Ten-to-watch at Toronto
Toronto announced a new batch of films today. Anne put up the full list here. Here are ten that I want to see:
"Mister Lonely" - Finally something new from Harmony Korine. Though it got tepid reviews at Cannes, its slug is irresistable. Diego Luna is a Michael Jackson impersonator who falls for Samantha Morton as a Marilyn Monroe. She invites him to her commune in Scotland (run by Werner Herzog), where she lives with Charlie Chaplin (Denis Lavant) and her daughter, Shirley Temple.
"Glory to the Filmmaker!" - Takeshi Kitano directs and stars, playing himself as a famous director of gangster films who declares he won't do them anymore.
"It's a Free World..." - the latest from Ken Loach is about a woman who starts her own re-cruitment agency for immigrants desperate for work.
"The Past" - "Kiss of the Spiderwoman" director Hector Babenco film stars Gael Garcia Bernal as a man who's life is in the gutter after he loses his job and custody of his children.
"Chop Shop" - new from producers Lisa Muskat ("George Washington") and Peter Saraf, Jeb Brody ("Little Miss Sunshine"). Directed by Ramin Bahrani ("Man Pushcart") it follows a tough Latino street orphan who lives in an auto-body repair shop in a huge junkyard in Queens, New York.
"Erik Nietzsche the Early Years" - directed by Jacob Thuesen and written by Lars von Trier under the nom-de-plume Erik Nietzsche. It's a "semi-autobiographical film follows an intelligent, inexperienced and shy young man who, convinced that he wants to be a film director, enrolls in the Danish National Film School."
"Jellyfish" - Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen multi-thread story won the 2007 Cannes' Camera d'Or where Alissa Simon gave it a rave review. (pictured)
"King of California" - many of Michael Douglas's best roles are about a men who lose their minds in the tangle of modern America ("Falling Down", "Wonder Boys"). Here he heads out on an obsessive quest to uncover an ancient Spanish treasure buried under a Costco. Directed by Mike Cahill, it's produced by Alexander Payne and Michael London.
"New York City Serenade" - "Joe the King" director Frank Whaley's new film is about two best friends crashing a small film festival in Kansas.
"Boy A" - John Crowley's film, previously announced, follows a young man's transition from a long life in juvenile institutions, where he's been since he was a child serving time for the murder of another boy. The fantastic Peter Mullen is his case worker.
(Mike Jones)
"Mister Lonely" - Finally something new from Harmony Korine. Though it got tepid reviews at Cannes, its slug is irresistable. Diego Luna is a Michael Jackson impersonator who falls for Samantha Morton as a Marilyn Monroe. She invites him to her commune in Scotland (run by Werner Herzog), where she lives with Charlie Chaplin (Denis Lavant) and her daughter, Shirley Temple."Glory to the Filmmaker!" - Takeshi Kitano directs and stars, playing himself as a famous director of gangster films who declares he won't do them anymore.
"It's a Free World..." - the latest from Ken Loach is about a woman who starts her own re-cruitment agency for immigrants desperate for work.
"The Past" - "Kiss of the Spiderwoman" director Hector Babenco film stars Gael Garcia Bernal as a man who's life is in the gutter after he loses his job and custody of his children.
"Chop Shop" - new from producers Lisa Muskat ("George Washington") and Peter Saraf, Jeb Brody ("Little Miss Sunshine"). Directed by Ramin Bahrani ("Man Pushcart") it follows a tough Latino street orphan who lives in an auto-body repair shop in a huge junkyard in Queens, New York.
"Erik Nietzsche the Early Years" - directed by Jacob Thuesen and written by Lars von Trier under the nom-de-plume Erik Nietzsche. It's a "semi-autobiographical film follows an intelligent, inexperienced and shy young man who, convinced that he wants to be a film director, enrolls in the Danish National Film School."
"Jellyfish" - Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen multi-thread story won the 2007 Cannes' Camera d'Or where Alissa Simon gave it a rave review. (pictured)"King of California" - many of Michael Douglas's best roles are about a men who lose their minds in the tangle of modern America ("Falling Down", "Wonder Boys"). Here he heads out on an obsessive quest to uncover an ancient Spanish treasure buried under a Costco. Directed by Mike Cahill, it's produced by Alexander Payne and Michael London.
"New York City Serenade" - "Joe the King" director Frank Whaley's new film is about two best friends crashing a small film festival in Kansas.
"Boy A" - John Crowley's film, previously announced, follows a young man's transition from a long life in juvenile institutions, where he's been since he was a child serving time for the murder of another boy. The fantastic Peter Mullen is his case worker.
(Mike Jones)
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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