Criterion Announcement & Tree of Life

August seems to be a good month for Criterion. Though I haven't seen it, The Killing seems like it will be right up my alley and it has maybe the best cover in the collection. I don't know much about the Eclipse set other than that the director worked with Nikkatsu and is part of the Japanese New Wave (and really that's good enough for me). Secret Sunshine is getting excited reactions, so I might try that one later on. I already have L'Atalante on DVD, but I might be drawn into double dipping on the Vigo set for the other films.

Then, in case that wasn't exciting enough, The Tree of Life finally screened at the Cannes film festival. Reviews are mixed but mostly positive. The negative reviews were expected given Malick's style (the word "pretenious" gets thrown around a lot) but those don't seem to be the norm. Good news.

Cannes Cannes

So, while of the two big euro film festivals I prefer Venice (and their wonderful Golden Lion trophy), this year it seems everything big is opening at Cannes. I've already posted about The Tree of Life, but there are plenty more I want to see (eventually). Here's some teaser trailers/clips that look good to me:

Okay, so that one's in french, but its the Dardennes so it should be good.