It's afternoon in Paris but bright and early here in NYC and the official Cannes lineup has been announced. In 28 days Baz Luhrmann and his undoubtedly enormous Bazmark posse will be hitting the Croisette for the opening night film The Great Gatsby. Immediately following that debut reactions will explode chaotically all over the web with unvariably less art-directed beauty than the fireworks in the film.
But here's what'll actually be competing for the Palme D'Or and assorted main jury prizes.
IN COMPETITION
- Behind The Candelabra (Steven Soderbergh)
- Borgman (Alex Van Warmerdam)
- Un Chateau En Italie (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi)
- La Grande Bellezza (Paolo Sorrentino)
- Grisgris (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)
- Heli (Amat Escalante)
- The Immigrant (James Gray)
- Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel & Ethan Coen)
- Jeune Et Jolie (Francois Ozon)
- Jimmy P (Arnaud Desplechin)
- Michael Kohlhaas (Arnaud Despallieres)
- Nebraska (Alexander Payne)
- Only God Forgives (Nicolas Winding Refn)
- The Past (Asghar Farhadi)
- Soshite Chichi Ni Naru (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
- Tian Zhu Ding (Zhangke Jia)
- Venus In Fur (Roman Polanski)
- La Vie D'Adele (Abdellatif Kechiche)
- Wara No Tate (Takashi Miike)
Which of those films are you bullish on for prizes and/or your own impending fandom? Out of competition and more after the jump...
For those keeping score the James Gray picture The Immigrant, which stars Marion Cotillard, was once Untitled and then it was Lowlife but at least now we know it's finished.
CLOSING FILM
- Zulu (Jérôme Salle)
OUT OF COMPETITION
- All Is Lost (J.C Chandor)
- Blood Ties (Guillaume Canet)
It'll be interesting to see if JC Chandor can capitalize on the success of his Margin Call debut. But why is Caunet, a popular director/actor in France (and Ms Cotillard's significant other) outside the competition in his homeland?
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Also frequently known as "The Section Which Often Houses The Best Films Which Then Prompt "Why Wasn't It In The Main Slate?" Griping
- Anonymous (dir. Mohammad Rasoulof)
- As I Lay Dying (James Franco)
- Bends (Flora Lau)
- The Bling Ring (Sofia Coppola)
- Death March (Adolfo Alix Jr)
- Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler)
- Grand Central (Rebecca Zlotowski)
- L'Image Manquante (Rithy Panh)
- L'Inconnu Du Lac (Alain Guiraudie)
- La Jaula De Oro (Diego Quemada)
- Miele (Valeria Golino)
- Norte, Hangganana Ng Kasaysayan (Lav Diaz)
- Omar (Hany Abu-Assad)
- Les Salauds (Claire Denis)
- Sarah Prefere La Course" (Chloe Robichaud)
MIDNIGHT
- Blind Detective (Johnnie To)
- Monsoon Shootout (Amit Kumar)
SPECIAL SCREENING
- Max Rose (Daniel Noah)
- Weekend Of A Champion (Roman Polanski)
- Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (Stephen Frears)
- Stop The Pounding Heart (Roberto Minervini)
- Seduced & Abandoned (James Toback)
- Otdat Konci (Taisia Igumentseva)
- Bombay Talkies (Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Karan Johar)
Which films are you most anxious to see? No fair saying "all of the above"