Gottwald
U.S. Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Cast: Susan...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #168. Arnold de Parscau’s Ablations
Ablations
Director: Arnold de Parscau
Writer: Benoit Delepine
Producers: JPG Films, Nexus Factory, No Money Productions
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Denis Menochet, Virginie Ledoyen, Philippe Nahon, Yolande Moreau,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #169. Jaffe Zinn’s Children
Children
Director: Jaffe Zinn
Writer: Jaffe Zinn
Producers: Jaffe and Stephanie Zinn, Sterling Hoch
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Kate Lyn Sheil, Samantha Jacober
Jaffe Zinn blasted onto the film...
Best of Fest: Nicholas’ Top Five Films from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival
#5. Love Is Strange
While I've been a fan of Ira Sachs' work for some time now, I was intrigued to see what he'd do...
Cavemen | Review
Puddle of Mud: Faber’s Debut an Antiquated Exercise of Quest for Love
Romantically inclined comedies from the dude’s perspective may seem rare, but often suffer...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #171. Nanni Moretti’s Mia Madre
Mia Madre (My Mother)
Director: Nanni Moretti
Writers: Nanni Moretti, Franceso Poccolo and Valia Santella
Producers: Moretti's Sacher Film production, Le Pacte, Arte Cinema
U.S. Distributor: Rights...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #172. Benjamin Heisenberg’s Superegos
Superegos
Director: Benjamin Heisenberg
Writers: Benjamin Heisenberg, Josef Lechner
Producer: Komplizen film
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Hildeaard Schroedter, Maria Hofstatter, Nina Fog
Heisenberg received critical acclaim and a smattering...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #173. Lucas Belvaux’s Not My Type
Not My Type (Pas son Genre)
Director: Lucas Belvaux
Writer: Lucas Belvaux
Producer: Agat Films' Patrick Sobelman
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Emilie Dequenne, Loic Corbery, Anne Coesens
Belvaux is,...
