Let the Right One In wins Tribeca.

In my new effort to make this blog all Let the Right One In all the time, here’s news that the film just won best narrative feature at Tribeca. Or, as my friend Leetal put it, “guess what won Best Narrative Film over Iraq and starving African Children.”

This is a truly moving and intense film. Everyone should see it as soon as possible.

This summer…

…might be the best summer ever. And this from the art film nerd. Some quick hits:

• Iron Man- Robert Downey, Jr instantly makes anything worth seeing
• Speed Racer- Watch the Wachowskis bring Japanese pop sensibility completely  to the mainstream
• Indiana Jones 4- Even the presence of my current most hated actor (Shia LeBeouf) can’t stop me from being excited for my favorite franchise ever.
• Get Smart- TV series was brilliant (Buck Henry and Mel Brooks are genius writers). I have hope for this.
• Wall E- the trailers for this new PIXAR are pure joy
• Hellboy II- Because Ron Perelman should be a big  star.
• The Dark Knight- the best comic book film series currently going
• Step Brothers- cause they still make me laugh
• The X Files 2- I love Mulder and Scully.
• Pineapple Express- new DGG!
• Tropic Thunder- see Iron Man

If half of those are good, its going to be a cool summer.

TriBeCa!

Headed to Tribeca this week, which comes at a time in my life when I really feel like having a few days away from everything, just as a breather. Watched my first Shane Meadows films last night, which really blew me away and catipulted Somers Town to the top of my list. I think I am going to try to watch a couple more tonight (This is England and another one maybe?).

So now, quick hits for my most anticipated films of Tribeca ‘08:

1. Somers Town
2. Quiet Chaos
3. My Winnipeg
4. A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy

Also very excited about Fermat’s Room, Let the Right One In, Fighter, and This is Not a Robbery.

Hamlet 2 looks rad.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Trailer-Red-Band-Hamlet-2-8534.html

Juxtapositions…

The new David Gordon Green film, Snow Angels, is all about the juxtaposition. The twin stories are archetypal, aiming to reveal the purest of human joy and the depth of human sorrow. If anything the film can occasionally feel off balance, as though Green needs to have both the tales because he feels that either one alone would be a lie. But the raging changes of polarity come as a part of life itself, and Green takes them all to their furthest conclusions.

I hope that Pineapple Express is the big breakout for Green that opens him to any project he might want to do, but in that success I also hope he never gets away from his intimate stories of the violent turning points of life.

Cannes lineup news…

No Soderbergh or Woody Allen. But maybe new Kiarostami, Meirelles, Wenders, and Dardennes brothers!

h/t Variety.

Breaking News: Ridley Scott makes film I want to see.

Neo noir with Casey Affleck written by Billy Bob Thornton’s writing partner.

“Story, set in 1930s Los Angeles, centers on an amnesiac who finds himself working for a mobster — a killer given the nickname “the Kind One” — and falling in love with the thug’s girlfriend.”

Cool beans. h/t Variety.

The world’s most emo filmmaker…

…is at it again.

I still love All About My Mother though.

If this is real, it is hilarious…

…and it would make Lou Dobbs cry.

h/t Huffington Post.

Shotgun Stories in the New York Times.

Last year’s AFF winner Shotgun Stories got a nice review today in the New York Times. Congratulations, Jeff!