Marcello welcomes you to Cannes

This years poster for the Cannes film festival is just too cool; that's sexy Marcello Mastroianni peering over those Foster Grants - or Persols or whatever sunglasses celebs are wearing these days.

Which is to say the Cannes Film Festival lineup has been released and here it is. 

Opening Film: Grace Of Monaco, dir: Olivier Dahan

Closing Film: To be announced

COMPETITION

Winter Sleep, dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Clouds Of Sils Maria, dir: Olivier Assayas

Saint Laurent, dir: Bertrand Bonello

Maps To The Stars, dir: David Cronenberg

Two Days, One Night, dirs: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

Mommy, dir: Xavier Dolan

The Captive, dir: Atom Egoyan

Goodbye To Language, dir: Jean-Luc Godard

The Search, dir: Michel Hazanavicius

Jimmy’s Hall, dir: Ken Loach

The Homesman, dir: Tommy Lee Jones

Futatsume No Mado, dir: Naomi Kawase

Mr Turner, dir: Mike Leigh

Foxcatcher, dir: Bennett Miller

Leviathan, dir: Andrey Zvyaginstev

Wild Tales, dir: Damian Szifron

Le Meraviglie, dir: Alice Rohrwacher

Timbuktu, Abderrahmane Sissako

I'm excited about The Homesman! It's based on Glen Swarthout's award winning western novel about Mary Bee Cuddy, a feisty spinster and former teacher who, along with a low life, George Briggs (Tommy Lee Jones). The cast is really enticing; Hailee Steinfeld, James Spader, John Lithgow, and Grace Gummer - she's inherited at least some of her mom's acting genes - is Arabella Sours, the best character name ever!  Mom Meryl Streep also plays a role. Jones directs and had a hand in with the script. My son has turned me on to some classic westerns from the likes of Ford, Hawkes, Leone, Peckinpaw, and Eastwood so Jones has pretty big, make that HUGE, shoes to fill! Moreinfo as we move forward; The Homesman screens May 21 at Cannes, in August at Telluride with a limited release set for October 3rd.

Heres the films set for Un Certain Regard and the balance of the Cannes screenings - so excited for Lost River, Ryan Gosling's directorial debut!

UN CERTAIN REGARD

Opening Film: Party Girl*, dirs: Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis

Untitled, dir: Lisandro Alonso

La Chambre Bleue, dir: Mathieu Amalric

L’Incompresa, dir: Asia Argento

Lost River*, dir: Ryan Gosling

Amour Fou, dir: Jessica Hausner

Titli*, dir: Kanu Behl

Charlie’s Country, dir: Rolf de Heer

Bird People, dir: Pascale Ferran

Eleanor Rigby, dir: Ned Benson

Snow In Paradise*, dir: Andrew Hulme

A Girl At My Door*, dir: July Jung

Xenia, dir: Panos Koutras

Run, dir: Philippe Lacôte

Hermosa Juventud, dir: Jaime Rosales

Turist, dir: Ruben Ostlund

The Salt Of The Earth, dirs: Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado

Fantasia, dir: Wang Chao

Harcheck Mi Headro, dir: Keren Yedaya

OUT OF COMPETITION

How To Train Your Dragon 2, dir: Dean DeBlois

Coming Home, dir: Zhang Yimou

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS

The Target, dir: Chang

The Salvation, dir: Kristian Levring

The Rover, dir: David Michöd

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Eau Argentée, dir: Mohammed Ossama

Maidan, dir: Sergei Loznitsa

Red Army, dir: Polsky Gabe

Caricaturistes – Fantassins De La Démocratie, dir: Stéphanie Valloatto

The Bridges Of Sarajevo, dirs: Aida Begic, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Jean-Luc Godard, Kamen Kalev, isild Le Besco, Sergei Loznitsa, Vincenzo Marra, Ursula Meier, Vladimir Perisic, Cristi Puiu, Marc Recha, Angela Schanelec, Teresa Villaverde

* Denotes first feature, eligible for the Camera d’Or