I’ve added seven films to my Cannes ‘22 Spitballing. Most of these are either in production or about to enter production before the year is done:
Frere et Soeur — Arnaud Desplechin
La Chimera — Alice Rohrwacher
L'envol — Pietro Marcello
Revoir Paris — Alice Winocour
Three Thousand Years of Longing — George Miller
Eureka — Lisandro Alonso
Close — Lukas Dhont
Thanks, Cricket.
Looks like this 75th edition could be a very special one. We probably have to knock on wood somewhere to hope that COVID-19 is contained in Europe by the time next May rolls around. Austria just entered a lockdown and Germany/Italy might be next. Still, as unpredictable as this pandemic has been, I don’t see a major problem arising by next summer, especially if testing sites are facilitated like they were this past June.
Criterion's December lineup has some great additions to the library, but the title that jumped out at me is Werner Herzog's "Grizzly Man," which officially joins the Collection on December 8.