Cannes 2009 Lineup Announced

The lineup for this year’s Cannes Film Festival has just been announced, and once again, it’s a pretty eclectic mix. I’m particularly interested in the new films from Park Chan-Wook (Bak-Jwi) and Johnnie To (Vengeance), which for various reasons, don’t strike me as “typical” material (if there is such a thing) for the festival’s main competition.

It’s also nice to see new titles from Michel Gondry (though noone seems to have any idea what L’epine dans le coeur is about), Bong Joon-Ho (Mother, which looks to be a far cry from The Host), and Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (Nang Mai, his first horror film).

And for the record, I just can’t seem to drum up any enthusiasm for Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds; I’m a hundred times more interested in Kuki Ningyo, the latest from Hirokazu Kore-Eda.