Over the past two years, the Cannes Film Festival brought the debuts of such films as “Moonrise Kingdom,” “The Tree of Life,” “Rust and Bone,” “Melancholia,” “On the Road” and the Oscar winners “Amour,” “Midnight in Paris” and “The Artist,” in addition to a number of acclaimed arthouse movies.
What will join the Cannes honor roll this year? We’ve singled out 15 movies from the Cannes lineup – 10 that could be in competition for the Palme d’Or, and five more outside the main competition section of the festival.
'Behind the Candelabra': Liberace's story made for HBO.
Steven Soderbergh won the Palme d’Or with his first film, “sex, lies and videotape” in 1989, and he’s back in the running for his final film, a Liberace story he made for HBO when he couldn’t get a studio to back it.
'The Immigrant': A historical drama set in 1920s New York City.
James Gray has competed at Cannes with “The Yards,” “We Own the Night” and “Two Lovers,” and is back with his historical drama set in New York in the 1920s, with a powerhouse cast that includes Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Renner and Joaquin Phoenix.
'Inside Llewyn Davis': Set in Greenwich Village's 1960s folk scene.
Joel and Ethan Coen won the Palme d’Or with “Barton Fink” 22 years ago, while “Fargo” and “The Man Who Wasn’t There” also picked up best-director awards at Cannes. They could mine a (typically twisted?) vein of nostalgia with this look at the 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene, with a lead character loosely based on Dave Van Ronk.
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