Post by kevin on Apr 5, 2018 18:12:39 GMT
The Cannes film festival may still be a month away, but the lineup is already to be announced in 1 week (the 12th of April). It looks like it may be one of the best editions of the festival in years. There are a lot of movies that apparently went under my radar until now and the festival could be the birthplace of many of 2018's best movies. Here's a list with possible movies at the festival:
The Sisters Brother
Director: Jacques Audiard
Genre: Western
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal
Synopsis: The story follows Eli and Charlie Sisters, two hitmen brothers on the trail of a prospector who has stolen from their boss.
Under the Silver Lake
Director: David Robert Mitchell
Genre: Neo-noir
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace
Synopsis: Centers on a man named Sam who becomes obsessed with the strange circumstances of a billionaire mogul's murder and the kidnapping of a girl.
High Life
Director: Claire Denis
Genre: Science Fiction
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Mia Goth, Juliette Binoche
Synopsis: A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.
Roma
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Genre: Drama
Starring: Marina de Tavira, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa
Synopsis: A story that chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
The Beach Bum
Director: Harmony Korine
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jonah Hill, Isla Fisher
Synopsis: A rebellious stoner named Moondog lives life by his own rules.
Destroyer
Director: Karyn Kusama
Genre: Action
Starring: Sebastian Stan, Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell
Synopsis: A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
The Nightingale
Director: Jennifer Kent (The Babadook)
Genre: Thriller
Starring: Sam Claflin, Aisling Franciosi, Ewen Leslie
Synopsis: A young Irish convict woman seeking revenge for the murder of her family, takes an Aboriginal male tracker with her through the interior and gets much more than she bargained for.
The Fugue
Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska
Genre: Drama
Starring: Gabriela Muskala, Lukasz Simlat, Malgorzata Buczkowska
Synopsis: Centers on a woman struggling to be a mother and wife after losing her memory.
Vision
Director: Naomi Kawase
Genre: Adventure/Drama
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Masatoshi Nagase
Synopsis: Centres on Jeanne, a journalist tracking a mysterious rare herb that appears only once every 997 years.
Non Fiction
Director: Olivier Assayas
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Guillaume Canet, Olivia Ross
Synopsis: Set in the Parisian publishing world, an editor and an author find themselves in over their heads, as they cope with a middle-age crisis, the changing industry and their wives.
First Man
Director: Damien Chazelle
Genre: Drama/History
Starring: Claire Foy, Ryan Gosling, Jon Bernthal
Synopsis: A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
The House That Jack Built
Director: Lars von Trier
Genre: Horror
Starring: Riley Keough, Uma Thurman, Matt Dillon
Synopsis: The story follows Jack, a highly intelligent serial killer over the course of 12 years and depicts the murders that truly develop Jack as a serial killer.
Kursk
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Starring: Colin Firth, Léa Seydoux, Max von Sydow
Synopsis: The film follows the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed.
Hold the Dark
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Genre: Thriller
Starring: Riley Keough, Alexander Skarsgård, Jeffrey Wright
Synopsis: After the deaths of three children suspected to be by wolves, writer Russell Core is hired by the parents of a missing six-year-old boy to track down and locate their son in the Alaskan wilderness.
Outlaw King
Director: David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water)
Genre: Action/War
Starring: Riley Keough, Alexander Skarsgård, Jeffrey Wright
Synopsis: A true David v Goliath story about the battle between the 14th Century Scottish 'Outlaw King' Robert The Bruce and the English army.
Fahrenheit 451
Director: Ramin Bahrani
Genre: Science fiction
Starring: Sofia Boutella, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon
Synopsis: In a terrifying care-free future, a young man, Guy Montag, whose job as a fireman is to burn all books, questions his actions after meeting a young girl and begins to rebel against society.
Everybody Knows
Director: Asghar Farhadi (The Salesman, A Seperation)
Genre: Drama
Starring: Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Bárbara Lennie
Synopsis: Carolina, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her Argentinian husband and children. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.
The Wild Pear Tree
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Genre: Drama
Starring: Hazar Ergüçlü, Murat Cemcir, Ahmet Rifat Sungar
Synopsis: An aspiring writer returns to her native village in rural Turkey, but becomes overwhelmed by her father's debts.
Sunset
Director: László Nemes
Genre: Drama
Starring: Vlad Ivanov, Susanne Wuest, Björn Freiberg
Synopsis: A young girl grows up to become a strong and fearless woman in Budapest before World War I.
Cold War
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Genre: Romance
Starring: Joanna Kulig, Jeanne Balibar, Cédric Kahn
Synopsis: The tale of two star crossed lovers, spanning several years and countries of the Cold War.
Peterloo
Director: Mike Leigh
Genre: Historical epic
Starring: Maxine Peake, Rory Kinnear, Teresa Mahoney
Synopsis: The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
Director: Xavier Dolan
Genre: Drama
Starring: Kit Harington, Natalie Portman
Synopsis: A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces the written correspondence he shared with him.
Dogman
Director: Matteo Garrone
Genre: Action/Drama
Starring: Adamo Dionisi, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano
Synopsis: A revenge drama set on Rome’s crime-ridden outskirts, inspired by a homicide committed by a coked-out dog groomer during the late 1980s.
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Director: Stefano Sollima
Genre: Crime
Starring: Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Isabela Moner
Synopsis: The drug war on the US-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border.
Surprisia
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Genre: Horror
Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton
Synopsis: A young American ballerina comes to train at a prestigious German dance academy and uncovers the school's dark and menacing secrets.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Director: Terry Gilliam
Genre: Adventure/Science fiction
Starring: Adam Driver, Olga Kurylenko, Stellan Skarsgård
Synopsis: An advertising executive jumps back and forth in time between 21st century London and 17th century La Mancha, where Don Quixote mistakes him for Sancho Panza.
The Sisters Brother
Director: Jacques Audiard
Genre: Western
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal
Synopsis: The story follows Eli and Charlie Sisters, two hitmen brothers on the trail of a prospector who has stolen from their boss.
Under the Silver Lake
Director: David Robert Mitchell
Genre: Neo-noir
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace
Synopsis: Centers on a man named Sam who becomes obsessed with the strange circumstances of a billionaire mogul's murder and the kidnapping of a girl.
High Life
Director: Claire Denis
Genre: Science Fiction
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Mia Goth, Juliette Binoche
Synopsis: A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.
Roma
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Genre: Drama
Starring: Marina de Tavira, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa
Synopsis: A story that chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
The Beach Bum
Director: Harmony Korine
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jonah Hill, Isla Fisher
Synopsis: A rebellious stoner named Moondog lives life by his own rules.
Destroyer
Director: Karyn Kusama
Genre: Action
Starring: Sebastian Stan, Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell
Synopsis: A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
The Nightingale
Director: Jennifer Kent (The Babadook)
Genre: Thriller
Starring: Sam Claflin, Aisling Franciosi, Ewen Leslie
Synopsis: A young Irish convict woman seeking revenge for the murder of her family, takes an Aboriginal male tracker with her through the interior and gets much more than she bargained for.
The Fugue
Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska
Genre: Drama
Starring: Gabriela Muskala, Lukasz Simlat, Malgorzata Buczkowska
Synopsis: Centers on a woman struggling to be a mother and wife after losing her memory.
Vision
Director: Naomi Kawase
Genre: Adventure/Drama
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Masatoshi Nagase
Synopsis: Centres on Jeanne, a journalist tracking a mysterious rare herb that appears only once every 997 years.
Non Fiction
Director: Olivier Assayas
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Guillaume Canet, Olivia Ross
Synopsis: Set in the Parisian publishing world, an editor and an author find themselves in over their heads, as they cope with a middle-age crisis, the changing industry and their wives.
First Man
Director: Damien Chazelle
Genre: Drama/History
Starring: Claire Foy, Ryan Gosling, Jon Bernthal
Synopsis: A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
The House That Jack Built
Director: Lars von Trier
Genre: Horror
Starring: Riley Keough, Uma Thurman, Matt Dillon
Synopsis: The story follows Jack, a highly intelligent serial killer over the course of 12 years and depicts the murders that truly develop Jack as a serial killer.
Kursk
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Starring: Colin Firth, Léa Seydoux, Max von Sydow
Synopsis: The film follows the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed.
Hold the Dark
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Genre: Thriller
Starring: Riley Keough, Alexander Skarsgård, Jeffrey Wright
Synopsis: After the deaths of three children suspected to be by wolves, writer Russell Core is hired by the parents of a missing six-year-old boy to track down and locate their son in the Alaskan wilderness.
Outlaw King
Director: David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water)
Genre: Action/War
Starring: Riley Keough, Alexander Skarsgård, Jeffrey Wright
Synopsis: A true David v Goliath story about the battle between the 14th Century Scottish 'Outlaw King' Robert The Bruce and the English army.
Fahrenheit 451
Director: Ramin Bahrani
Genre: Science fiction
Starring: Sofia Boutella, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon
Synopsis: In a terrifying care-free future, a young man, Guy Montag, whose job as a fireman is to burn all books, questions his actions after meeting a young girl and begins to rebel against society.
Everybody Knows
Director: Asghar Farhadi (The Salesman, A Seperation)
Genre: Drama
Starring: Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Bárbara Lennie
Synopsis: Carolina, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her Argentinian husband and children. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.
The Wild Pear Tree
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Genre: Drama
Starring: Hazar Ergüçlü, Murat Cemcir, Ahmet Rifat Sungar
Synopsis: An aspiring writer returns to her native village in rural Turkey, but becomes overwhelmed by her father's debts.
Sunset
Director: László Nemes
Genre: Drama
Starring: Vlad Ivanov, Susanne Wuest, Björn Freiberg
Synopsis: A young girl grows up to become a strong and fearless woman in Budapest before World War I.
Cold War
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Genre: Romance
Starring: Joanna Kulig, Jeanne Balibar, Cédric Kahn
Synopsis: The tale of two star crossed lovers, spanning several years and countries of the Cold War.
Peterloo
Director: Mike Leigh
Genre: Historical epic
Starring: Maxine Peake, Rory Kinnear, Teresa Mahoney
Synopsis: The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
Director: Xavier Dolan
Genre: Drama
Starring: Kit Harington, Natalie Portman
Synopsis: A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces the written correspondence he shared with him.
Dogman
Director: Matteo Garrone
Genre: Action/Drama
Starring: Adamo Dionisi, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano
Synopsis: A revenge drama set on Rome’s crime-ridden outskirts, inspired by a homicide committed by a coked-out dog groomer during the late 1980s.
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Director: Stefano Sollima
Genre: Crime
Starring: Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Isabela Moner
Synopsis: The drug war on the US-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border.
Surprisia
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Genre: Horror
Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton
Synopsis: A young American ballerina comes to train at a prestigious German dance academy and uncovers the school's dark and menacing secrets.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Director: Terry Gilliam
Genre: Adventure/Science fiction
Starring: Adam Driver, Olga Kurylenko, Stellan Skarsgård
Synopsis: An advertising executive jumps back and forth in time between 21st century London and 17th century La Mancha, where Don Quixote mistakes him for Sancho Panza.