Monday, December 31, 2012

Bell's 156 Most Anticipated Films, 2013


Well, here it is---another year, another hotly anticipated list. Granted, a few of these titles are wishful thinking (the Zulawski title may be a pipedream) and a few may end up being 2014 titles, but I've tried to weed out most of those (so no Grace of Monaco or The Grand Budapest Hotel). Also, the first seven titles are Sigourney Weaver and Isabelle Huppert projects, so the unbiased list starts at #7, with Ulrich Seidl's Paradise: Love gets that slot (see photo). Of these 156 titles (the Ned Benson project, The Disappearance of His/Hers, which stands as two separate films, I have counted as one at #4), 27 of these are female directors (and of these, 13 are from US, 7 from France).

1. It Is What It Is - Dir. Susanna Fogel (US)
2. Happy Holidays, Katherine Sloane - Dir. Daniel Petrie (US)
3. Abuse of Weakness - Dir. Catherine Breillat (France)
4. Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Hers, The - Dir. Ned Benson (US)
4. Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: His, The - Dir. Ned Benson (US)
5. Tip Top - Dir. Serge Bozon (France)
6. Dead Man Down - Dir. Niels Arden Oplev (US)
7. Paradise: Hope - Dir. Ulrich Seidl (Austria)
8. Girls Will Be Girls Sequel - Dir. Richard Day (US)
9. Dark Matter - Dir. Andrzej Zulawski (Poland)
10. Venus In Fur - Dir. Roman Polanski (France)
11. Only God Forgives - Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn (US)
12. Only Lovers Left Alive - Dir. Jim Jarmusch (US)
13. Tom a la Ferme - Dir. Xavier Dolan (France)
14. To The Eyes - Dir. Michel Franco (Mexico)
15. Last Voyage of the Demeter - Dir. Neil Marshall (UK)
16. Colt 45 - Dir. Fabrice Du Welz (France)
17. Among the Living - Dir. Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo (France)
18. All Cheerleaders Die - Dir. Lucky McKee (US)
19. Beauty and the Beast - Dir. Christophe Gans (France)
20. Dances of Reality, The - Dir. Alejando Jodorowsky (Mexico)
21. Horns - Dir. Alexandre Aja (US)
22. Memories of Blue Hill Club - Dir. Lee Chang Dong (South Korea)
23. Maps To the Stars - Dir. David Cronenberg (Canada)
24. Nymphomaniac - Dir. Lars Von Trier (Denmark)
25. Panda Eyes - Dir. Isabel Coixet (UK)
26. Snow Piercer - Dir. Bong Joon-ho (South Korea)
27. Space Station 76 - Dir. Jack Plotnick (US)
28. Stoker - Dir. Park Chan Wook (US)
29. Lobster, The - Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (UK)
30. Spiritismes - Dir. Guy Madden (Canada)
31. Under the Skin - Dir. Jonathan Glazer (US)
32. Two Mothers - Dir. Anne Fontaine (France/Australia)
33. Untitled Nicole Holofcener Project - Dir. Nicole Holofcener (US)
34. Vernon God Little - Dir. Werner Herzog (US)
35. Zero Theorem, The - Dir. Terry Gilliam (US)
36. East, The - Dir. Zal Batmanglij (US)
37. Blue Is a Hot Color - Dir. Abdel Kechiche (France)
38. Cut, The - Dir. Fatih Akin (France/Turkey)
39. Duke of Burgundy, The - Dir. Peter Strickland (UK)
40. Bastards, The - Dir. Claire Denis (France)
41. Happy Sad, The - Dir. Rodney Evans (US)
42. Rest Home - Dir. Michael Rowe (Mexico)
43. Queer - Dir. Steve Buscemi (US)
44. Rover, The - Dir. David Michod (Australia)
45. Mood Indigo - Michel Gondry (France)
46. Jane Got a Gun - Lynne Ramsay (US)
47. Innocence - Dir. Hilary Brougher (US)
48. I'm So Excited - Dir. Pedro Almodovar (Spain)
49. Untitled Asghar Farhadi Project - Dir. Asghar Farhadi (France)
50. Why Don't You Play In Hell? - Dir. Shion Sono (Japan)
51. Woman In the Cage, The - Dir. Mikkel Norgaard (Denmark)
52. Zama - Dir. Lucretia Martel (Argentina)
53. 12 Years a Slave - Dir. Steve McQueen (UK)
54. Butler, The - Dir. Lee Daniels (US)
55. Chinese Puzzle - Dir. Cedric Klapisch (France)
56. Field in England, A - Dir. Ben Wheatley (UK)
57. Mobius - Dir. Eric Rochant (France)
58. Layla Fourie - Dir. Pia Marais (Germany)
59. Never Goodnight, We are the Best! - Dir. Lukas Moodysson (Sweden)
60. Night Train to Lisbon - Dir. Bille August (Germany)
61. Perfect Sisters - Dir. Stanley M. Brooks (US)
62. Side Effect, The - Dir. Ti West (US)
63. White Bird in a Blizzard  - Dir. Gregg Araki (US)
64. Gravity Alfonso Cuaron - Dir. (US)
65. Bolo - Dir. Dee Rees (US)
66. 3096 - Dir. Sherry Horman (Germany)
67. Carrie - Dir. Kimberly Pierce (US)
68. Dallas Buyers Club, The - Dir. Jean-Marc Vallee (US)
69. Dark Touch - Dir. Marina de Van (France)
70. Death's Cold Hand - Dir. Agnieszka Holland (Poland)
71. Enemy, An - Dir. Denis Villeneuve (Canada)
72. Hive, The - Dir. Brad Anderson (US)
73. It Goes (Elle s'en va) - Dir. Emmanuelle Bercot (France)
74. Kiss of the Damned - Dir. Xan Cassavetes (US)
75. Last Days on Mars - Dir. Ruairi Robinson (UK)
76. Mother of George - Dir. Andrew Dosunmu (US)
77. Making Love - Dir. Djinn Carrenard (France)
78. Nightingale - Dir. James Gray (US)
79. Scorpion In Love - Dir. Santiago Zannou (Spain)
80. Skytten - Dir. Annette K. Olesen (Denmark)
81. Untitled Robert Cantarella Project - Dir. Robert Cantarella (US/France
82. Blood Ties - Dir. Guillaume Canet (US)
83. Camille Claudel, 1915 - Dir. Bruno Dumont (France)
84. Carol - Dir. John Crowley (UK)
85. Dau - Dir. Ilya Khrzhanovskiy (Russia)
86. Devil's Knot - Dir. Atom Egoyan (US)
87. Attachment - Dir. Tony Kaye (US)
88. Grand Piano - Dir. Eugenio Mira (Spain)
89. Her - Dir. Spike Jonze (US)
90. Louder Than Bombs - Dir. Joachim Trier (US)
91. Queen of the Desert - Dir. Werner Herzog (Germany)
92. Spies & Gilstrup - Dir. Cristoffer Boe (Denmark)
93. Sunlight Jr. - Dir. Laurie Collyer (US)
94. Untitled Terrence Malick Project - Dir. Terrence Malick (US)
95. Railway Man, The - Dir. Jonathan Teplitzky (Australia/UK)
96. Pacific Rim - Dir. Guillermo Del Toro (US)
97. Back Roads - Dir. Adrian Lyne (US)
98. Bling Ring, The - Dir. Sofia Coppola (US)
99. Canyons, The - Dir. Paul Schrader (US)
100. Corpus Christi - Dir. Richard Kelly (US)
101. Night Moves - Dir. Kelly Reichardt (US)
102. Keep, The - Dir. Peter Weir (UK)
103. Birdman - Dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Spain)
104. Insidious Chapter 2 - Dir. James Wan (US)
105. Gerontophilia - Dir. Bruce la Bruce (Canada/France)
106. Counselor, The - Dir. Ridley Scott (US)
107. Jealousy - Dir. Philippe Garrel (France)
108. Knight of Cups - Dir. Terrence Malick (US)
109. Lumpy - Dir. Ted Koland (US)
110. Magic Magic - Dir. Sebastian Silva (US)
111. Wrong Cops - Dir. Quentin Dupieux (US/France)
112. Double, The - Dir. Richard Ayode (US)
113. Seventh Son, The - Dir. Sergey Bodrov (UK)
114. Nebraska - Dir. Alexander Payne (US)
115. Side Effects - Dir. Steven Soderbergh (US)
116. Untitled Abbas Kiarstami Project - Dir. Abbas Kiarastami (Italy)
117. Wolf of Wall Street, The - Dir. Martin Scorsese (US)
118. Most Wanted Man, A - Dir. Anton Corbijn (US)
119. Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, The - Dir. Fredrik Bond (US)
120. Mojave - Dir. William Monahan (US)
121. Our Kind of Traitor - Dir. Justin Kurzel (UK)
122. Oldboy - Dir. Spike Lee (US)
123. Conjuring, The - Dir. James Wan (US)
124. Calvary - Dir. John Michael McDonaugh (UK)
125. Breaking the Girl - Dir. Jamie Babbit (US)
126. Untitled Woody Allen Project - Woody Allen (US)
127. Diana - Dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel (US)
128. Oz the Great and Powerful - Dir. Sam Raimi (US)
129. Hand In Hand - Dir. Valerie Donzelli (France)
130. Elysium - Dir. Neill Blomkamp (US)
131. Sacrament, The - Dir. Ti West (US)
132. Behind the Candelabra - Dir. Steven Soderbergh (US)
133. Barefoot - Dir. Andrew Fleming (US)
134. Therese - Dir. Charlie Stratton (US)
135. Big Valley, The - Dir. Daniel Adams (US)
136. Wait, The - Dir. M. Blash (US)
137. Nurse 3D - Dir. Doug Aaroniokoski (US)
138. Religious, The  - Dir. Guillaume Nicloux (France)
139. Two Faces of January, The - Dir.  Hossein Amini (UK)
140. All Are Dead - Dir. Beatriz Sanchis (Spain)
141. Some Velvet Morning - Dir. Neil Labute (US)
142. Skinny Dip - Dir. Frankie Latina (US)
143. Very Good Girls - Dir. Naomi Foner (US)
144. Highland Park - Dir. Andrew Meieran (US)
145. Great Gatsby, The - Dir. Baz Luhrman (US)
146. Inside Llewyn Davis - Dir. Coen Bros. (US)
147. While We're Young - Dir. Noah Baumbach (US)
148. Beauty of Sharks, The - Dir. Karim Ainouz (Brazil)
149. May In the Summer - Dir. Cherien Dabis (US)
150. Young and Prodigious Spivet, The - Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet (France/Canada)
151. Gold - Dir. Thomas Arslan (Germany)
152. Before Midnight - Dir. Richard Linklater (US)
153. Aferim! - Dir. Radu Jude (Romania)
154. My Sisters - Dir. Lars Kraume (Germany)
155. Star of the Day, The - Dir. Sophie Blondy (France)
156. 13 Days - Dir. Carlos Saura (Spain)

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