Venice Film Festival

A list of the films in competition for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, which will run Aug. 29-Sept.8:

"Atonement," by Joe Wright, Britain-U.S.

"The Darjeeling Limited," by Wes Anderson, U.S.

"Sleuth," by Kenneth Branagh, Britain-U.S.

"Heya fawda (Le Chaos)," by Youssef Chahine, Egypt

"Redacted," by Brian De Palma, U.S.

"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," by Andrew Dominik, U.S.

"Nessuna qualita agli eroi," by Paolo Franchi, Italy-Switzerland-France

"Michael Clayton," by Tony Gilroy, U.S.

"Night Watching," by Peter Greenaway, Canada-France-Germany-Poland-Netherlands-Britain
"En la ciudad de Sylvia," by Jose Luis Guerin, Spain

"In the Valley of Elah," by Paul Haggis, U.S.-Morocco

"I'm Not There," by Todd Haynes, U.S.

"Taiyang zhaochang shenqi (The Sun Also Rises)," by Wen Jiang, China-Hong Kong

"Bangbang wo aishen (Help Me Eros)," by Kang Sheng Lee (Kangsheng Li), Taiwan

"La graine et le mulet," by Abdellatif Kechiche, France

"Se, jie (Lust, Caution)," by Ang Lee, China-U.S.

"It's a Free World...," by Ken Loach, Britain-Italy-Germany-Spain

"L'ora di punta," by Vincenzo Marra, Italy

"Sukiyaki Western Django," by Takashi Miike, Japan

"12," by Nikita Mikhalkov, Russia

"Il dolce e l'amaro," by Andrea Porporati, Italy

"Les Amours d'Astree et de Celadon," by Eric Rohmer, France-Italy-Spain

A number of these films will be screening in Toronto as well. And many will be released in the US this fall. There are quite a few that I want to see - especially I'm Not There. It is also nice to know that Eric Rohmer has made a new film.

I will post updates on Venice, Toronto and New York and other festivals as soon as I can.