Oh yeah, Cannes

I could've sworn I blogged about Cannes but clearly I haven't.

Main competition

• BIR ZAMANLAR ANADOLU'DA (ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA) directed by Nuri Bilge CEYLAN
• DRIVE directed by Nicolas WINDING REFN
• HABEMUS PAPAM directed by Nanni MORETTI
• HANEZU NO TSUKI (HANEZU) directed by Naomi KAWASE
• HEARAT SHULAYIM (Footnote) directed by Joseph CEDAR
• ICHIMEI (HARA-KIRI: DEATH OF A SAMURAI) directed by Takashi MIIKE
• L'APOLLONIDE - SOUVENIRS DE LA MAISON CLOSE (HOUSE OF TOLERANCE) directed by Bertrand BONELLO
• LA PIEL QUE HABITO (THE SKIN I LIVE IN) directed by Pedro ALMODÓVAR
• LA SOURCE DES FEMMES (THE SOURCE) directed by Radu MIHAILEANU
• LE GAMIN AU VÉLO (THE KID WITH A BIKE) directed by Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE
• LE HAVRE directed by Aki KAURISMÄKI
• MELANCHOLIA directed by Lars VON TRIER
• MICHAEL directed by Markus SCHLEINZER
• PATER directed by Alain CAVALIER
• POLISSE (POLISS) directed by MAÏWENN
• SLEEPING BEAUTY directed by Julia LEIGH
• THE ARTIST directed by Michel HAZANAVICIUS
• THE TREE OF LIFE directed by Terrence MALICK
• THIS MUST BE THE PLACE directed by Paolo SORRENTINO
• WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN directed by Lynne RAMSAY'

Notables are films by Refn, Malick, Von Trier, and Almodovar. Also look out for Julia Leigh's film Sleeping Beauty and Lynne Ramsay's "We Need to Talk About Kevin"

Un Certain Regard

• ARIRANG directed by KIM Ki-Duk
• BÉ OMID É DIDAR directed by Mohammad RASOULOF
• BONSÁI directed by Cristián JIMÉNEZ
• ELENA directed by Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV
• ET MAINTENANT ON VA OU ? (where do we go now?) directed by Nadine LABAKI
• HALT AUF FREIER STRECKE (STOPPED ON TRACK) directed by Andreas DRESEN
• HORS SATAN directed by Bruno DUMONT
• L'EXERCICE DE L'ETAT (THE MINISTER) directed by Pierre SCHOELLER
• LES NEIGES DU KILIMANDJARO (THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO) directed by Robert GUEDIGUIAN
• LOVERBOY directed by Catalin MITULESCU
• MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE directed by Sean DURKIN
• MISS BALA directed by Gerardo NARANJO
• OKHOTNIK (THE HUNTER) directed by Bakur BAKURADZE
• OSLO, 31. AUGUST (OSLO, AUGUST 31ST ) directed by Joachim TRIER
• RESTLESS directed by Gus VAN SANT
• SKOONHEID (BEAUTY) directed by Oliver HERMANUS
• TATSUMI directed by Eric KHOO
• THE DAY HE ARRIVES directed by HONG Sangsoo
• THE MURDERER (THE YELLOW SEA) (THE YELLOW SEA) directed by NA Hong-Jin
• TOOMELAH directed by Ivan SEN
• TRABALHAR CANSA (HARD LABOR) directed by Marco DUTRA, Juliana ROJAS

Out of Competition

• BOLLYWOOD-THE GREATEST LOVE STORY EVER TOLD directed by Rakeysh OMPRAKASH MEHRA, Jeff ZIMBALIST
• DIAS DE GRACIA (DAYS OF GRACE) directed by Everardo GOUT
• LA CONQUÊTE (THE CONQUEST) directed by Xavier DURRINGER
• LES BIEN-AIMES (BELOVED) directed by Christophe HONORÉ
• MIDNIGHT IN PARIS directed by Woody ALLEN
• PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES directed by Rob MARSHALL
• THE BEAVER directed by Jodie FOSTER
• WU XIA directed by Peter Ho-Sun CHAN

Overall, some pretty interesting films out of this lot. The festival is starting in a few days and I'll keep you posted as to what's going on if anything worthwhile happens.

Other than that, expect a Thor review tonight or tomorrow.